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Love Peace And Beatbox
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Sharper. Press your |
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Ever heard of Beatboxing? |
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Or Beatboxers? |
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Human Beatbox? |
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I don't... Oh, right, yes. |
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Making beatbox sounds. |
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Making noises with your mouth. |
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A kind of microphone art... |
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Done with the voice. And |
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A sort of rhythm group |
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No, what's that? Beat... what? |
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Hi, there! |
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Welcome to my pastures! |
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That's my dog, Toby. |
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Sit! Very obedient, huh? |
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Mostly cooped up inside |
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All around, far and wide |
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I'm Wetlipz, from the |
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And I'm thrilled to be here... |
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Out in the sun... |
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Go on! |
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We do Hip-Hop and Rap, |
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That's it... |
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You know, Beatboxing... |
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When I started in 1999, 2000, |
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Mostly crap. Then I heard |
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and I was like, "Amazing! |
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Beatbox was so new people |
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"Oh, really, Beatboxing? |
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"You don't do moves, you make beats. " |
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In the first battles I was in, it |
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Basically pretty basic |
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Doing that well, |
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...a bit of scratching or melody, |
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If the show was good, at least. |
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Today you'll go to a battle |
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...will rattle something |
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It sounds cool, sure, |
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That's what I'd call |
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Mando, my 4XSample Crew homie, |
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And he's very good, of course. |
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And what can I say? I'm sure |
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But it'll be harder this time. |
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Congratulations! |
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LAST YEAR... BEATBOX |
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The German Beatbox |
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Mando, come on and join |
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Mando, from the |
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the new German Human |
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Congratulations! |
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You won the Fourth German |
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Now the winner will serve up |
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We need the blue cable, guys! |
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Looks like it works. Thanks! |
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We need to set up for later. |
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When I give a workshop, one |
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is tell people about what Hip-Hop is, |
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There are five |
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First of all the DJs, the |
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Then there's the MC, |
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That's something a lot |
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And then... |
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Next there's Breakdance. |
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Breakdance is a word |
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The real term for Breakdance |
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But the media dubbed it Breakdancing, |
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Then there's graffiti... |
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Some call it vandalism, |
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Sure, there are jerks who scratch |
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You can't even read them. |
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And there's Beatboxing, |
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We had to fight hard to get it |
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About three years ago we won, |
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Wait... How did that go again? |
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Right... |
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Let's hear some Rap. |
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Wherever in Berlin that I go The |
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All the stuff that I'm |
