How This Producers Legacy Was Erased | What Happened To Lex Luger

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  • čas přidán 23. 03. 2024
  • Lex Luger in the early 2010s couldn't be avoided. You either heard his sound or someone doing their best impression.
    So what happened to the legendary producer?
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  • @interviewwithdevin2902
    @interviewwithdevin2902 Před 2 měsíci +1744

    That lex pack on fL was legendary

    • @maseuz
      @maseuz Před 2 měsíci +117

      i was gonna say this video title doesn't really make sense because every trap producer in the past 10-15 years has used that drumkit

    • @christopherlewis2194
      @christopherlewis2194 Před 2 měsíci +44

      All that was shawty Redd sounds

    • @montbrink4700
      @montbrink4700 Před 2 měsíci +16

      ​@@christopherlewis2194no ... Lex is foundation

    • @bles05
      @bles05 Před 2 měsíci +30

      @@montbrink4700 u must not know who Shawty Redd is lol, nah, Shawty Redd is the foundation

    • @kirk4c
      @kirk4c Před 2 měsíci +6

      Yessir still is better then most packs today

  • @nerdalyst3759
    @nerdalyst3759 Před 2 měsíci +2516

    Not erased. His Legacy is pretty much cemented. It's just the world moved on and it has a short ass memory.

  • @TLewis-zm5rl
    @TLewis-zm5rl Před 2 měsíci +1382

    Lex Luger and Sonny Digital was the Metro Boomin and Southside of the 2010s. Shit was so hard.

    • @MichaelWilliams-ti7pn
      @MichaelWilliams-ti7pn Před 2 měsíci +30

      Remember sonny because of kid ink early mixtapes

    • @TLewis-zm5rl
      @TLewis-zm5rl Před 2 měsíci +45

      @@MichaelWilliams-ti7pn he had some absolute nasty work on AceHood mixtapes too

    • @kingdoge69
      @kingdoge69 Před 2 měsíci +65

      Don’t forget Jhalil Beats

    • @fuosdi64
      @fuosdi64 Před 2 měsíci +23

      I wish lex Luger type of beats would come back.

    • @Baltimoreboy36
      @Baltimoreboy36 Před 2 měsíci +38

      Shawty redd

  • @yungcorleone2919
    @yungcorleone2919 Před 2 měsíci +558

    The fact that Lex decided to send south side beats also just shows he’s a solid person not everybody would think to do that

    • @theodorebouchet321
      @theodorebouchet321 Před 2 měsíci +51

      Exactly he’s too much of a good person and he’s surrounded by vultures

    • @aldali724
      @aldali724 Před 2 měsíci +9

      @@theodorebouchet321yup and that video where he went off on everyone was the final straw. If y’all remember we didn’t even hear Lex speak for years, probably up until Rubba band Business. No interviews, no trash talk, nothing. Just production credits. He got tired of being slighted

    • @Jtron765
      @Jtron765 Před měsícem +9

      Damn near no other producer would do that Southside should always be appreciative

    • @mikeyjames
      @mikeyjames Před měsícem +3

      I feel like he gone make a comeback. Sometimes you just need to say f… rap snd slide to another genre. Find yourself some lil singer.

    • @carpediem4512
      @carpediem4512 Před měsícem +1

      DRUGS ARE BAD!!

  • @juicejuice5013
    @juicejuice5013 Před 2 měsíci +1127

    Lex Luger got them final boss beats

  • @chuck9380
    @chuck9380 Před 2 měsíci +599

    His mixtape with Juicy J went dumb hard

    • @Deepndakut757
      @Deepndakut757 Před 2 měsíci +31

      All 3 of em did 💯💯💯

    • @mrrandywatson658
      @mrrandywatson658 Před 2 měsíci +33

      Cabin Fever was 🔥

    • @skinnzthedon
      @skinnzthedon Před 2 měsíci +17

      Juicy + lex = 🔥

    • @ongodddd
      @ongodddd Před 2 měsíci +28

      Rubba band business 2 is the greatest tape ive ever heard

    • @CalvinL.Stevens
      @CalvinL.Stevens Před 2 měsíci +24

      Still listening to RBB, RBB2 and Blue Dream & Lean to this day. Haven't heard anything like it since then...

