![]() ![]() ![]() Lyrics like “We got magnum brown, shoothki, valoothki/ Super-calafraga-hestik-alagoothki/ You could put dat in ya don’t know what I said book/ Took-look-yuk-duk-wuk”not only rhythmically flow but more importantly they fit the image of Flavor. Another Long Island Hip-Hop legend years earlier, Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, would bring in his own form of non-sequitur lyrics and mumbling on the 1987 LP It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back with his solo track ‘Cold Lampin With Flavor’. ![]() De La Soul were one of the first groups to recognize this and on their 1993 LP Buhloone Mindstate they bring in Japanese Hip-Hop guests Scha Dara Parr and Takagi Kan for their track “Long Island Wildin” to do guest verses in their native tongue (pun intended). It’s no coincidence that Hip-Hop can travel and resonate with people all across the globe in countries that don’t even speak or understand the language the artists are rapping in. If we take the final product as a complete piece of art, one that does not have to follow a set criteria of a certain amount of snares, hooks, or lyrics with depth per song we can appreciate mumbling or songs without actual words. That’s not to say no thought is used, like a Jackson Pollock painting, the thought to create with the absent of thought is perhaps the most intellectual insight one can have when creating. Most art in this arena of music -pure expression- did not over emphasize the intellectual aspect of the process like it would later be with artists like Bob Dylan, who lacked the other previous essential pieces of the puzzle. For James Brown the show and stage was his main medium, he’s not the traditional song writer, song writing was just a piece of the puzzle. Many James Brown tracks are just instrumentals with the band alone and some are even instrumentals with a repeating vamp or chant chimed in by James every few bars, not to mention the lack of clarity and pronunciation in his delivery anyway when he does decide to vocalize. As upbeat, groove heavy and funky as James Brown’s band was it’s no wonder lyrics were an unnecessary after thought if an addition at all. Scatting supposedly goes back as early as 1911 though most credit Louis Armstrong’s 1926 single “Heebie Jeebies” for starting this trend, and off one listen one can hear how he is using his voice as if it is an instrument to ride the rhythm and improvise with.įunk was no stranger to this innovation either, comedian Eddie Murphy has an entire bit in his Delirious special explaining how he has no idea “what the fuck James (Brown) is saying”. Jazz, and other highly rhythmic improvisational music, tends to naturally gravitate to this concept. You can’t mumble on an instrument because you can’t speak on an instrument but nonsensical lyrics are not foreign to music and where never looked down upon before. The human voice, the first instrument discovered on planet Earth, most likely quickly followed by the drum or the concept of percussion, is just another layer of sound manipulated on top of a rhythm. Is mumbling bad though? Spontaneity, rhythm and improvisation are key elements in music and specifically in black music. After deep analysis Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew may be the number one Mumble Rapper, a term normally given as a derogatory classification for a certain type of modern rap that does not emphasize the once core component of lyricism. While at the International Blues Challenge Døvydas jammed with many musicians including the mountain dulcimer player Bing Futch.The number one scorer in any athletic sport is the person who has simply scored the most points at a professional level than all of the other players. The David Smash Band recently competed at the International Blues Challenge 2016, and made it to the semifinals, an accomplishment not achieved before by any Lithuanian-born person. Døvydas has appeared on national television in Lithuania, such as "Lithuania's Got Talent 2009", "Ring of Young Talents 2010", "Lithuania's Pick for Eurovision 2011", and he was also featured in a book about Lithuanian rock music titled "Lietuvos Roko Istorija"- written by the national-award winning Lithuanian author Mindaugas Paleckis.ĭøvydas has headlined major music festivals in Lithuania and Poland "Visagino Country 2010", "Bliuzo Naktys 2010", "Wegorzewo 2011", and "Most Rockowy 2010". He was born and raised in Lithuania, and moved to the United States in 2012. Døvydas forged a successful career as an innovative soloist. Dovydas Maščinskas more frequently known for his stage name Døvydas (or DOVYD… Read Full Bio ↴ Dovydas Maščinskas more frequently known for his stage name Døvydas (or DOVYDAS aka Revelstar Stellonaut, and previously known as David Smash) (born September 1992) is a Lithuanian-born musician, composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. ![]()
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