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Every jerk thinks he's |
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Not yet in their teens |
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The system's a bitch Every |
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Pen bad rhymes about tits and |
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To know what I mean |
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You suck, your business is weak |
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You're way better |
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This aggro vibe in Berlin |
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And it's going |
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Cool. You done? |
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My turn. |
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And I'll do Beatbox? |
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Sittin' here on the meadow |
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Yeah, this is cool Though |
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Having a root up my butt kinda |
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Sitting on the grass |
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Cool, huh? Bet you can't top that. |
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Right! All right! |
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I grew up in a |
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I said to my mom once the |
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But that's bullshit. |
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My family's cool, but |
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He left us when I was ten. |
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It was better that way, |
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They asked me who I wanted |
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I'd rather live on the street. |
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I tried it, but I |
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Then I'd had it and |
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But that's history. |
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Anyway, I grew up in what |
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and dropped out |
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I had other things on my |
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Around the same time I moved closer |
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I got a job where I trained to be |
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What can I say, I |
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People always say |
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But I'm no space cadet, |
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What's taking him so long? |
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If that flake isn't here by |
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One... |
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Two... |
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Lucky for him! |
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Coming! |
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That's it, keep it up, guys! |
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Sorry, I had to go buy beer. |
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The beginning is fairly easy. |
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That kind of thing. |
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It's fairly slow at first. |
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And then it builds up. |
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And who's going to |
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Me. |
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My parents are from Argentina, |
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It's around 30 kilometers |
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about as far away as |
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I was born here in Germany. |
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I've been doing |
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And I really enjoy |
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The battles are where you |
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It's like a forum where Beatboxers |
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And then we have jam |
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Just like in the Bronx, with |
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Well, almost... It |
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So, we had this session and |
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And Mando said he |
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but we both kind of |
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It was funny, he was the only one |
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I suspected right away there was more... |
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'Cause everyone else was |
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but he just listened in, with |
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But the others... |
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Then we realized we were |
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so we swapped numbers and |
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We'd heard there was a |
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So they exchanged |
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and Mando told me that |
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I said, "Oh, the horse guy. |
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That's Lucky Luke's horse. |
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Show him why they call you that. |
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Well, it's because... |
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It's 'cause of a sound I really like |
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Then there was the |