  • @cithasdasorcerer7357
    @cithasdasorcerer7357 Před 2 měsíci +451

    Lex Luger inspired an entire generation of producers, artists, and overall creatives

    • @yourtrunkrattles4398
      @yourtrunkrattles4398 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Cap

    • @MorninBreff29
      @MorninBreff29 Před 2 měsíci

      #conspiracy or not⁉️ #trending #youtubeshorts #baltimore @foxnews
      czcams.com/users/shortsiM57eMcAwGY?feature=share

    • @AVnumnba7
      @AVnumnba7 Před 2 měsíci +4

      ​@@yourtrunkrattles4398not at all, iykyk

    • @yourtrunkrattles4398
      @yourtrunkrattles4398 Před 2 měsíci

      @@AVnumnba7 he mid

    • @AVnumnba7
      @AVnumnba7 Před 2 měsíci

      @@yourtrunkrattles4398 iykyk

  • @Majin_03
    @Majin_03 Před 2 měsíci +471

    Without Lex Luger hiphop wouldn't sound like it does today

    • @MorninBreff29
      @MorninBreff29 Před 2 měsíci

      #conspiracy or not⁉️ #trending #youtubeshorts #baltimore @foxnews
      czcams.com/users/shortsiM57eMcAwGY?feature=share

    • @AlwayzOntime
      @AlwayzOntime Před 2 měsíci +12

      Ppl always say stuff like that but that's foolishness ppl brainwash you with so you always think the past is better than you but with or without lex somebody would've popped it off remember somebody inspired his beats

    • @AO-pn2uo
      @AO-pn2uo Před 2 měsíci +11

      And SpaceGhostPurrp

    • @Majin_03
      @Majin_03 Před 2 měsíci +19

      @@AlwayzOntime nahh. lex was inspired by shawty redd and d rich and elevated the sound. just like producers took lex sound and made it their own. a lot of elements in the beats nowadays are in lex's formula

    • @AlwayzOntime
      @AlwayzOntime Před 2 měsíci +3

      @Majin_03 you started your comment with "nah" then agreed with me smh I said a producer influenced him then you name the ones that influenced him no matter what everything posed to happen will happen the sound would've still came thru

  • @vmpodcast
    @vmpodcast Před 2 měsíci +402

    The disrespect is crazy it’s like he never existed before they still use his drums to this day

    • @717Cucch
      @717Cucch Před 2 měsíci +60

      Just said this, lex hi hat 3 and 6, rack kick, Luger slap clap, and of course his snare still so prevalent today. Timeless samples

    • @kirk4c
      @kirk4c Před 2 měsíci +17

      His sound can still come back

    • @christophermclaughlin6412
      @christophermclaughlin6412 Před 2 měsíci +8

      Lex never had original drums. His kit took from lil Jon kit, Shawty lo, supahhmario etc

    • @717Cucch
      @717Cucch Před 2 měsíci +16

      @@christophermclaughlin6412 you think Lil Jon synthesized those drums himself lol, he ripped them from other records first. Hence the term samples when referring to drums

    • @AVnumnba7
      @AVnumnba7 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@717Cucchexactly

  • @lordg3803
    @lordg3803 Před 2 měsíci +782

    Lex and Shawty Red were definitely integral parts of shaping Trap Music.

    • @DMUSA-gd6kq
      @DMUSA-gd6kq Před 2 měsíci +25

      Facts,Drill Music as well.

    • @chris45627
      @chris45627 Před 2 měsíci +28

      Music in general. Every Producer who started around 2010 had a Lex luger kit or Learned production from Lex Luger tutorials. I think that was part of his downfall. His beats sounded complex because of all the instruments he would layer but It was easy to replicate everybody copied him. Lex this never evolved past that sound. Even Southside was stuck in that sound, He was the worst producer in 808 mafia at first but he learned alot from collabing with Metro, Sonny Digital, TM-88, Tarentino. Purps and evolved as a musician. And Trap music has came along way.

    • @SparkthatOldEl
      @SparkthatOldEl Před 2 měsíci +39

      Zaytoven too

    • @trevorhandberry2158
      @trevorhandberry2158 Před 2 měsíci

      FACTS!!!!

    • @0112jesse
      @0112jesse Před 2 měsíci +23

      Toomp &Drumma Boy too

  • @6GloryHaylen
    @6GloryHaylen Před 2 měsíci +129

    His legacy wasn’t erased for me. Lex Luger drum kit was the first drum kit I ever got as a producer and one of my top inspirations to make music. Lex forever a goat to me.

  • @msemilita
    @msemilita Před 2 měsíci +160

    Can we talk about how Virginia producers made so many stars? Neptunes, Timbaland, Teddy Riley, Missy, Luger...its outrageous.

  • @francismanancis4186
    @francismanancis4186 Před 2 měsíci +827

    Anybody thats a REAL fan of Lex know his REAL prime was 2012 - 2017. No producer from the generation is touching Lex.

