November 12, 2004

Everything you could ever want to know about Beatboxing. In honor of yentruoc's request that I post something fun - "Vocal percussion/beatboxing has been used in a-cappella groups for many years, but today it is perhaps mainly associated with hip hop music, often dubbed 'the 5th element of hip hop'. Incidentally, beatboxing has also been described as 'a lost art', something we want to help change! Human beatbox legends such as Buffy, Doug E Fresh, and Biz Markie helped propel beatboxing into the limelight throughout the 1980's, and the scene has been growing ever since. Now, at the start of the 21st century, beatboxing is set to gain further recognition as an artform in its own right, and become an international phenomenon in the process." Make sure you check out the audio clips!
posted by waitingtoderail 20 years ago
  • Hey, easy on that post button, man. We usually try to limit ourselves to one post/day.
  • apparently there are some similarities between beat boxing and throat singing
  • Sorry, had the day off with nothin to do...jeez people are jumpy.
  • This is a cool link, but yeah, three posts in one day is a bit much. Did you read the FAQ?
  • I hadn't read the FAQ, but I just did. "We ask that you post one good, interesting and discussion-worthy post per day. If you think you have more than one, so be it. We're certainly not forcing you not to post." Seems pretty straightforward to me. Give me a break, I just joined the site, had a day off from work, and was asked to post something fun.
  • HA! waitingtoderail wins! HA HAA HA HEY ADMINISTRATOR DO YOU NEED US TO HOPE J00 HAHAHA11!!
  • I hear Leeloo does a pretty mean beat box...