i’m amazed that people can qualify a genre as being bad/ good, yes there’s shit loads of bad dubstep, but then there’s loads of good. i don’t think the speed is relevant to the genre anymore. it did start slightly faster, maybe 140 but that’s no longer the case.
to decide what is dubstep i’d basically ask, does it have syncopated drums, either high hats or kicks, dubstep can be four four, but it should have a swing. it should also have space, like original dub. skrillex is neither dubstep, nor any good.