    • @aldali724
      @aldali724 Před 2 měsíci +110

      I’d honestly say earlier, around RubbaBand Business time 2010-11

    • @badboygoodgirl
      @badboygoodgirl Před 2 měsíci +47

      Metro and Honorable C. Note carried the torch

    • @TheatricsOfTheAbsurd
      @TheatricsOfTheAbsurd Před 2 měsíci +93

      Metro Booming and 808 mafia and Southside would like to have a word with you. But Lex Lugar was the hottest producer 2009-2012

    • @Brandonruffin
      @Brandonruffin Před 2 měsíci +18

      @@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd808 mafia and south side were a group of producers at first …u don’t get credit for that

    • @troy102282
      @troy102282 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Real rap.

  • @husman3109
    @husman3109 Před 2 měsíci +204

    Them Cabin Fever beats 🔥

    • @lylesrevenge
      @lylesrevenge Před 2 měsíci +6

      A super solid mixtape geez

    • @juice9dime
      @juice9dime Před 2 měsíci +3

      Still listen to that tape today

    • @husman3109
      @husman3109 Před 2 měsíci +10

      @@juice9dime just played that jawn the other day. Phone numbers sounded a lil different tho 🤔

    • @juice9dime
      @juice9dime Před 2 měsíci +8

      @@husman3109 yeah idk why phone numbers don’t sound like the og version no more smh that’s crazy

    • @Dixon_Cider407
      @Dixon_Cider407 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Taylor Gang still gets played on repeat

  • @Alfred_English
    @Alfred_English Před 2 měsíci +58

    Lex Luger snare is one of the best samples in history. No other snare got a stereo field like that. It snaps so hard

    • @OZKitchen
      @OZKitchen Před měsícem +1

      I hate that wide ahh snare 😂

    • @lxbronx6
      @lxbronx6 Před 2 dny

      Pitch it down it’ll sound even better

  • @jmarvosa6x3
    @jmarvosa6x3 Před 2 měsíci +58

    His instrumental catalog off Datpiff is ridiculous. Pioneer

  • @roderickredd8545
    @roderickredd8545 Před 2 měsíci +267

    Lex wore hisself thin, he was better off working with a select few artists and keeping that sound exclusively for them. People on the outside should’ve been paying top dollar to get a Lex Luger track at that time. Older artists started hatin’ after they figured out his formula, I’m willing to bet, at that time, producers were over his shoulder while he was making beats, just watching, looking to see how he do what he does … once they got the recipe they dismissed him.

    • @aldali724
      @aldali724 Před 2 měsíci +57

      *cough cough* southside

    • @McSalty087
      @McSalty087 Před 2 měsíci +52

      90% of 808mafia

    • @LilCurt1993
      @LilCurt1993 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I wouldn’t say he wore his self thin. If you wanna say that, Zaytoven did too. Zaytoven done produced a song for everybody. But still in the upper echelon of producers as far as the money side. I think It was more when niggas caught on to Lex formula It was over. You could just go to a Knock off nigga and get the same quality cheaper.

    • @LordBlvck
      @LordBlvck Před 2 měsíci +17

      TRUE ive noticed that and was upset when those fake luger beats arrived

    • @dme1236
      @dme1236 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Accurate.

  • @durandparkerjr9502
    @durandparkerjr9502 Před 2 měsíci +241

    Lex is a pioneer fr.

  • @barshaygraves1511
    @barshaygraves1511 Před 2 měsíci +31

    Nah Lex has to get his flowers. There is no 2010s of hip hop without his impact. He accomplished alot in a short time

  • @yakyakyakperfect
    @yakyakyakperfect Před 2 měsíci +41

    I’m in South Africa and this Guy inspired me to start producting. Could easily say he changed my life Lowkey

    • @user-sr4we2vn7q
      @user-sr4we2vn7q Před 2 měsíci

      Shut up African! You guys just know Congo drums! lol

    • @SoRaw514
      @SoRaw514 Před měsícem +1

      Is there still apartheid there ?

    • @user-sr4we2vn7q
      @user-sr4we2vn7q Před měsícem

      @@SoRaw514 yes, the Africans have their own driving fountains with roaches and maggots. And the white have theirs, which is clean and pure.

    • @yakyakyakperfect
      @yakyakyakperfect Před měsícem

      @@SoRaw514 nah not really

  • @ScottThePisces
    @ScottThePisces Před 2 měsíci +337

    I remember coming up as a producer in my teens, Lex was a well known name in the producer community. From his style, to his sample packs.

    • @MrTommyfrizz
      @MrTommyfrizz Před 2 měsíci +14

      We all had the Lex Luger drum kit man

    • @1semiauto
      @1semiauto Před 2 měsíci +2

      All I know how to do with music is listen to it and I knew who lex was

    • @ceemoney248
      @ceemoney248 Před 2 měsíci +14

      That was the frist drum kit for all producers in that day. For the kids out there his kit was our version of the pierre kit.

