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Poll: Was HIAM ahead of its time?
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View Poll Results: Was HIAM ahead of its time?
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The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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Yes. 
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Member Since: 9/23/2009
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Originally posted by jamesmax
that song started the dubstep breakdown trend so if not ahead it was the start!
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Originally posted by ABEL
Everything she does is ahead of its time. I mean Gimme More was 5 years ahead of its time. 
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Originally posted by -mUsIcLoVeR-
She always sets the trend, to be honest.
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Originally posted by gagakyle
No, but that's not a bad thing. It was right on time.
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My stanning aside, I agree with this.
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The ****ty music video and lack of promotion killed HIAM. The song is killer - it just never had the chance to reach the next level without help. It's not really ahead of it's time....but it was before anything else like it, in terms of Top 40 radio.
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Member Since: 5/11/2012
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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What about 'Too Close' by Alex Clare??
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Member Since: 4/23/2012
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No. It has already aged badly, in my opinion.
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Member Since: 6/4/2012
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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
I don't think the song was ahead of it's time. But it's still an amazing song, that still sounds fresh every time I hear it. |
This!
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Member Since: 12/28/2010
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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agree with all this
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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Member Since: 8/30/2011
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It's always reminded me of "Take it Off" by Ke$ha, and now I guess "Primadonna" by Marina & the Diamonds. I think Criminal was more ahead of its time with the whole callback to Renaissance flute thing.
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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This.
And you people need to stop making fun of Monroe  She always tell the truth.
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Absolutely not
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Yes, the production, several instruments layers, hidden vocals, everything is ahead of its time. 
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Member Since: 5/11/2012
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Originally posted by Remixed
No, it was just a normal dance song
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Said the Gaga stan
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Member Since: 5/18/2012
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It started the dub step break in commercially released singles.
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Originally posted by Amow.
What about 'Too Close' by Alex Clare??
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That song only did well in four European markets and it completely missed the top 20 in the US. I am not saying Dubstep won't find success in other forms but I think the reason why a lot of people aren't experimenting with it is because a lot of people don't know how to make the genre commercially viable which is why you only hear it sporadically in some songs and why it's not more of a major radio staple. You have tons of artists trying it out from Chris Brown to Flo Rida to Rihanna to Madonna but it's not sticking.
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Originally posted by Monroe
The song definitely was different. I don't think people are ready for dubstep in pop music as you can see by the way it's not blending well commercially and jiving with listeners. I think she opened up the experimental side of dubstep and brought it to the mainstream but I don't think listeners were ready for it. The other aspects of Hold It Against Me were also kind of genre breaking, people don't realize it but there are a lot of dance sounds in the song. There are elements of grime, industrial house, rave and trance music in Hold It Against Me. It's a very au courant dance record in it's own right, and it's not as generic as people say it is.
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Doing too much as always.
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