>some people just edit out the wack parts and give it an intro.

Which brings me to a question regarding edits. Now this may not be familiar to 
those not intimated with "edit culture", but there is/was a kind of code among 
the edit heads that:
There are four kinds of tracks, 

1] dope tracks which need no edits (cause they're already dope and mixable)
2] dope tracks that have a spoiler section or are hard to mix (so you just cut 
the wackness or add intro beats to facilitate longer mixes, etc)
3] weak tracks that could use an axe. (chop, chop, chop...loop)
4] dope tracks that can be taken to the cosmic level with an axe. (see number 
three)

Nowadays it seems people don't think as much about whether a track needs an 
edit (or what kind of editing) as much as they think about how many people will 
buy the edit (theo excluded...but you knew that right?).  Is this code 
outdated? Is it now acceptable to chop an otherwise kicking track for the sake 
of having done an edit? Do you all feel most of the edits out now (theo 
excluded, I will not respect dissenting opinions) are done from a need or 
intention to make them groove into the cosmos or just to have done it? Just 
something I've been thinking about. Cause coming up, you would get fronted on 
for doing the wrong kind of edit to the wrong kind of song. Dunno...

Discuss?

Kamal K. Stoddard
Turner Broadcasting Systems
 
 
 
 

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