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We were the only team representing |
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The jury awarded us second place, |
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but unfortunately that's not official. |
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The jury just mentioned it in passing. |
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They loved it and told |
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But in the end Australia won both |
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something we hope |
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There's something going on in |
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In 2005 we gave |
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Meaning we were drunk |
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Where does Beatbox |
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It's said to be "the |
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I disagree: I |
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The technique is |
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It requires a lot |
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plus a good sense of |
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Beatbox isn't just Hip-Hop. You |
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Drum 'n' Bass, Techno, |
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Besides that, |
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to achieve all kinds of |
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You can imitate horses, |
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The Foley artist's craft, which |
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...is now called Beatboxing. |
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With 4XSample, we always prepare |
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For the simple reason that that's the |
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Usually we rehearse at |
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We listen to songs we want to |
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where you mix the beat from one |
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So we'll work out a set, and in |
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We'll just jam till we |
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or an interesting pattern. |
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Pattern are specific sequences of |
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and are repeated in loops. |
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And that's how sets are born. |
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But we've started using ten-minute |
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Four minutes, that |
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We did one set in the 2005 |
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Just imagine, 14 songs in four |
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It gets too much for people to take |
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but for the audience, |
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By the time they recognize a song |
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So we're cooling it down... |
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Doing longer sets... |
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I'll kick the beat, you rap? |
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Yup. |
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What tempo? |
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Okay... |
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No, seriously... |
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Sittin' here in the |
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Enjoyin' the weather |
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Berlinutz says turn it up, I agree |
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And we're lovin' it, livin' |
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That's me, I'm not no hectic MC |
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Keeping things real in my head So |
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So come on down And |
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Wetlipz, Berlinutz, Zirkus Mandolini |
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Girls dancing, baring it all And |
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I'm all charged with energy |
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So come and see us anytime We're |
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Moving our lips a mile a minute |
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Oops, lost my thread But |
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Tomorrow it's off to work in |
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When I do Beatboxing, |
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...was born to make other people laugh. |
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It makes me happy when |
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and say, "That guy's |
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That goes for when I |
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You joke around with the |
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If a guy heckles, I might josh |
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Once they're laughing and |
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Then you put on your best |
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That's like pure gold. |
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And I just go with |
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When I get home from my drum |
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the new patterns with my mouth. |
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Like this... |
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Wow. |
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Great... job... I'll say! |
