In your opinion, what separates a GOOD beatboxer from an ELITE beatboxer? Musicality? Technicality? Innovation?
Who would you compare as a good beatboxer versus a world class beatboxer?
Interested in your opinions. What style, sound, or general ideas do you think will take the beatboxing scene to the next level in its evolution? An example would be like how lip rolls completely took over the beatboxing scene. Before Napom, it was a relatively niche, under explored sound. Now, it’s basically a necessity for any beatboxer to learn it. What do you think the next big change will be? What do YOU want to see happen? What sounds do you think will evolve to the level lip rolls did?
I’m curious what your thoughts are on this topic. Any beatboxer would tell you that the fathers of beatboxing are of course the likes of Rahzel, Biz Markie, Doug E Fresh, DJ Doc Nice, etc. This art form started within the hip hop community and it’s fascinating to see how it evolved and became what it is today.
How do you view this art form from its humble beginnings to where it is today?
What drives you to continue to practice and to perfect this art form? Is it simply for the love of the game or do you have a long term vision in mind?
To me it seems like the general beatbox community became obsessed with lip rolls and inward bass over the years and then completely forgot to perfect the throat bass. I can always tell when someone never properly learned the throat bass because it lacks bass and has too much vocalization. For example, Napom… No hate on Napom, absolute legend, but imo, terrible throat bass. Wing is one of the few new era beatboxers that perfected the sound. What are your guys thoughts?
Interested to hear your guys thoughts. It’s crazy to see the technical differences between beatboxing today vs 10-20 years ago. Also, which beatboxer do you think really set the tone or raised the bar for each new era?