Why does "good bass" always seem to equate to crappy mainstream hip hop?

I prefer stuff like this:
YouTube - That Old Pair of Jeans - Fatboy Slim - Dir: Steve Glashier

 

Spin Spin Sugar - Sneaker Pimps
Damn it Man - Pitbull
anything from the Subliminal Sandwich album - Meatbeat Manifesto
Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Freak Time Baby - Luke Vibert
Barry Dub 2007 - Milanese
It's the Beat - Simian Mobile Disco
One and Only - Tosca

 

Decaf's Screwed/Demo Collection - #356 - 7 Zips - 10/24 - Car Audio Forum - CarAudio.com

There is some great bass music in this thread. It's not mine, but I've demoed some of the tracks and even on a stock system, the music sounds good. This is primarily new and recent rap/hip hop songs. Enjoy!

 

I have a few...

 

Wow you've got some good ones there! I bought a bunch of bass CDs in the '90s, a lot of them were pretty obscure but you've got a lot of the same ones.

A CD I've been listening to lately with a LOT of low frequency information is Wolfsheim, Casting Shadows. Specifically track 5, "And I...".
Definitely worth checking out if you haven't heard it.

 

Pink Floyd- Welcome To The Machine
Mannheim Steamroller- The Big Bang
Star Tracks 2/ Erich Kunzel- Superman: The Planet Krypton
Star Tracks 2/ Erich Kunzel - The Klingon Battle
Time Warp/ Erich Kunzel - Also Sprach Zarathustra

 

High Roller - Crystal Method, weird song but hits hard as hell. Builds lots of suspense until the bass actually hits too. Definitely not for daily listening.

 

It's OK, it could be so much more though, as it can be MADE so much more. I use it for tuning live rigs with a little "120XP on an aux" treatment.

 

I've always liked Ozzy's Mama I'm coming home...

 

Styles of Beyond - Mr. Brown

 

Infected Mushroom - Avratz
Dead Prez - Hip Hop

 

Surprised nobody's mentioned Spies-Music of Espionage. Comes with a warning that you can and will blow your speakers if you're not careful. Recorded By Telarc...very digital!

 

2 very good somgs on that CD very hard impact bass, I definetley want that one again.

I can't believe no has said Billy Idol's track "Prodigal Son" one of my all time favorites.

 

i like ushers confessions cd, imo some good clean "bass" tracks, also sade and the roots always good clean tracks.

 

gorillaz "clint eastwood"

 

yeah

 

Front 242 always had a lot of bottom end. I haven't listened to anything in at least a decade though.

ogg - You clown on mainstream hiphop and then throw out the lamest techno ever as a rebuttal? Seriously?

 

:laugh:Yes it's cheesy but I wouldn't really call it techno. I posted it because it hits lower notes than most hip hop and actually sounds like music instead of thugs rapping over test tones about hoes and bling. Don't get me wrong I listen to a lot of hip hop but my tastes lean more toward Reggae and funk where "bass" usually means bass guitar and not overboosted and clipped test tones designed solely to make your car shake.

 

i'm surprised no one's mentioned any country...

 

I did a quick glance and didn't see Jamey Johnson mentioned. When I put that CD in I automatically cut the sub back or it will drown out the fronts. Some of it gets pretty low.

 

Blue Man Group has some cool stuff...It's not extremely bass heavy, but some of it is good.

 

S.M.V- Thunder (Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten)
Yes –Talk
Yes – Keys to Ascension 2
Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition – Transcribed and performed by Jean Guillou at the Great Organ of the Tonhalle, Zurich (Organs 32’ pipes produce down to 16Hz)

 

avenged sevenfold>almost easy.
the beastie boys>posse in effect
cypress hill>stank ass hoe
>i love you mary jane

 

Bjork: Hunter and Hyperballad

 

Genesis – A Trick of the Tail (Some nice extended low frequencies)

 

Oh, too many to mention.

This is one that's found it's way into my car's CD player - Gabriel & Dresden's remix of "Beautiful Things", off Tiesto's Nyana #2 CD (though I'd admit that it's the kinda Smashing Pumpkins'-like guitar (around about 5:12 in the video) that holds my interest as well)

YouTube - DJ Tiesto feat. ANDAIN - Beautiful Things (gabriel & dresden unplugged mix) HD

 

I have what probably amounts to 70gB of trance / house / electro music, some of which comes from LP only. I'll start paying attention to the "killer tracks" that excite my Bass soul. Because most of this music is DJ based (and thus sourced from vinyl) I find the range of bass to be extremely impressive, especially on a select ~5% of what I have.

Someone said Infected Mushroom, I second that one for sure. I also HIGHLY recommend Celldweller for a diverse, bass-friendly selection.

 

Planet X - Quantum

Sounds like progressive heavy metal to me. Lots of heavy bass riffs that buckle my windshield

 

Drum & Bass: you want some crazy low end with an edge, look no further.

Dieselboy
Goldie
John B
Smith & Mighty
Adam F
More Rockers
Dillinja
Noisia

Could go on forever.

Grab some free mixes from Dogs On Acid.com. May not be your taste, but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Examples:

mix by Paul Reset

http://content.dogsonacid.com/mixes/Paul_Reset-Nerve_Retrospective_DOA_Mix-Oct2009.mp3

mix by Krust:

http://content.dogsonacid.com/mixes/DOA_Mix-Krust-Oct2009.mp3

mix by Neosignal:

http://content.dogsonacid.com/mixes/DOA_Mix-NEOSIGNAL-Nov2008.mp3

mix by Break:
http://content.dogsonacid.com/mixes/DOA_Mix-Break-Dec2008.mp3

mix by Vapour
http://content.dogsonacid.com/mixes/DOA_Mix-DJVapour-Jan2009.mp3

DnB these days ranges from jazzy to seriously dark (as in, it would make Ms. Manson pee in his prosthetics).

Oh, and pretty much any reggae tune out there... Rastas were the original bass heads, from way back in the 60's. As far as good recordings with bass output, 80's on up, you're good to go.

U-Roy
LKJ
Culture
Itals
Mutabaruka
Israel Vibration
Prince Far-I
Don Carlos
BMW
Burning Spear
Dennis Bovell
Gregory Isaacs
Etc.

 

I see I am not alone in hating commercial rap, aka cRap, for "bass" tracks.

Some of the latest dubstep tracks will wreck your subwoofers too. The dubstep version of Deadmau5's I Remember is pretty wicked.

 

Yep, plus try some Glitch-step from the Glitch Mob.

 

I'm not really familiar with much rap or hip hop. Far as rock i've been loving Five Finger Death Punch's new album. There's some mean sounding drums and guitar. The song "Bad Company" that was remade sounds awesome. His voice in the beginning sounds like thunder.

Another one that has a sick start is "Around the Fur" by Deftones. It's a nice impact intro.