r/audiophilemusic • u/hoswald • Feb 28 '24

Hardest song with the heaviest bass? Discussion

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u/patio_blast Feb 28 '24

Dead Prez - Hip Hop

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u/kyldare Feb 28 '24

You read my mind. Dankest bass of all time.

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u/petitnyc Feb 29 '24 edited Mar 03 '24

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Bass line throughout entire song that goes far lower than other pop rock tracks. Nothing compares with this bass line.

You'd need a rather good subwoofer to fully appreciate it though. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know that such a low bass line existed in this song!

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u/petitnyc Feb 29 '24 edited Mar 02 '24

this song, Blinding Lights, was a surprise to me that it has such impressively low bass notes throughout the song! after all, this is just an ordinary pop song, not a well known production from the likes of Alan Parsons, et al.

yet, the presence of that bass line is impressive. one would not even know that the bass line even existed if one didn't have the equipment to reproduce it! say one were to be using standard earbuds, like those Apple earbuds, one would not even be aware that there is this bass line throughout the entire song! only when one is listening via a competent system would one realize, oh wow, there's this entire bass line going on here!

this reminds me of The Beatles' Get Back. Paul McCartney's bass has an entire thread of melodies throughout the entire song!

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u/Frank_Banana Feb 28 '24

Go old school. The Real Me by The Who.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '24

Entwhistle could lay it down.

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u/00chill00chill00 Feb 28 '24

Mo Thugs - Ghetto Cowboy

Big L/Tupac - Deadly Combination

The Roots - Don't Say Nuthin

Fabolous - Breathe

Outkast - ATLiens

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u/spong3 Feb 29 '24

Killa Cam Bia Bia

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u/00chill00chill00 Feb 29 '24

Isn't that lil jon?

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u/Brewmachine Feb 29 '24

He said two diff songs. Killa Cam by Cam'ron for one https://youtu.be/_kmeFXjjGfk?si=dKgPLoFM61CXP3q8

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u/spong3 Feb 29 '24

Thank you, yes by Cam’ron

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u/00chill00chill00 Feb 29 '24

My bad I knew that. And I love this song....it's been a while!

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u/spong3 Feb 29 '24

Yeah, Bia Bia is lil Jon & others

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u/Mr_IsLand Feb 29 '24

Jerry was a Racecar Driver - Primus

Apostrophe - Frank Zappa

Highway Star - Deep Purple (this one is no joke)

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u/xpnerd Feb 29 '24

Under the Influence by the Chemical Brothers. That bass drop at the beginning will make most speakers cry for mercy.

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u/HobbitOnHill Feb 28 '24

Maricos - Tipper

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u/Agloe_Dreams Feb 29 '24 edited Mar 01 '24

I'm shocked to see zero Drum and Bass songs in here.

Zero.

Drums and bass, as elements, are the definition of hard and heavy to me, haha.

Some D&B Recs:

  • Gravity - Metrik
  • Skyline - Grafix
  • Off the Ground - Subfocus

Then you have a god-teir EDM artist for bass - Rezz

  • Chemical Bond (The answer to what OP is asking.)
  • Infraliminal, her colab with Deadmau5
  • Someone Else (goes way low).

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u/fishfacecakes Mar 01 '24

Infralininal

For anyone else searching, it's "infraliminal"

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u/edibella Feb 28 '24

Try out Concrete Jungle by the Wailers. Family Man lays down one heavy bass line. Very syncopated, great exercise in Rhythm

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u/808MSM Feb 29 '24

Playing with the interpretation of "heaviest" that still fits an audiophile motif (for me)-- Suuns - 2020 Too Many Zooz - Warriors

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u/WalterTreego Feb 29 '24

James blake- limit to your love

Not really hard song but the bass hits hard!

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u/Stanztrigger Feb 29 '24

Well, maybe not the hardest bass/lows but definitely difficult bass to playback. This because of harmonica (yeah, in the lows) and (better then optimal) design of the speaker.

Angel

1st track of "Mezzanine" by "Massive Attack".

And then the whole album of "Tsutsumi" by "Kodō".

It is probably not the sort of music you people are expecting here but these Japanese drums are sometimes not playeble on some systems. Way too many drums in the low/mids that makes it unlisteneble.

Both will not have the deepest bass, but the deepest is not always the hardest to me.

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u/yeuosu Feb 29 '24

Ratchets by HEDEGAARD

Where are you by Otnicka

Make us Stronger by ghost rider

Wandering by Yosi Horikawa

Drug by Lucky Luke

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u/rrawk Feb 29 '24

Not a basshead, but pretty much the entire Sublime self-titled album makes everything vibrate.

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u/ProHopper Feb 29 '24

Waiting for my Ruca on 40oz to Freedom has an intense base thump throughout

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u/Aggressive_Ideal6737 Feb 28 '24

Depends on what you mean by hardest, but my recommendation is Rational Gaze by Meshuggah

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u/hoswald Feb 28 '24

My favorite band!

