# Awesome beat boxer. Unreal. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855 "2011-02-02T03:14:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/1 "2011-02-02T03:14:37Z")
> **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Wow. This dude Eklips is amazing. How does he get that perfect scratching sound like that? Are there better beatboxers than this guy? I told my wife I’m going to start beatboxing now. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/2 "2011-02-02T04:02:17Z")
Your link does not work. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/3 "2011-02-02T04:06:04Z")
Can’t access your link, but Rahzel is pretty amazing–saw him in concert once. Was pretty crazy singing and beat boxing at the same time, with no apparent digital trickery that I could tell. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/4 "2011-02-02T04:24:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Can’t access your link, but Rahzel is pretty amazing–saw him in concert once. Was pretty crazy singing and beat boxing at the same time, with no apparent digital trickery that I could tell. That’s who I was about to mention, for that reason. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u9TccGR-9EM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque The person that the OP posted (search youtube for Eklips) was beatboxing, but had other things layered into it. Sure, sounded good, but it was more then just him and a microphone making those noises. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/5 "2011-02-02T09:54:08Z")
Try this link. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0\_2vmkTmf0&sns=em](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_2vmkTmf0&sns=em) There’s nothing backing him up here. Not sure what video you saw. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/6 "2011-02-02T13:20:44Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Try this link. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0\_2vmkTmf0&sns=em](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0_2vmkTmf0&sns=em) > > There’s nothing backing him up here. Not sure what video you saw. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQVcbnDIdr4) was the first thing I found. Skip to around 2:30 and bypass the trainwreck of an opening. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/7 "2011-02-02T15:36:03Z")
I’ve posted this before, but [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0) a guy that beat boxes while paying the flute. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/8 "2011-02-02T15:48:02Z")
> [@PetW](#): > > I’ve posted this before, but [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0) a guy that beat boxes while paying the flute. I can’t believe how much I actually respect this man’s abilities. I also can’t believe he got all the way to school with his milk money very often 😉 but that was really very impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/9 "2011-02-02T16:06:08Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > How does he get that perfect scratching sound like that? Are there better beatboxers than this guy? [Kenny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImgIt-6xs5I&feature=related) [Muhammad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q7UNhM4wXw&NR=1&feature=fvwp) (IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/10 "2011-02-02T16:14:44Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > [Kenny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImgIt-6xs5I&feature=related) [Muhammad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q7UNhM4wXw&NR=1&feature=fvwp) (IMHO) Wow - impressive. What’s interesting is that, as a musician, I can say that this fellow Kenny Muhammad is a\* better drummer \*than the other clips posted here. Meaning: simply how he arranges the beat/drum sounds and then locks into a metronomic groove. I could play guitar over this guy easily and have a great time. I have no idea if beat-boxers even care about that aspect of what they do, but it was interesting for me to hear this guy and immediately think about how to “work with that track”… ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-beat-boxer-unreal/569855/11 "2011-02-02T16:30:25Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Wow - impressive. What’s interesting is that, as a musician, I can say that this fellow Kenny Muhammad is a\* better drummer \*than the other clips posted here. Meaning: simply how he arranges the beat/drum sounds and then locks into a metronomic groove. I could play guitar over this guy easily and have a great time. > > I have no idea if beat-boxers even care about that aspect of what they do, but it was interesting for me to hear this guy and immediately think about how to “work with that track”… Funny you should say that – he’s actually [performed with the NY Philharmonic orchestra](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kHW4jXZKAFY#t=55s).