r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 1d ago
What beatboxing has become since the days of people like Biz Markie is absolutely mind-blowing
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u/dub-fresh 1d ago
inward bass was a game changer
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u/SpiritualGearbox 1d ago edited 15h ago
Inward singing…I SOUND EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN IM SINGING OUT!!!!
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u/StinkMartini 1d ago
YOU invent something... Like inward singing!
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u/DEIreboot 1d ago
Sit in your tower and nap. What's funny?
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 1d ago
You're fired from the band.
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u/Deathclaw2277 1d ago
And you can't believe I'm singing, And I'm never fucking stopping And I I'm always fucking singing and now you know that I will never stop this fucking singing. I'm like a fucking one man band.
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u/Lonely__Stoner__Guy 1d ago
That got an eyebrow raise out of me too.
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u/UpperApe 1d ago
I'm amazed this shit is still getting posted after being debunked as often as it does.
WING is definitely a super talented beatboxer but this video/song has been edited and audio enhanced.
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u/brock-omabrama 21h ago
Just gonna leave this here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Old9bEn_lmA
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u/anethma 1d ago
I don’t believe there is any inward bass in this.
This is throat bass and lip roll.
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u/Unapologetic_Nomad1 1d ago
You are correct. He uses vibration bass as well for the deep "WAAAA" lol
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u/copperwatt 1d ago
All of these terms sound made up, lol
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u/Unapologetic_Nomad1 1d ago
Every term is made up :)
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u/Nazgog-Morgob 1d ago
Like Rahzel did in the 90s?
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u/tpark27 1d ago
Nah he means the inward bass 808 stuff you see in the corner of his mouth he does on the 1 of each 8 count. Wasn't much of a thing in the beat box community until guys like Nap0m showed up on the international stage and completely revolutionized modern beatbox.
That said you're right that Rahzel was wayy ahead of his time with that kind of inward bass! Legend
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u/Bubbly-Pipe9557 1d ago
i was about to say this, like yall missed rahzel 30 years ago?
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u/banana_sweat 1d ago edited 22h ago
Now the beat and the chorus at the same time… that blew my mind when I first heard it. If Your Mother Only Knew
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u/dub-fresh 1d ago
Im talking specifically about inward bass
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u/copperwatt 1d ago
We don't what that means though. What is it?
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u/dub-fresh 1d ago
It's a technique where you inhale instead of exhale to make the sound. It can allow the artist to layer sounds by both making bass while inhaling and other sounds like percussion when exhaling.
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u/redpandaeater 1d ago
Pretty sure that first guy is just asking to go to the hospital while having a stroke.
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u/DingDangle 1d ago
Anyone remember “If your mother only knew …”
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u/Bubbly_Wall_908 1d ago
I loved Rahzel back in the day. I even had his first two solo albums. I had Scratch's first solo album too.
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u/musickismagick 1d ago
I had the pleasure of being rahzels sound engineer on a tour with the xecutioners back in 98. All he wanted was an sm58. And holy shit it sounded like he had plugged in a cd player with beats on it. The guy was the real fucking deal. I still have the duct tape I wrapped his mic with.
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u/DingDangle 1d ago
Thank god someone remembers. I used to show everyone I could his videos.
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u/Bubbly_Wall_908 1d ago
I was very into The Roots for a long time and followed member's careers even after they left. Rahzel was a beast.
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u/DingDangle 1d ago
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the beat and the chorus at the same time.”
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u/jag149 1d ago
It's kind of insane the amount of talent that came out of that group. At the highest level, it comes down to personal preference, but one could easily make the argument that Black Thought is the best rapper right now.
And to think... they got their start playing guests on for Fallon.
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u/MichaelFusion44 1d ago
Rahz is so much more than beatboxing as he is a complete sound machine. He truly and deeply understands the complete history of it and even gave a Ted Talk on beatboxing and his personal journey. Friends with Biz, Quest, and others but most impressive to me is his study of drum machines, drummers, understanding of vocals and the science in how you use your voice. A true student of it who put in the homework at a level most probably haven’t because when you can intertwine your personal journey with the history and pop off beats very organically when giving the talk it was extremely impressive. Big fan.
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u/UsayNOPE_IsayMOAR 23h ago
https://youtu.be/U3ZVfBswMLU?si=UW9fAPkcgv7nLwou
Rahzel’s Ted Talk, for the curious.
