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If you listen to mainstream music these days, you know this rap flow.
如果你听过现在的主流音乐，你肯定知道下面这种说唱节奏
If you love it, you’re in luck –
你要是喜欢这个节奏，那你就走运了——
It’s probably not going to go away anytime soon.
因为短时间内，这种节奏很可能会延续下去
If you hate it, I’m sorry.
如果你不喜欢，那我只能说，抱歉
But, hey, you have something in common with Snoop Dogg now.
不过，嘿，史诺普·道格（美国说唱巨星）跟你想的一样呢
Everybody tryin to rap the same style.
大家都想用同样的风格说唱
I don’t know who created it if it was Future or Migos
我不知道这个节奏是谁发明的，是Future还是Migos
but all them ni**s sound the same.
但听着好像都是一个德行
That rapid fire style of rap
这种快速说唱的风格
has been dubbed the "Migos Flow" even the "Versace Flow."
被人们称之为"Migos 节奏"，甚至被叫作"Versace节奏"
It’s come to define mainstream artists in recent years.
近年来，它还成了衡量一个说唱歌手是不是主流说唱歌手的标志
But the musical principle that drives that flow — the triplet -
但是，这种节奏背后的乐理——也就是三连音——
It’s been around forever.
已经由来已久。
In 2013 Migos, the Atlanta rap trio - released a song called "Versace"
2013年，Migos，也就是亚特兰大说唱说唱三人组，发型了一首名为"Versace"的单曲
I’m just gonna pause that for a second.
好了，我先暂停一下
Drake loved it so much, he freestyled over it.
Drake喜欢这首歌喜欢得不得了，于是他即兴改编了这首歌
and it blew up.
然后就火了
You can’t deny "Versace."
“范思哲”这首歌会让人欲罢不能的
Like my grandma would walk around singing Versace
我奶奶散步的时候都会唱
and she didn't even know the words of the song or what it's about
她连这首歌的歌词都不认识，也不知道这首歌讲的是什么
but the hook is so catchy, that's how big of a song it was.
但副歌部分特别上口，这首歌就有这么大魅力
That’s Justin Hunte.
这位是Justin Hunter.
You might know him as the former editor in chief of Hip Hop DX.
你可能知道，他曾经是Hip Hop DX的金牌作曲
He covers hip hop trends and news on his own youtube channel.
他在他的Youtube频道发布了很多嘻哈动态和新闻
it's like you have like a lot of forces that just sort of
就好像是有很多因素
combine at the right time for that flow to finally to make it to prominence
刚好都在合适的时机发挥作用，就把这个节奏带起来了
even though its origins have been around for a while.
虽然三连音出现已经有一段时间了
Triplets are a standard in musical composition.
三连音在作曲里是一个标准的节奏变化
They occur when you divide one beat into three notes
将伴奏按三个音符一组
instead of their usual two or four.
而不是常规的两个音符或四个音符一组进行划分，就是三连音
Recognize this? That’s probably the most famous measure with triplets.
听过这首曲子吧？这可能是最具代表性的三连音了
But they go back even further.
但三连音的历史比这首曲子还要久远
These are types of rhythms that have been
这种节奏类型是
at the foundation of cultures where hip hop came from in the first place.
嘻哈文化的根基
It's African rhythms and so that’s as old as the equator.
这是非洲人用的节奏，所以，这种节奏的历史几乎和赤道一样久远了
In rap, triplets work the same way.
在说唱里，三连音的作用也是一样
Just take a listen to Young Thug’s "Get High" featuring Snoop Dogg.
我们还是先来听听Young Thug这首由史诺普·道格伴唱的“Get High”吧
Now, compare that to earlier in the song where there are no triplets.
现在，把这一段和这首歌前面部分没有三连音的部分比较一下
And you start to hear the difference.
你是不是已经听出两部分的区别了？
It’s hard to say exactly when the first triplet was rapped,
我们很难说清三连音是什么时候开始用到说唱里的，
but a lot of people point to Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" as one of the earliest examples.
但很多人都认为，Public Enemy的“Bring the Noise”是这方面的先行者
Another track with triplets from 1987? The Dismasters’ "Small Time Hustler."
再听一首Dismasters的“Small Time Hustler”？这首歌写于1987年，里面也用到了三连音
Triplets existed during the east coast / west coast era of hip hop,
在东西两岸的嘻哈时代，说唱里都已经用到了三连音
but they didn’t define those artists.
但那个时候，三连音并不是那些歌手的标志性特征
They actually emerged out of the midwest and south
实际上，三连音最先成了美国中西部和南部说唱音乐的标志
when those communities started developing their own style.
因为那些地方的说唱歌手想要发展自己的说唱风格
Like that whole Ohio down to Tennessee corridor.
差不多整个俄亥俄州以及田纳西一带的说唱歌手
There was a lot of stylistic similarities to a few of the different artists.
在风格上都跟一些不走寻常路的歌手有很多相似之处
Just listen to Krayzie Bone verse off of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s debut album.
我们只要听一听Bone Thugs-N-Harmony乐队首张专辑里Krayzie Bone的这首曲子就知道了
That flow stands in stark contrast to the way Easy-E approached the same beat on that song.
同一首歌，他唱的部分的节奏和Easy-E唱的部分的节奏完全是两码事
And then there’s Three 6 Mafia from Memphis.
接下来是来自田纳西孟菲斯的Three 6 Mafia乐队
I think it's very difficult to give anyone else credit other than Lord Infamous.
我觉得，这个荣誉非Three 6 Mafia乐队里的Lord Infamous莫属
Mystic Stylez is a joint that I remember really early.
Mystic Stylez这首单曲算是比较早期的一个过渡
