Why Beatboxing’s Future is in the Studio | Chartmetric
After years of face-to-face beatbox battles, modern beatboxers like SHOW-GO and Hiss are taking the genre to new heights through studio production.
After years of face-to-face beatbox battles, modern beatboxers like SHOW-GO and Hiss are taking the genre to new heights through studio production.
After the 2018 Grand Beatbox Battle (GBB), Japanese teenage sensation SHOW-GO was one of beatboxing’s breakout stars. His falsetto voice crack technique wowed the crowd at beatbox’s biggest event of the year, advancing to the top 8 and setting expectations high for his future in the competitive beatboxing world, and his viral showcase at the event has since garnered over 6.9 million views on YouTube.
The next year, he made it back to the GBB, but he didn’t even advance to the battles. His routine was beautiful, yet underwhelming. Patient and melodic, the routine shared more with the singer-songwriter genre than dubstep or hip-hop, lacking the heavy drop and aggression beatboxers have come to expect from battle routines.
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Tani Levitt