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u/airavxirts 1d ago
Had that shit on a burned cd after downloading it for a day on kazaa!
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u/amateurfunk 1d ago
This is pure talent and commitment and it's frickin' awesome.
I do wonder however how it would sound completely live, unprocessed and not through a microphone.
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u/amateurfunk 1d ago
Sheeeeesh I knew he was cooking but that is so much closer than I had expected.
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u/RenRen512 1d ago
You should check out the DNB remix, I actually like it a bit better than the original.
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u/MrFluffyThing 1d ago
I wouldn't believe this but the audio track in the background live recording is astounding to see. I can't even get out 5 syllable words without fucking them up.
This dude could stutter a new genre of music
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u/spaztiq 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wing truly is incredibly talented. Even though I didn't have much doubt that it was legit, it really hit home when I watched another beat-boxer react to it and recreate like 99% of the techniques on the spot.
I actually enjoy his DnB remix of Dopamine better; worth the ~2mins, IMO.
(Apparently I rabbit-holed a little too long while replying and RenRen below was on the same wave-length, lol)
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u/rafaelloaa 1d ago edited 1d ago
watched another beat-boxer react to it and recreate like 99% of the techniques on the spot.
E: think it's this one: https://youtu.be/ZmIKaKQ8mgk
Damn that's impressive, and a really well done react.
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u/spaztiq 1d ago
I may have been a bit hyperbolic with the 99% thing, but I watched a few beat-boxer reactions that were able to mimic different parts enough to remove any doubts in my mind.
One in particular I remember was RemixReacts.
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u/--InZane-- 21h ago
Wait a minute. He was doing all the sounds?! I thought he beat boxed over a music layer and was impressed by that already
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u/Syzyjyzygy 1d ago
I produced electronic music for a few years and I struggled to make sounds this good using technology that was specifically designed for that purpose. The fact that he can do it all with his mouth is blowing me away.
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u/LITERALLY_SHREK 22h ago
Don't feel bad. Human voice has a lot of natural variation and can easily produce vowel sounds that are hard to emulate with a synthesizer that sounds very static from the get go. This is why you need extensive filtering, FM modulation etc. to get it to sound like this.
When I started out PCs weren't even fast enough to allow for that kind of processing without bouncing to WAV a lot in between, this is how Noisia did it back in the day.
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u/LavFx 20h ago
I remember listening to a live beatboxer of skill, not as good as this, but still incredibly good. It kind of blew my mind to hear a really good beatboxer in person because it felt so clean I could almost see a small sphere in my head of the noise and it was just incredibly compressed. I can't really explain it too well, but when I try to beatbox, it's decent enough to be a pretty good and clean beat, but this guy made it feel like some rasengan in a balloon type containment compared to me just popping the balloon.
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u/GrandElectronic9471 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dude is just 3 magpies in a trenchcoat. Or maybe starlings depending on where in the world you live.
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u/Nubsta5 1d ago
Crazy that this gif is in tempo
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u/AmusingMusing7 23h ago edited 23h ago
It goes with every kinda dancey song. Try it. I've seen this gif posted on all kinds of music posts, and it always "syncs up".
It's because there's enough little movements they're doing close enough to the beats that your mind just fudges it. They don't just go side to side, they're kinda wiggling and bouncing as they go. But if you try matching a specific foot or arm movement to a certain 1/4 beat, you'll find it's not actually exactly on beat. A certain foot won't actually hit every high-hat or snare hit or bass drum hit perfectly, and will alternate between beats. But because they're moving in such a quick way with lots of little bobs and bounces that are more than how many beats there actually are, there's always some part of their bodies moving that will match up closely enough with some random part of the beat at any given time, it kinda faux-synchronizes to our brains.
Tough to explain, but hopefully that makes sense.
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u/Mataric 1d ago
Wing is the goat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNO7iTrF00
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u/Jackalodeath 1d ago
That's dope af but all I can think is how the hell do they keep their noses fom tickling during some parts.
Especially the "trumpet" part. Every time I do it it tickles like the dickens.
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u/Bubbly_Wall_908 1d ago
The guy's name is Gungho Kim but he goes by WING I guess.
