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by anamexis 2989 days ago
Drops certainly have equivalents in other music, but I don't think those are good comparisons.

I don't think the defining feature of drops is their catchiness, but the slowly building tension and sudden release.

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> Drops certainly have equivalents in other music, but I don't think those are good comparisons.

seriously?

dubstep is just 'another' form of eletctronic dance music..

and, to be opinionated, basically rhythmically dumbed-down drum&bass which itself is rhythmically dumbed down jungle which itself is rhythmically more complicated hardcore techno minus the 4-to-the-floor bass drums of the 'main' tune...

also: get off my lawn. :b

I wasn't making any value judgments about dubstep or anything else, I was discussing the definition and semantics of what a 'drop' is.
That's exactly what breakdowns in hardcore do.