    • @bruhman5thfloor644
      @bruhman5thfloor644 Před 2 měsíci

      🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

    • @sb.c
      @sb.c Před 2 měsíci

      @@ceemoney248that pierre uhh vox is gonna make me tear up in a decade

  • @KushTrapsta
    @KushTrapsta Před 2 měsíci +76

    I learned about Lex through a friend of mine who gave me Flockaveli in 2010. The beats on there were crazy that I wanted to hear that sound all the time so I decided I would learn how to make beats. I downloaded FL Studio a few months later and started learning through CZcams tutorials. I got good after a few months and I started producing for local rappers in 2011 to 2012, then I found out I could sell beats online and so I got a soundclick in 2013 and made a lot of progress on my journey. I also met a lot of like minded producers and we became good friends. I don't know if I'd have done all of that if it weren't for Lex. He deserves his flowers.

    • @chevyboa8950
      @chevyboa8950 Před 2 měsíci +2

      This is basically the same thing i went through. Around the same time as well

    • @KushTrapsta
      @KushTrapsta Před měsícem

      @@chevyboa8950 man 2010 to around 2015 was a solid time

  • @666markniels
    @666markniels Před 2 měsíci +29

    His legacy wasn't erased, it just cut off. Kind of like a great movie with an ending hinting at a sequel. Dude was all of us at the time of his rise, definitely me cause we both 1991 babies. Watching a guy your age, 19 and living your dream was motivational. Happy belated birthday to bro.

    • @skinnzthedon
      @skinnzthedon Před 2 měsíci +1

      It feels like it was erased cuz of people's short memories. It's fast pace today and no one remembers anything

  • @KYSE3
    @KYSE3 Před 2 měsíci +46

    Mann Luger Still Active out here Stop Playin Wit dat Man name. It’s VA all day! 757 Fam!

  • @MikeyJae777
    @MikeyJae777 Před 2 měsíci +118

    Life was good when Lex Luger was making beats 🔥

    • @kj_-oi4mm
      @kj_-oi4mm Před 2 měsíci +2

      Mixtape era was a time to be alive

    • @MrGoddlie
      @MrGoddlie Před 2 měsíci

      No it wasn't I was homeless as f. But a Carton of cigarettes was 40-50 bucks. Two packs of kools 5 bucks....

    • @Devinn504
      @Devinn504 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@MrGoddlieSo just your life? Gotcha.

    • @TheKing60210
      @TheKing60210 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@MrGoddliestop smoking foo lol

    • @BonnieSosaProductions
      @BonnieSosaProductions Před 6 dny

      @@kj_-oi4mm RUBBA BAND BUSINESS 1 AND 2 HE DID THE WHOLE MIXTAPES

  • @MrCalverino
    @MrCalverino Před 2 měsíci +137

    He knew how to build dramatic chords

  • @marcossanchez7578
    @marcossanchez7578 Před 2 měsíci +23

    How is nobody speaking on his incredible works with Juicy J, Sonny Digital and more. CRAAAAZY

  • @JewelzFinazzo
    @JewelzFinazzo Před 2 měsíci +17

    I'm 37 and wondered what happened to the young homie, as well. Glad to see a video about it. Bruh was killing the game in 2009-2011. Polow Da Don fell off too. But I've heard too many stories about him stealing beats from unknown producers.

  • @Quantumwashere
    @Quantumwashere Před 2 měsíci +112

    The underachievers & lex Luger tape “lords of Flatbush” went crazy

    • @yungcorleone2919
      @yungcorleone2919 Před 2 měsíci +11

      All these years I never knew lex produced those beats I used to have that mixtape on replay “N.a.s.a” was such a dope beat

    • @9ljt
      @9ljt Před 2 měsíci +3

      Soooo fire 🔥

    • @C47vin
      @C47vin Před 2 měsíci +8

      Stg I used to listen to that tape and never knew it was lex Luger

    • @lamarhoward8478
      @lamarhoward8478 Před 2 měsíci +1

      AF 🔥 lex is the reason I found them

    • @Geeandrezzi
      @Geeandrezzi Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@yungcorleone2919Lex didn’t produce N.A.S.A but regardless, he killed those beats

  • @meenballa999
    @meenballa999 Před 2 měsíci +262

    That 808 Mafia decision was the worst of his career

    • @theswamps6589
      @theswamps6589 Před 2 měsíci +123

      Consider the reasoning tho, I think thats fire, he thought it didnt fit his principles and stood on that.
      I think thats a respectable descision, I think the downfall was giving in to outside opinions.
      Self medicating to cope with the depression that followed the outside influence. Thats what broke the man.

    • @chaingangbiscuit
      @chaingangbiscuit Před 2 měsíci +116

      The drugs were, actually. Giving Deb control of his royalties was also, a bigger mistake.