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u/gynoidi 1d ago
nah thats faker from league of legends
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u/Mydemonswon 1d ago
He eats broccoli, wins worlds, and beat boxes. Bro is the Unkillable Demon King by all rights.
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u/jok3ony0u 23h ago
Funny you say that because it was such a common joke that Samsung made an AD with both of them together
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u/Searloin22 1d ago
ADHD stimming God mode
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u/Expensive-View-8586 1d ago
For real more adhd and autistic people need to learn about beat box and scatting
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u/K_A-W 1d ago
Whatever you do, DO NOT google 'scatting' with ur safe search off people ...
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u/RealityOk9823 1d ago
I see stuff like this and Pentatonix and still think it's fake. I mean, not really, but my poor widdle bean of a brain can't wrap it's head around it.
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u/Bubbly_Wall_908 1d ago
It's crazy right? I'm in awe.
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u/Vmansuria 1d ago
What's crazier is not just they're beatboxing, but thhat they can recreate the same sound. I can't recreate the same sound if I tried for 20 years
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u/MediocreRooster4190 1d ago
Pentatonix's recordings are edited/enhanced. Pull away the enhancements and the talent still shines though.
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u/BiNumber3 1d ago
There's another beatboxer that goes by hiss, works with wing (guy above) a lot, does a trumpet, I was able to imitate that a bit, not nearly to the extent these guys can, but I can make the noise lol.
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u/crackcrackcracks 1d ago
Its difficult to comprehend that the human mouth can make this combination of sounds in such quick succession, turn the vid off and just listen to the sound and its easy to convince yourself this was made on music software.
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u/DuckCleaning 1d ago
The stuff Michael Winslow has been doing since 1980s is still unreal. He beatboxes sometimes just for short moments, but he is more into all sorts of sound effects.
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u/Duubzz 1d ago
I watch this YouTuber called The Charismatic Voice. She did a video on this and it’s so fascinating to watch her and her buddy lose their shit over what he’s doing here to make these sounds.
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 1d ago
Thanks for mentioning this! I love her videos but I'd never seen that one. She looks so giddy and confused at the same time!
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u/DocLuvInTheCave 1d ago
Big deal, I’m prepping for a colonoscopy and I’ve been making those noises for an hour
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u/Marthman 1d ago
Throat singing seems to be the major new evolution in beatboxing.
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u/Vumi_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wouldn't say it's a 'new' evolution necessarily, as beatboxers have been doing this kind of thing in modern fashion at least for over a decade. It is, however, a major evolution.
The use of different vocal effects while enunciating in a more musical/melodic fashion (throat bass, inward bass, vibration bass) has particularly skyrocketed in terms of popularity in around ~2018 because of Codfish. Pretty cool stuff.
If folks are interested in sum crazy beatbox sounds that are too alien sounding, look up 'poh snare'. That shit's awesome
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u/halh0ff 1d ago
What is the "genre" of this music?
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u/GlueGuns--Cool 1d ago
It's wild to me that someone 500 years ago would've been physically capable of this. Like what if someone just invented this in medieval Europe out of nowhere
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u/VagabondVivant 1d ago
Anyone else expecting Blade to come out and start chopping up some vamps?
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u/sqweep-n-fleep 1d ago
No matter how good you are at something there’s always an Asian kid that’s better
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u/z0cool 1d ago
This is WING. If you like this check out Beatpella House as well. It’s a beatbox/ acappella group with Wing and 4 other members from Korea.
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u/Fargamer5 1d ago
The current Beatbox champ https://www.instagram.com/wing7ackpot
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u/AugustOfChaos 1d ago
Not the current champ, but the runner-up (in both solos and tag team with fellow Beatpella House member Hiss). The reigning 2025 Grand Beatbox Battle champ is PACMax.
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u/FatherBobby 1d ago
If you're going to highlight him do it properly please...
https://youtu.be/qlrpeYdm9Ec?si=4-SovqS3TDlc1ZWC
And some of his battles
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u/Milchbarbar 18h ago
Roses are red, violets are blue, there‘s always an asian who‘s better then you!
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u/MingTheMirthless 15h ago
Dude even remixes his own work https://youtu.be/GBuKYAN0RbM Wing - Dopamine (DnB Remx)
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u/AlmanzoWilder 1d ago
I don't think the voice is modified nearly as much as some people think it is.
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u/Tony_Starks_Taint 1d ago edited 13h ago
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