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Now let's have some |
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I'm Bee Low from Berlin and |
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I busted my ass over |
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to provide the German |
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with a forum for |
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I started out |
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I would time the |
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each one would get 90 seconds. |
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And when there was |
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the sound guys had to |
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In situations like that, as |
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...and keep the audience |
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till the next act went on. |
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That's when I realized |
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People liked it in its own |
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So I thought, 'Why not |
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And the idea for the Beatbox |
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The plans gradually |
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Maxim, may he rest in peace, who's |
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He and I thought everything through |
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And on September |
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the first German Championships at |
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Zeero won the first title in |
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we did some publicity work, |
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We spread the word to people, |
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Right away, we were invited |
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Zeero and I traveled |
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and it continued with Poland, the |
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Beatbox Battle was everywhere. |
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Usually I was on the jury, |
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as I couldn't very well host |
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Two champions, and the |
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Hey! |
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Sure. |
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Hi, there. How are you doing? |
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Here are the contracts. |
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A copy for each of us. |
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That's strictly confidential. |
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Shit, I'm in business |
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It pisses me off, honestly. |
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As I was saying, for |
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I've been hosting |
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That includes DJ Championships |
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Breakdance championships, |
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I've seen the dissing at Rap |
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"Your daddy this or that... " |
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And then a big fight breaks out, |
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And in the end the lights |
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That's not my scene. To me, |
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It's about demonstrating our |
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showing what we can do, |
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And, without wanting to boast, |
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That's why I always |
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Being there is what counts, not |
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It's not about "that guy's |
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Sure, when they're on |
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they'll eyeball each other |
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you know, mock |
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But there's no real |
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And when the show is over |
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it's friendly handshakes |
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and they swap numbers |
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The best example is the |
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They met at a Beatbox Battle, |
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they really hit it off, |
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Now they do |
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I'm Zeero, two-time |
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I won twice, but the bigger deal |
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That's something no one |
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We were 13 or 14. |
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I don't know if |
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but weed was actually |
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I had this computer game he |
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So we got together one evening, |
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He asked if I wanted |
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I figured he meant on his ghetto |
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When he started making these |
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'Wow, what's that? ' I had |
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And he knew some ace |
