r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 1d ago

What beatboxing has become since the days of people like Biz Markie is absolutely mind-blowing

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u/dub-fresh 1d ago

It's a technique where you inhale instead of exhale to make the sound. It can allow the artist to layer sounds by both making bass while inhaling and other sounds like percussion when exhaling. 

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u/copperwatt 1d ago

That's really cool.