    • @aqibkhan757
      @aqibkhan757 Před 2 měsíci

      😅0

    • @reesebeatz1773
      @reesebeatz1773 Před 2 měsíci

      Facts

    • @brianwhite1087
      @brianwhite1087 Před 2 měsíci +4

      He's not the type to follow

  • @mi.n.u.co.
    @mi.n.u.co. Před 2 měsíci +18

    dope summary. he's still a legend & pioneer. that run from flocka to wiz to tyga literally built their careers.
    crazy.

  • @yearight6294
    @yearight6294 Před 2 měsíci +10

    bro a real virginia legend idc what happened or if he's "relevant" in 2024 but i forever respect an proud of him

  • @slicktom300
    @slicktom300 Před 2 měsíci +65

    Lex Luger is in my Top 10 best producers he inspired alot of sounds in mainstream and underground music

  • @rileyfreeman534
    @rileyfreeman534 Před 2 měsíci +78

    Lex luger is one of the originaters of the trap sound,dude is an actual living legend like to this day still listen to his instrumentals and you can just hear the talent coming oozing out of the music. He needs his flowers fr💐

    • @qtippz
      @qtippz Před 2 měsíci +5

      C'mon, bro. No hate towards Lex but he got his sound from Shawty Redd and D. Rich. Even he admitted that way in the beginning of his career. Shawty Redd is the Originator of the Trap sound.

    • @francisngannouhaircut2616
      @francisngannouhaircut2616 Před 2 měsíci +3

      DJ Paul started trap sounds in the 1990s

    • @qtippz
      @qtippz Před 2 měsíci

      @@francisngannouhaircut2616 He started horrorcore and Crunk/Buck music. But he was an influence to Shawty Redd.

    • @youngwork
      @youngwork Před 2 měsíci

      Zaytoven is the god father of the trap sound

    • @qtippz
      @qtippz Před 2 měsíci

      @@youngwork Ok bro. You gotta chill.

  • @chengetaichikwanha1449
    @chengetaichikwanha1449 Před 2 měsíci +14

    Salute to Lex Luger, made beats for Waka, Jay and Kanye, Rick Ross, Styles P and Bun B amongst many others. No one else his age has such a resume. Props @RamButta for doing the research

  • @elaRRman
    @elaRRman Před 2 měsíci +9

    nah yall dont get how many producers and sub genres Lex influenced . There was literally people back in 2015 when Ukdrill was being made that was using Lex's drum kits etc to come up with the sound . People like enrgy beats use Lex drum's just pitched up and created a whole other sound (flint type beats) . the influence this man had on the scene is beyond crazy he just burn his brains out .

  • @Pharrellsburner
    @Pharrellsburner Před 2 měsíci +83

    Lex Luger impact was far bigger than any of your current favorite producers including metro

    • @autofill955
      @autofill955 Před 2 měsíci +3

      lol ok fam

    • @boknows8376
      @boknows8376 Před 2 měsíci

      @@autofill955he aint lying my boy check out early metro tracks he was another baby lex until he found his sound

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV Před 2 měsíci +5

      All 808 Mafia producers originally...

    • @killuasclone7333
      @killuasclone7333 Před 2 měsíci

      Pushing it lil bro

    • @timestampingarmy
      @timestampingarmy Před 2 měsíci

      Wasn't Metro there?

  • @enzigenes
    @enzigenes Před 2 měsíci +96

    He signed a bad co-pub deal with Deb. All his checks were going to them instead of him. The drugs fried him.

    • @LilCurt1993
      @LilCurt1993 Před 2 měsíci

      This really what It was. Lex was on drugs real bad on top of all the bad deals and niggas taking his sound

    • @BattleTruth
      @BattleTruth Před 2 měsíci +7

      Bad business! He definitely should've lawyered up

    • @martymcfly9480
      @martymcfly9480 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Fear of that uncertainty is a mf

  • @secretaryofstate1
    @secretaryofstate1 Před 2 měsíci +13

    lex luger's legacy will never be erased... rethink the title.. with time his music has even gotten better

  • @ayemoe8952
    @ayemoe8952 Před 2 měsíci +2

    If you was outside between 2009 and 2012 lex luger will never die. This man made sum of hottest sings of my youth 💯💯💯

  • @Jeffreynelius
    @Jeffreynelius Před 2 měsíci +50

    Somewhat reminds me of Shawty Redd, where they pioneered a sound that blew up but don’t really get the proper credit for it.
    Shout out to Lex.

    • @qtippz
      @qtippz Před 2 měsíci +13

      Lex got his sound from Shawty Redd/D. Rich. That's why he reminds you of him.

    • @kirk4c
      @kirk4c Před 2 měsíci +3

      Facts feel like he went a lil harder then shawty redd , well I just say he took his sound to a higher lvl 😊

    • @Jeffreynelius
      @Jeffreynelius Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@qtippz I meant their legacies and just how it played out but yeah sound wise, definitely some similarities there too.