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First I just watched five or ten |
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And then he went on to do a whole |
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and I went on playing |
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That was my first |
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There was this |
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People would meet in |
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kind of like on the Internet |
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I recognized a friend's voice, |
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So I start saying his |
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and imitating Rahzel beats. |
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He thought it was the CD |
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He got the CD 'cause of me, |
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he was bowled over. |
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When he realized |
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"Hey, I want to see you do that |
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When I did a demonstration, he said, |
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Soon after that |
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He got me to go on stage with him, |
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Soon people knew about |
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Okay, that's enough! |
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Bee Low, he's some |
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Just thinking of him |
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The way I see it, Bee Low |
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The seminal battler, |
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He's amazing. I just love him. |
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He MCs at all the Beatbox battles. |
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It was a struggle at first, but |
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Worldwide, even. |
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Bee Low knows |
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And practically every Beatboxer |
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So, really, all I can say is: |
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Oralic Sound Machines, |
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For me, it all started when... |
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Around '83 or '84. |
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It was a bit different |
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I didn't get into it by |
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In my case it all started with me |
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I actually wanted to do |
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I experimented a lot. |
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I'd do animal noises James |
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I'd do live performances, |
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And it really went |
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I traveled all over the place. |
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And then, sometime |
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someone told me Beatboxing |
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And that someone was Maxim. |
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I had my posse in Wedding, |
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the part of Berlin where |
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Maxim's scene was |
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We each did our thing on our own turf, |
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But due to the tensions |
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we'd actually meet |
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Before the Wall fell, we used to |
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'cause it was neutral territory |
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We became good friends with the |
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They'd turn the key, |
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"Stand clear of |
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And there would be a microphone |
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and the same thing |
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So, we got hold of one of the keys |
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Back when I |
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and started hanging out and I |
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I thought, 'What's that? ' |
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I was kind of intrigued by it, |
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to get up in front of the |
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But Mesia kept saying, "Come |
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I was still scared, but finally |
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It kind of went from there. |
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Mesia and those guys |
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They showed me lots of stuff. |
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I'm Neves, and my Beatbox group |
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It's been about five years. At |
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I thought it was really weird, |
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But then one day I went |
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He's from the U.K. And |
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I ended up talking to him, and |
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that I just had to learn that |
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and get so good that people |
