Does A7X enjoy some Hip-Hop!?

[William B.]

I've seen some playlists and favorite albums get thrown around, and tbh I didn't go through them all. Since they are from SoCal, do they also enjoy some rap from time to time?
I wouldn't want them to make a rap album or something, I just want to know if they ever listen to and if they enjoy it. And maybe name a few they like if anyone knows

 

[Nocturne]

What if after their progressive influence in The Stage they had an hip-hop influence for their next album

 

[Ed Seith]

I've seen some playlists and favorite albums get thrown around, and tbh I didn't go through them all. Since they are from SoCal, do they also enjoy some rap from time to time?
I wouldn't want them to make a rap album or something, I just want to know if they ever listen to and if they enjoy it. And maybe name a few they like if anyone knows

Considering that they all bought nasty grills with part of their CoE advance, I'd say there's a good chance.

 

[Ed Seith]

What if after their progressive influence in The Stage they had an hip-hop influence for their next album

Oh God, I hope not. Rich white suburban dudes experimenting with hip-hop is not high on my list of things to not cringe at.

 

[Filip Tomiša]

I know that Matt and Syn said that they listen to Kanye, not sure about the rest of the members but they probably listen to a lot more rappers. I would assume that Matt listens rap the most. They also did a collab with MGK so maybe him also. Also Body Count but that's rap metal.

 

[Daniel Sobota]

I think outside metal and rock genres, hip-hop is their favorite genre to listen to. Which I'm totally fine with, especially if it's 90's West-coast classics. On their end of the year favorite albums lists they put a few hip-hop albums every year too.

 

[idssdi]

I think zacky in particular really loves hip hop. He had Eminem as record of the year a while ago I believe. Also I think Jimmy took the almost easy bit from hip hop but not sure.

 

[Donovan Etue]

I think zacky in particular really loves hip hop. He had Eminem as record of the year a while ago I believe. Also I think Jimmy took the almost easy bit from hip hop but not sure.

The Almost Easy piano intro is based off of the Terminator 2 theme if I remember right. They talked about it in the Breakdown video about Almost Easy. The hip hop element comes in later on in the song when they unleash some pretty hefty bass. I think that was a Lil Jon influence.

 

[Ed Seith]

The Almost Easy piano intro is based off of the Terminator 2 theme if I remember right. They talked about it in the Breakdown video about Almost Easy. The hip hop element comes in later on in the song when they unleash some pretty hefty bass. I think that was a Lil Jon influence.

There is some sub-bass in there, yeah. Totally a hip hop thing.

 

[Donovan Etue]

Here they mention Jimmy coming up with the piano part.
Here they talk about Zacky wanting to add in the sub-bass. I haven't really noticed any of the sub bass myself but then again all of my music listening is 99% headphones. It's probably a lot more noticeable if you've got a decent speaker setup whether it's in your rec room or in your car.

 

[Ed Seith]

First heavy hit of the Chorus section comes in like THUNDER. That's where it starts, and if memory serves, it's only under the chorus.

 

[Nocturne]

I know that Matt and Syn said that they listen to Kanye, not sure about the rest of the members but they probably listen to a lot more rappers. I would assume that Matt listens rap the most. They also did a collab with MGK so maybe him also. Also Body Count but that's rap metal.

I didn't know they made a song with MGK, that's so cool!

 

[Filip Tomiša]

I didn't know they made a song with MGK, that's so cool!

Yeah they did it back in 2012, it's called Save Me and it features Matt and Syn

 

[Jaxon Muller]

I've seen some playlists and favorite albums get thrown around, and tbh I didn't go through them all. Since they are from SoCal, do they also enjoy some rap from time to time?
I wouldn't want them to make a rap album or something, I just want to know if they ever listen to and if they enjoy it. And maybe name a few they like if anyone knows

In the "Making Of" documentary for the self-titled 2007 album, I believe they mention that they were inspired by hip-hop beats for the heartbeat 120 bpm on "Scream". Also, I have to imagine the autotune in "Lost" from that album had hip-hop inspirations.

 

[Jaxon Muller]

The bass influence is mentioned in this.

 

[Jaxon Muller]

I didn't know they made a song with MGK, that's so cool!

MGK even plays a Syn custom on stage sometimes, which i didn't even know he did as a rapper.

 

[Nocturne]

MGK even plays a Syn custom on stage sometimes, which i didn't even know he did as a rapper.

Since I posted this last message I started listening to what he was doing, I love it!