    • @Jeffreynelius
      @Jeffreynelius Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@kirk4c it was definitely like an evolution of Shawty Reed’s sound. Like a more amped up version. A lot more extreme hi hat patterns and heavier drops. But shout out Shawty Redd though, shit will have you bouncin too! 😄

    • @Jeffreynelius
      @Jeffreynelius Před 2 měsíci +2

      This convo now makes me want to officially request a Shawty Redd video

  • @YamiCami
    @YamiCami Před 2 měsíci +16

    In 2012 when I got started making beats the first drumkit I ever found was a Lex Luger drumkit it was like finding gold 🙏

  • @diplomatboy21
    @diplomatboy21 Před 2 měsíci +45

    Oj 6 rings mixtape with all Lex Luger and zaytoven beats is a masterpiece

    • @kingredskin4318
      @kingredskin4318 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Boy yeen lyin, he made that 6 rings a Masterpiece

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cant forget Orange mixtape too... Sizzle and Lex went ape...

    • @werdna2602
      @werdna2602 Před 2 měsíci

      Ball player

    • @A1ExtraSauce
      @A1ExtraSauce Před 2 měsíci +1

      Ball player rings, ball player money 🔥

  • @samzCook
    @samzCook Před 2 měsíci +15

    “No Dope on Sundays” is one of the ILLEST tracks ever .. people need to recognize

  • @aldali724
    @aldali724 Před 2 měsíci +91

    I used to pull my headphones halfway out of my iPod to hear all the layers he’d have in his beats lol been making beats since 2010 because of Lex.

    • @pckldplmfshcm
      @pckldplmfshcm Před 2 měsíci +3

      That ain't how it works lol

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Před 2 měsíci

      Nah dude knows what he's talking about!! Back in the day you could have your iPod headphones slightly unplugged and it would separate some of the stems (or at create the illusion of separation). Idk the actual science behind it but trust me I did this alllll the tiiiiime as a kid ​@@pckldplmfshcm

    • @L.argemike
      @L.argemike Před 2 měsíci +1

      u just making it go from stereo to mono doing that, you think the music layers are in the ipod port?

    • @UptownAlonzo
      @UptownAlonzo Před 2 měsíci +9

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 all them likes

    • @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN
      @LUSCIOUSDUNCAN Před 2 měsíci +11

      Stereo headphones form a circuit of a common ground, a left amplifier output and headphone, and a right amplifier output and headphone. When the audio jack slightly slips out of the hole, the ground contact is usually broken, but the rest of the contacts are still being made. Vocals tend to be put into the “center” of a stereo image, which is what is lost when the ground contact is broken. However, if the ground contact is broken but the audio jack is still plugged in enough, the left and right channels are still active, so any audio that was different enough to be kept on the different channels can still make it through. The vocals, or other audio that is mixed equally into both channels (and thus, in the “center”), fade away or mute entirely, essentially because the only connections being made are the separate left and right channels.
      Stop saying this doesn't work or it changes it to mono. Neither are true.
      /end of discussion

  • @Quantumwashere
    @Quantumwashere Před 2 měsíci +37

    Wow the industry let Lex Down fr smh

  • @StormInDiDormEntertainment
    @StormInDiDormEntertainment Před 2 měsíci +5

    Lex & 808 were my inspiration for making my beats during the Trap era

  • @C.S.Argudo
    @C.S.Argudo Před 2 měsíci +9

    I was making metal rock and indie music in the 2010s, but even I knew of lex luger ngl

  • @LEFT4eV3r
    @LEFT4eV3r Před 2 měsíci +15

    Bro Lex Luger had good chemistry with juicy j on those rubba band business mixtapes was hard asf juicy j and lex Luger even look alike like father like son

  • @mainlinemitch
    @mainlinemitch Před měsícem +3

    The devil really tried to kill Lex, had him all messed up. Im so glad God brought him through and helped him out of that dark place.

  • @thebiggerreality18
    @thebiggerreality18 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Every producer has the lex luger drumkit that's a fact lol

  • @Demond_31Reasons
    @Demond_31Reasons Před 2 měsíci +4

    I remember how the whole sound changed after bmf dropped. That 808 and them hi hats changed the game.

  • @backbonedray7612
    @backbonedray7612 Před 2 měsíci +5

    One of my favorite beats by him was Lights on by Slim Dunkin, he really mastered that trap sound

    • @streetwearjimmy
      @streetwearjimmy Před měsícem

      Man off of that LeBron Flocka James 3 and that twin towers mixtape too 😢 Dunkin was eating 2009-2011 and can’t believe he been gone 12 to 13 years now

    • @backbonedray7612
      @backbonedray7612 Před měsícem

      @streetwearjimmy man straight up! He was severely underrated man and he was just starting to gain higher status in the music game before he passed, such a loss!