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Just percussion, melodies... |
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You know, stuff |
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And things just kind of fell into |
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Then a year or two later, I met Mesia, |
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I attended a few Beatbox |
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I'm sorry to say Maxim |
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A situation got out of hand |
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But Mesia is the one |
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He knows more |
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The only people who |
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are the ones who were there. |
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But according to... |
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...the official story, at least, |
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his wife was out shopping... |
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She had the baby |
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She didn't get a shopping cart |
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so she loaded the |
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The problem was, this older |
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or however you |
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He went running to the cashier |
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'cause she wasn't |
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Which was true, she |
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Anyway, the man sent the cashier |
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he said, "Oh, she's a regular customer! |
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Well, the old |
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He felt he wasn't being taken seriously, |
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Anyway, it was Maxim's birthday. |
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So she gets home and tells him about |
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"Unbelievable, this old geezer |
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"He's still down there, making a scene |
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So Maxim goes down to |
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"We're good customers |
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"So please stop |
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Well, before he could |
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the guy pulled a knife and |
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And as luck would have |
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...he got him |
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It wasn't even a long knife, |
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I guess as a young man he must've |
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Either in the West or East German army. |
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Thank you all for coming... |
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...and being here |
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We only just found out she comes |
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at the site where he died. |
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And as we already said, |
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he not only died on that |
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I mean, on the same |
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How could something |
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We still can't grasp it, the wound |
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We can't forget |
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Let me just say a few |
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Maxim was the one who |
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He was the one who |
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No one had even heard |
| 00:37:24 |
He was the one who first brought |
| 00:37:29 |
He passed it on to the |
| 00:37:33 |
so they wouldn't devote their energy |
| 00:37:38 |
but to dancing instead. |
| 00:37:41 |
'Cause Hip-Hop is an entire culture, |
| 00:37:46 |
and worked to preserve. |
| 00:37:49 |
And... |
| 00:37:51 |
As I said, it's hard for |
| 00:37:55 |
'cause this is the |
| 00:37:58 |
Where he was killed in |
| 00:38:01 |
But the authorities |
| 00:38:04 |
and we just can't |
| 00:38:08 |
We still can't |
| 00:38:11 |
And don't forget the |
| 00:38:14 |
No violence and no intolerance... |
| 00:38:19 |
Maxim didn't care if you were |
| 00:38:24 |
He invited groups from |
| 00:38:28 |
When bitter turf battles |
| 00:38:32 |
over tags or streets |
| 00:38:35 |
Maxim made people see |
| 00:38:38 |
that wasn't the message |
| 00:38:41 |
Maxim tried to unite |
| 00:38:44 |
Maxim lives on in all |
| 00:38:48 |
Thank you, everybody. |
| 00:39:10 |
So there I was, on my own. |
| 00:39:13 |
At first, I was ready to quit. |
| 00:39:16 |
I mean, you work hard and |
| 00:39:20 |
only to be told |
| 00:39:23 |
it's all over 'cause |
| 00:39:26 |
You wouldn't believe the |
| 00:39:30 |
Anyway, I tried to... |
| 00:39:33 |
but get my mind on other |
| 00:39:38 |
Mostly with young people, |
| 00:39:42 |
to carry on what we'd started. |
| 00:39:44 |
If we couldn't |
| 00:39:47 |
at least I could pass the legacy |
| 00:39:53 |
And somehow, the |
| 00:39:57 |
Eventually, we had a |
| 00:40:01 |
who were totally keen to learn |
| 00:40:06 |
So one of them said, "Maxim's gone. |
| 00:40:11 |
"You taught us. Now we'll |
| 00:40:14 |
I thought that |
| 00:40:17 |
The cool thing about Maxim, |
| 00:40:22 |
Yeah, initially it was with |
| 00:40:26 |
He'd go to the kids on the |
| 00:40:30 |
to do something: Breakdance, |
| 00:40:34 |
He inspired them, |
| 00:40:36 |
showed them they could do more than |
| 00:40:41 |
He made them see that's not cool. |
| 00:40:47 |
Winning people over with |
| 00:40:51 |
