WHY DID BT GO POP???

[T-Sizzle]

Man heres the deal: as far as production absolutely no one here can deny he is a PROFESSIONAL. The stuff that comes out of his computer absolutely blows my mind. And while i will agree that he is progressively getting poppier as he gets popularity & money can we blame him!!!? pop = money. Remeber when rap was about slangin dope, pimpin hoes, bein a killa, and beating haters azzes. What changed the game to center around cars, bling bling in da club, etc...? popularity and the desire to sell your records to a broader audience ie: white people ( for rap ) or non techno heads (for edm such as bt, fatboy slim, moby etc...) we know how this shit goes folks, its the nature of the music business

howyafeel? :zzz:

[FACTORe]

good for bt - he got paid

[Bioteknik]

don't you want to make a living, and be comfortable?

[empath]

BT has always been pop music first and foremost.

[Transmattic]

I saw BT open up for crystal method at the 930 club in like 97. He did a full on live show with synths, samplers and the whole deal. Seriously he ws off the hook that night, just slammin. I haven't really paid attention to him over the past couple of years, but from what I hear now, the only live show he does is on a laptop and I know he did some production for lie N'sync or some stupid shit, but I can't hate, he's making bank

[T-Sizzle]

[QUOTE]BT has always been pop music first and foremost.

Um, you can't hear a difference betwwen fibonacci sequence and his last hit somnambullist?
WHat Im saying is hes pop(er) now

[Synthetikid]

money corrupts.
he does it for money
it has to be more bland to have broad appeal
it has to have broad appeal to make money

he helped create trance- the way that it was, not the way that it is.
good for him that he's making money.

[spiggums]

[QUOTE=Dj SleepyHollow]

BT has always been pop music first and foremost.

Um, you can't hear a difference betwwen fibonacci sequence and his last hit somnambullist?
WHat Im saying is hes pop(er) now

yet, there are traces of somnambulist (or the "pop" thing) in older tunes as well... I mean, fuck... Go back to his first CD... are you going to tell me that Blue Skies wasn't poppy?

But still, even the poppiest of stuff he does is fucking quality... I mean, I hated the vocals but musically could respect what he did with the N'Sync tune....

[john c]

most of his work now is for films. he's still a synth geek. he's invented tons of contraptions to make sound during live PA. he uses all the latest VST's. H'es a synth GENIUS. I do wish however he went back to his roots and made more dance music for the people who made him famous in the first place. oh well!

ps: on a side-note, he grew up in rockville, md

[suneel]

Remeber when rap was about slangin dope, pimpin hoes, bein a killa, and beating haters azzes. What changed the game to center around cars, bling bling in da club, etc...? :

I remember hip hop when it was tribe, de la soul, common sense, das efx, fu-schnickens, EPMD, redman, beastie boys, run dmc, eric b & rakim, and public enemy...etc, etc, etc...

That is the best era to remember...the golden age of hip hop...

The good ol' days. :-)

[suneel]

he helped create trance- the way that it was, not the way that it is.
.

Definitely one of the main innovators of the melodic & emo trance sound.

[Sunspot8785]

BT's older stuff is fucking amazing... like back when he experimenting with trance... I see that stuff being important in the movement of trance of that era. There wasnt much trance of that calibre coming out of the U.S. at that time.

I dont think I can hate him... even if he did produce an Nsync album.

[spiggums]

I just realized something...

looking at Mister/Miss Sleepy Hollow's profile:

are you even old enough to "remember" this golden age you're reminiscing about?

[PaulieWalnuts]

Hey, you guys know that BT did the soundtrack to "Driven," right? That's a shame, too, 'cuz, boy, did that movie SUCK.

Yeah, you really can't hate on BT; come on, what's wrong with going for the money?

Besides, we all love him for releasing "Smartbomb.":thatshot:

[empath]

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache...uberance&hl=en

Speaking of hype. Somebody has told me recently that BT is now claiming he invented trance and "stutters". Has he never heard of the KLF? They did both before him. He is without doubt the biggest and blondest dried up tit this community is forced to suffer. He is a shining example of somebody who claims to be in it 'for the music'. I question his motives and his music, but not his stuttering.

BT has invented his own mythology and very little else. Because he is repeating this completely ridiculous claim people will begin to repeat it and believe it. If nothing is done about it then it will become a commonly held belief and few will go through the trouble of defending the truth, if there actually is any left worth defending. Can you even imagine making that kind of claim with "trance" in its current state? It would be like claiming to have invented anthrax on the 6'oclock news. Gushing, blushing and bobbing as a reporter thrusts a microphone into his face. Bouncing around like a frat nerd jacked up on a spoonful of fame and geek steroids, agreeing with everything the reporter says and then saying, "Dude, I invented trance. I'm a pop tart phenomenon.' Tell everyone. I think BT and Jesse Saunders should be forced to fight to the death with pizza cutters and the winner can claim they invented skittles.

And if BT invented trance then I invented misspelling and diarrhea. I send BT an open invitation to an electronic history lesson anytime he wants. I would be happy to prove him wrong. We'll start with a record called, "What Time is Love" (Original Mix). Or maybe Force Legato, 'System' (V 1.0). He's like a kid that stays an extra hour at school to clean the chalkboard and tells the teacher he can't wait until the class has moved on to the next chapter. He's brown nosing his own fans to make them feel like they're in touch with something that matters: his ever lengthening and wooden nose. Pathetic. He didn't invent stuttering, he invented shamelessness.

Maybe BT will finally make it onto the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and the music world at large will be forced to acknowledge that dance is dead, that it fizzled out naked, gasping and gurgling. Covered in its own semen. Found in a hotel room drowned in puke like all great drum machines. BT will be fingering his butt-hole on the cover claiming that he invented masturbation.

I know I promised I would leave this issue alone but since the interview I did with xpander and the first column I did I've been getting loads of emails from people who all have their own little stories to tell about him. I have a weakness for it, I guess. I heard also that BT is slamming Paul Oakenfold now. I'm not the one who would normally run to Paul Oakenfold's defense but if I was forced to choose sides.... No, wait a minute. Stop it. I would scrape and gouge my own eyes out with a greasy chicken's ass-bone before giving a vote of confidence to either of those fuckwits.