  • @txddyfarquh3916
    @txddyfarquh3916 Před 2 měsíci +6

    I'm still crushed that Lex and Sizzle had that Fallout... I don't even know if they've rekindled their Friendship. But real spill, if ANY Producer says they wernt inspired by Lex Luger when Trap was still in its infancy?.... they mess with Diddy

    • @martymcfly9480
      @martymcfly9480 Před 2 měsíci

      Trap was in its infancy abt 15 yrs b4 Lex

  • @stezenast5878
    @stezenast5878 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Literally everyone had this guy's drum kits
    I appreciate this quality content. You got a sub

  • @unofficialmember9842
    @unofficialmember9842 Před 2 měsíci +1

    thanx to ppl like you he aint erased; more vdeos like these are NEEDED

  • @kjo2130
    @kjo2130 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Lex Luger had one of the greatest producer runs of all time man. From Waka to Juicy J to Soulja Boy, OJ, Wiz, Meek, & Kanye/hov. Legendary

    • @mr106npark1
      @mr106npark1 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Chief keef Rick Ross Future too

    • @Darrin401
      @Darrin401 Před 2 měsíci

      You must be a beat maker

    • @mr106npark1
      @mr106npark1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Darrin401 uhhhh nah ion have Patience for shit like that but a curator visionary executive produce ya ion touch production with my hands tho lol

  • @qatsin83w75
    @qatsin83w75 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Young Chop helped end his run as well. He was Lex Luger clone.

  • @DaKidGowie
    @DaKidGowie Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great content! To this day, no one can convince me that the transition from Lex Luger and Young Chop era wasn't one of the toughest in Hip-Hop. Nothing but bangers.

  • @BabyBlue_502
    @BabyBlue_502 Před 2 měsíci

    appreciate da vid my guy..I always wanted to rap on a Lex Luger beat back in da day!!💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

  • @Mister_O781
    @Mister_O781 Před 2 měsíci +7

    lex luger laid the foundation for the sound of the 2010s, all the drill music coming out of chicago, NY, and other places in the country used his sound as a template and then made it their own
    Lex Luger pretty much laid the foundation for the sound of todays rap, people like to say chief keef and chicago drill artists were the most influential, but they were influenced by bricksquad
    Look up Wooh Da kid - My mind gone
    Then look up chief keef - BAng
    There is a line wooh da kid says in his song ".40 cal, .50 cal, shotgun. Fo-fifth.
    When it hit him he ain't coming back"
    You can hear chief keef repeat it verbatim in bang
    Pretty much Gucci mane and the so icey boyz and their entire entourage of producers are the OGS of this whole sound we are hearing, but if you read guccis autobiography his favorite rapper was project pat, so you could say that 3-6 mafia is the prototype for all this

  • @isaiahbrooks9478
    @isaiahbrooks9478 Před 2 měsíci +7

    He shouldn’t never Let a person with hating comments stop him from keep going

  • @TheJSands
    @TheJSands Před 2 měsíci +1

    Your journalism skills are important. Keep creating content, hope you can interview people one day too.

  • @thebeatloungeltd
    @thebeatloungeltd Před 2 měsíci +1

    Dope documentary! I didn’t know how much I needed this!

  • @nobodyever6515
    @nobodyever6515 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Lex is still VERY active. He lives streams very frequently on Insta and Twitch and is in touch with his followers closely.

  • @tonkaboyrich496
    @tonkaboyrich496 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Solid video… keep them coming

  • @tweetg1
    @tweetg1 Před 2 měsíci

    💯for dropping this video!!took me to 2011 real quick 😂

  • @kiddfacee5982
    @kiddfacee5982 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I met Lex Luger one night in a studio in st.louis thats no longer around. i was a young teenager i used to hang with the older guys in the city i was there with another group and everyone in the studio was excited that he was coming. i didn't know who he was at the time. he came into the room beside ours and he knew some of the guys i was with so he let us into his session and he had everyone geeking over his new beat. the beat was so distinctive that after we left the studio i remembered it forever. fast forward years later that beat ended up being 9 Piece with Rick Ross and Lil Wayne

  • @kaliphakush6672
    @kaliphakush6672 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Lex Luger work on Juicy J mixtape Rubba Band Business 2 was 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ValleyBeats-yy4xd
    @ValleyBeats-yy4xd Před 2 měsíci +12

    Nobody tryna erase his legacy

  • @kamaljames8112
    @kamaljames8112 Před 2 měsíci

    I always wondered what happened to him. Thanks for uploading this. He doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.