I really respect him for that. |
| 00:40:55 |
There are a lot of kids out |
| 00:40:59 |
Their parents have their own |
| 00:41:04 |
harassing cigarette vendors |
| 00:41:08 |
That's where Maxim tried |
| 00:41:11 |
and I wish a lot more people |
| 00:41:16 |
That's what we're trying to do, |
| 00:41:23 |
I saw how Maxim and the |
| 00:41:26 |
incorporated Beatbox in their |
| 00:41:31 |
That really inspired |
| 00:41:34 |
And I hung out |
| 00:41:37 |
He was like a |
| 00:41:40 |
He introduced me to graffiti |
| 00:41:45 |
Most important, he was a good |
| 00:41:49 |
And sadly, with |
| 00:41:52 |
when he was murdered |
| 00:41:56 |
our dream died along with him. |
| 00:41:58 |
Maxim had the potential |
| 00:42:01 |
and make a true |
| 00:42:05 |
But we're going to keep nurturing |
| 00:42:10 |
and build on them |
| 00:42:13 |
And we'll hold them in respect |
| 00:42:17 |
We know Maxim is watching from up there |
| 00:42:22 |
Not to sell out the Beatbox |
| 00:42:39 |
Women in the Beatbox scene... |
| 00:42:42 |
There aren't very many. |
| 00:42:45 |
I think partly it's |
| 00:42:48 |
they could never |
| 00:42:51 |
It is often pretty heavy |
| 00:42:55 |
But besides that, |
| 00:42:58 |
I guess a lot of them, |
| 00:43:01 |
...are kind of inhibited. |
| 00:43:03 |
They're scared to try it... |
| 00:43:07 |
...and to venture |
| 00:43:10 |
And you do have to prove |
| 00:43:36 |
The cool thing about Beatboxing |
| 00:43:41 |
Just yourself, and stamina. |
| 00:43:44 |
You can realize |
| 00:43:47 |
and turn them into music. |
| 00:43:49 |
You can do it |
| 00:43:53 |
You can have fun |
| 00:44:08 |
Time to take off winter attire |
| 00:44:13 |
Get rid of that spare tire Now |
| 00:44:17 |
Let's play hooky and have a |
| 00:44:21 |
A few 'shrooms and some weed |
| 00:44:25 |
Now it's light till ten p. m. |
| 00:44:30 |
We can barbecue and party all |
| 00:44:35 |
Time for block parties, open-air |
| 00:44:40 |
Girls strut their stuff, lookin' |
| 00:44:44 |
Head for the park or a pool that's |
| 00:44:49 |
Berlin seems far away And |
| 00:44:53 |
The love, the heat, what you |
| 00:44:58 |
Just get out, go for it, man! |
| 00:45:06 |
Yeah, Hip-Hop... |
| 00:45:12 |
Hip-Hop is cool, |
| 00:45:15 |
I think the whole Hip-Hop |
| 00:45:19 |
But it can be kind of |
| 00:45:22 |
Some things really get on my nerves, |
| 00:45:27 |
They're not all like that, but a lot. |
| 00:45:33 |
Hip-Hop is just a word. |
| 00:45:35 |
They needed a name they could use |
| 00:45:41 |
I only heard the |
| 00:45:44 |
In '83 I was into Breakdance, |
| 00:45:48 |
Which was basically |
| 00:45:51 |
...that the MC |
| 00:45:54 |
It wasn't like today's Rap, |
| 00:45:56 |
where guys like 50 Cent |
| 00:46:00 |
Back then the DJ was the main |
| 00:46:04 |
The MC was the sidekick who |
| 00:46:09 |
"Yo, you wanna hear what my DJ |
| 00:46:13 |
I was being crap on purpose |
| 00:46:18 |
Back then MCs |
| 00:46:20 |
Sure, Grandmaster Flash on The Message, |
| 00:46:26 |
It was a stylistic element. And |
| 00:46:31 |
But we never referred to it as Hip-Hop. |
| 00:46:36 |
And to our mind, breakbeats |
| 00:46:41 |
What it's really about is a |
| 00:46:45 |
It's meaningful 'cause |
| 00:46:49 |
if you're not into the MC |
| 00:46:52 |
And it's a culture |
| 00:46:56 |
Like Heavy Metal is... |
| 00:47:00 |
It's big hair, tattoos, riding |
| 00:47:04 |
It's a way of life. |
| 00:47:06 |
And the same is true of |
| 00:47:10 |
There's a certain worldwide consensus |
| 00:47:15 |
You move within those parameters |
| 00:47:20 |
In brief: It's a culture |
| 00:47:24 |
In the beginning, Hip-Hop |
| 00:47:28 |
"us against the world," but |
| 00:47:32 |
Every Hip-Hopper says he's the greatest, |
| 00:47:38 |
And everyone else is gay... or a "ho. " |
| 00:47:41 |
But if everyone sucks except for |
| 00:47:47 |
Djibutie has a great line: |
| 00:47:52 |
Not the guy who |
| 00:47:54 |
There are a lot of posers |
| 00:47:59 |
"I'm the greatest, the baddest, |
| 00:48:03 |
They don't get what Rap is about. |
| 00:48:08 |
not about being the greatest. |
| 00:48:11 |
If people say you're the greatest, |
| 00:48:15 |
but 'cause they liked your |
| 00:48:20 |
That's what Rap's about: |
| 00:48:22 |
Not bigger balls or obscenity, |
| 00:48:28 |
I want to welcome |
| 00:48:30 |
to Kalkscheune for the Fifth |
| 00:48:35 |
But before we start... |
| 00:48:38 |
You guys were great last week! |
| 00:48:40 |
But you left so fast... |
| 00:48:44 |
It's hard physical labor, about |
| 00:48:49 |
You're going on alone today? |
| 00:48:51 |
Another guy from my band |
| 00:48:54 |
The short one? |
| 00:48:57 |
The guy from Zirkus Mandolini? |
| 00:49:01 |
Right... Wetlipz, or Kyrill. |
| 00:49:04 |
So you may have to go up against him? |
| 00:49:07 |
It's happened twice. |
| 00:49:10 |
Depending on how things go, we might |
| 00:49:16 |
In Munich it wasn't till |
| 00:49:20 |
I ended up winning, |
| 00:49:23 |
'cause we knew that either |
| 00:49:31 |
Tonight we're really |
| 00:49:34 |
We're back to celebrate |
| 00:49:38 |
the Fifth German Beatbox |
| 00:49:42 |
We just toured Germany and |
| 00:49:46 |
with the four best from each |
| 00:49:52 |
Tonight... |
| 00:49:54 |
...the best young talents |
| 00:49:58 |
from all over Germany will |
| 00:50:02 |
They're going to get those |
| 00:50:06 |
And you know what else? |
| 00:50:09 |
They're going to party and |
| 00:50:13 |
'Cause we're not |
| 00:50:17 |
always dissing each other |
| 00:50:20 |
We're a community and we're going to |
| 00:50:26 |
Beatbox, battle style! |
| 00:50:33 |
Get ready for Wetlipz! |
| 00:50:36 |
The two-minute elimination |
| 00:52:08 |
Let's hear it for... Wetlipz! |
| 00:52:17 |
That was... Wetlipz! |
| 00:52:20 |
With the whinnying |
| 00:52:24 |
We'll carry on with the battle |
| 00:52:29 |
So you four Beatboxers get ready, |
| 00:52:35 |
Man-do! |
| 00:52:47 |
Dark-manz! |
| 00:52:51 |
And the first battle we're going |
| 00:52:57 |
Uh, yeah, it was |
| 00:53:00 |
But even if I wasn't |
| 00:53:04 |
The jury decides... |
| 00:53:08 |
So, I didn't make it past the |
| 00:53:13 |
My band 4XSample won the |
| 00:53:17 |
Maybe I'm better |
| 00:53:57 |
Maybe Mando will get to the |
| 00:54:01 |
In any case, he already made it |
| 00:54:07 |
I definitely think he |
| 00:54:10 |
But we'll see. The jury |
