Talk:S.d.z.

"s.d.z." or "s.d.z"

• I checked AC bm 3rdMIX, completeMIX, FINAL, III series, and CS APPEND 3rdMIX. All of them are "s.d.z" (two periods).
  • The last appearance for s.d.z. was in beatmania (2006), where I think it was shown with three periods. I have no way to check it, but we use how the title is shown on its last appearance for the pages themselves. If you or somebody else can check how the title is shown in beatmania (USA), please post here. --FinalOffset (talk) 19:20, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
  • Edit: checked, it is shown with three periods. --FinalOffset (talk) 19:27, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Minor lyrics errors?

Are these official lyrics? I've been listening to this banger a few times, what I heard in a difference in a few parts.

"Open mad fat tracks this all that I makes"

To my ears it sounds like:

"Open mad fat tracks that Hiroshi makes"

Which makes sense, Muhammad refers Hiroshi again later on in the song

Another part I found that might sound difference to my ear:

Like in Africa, Asia, UK, Japan!

America! You know you've got free verse!

It sounds to me like:

Like in Africa, Asia, UK, Japan!

America! You know you've got flavor!

Also missing a word "man" after cybernetic if that counts

I'm changin' with your range to the cybernetic man --Arnim (talk) 18:25, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

• These might have been transcribed by ear, as GlaringRadiokid said on the Discord server. No lyrics for this song are provided in either the 3rdMIX OST or in any printed materials I know of. If the person who originally added the lyrics (User:CardinalDan) has a source, I'd like to see it, but unfortunately I don't think he's an active user on this wiki anymore.
• It looks like CardinalDan posted the lyrics both on this page and over on the page for g.m.d., which has the same rap that's in this song. IMO this is one of the main causes of the errors in the lyrics currently shown on this page.
• For the individual points you mentioned above:
  • "Open mad fat tracks that Hiroshi makes"
    • To me it sounds like it could be "Over mad fat tracks that Hiroshi makes," but that part of the line is a little difficult to discern.
    • However, I agree 100% that it's "Hiroshi makes" at the end. In g.m.d., it sounds like this word was reversed for some reason ("ihsoriH").
  • America! You know you've got flavor!
    • I agree with this one, it sounds pretty clear to me.
  • Also missing a word "man" after cybernetic if that counts
    • Agreed. Again, I think this is the lyrics were copied and pasted to both here and the page for g.m.d.. At that spot in g.m.d., he says "cybernetic [sample cuts in] YEAH" instead.
• Overall I think the lyrics on both pages have a lot of transcription errors. Either I or someone else who is interested can go listen to both s.d.z. and g.m.d., and add the correct lyrics to the appropriate pages. --Calpisco (talk) 02:15, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

"Sounds complicated" rather than "That's complicated"

"Come-comer'll spit to the underground streets" sounds more like "Comin' from outer space to the underground streets"

"Hip'n'hop will extend across the land" sounds closer to "Hip-Hip will advance 'cross the land", since there's also an added "Ha!" beforehand --Malev 02:40, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Attempted transcription of lyrics

Hey all, I listened through both s.d.z. and g.m.d. recently. Here's my attempted transcription of what I heard from s.d.z. specifically, let me know your thoughts on some of the parts in italics and bold.

• Italics: Don't have high confidence in what I heard, but is my best guess
• Bold: Fairly confident in what I heard

Sound waves! Comin' rugged and rough
You ain't gon' ever get enough my style is untouched
When I got the microphone in my hand
I change and rearrange to a cybernetic man
Do you understand my rhymes on the beats?
Comin' from outer space to the underground streets
We've got treats like cookies and cakes
Over mad fat tracks that Hiroshi makes
Ha, Hip-Hop will expand 'cross' the land
Like Africa, Asia, UK, Japan!
America! You know they've got flavor!
All around the world is the beatmania... mania...

Beat, beat, mania mania mania...

Dope, dope, dope! Know what I'm sayin'?!
Style's complicated like trigonometry!! Ha, ha!
Send you runnin' home to your mommy! (mania)
Way over your head like a tsunami!
Bringin' a mad batch
Hiroshi, sound waves
For Konami, the *beatmania*... --Calpisco (talk) 03:39, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Looks good to me, even better and made more sense than my transcription (I missed lots of lines because I was biased to the existing lyrics) --Arnim (talk) 07:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)