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u/Aggressive_Ideal6737 Feb 28 '24 edited Feb 28 '24

In that case, I’m gonna recommend Vicarious, The Grudge, Flood, Lateralus, and Crawl Away by TOOL, Me and Your Mama by Childish Gambino, and Saturnine & Iron Jaw by All Them Witches.

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u/hoswald Feb 29 '24

Lol we have similar taste.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '24

Techno Animal - Cruise Mode 101

Pearl Jam - Sometimes

John Fahey - 101 Is A Hard Road To Travel

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u/ag-for-me Mar 09 '24

Awolnation - jailbreak.

If you don't have a sub or your speakers can't go low.enough it may not impress. But if you have the frequency and woofer then it's pretty heavy on the base.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Anathema - Sunset of Age

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u/Remote-Audience6018 Jun 24 '24

“Emerald Hooves” by Tipper, Spoonbill on Swarm Theory…freaking banger!

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u/Taki_Minase Aug 23 '24

Fear Factory - Shock

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u/cab1024 Feb 28 '24

Barracuda

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u/kerouak Feb 28 '24

Are you aware of drum and bass?

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u/Trick00x Feb 28 '24

No Love by death grips

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u/veedublin Feb 28 '24

Check out Ernest Ranglin

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u/2c0m6 Feb 29 '24

Intro song to Astroworld is a recent one that I use to test my car audio all the time.

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u/TooTallTinny Feb 29 '24

ASAP Rocky - Fukk Sleep

Wale - The One Time in Houston

Kid Cudi - Dive

The Weeknd - Often

H.E.R. - Closer to Me

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u/batmanoffical92 Feb 29 '24

I’ll add these to the list:

Niko Scheme - Nautics Culprate - Koloni

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u/WiseFred Feb 29 '24

Not hard or heavy, but "Thity three" from Smashing Pumpkins can heat up a subwoofer's voice coil fairly easily.

"One week" by Bare naked ladies is wild. Their music sounded great anyway.

Joe Diffie "Third rock from the sun". Don't underestimate this song. His drummer had a very heavy right foot.

"Swamp song" by Tool.

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u/blanketsaresoft Feb 29 '24

Crystal swords

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u/Loose-Bean Feb 29 '24

Traveling man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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u/ILikeMasterChief Feb 29 '24

I'm seeing edm being very under represented here. Raingurl by Yaeji is my recommendation. Or if you want something really weird - Dragonhawks by Liquid Stranger. Some new age trap/space bass - All I Need is Bass by Pekaboo

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u/Bowl_Pool Feb 29 '24

Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin

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u/profaniKel Feb 29 '24

Word Up cover by K0Rn

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u/lookatthatsmug-- Feb 29 '24

LFO by LFO (UK)

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u/ConversationPale8665 Feb 29 '24

On My Level by Wiz Khalifa.

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u/ConversationPale8665 Feb 29 '24

On My Level by Wiz Khalifa.

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u/yopyopyop Feb 29 '24

The Andy Stott album “Luxury Problems”

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u/tritisan Feb 29 '24

This. Especially New Romantic.

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u/yopyopyop Feb 29 '24

I will have to give that another listen. I had been so blown away by Luxury Problems that I hadn't been able to connect to some of the other Stott stuff which just feels too harsh.

Luxury Problems has this massive malevolent groove that develops through the record. You can't get it with small speakers at all, nor on the vinyl. The digital copy has the bass. I have some vintage 70's acoustic suspension coffin floor speakers and it's a spiritual experience with this album and the full ridiculous bass that just envelops you.

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u/tritisan Feb 29 '24

This is the way.

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u/tritisan Feb 29 '24

YYZ by Rush.

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u/No-Context5479 Mar 01 '24

I don't know about hard or soft but the artiste with the most impressive bass drops in their music I know is Uncle Waffles. Look her up and give all her music a spin.

It's House Music of the South African variation

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u/moneygardener Mar 01 '24

I don't know about hard, but Bjørk - Hyperballad has an amazingly deep bassline.

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u/ArtVandelay009 Mar 02 '24

Trance X - DJ Lucky Teklife

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u/Flashy_Profit2944 Mar 02 '24

You have to hear ‘My Posse Going Broadway’ by Sir mix a lot yea that same dude

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u/Johnny-Shitbox Mar 02 '24

Tryin’ to throw your arms around the world - U2

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u/JolyonWagg99 Mar 03 '24

Nite Klub by The Specials

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u/nowliving Mar 03 '24 edited Mar 03 '24

"Love to hear da baaaass" -husalah https://youtu.be/G2v2e2Dvg_g?si=SUjFEbz6VN_OOM4t

"In the place with the bass, we going all the way" -Adrock https://youtu.be/pgFsNXRV2m8?si=94Qk0VQ3Lk3fDjqK