| 00:54:15 |
There can only be two |
| 00:54:19 |
I see a lot of you are waving flags... |
| 00:54:26 |
Yeah, Mando's in the |
| 00:54:35 |
Mando will battle Robeat for the |
| 00:54:41 |
Okay, Berlin... |
| 00:54:43 |
It's been an exciting night, |
| 00:54:45 |
and now here's the moment |
| 00:55:00 |
Robeat: Get ready, get set... |
| 00:55:03 |
And go! |
| 00:56:06 |
You play the trumpet? Me, too. |
| 00:56:14 |
You play the guitar? Me, too. |
| 00:56:25 |
You want to drive? I'd take |
| 00:57:11 |
Okay, get a load of this... |
| 00:57:32 |
My new shoes do |
| 00:58:01 |
And now backwards. |
| 00:58:44 |
I would say that was |
| 00:58:48 |
That was the final with |
| 00:58:59 |
Zeero, come on |
| 00:59:02 |
Zeero will present |
| 00:59:08 |
As you know, Zeero has |
| 00:59:11 |
as a two-time German |
| 00:59:14 |
And today he'll present the |
| 00:59:24 |
Mando is here, he's ready... |
| 00:59:28 |
Okay, both finalists are |
| 00:59:31 |
We'll keep it short and sweet: |
| 00:59:34 |
Robeat, congratulations |
| 00:59:38 |
The German Vice-Champion! |
| 00:59:41 |
Congratulations! |
| 00:59:43 |
Second place... congratulations, |
| 00:59:51 |
Robeat, your show's the best, |
| 00:59:55 |
You didn't win this time... |
| 00:59:57 |
But Stuttgart won in soccer, maybe |
| 01:00:01 |
to go with this |
| 01:00:04 |
But, and I only wish Berlin's |
| 01:00:08 |
The old and new |
| 01:00:11 |
The title stays in Berlin... |
| 01:00:14 |
Our maximum respect to... |
| 01:00:16 |
...Mando, from |
| 01:00:31 |
First of all, I want |
| 01:00:35 |
who supported me always! |
| 01:00:37 |
When I made funny noises in the |
| 01:00:42 |
They said, "Hmm, interesting. |
| 01:00:46 |
I've been at it for eight |
| 01:00:49 |
And my girlfriend and all |
| 01:00:53 |
and I want to thank |
| 01:00:56 |
My roommate... My band... |
| 01:00:58 |
Thanks to everyone, |
| 01:01:01 |
And of course... Robeat! |
| 01:01:03 |
I want you to know he's the |
| 01:01:07 |
and one of the youngest, too. |
| 01:01:09 |
He is just amazing, so |
| 01:01:19 |
Enough bla bla, now for an |
| 01:01:22 |
I hope you'll join me |
| 01:01:30 |
I want to play, too. |
| 01:01:35 |
You have to break |
| 01:01:37 |
Christen it with spit. |
| 01:02:36 |
Volker! Thank you, thank you! |
| 01:02:41 |
It was awesome. |
| 01:02:44 |
It was... a hard-won victory. |
| 01:02:47 |
I'm dead tired, and all |
| 01:02:50 |
and celebrate with the |
| 01:02:54 |
I have to pee really bad, |
| 01:02:56 |
but I always have time |
| 01:03:16 |
A lot has been happening for me |
| 01:03:20 |
that have helped me |
| 01:03:23 |
That's one reason I was fortunate |
| 01:03:29 |
It's important to me |
| 01:03:32 |
You have keep pushing yourself |
| 01:03:35 |
and keep fit if you want |
| 01:03:39 |
And I try to do that: I |
| 01:03:43 |
I go swimming and |
| 01:03:46 |
Beatboxing is very demanding |
| 01:03:50 |
and don't keep fit |
| 01:03:53 |
you're going to be |
| 01:03:57 |
You can't keep your arms up. |
| 01:03:59 |
You need great stomach muscles, |
| 01:04:04 |
But you need physical stamina. |
| 01:04:06 |
And I try to keep as |
| 01:04:10 |
so I can get through all |
| 01:04:13 |
and still be able to |
| 01:04:25 |
Well, I have a big |
| 01:04:28 |
...or several, actually, |
| 01:04:33 |
What you see here... |
| 01:04:36 |
That's my entire |
| 01:04:41 |
I should point out that the |
| 01:04:45 |
is to repeat yourself. |
| 01:04:47 |
If you do one beat three times, |
| 01:04:52 |
The other guy might not be as good, |
| 01:04:58 |
He'll be rewarded for having |
| 01:05:02 |
That's why I wrote |
| 01:05:05 |
The old stuff, the new stuff, |
| 01:05:09 |
Then I cross out what I've done |
| 01:05:15 |
In the end there were five |
| 01:05:18 |
that I was able to use, with |
| 01:05:23 |
And my opponent played |
| 01:05:26 |
He left the goal |
| 01:05:29 |
All I had to do was |
| 01:05:32 |
Though I have to say that Robeat, |
| 01:05:37 |
really is a huge young talent. |
| 01:05:39 |
I'm sure that in years to come we'll |
| 01:05:45 |
and he'll be a major force |
| 01:05:56 |
As for my future, I think |
| 01:06:01 |
If I succeed... yippee. |
| 01:06:03 |
If I don't... boo-hoo. |
| 01:06:05 |
Either way, I'll |
| 01:06:09 |
and try to go for a triple. |
| 01:06:11 |
If I pull it off, |
| 01:06:13 |
to be German Champion |
| 01:06:17 |
Then I'd retire, from |
| 01:06:20 |
Of course I still have my band. |
| 01:06:26 |
Beatboxing will |
| 01:06:29 |
But most people in the |
| 01:06:33 |
and I don't think I'll want |
| 01:06:37 |
I'll go for it one more time. |
| 01:06:40 |
I'll work even harder, |
| 01:06:42 |
come with new sounds and |
| 01:06:46 |
Then maybe I can pull it |
| 01:06:50 |
But I did it twice, |
| 01:06:53 |
Major respect to him for that. |
| 01:06:55 |
I just experienced for myself |
| 01:07:00 |
Boy, I thought it would... |
| 01:07:03 |
No, I didn't think it would be |
| 01:07:26 |
Way cool! |
| 01:07:36 |
First there was Bee Low Then |
| 01:07:40 |
Then 4XSample came on the |
| 01:07:45 |
Sorry, just kidding, you see |
| 01:07:49 |
It was tough for all of |
| 01:07:54 |
Beatbox wasn't for cash, just kicks |
| 01:08:00 |
Now Beatbox has unfurled |
| 01:08:04 |
Now Bee Low tours the globe, he rules |
| 01:08:10 |
Maxim, you'd be proud So |
| 01:08:13 |
Life's a breeze, you know If you |
| 01:08:17 |
Do your thing, let your ideas |
| 01:08:22 |
And Pirat from Berlinutz |
| 01:08:25 |
His rhymes kick butt, he rocks |
| 01:08:29 |
Most Beatbox ain't worth a mention |
| 01:08:34 |
But whatever, we're just going to jam |
| 01:08:39 |
But this shit is hot So |
| 01:08:43 |
So peace to Maxim and peace to me |
| 01:08:48 |
Here it comes: The Big Bang! |
| 01:08:58 |
There's a basic step in |
| 01:09:02 |
And there are three |
| 01:09:05 |
Here's the first: The kick. |
| 01:09:14 |
Make it sharper. Press |
| 01:09:19 |
One more time? |
| 01:09:21 |
That's better. |
| 01:09:23 |
The next is the hi-hat. You |
| 01:09:28 |
Or just "ttt-ttt"... |
| 01:09:32 |
I'll do it, then you try. |
| 01:09:37 |
You can do better than that. |
| 01:09:39 |
That's more like it. |
| 01:09:41 |
One more time. Okay. |
| 01:09:43 |
Next you make a "k" |
| 01:09:52 |
And then put them |
| 01:09:57 |
I have a pointer for you, as |
| 01:10:01 |
It helps to say "bad cat!" |
| 01:10:05 |
Training module |