  • @gliterott
    @gliterott Před 2 měsíci

    Man this video is so well made, thank you for the knowledge

  • @couchmayne4351
    @couchmayne4351 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Them lex Luger packs on FL had to assume feelin like you was gonna make a fire ass joint

  • @dav1ll3
    @dav1ll3 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Lex still dropping bangers. He just don’t have a tag anymore

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV Před 2 měsíci

      His tag was only that rolling whistle type effect...

    • @dav1ll3
      @dav1ll3 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@ThinkerHaistTV go check out some of his stuff. He has multiple tags

  • @khaigenius7140
    @khaigenius7140 Před 2 měsíci +2

    As a producer who started off making real backpack hip-hop beats, Lex Luger is the reason I wanted to learn how to make trap beats. His legacy is far from erased but often forgotten by many.

  • @Cheaper2leave
    @Cheaper2leave Před 2 měsíci +10

    Lex might have created the trap sound of the 2010's or at least pioneered it

    • @jimdino77
      @jimdino77 Před 2 měsíci +1

      He evolved it most definitely … shawty redd, zay, toomp and drummer boy started the movement. Lex sparked a different wave. 808 mafia, metro and everything else followed

  • @downthehill2896
    @downthehill2896 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Somebody gotta brings the old lex sound on the map,producer and rappers started to brings drich and shawty redd sound back

  • @weirdLEXbutok
    @weirdLEXbutok Před 2 měsíci +1

    salute me or shoot me 2 is my favorite waka mixtape … i was listening to that all throughout my 10th and 11th grade year . my female classmates would clown me because it was always in rotation while we did our work in class and they were listening to all the hot new r&b songs by miguel , adele , elle varner etc . i loved all that stuff too but the production on that mixtape was top tier in terms of trap music and how it was evolving at the time . Lex Luger never crossed my mind when it came to producers but i was simply ignorant to his artistry . thank you so much for refreshing me with this story about this man and his contribution to the trap sound . now i see why i listened to so much waka . i really loved the production and it was this guy Lex Luger . i would have never known had it not been for this video . salute

  • @arbyball6033
    @arbyball6033 Před 2 měsíci

    I appreciate your analysis at rhetorical end! Dope video. I’m bout to look up his discography/credits.

  • @1RobertSmith
    @1RobertSmith Před 2 měsíci +4

    In the live Lex Luger admits he had a chance to be part owner with 808 Mafia but like Southside said he turned it down to focus on Lex. That mistake is why he fell off. But the bigger mistake is producing for the fun of it alongside others. Once someone learns YOUR techniques then you make yourself replaceable and deletable

  • @BigGucciAli
    @BigGucciAli Před 2 měsíci +13

    Lex Luger made “Save Me” by Chief Keef 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 one of the most legendary beat of all time

    • @dat3rdsideboy386
      @dat3rdsideboy386 Před měsícem

      I didn’t know that that’s insane
      Katy Perry legendary lovers sample that shit is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @1sepriani
    @1sepriani Před 2 měsíci +1

    Him & Wiz wit Cabin Fever had the world on standby

  • @ProdByMallDidIt
    @ProdByMallDidIt Před 2 měsíci +2

    lex and Southside been having fire beats since 2008....."lambo this summer" still my favorite southside beat

  • @dmedford5
    @dmedford5 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Deb is KNOWN for doing bad business. OJ da Juiceman said the same thing about her. He had to go back to trapping and he had one of the biggest songs in during that era.

  • @Llama_vet
    @Llama_vet Před 2 měsíci +3

    Lex & Johnny Juliano 🙏🏾

  • @niconinefoe
    @niconinefoe Před 2 měsíci

    This was fire bro! Great video.

  • @Rudeboyken
    @Rudeboyken Před 2 měsíci

    Great video! Earned my subscribe. Keep up the good work 🙏

  • @isaiahdavid2845
    @isaiahdavid2845 Před 2 měsíci +4

    LEX LUGER'S LEGACY CAN NEVER BE ERASED REAL ONES REMEMBER ALL THE HITS HE PRODUCED PEACE TO THE BEAT GOD LEX LUGER

  • @devinboggan1812
    @devinboggan1812 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Who else still use his sound pack tho 🙋🏾😂

  • @aplll7764
    @aplll7764 Před měsícem

    This video randomly propped up in my feed. Amazing narration here, almost flawless. I’m from DC and remember first hearing Lex when Fat Trel dropped “Respect With This Tech”

  • @nosidezero
    @nosidezero Před 2 měsíci

    This video has blown tf up. Good shit 💪💪

  • @qtippz
    @qtippz Před 2 měsíci +20

    Lex's sound came from Shawty Redd and D. Rich.

    • @ThirstyRaccoonsFilms
      @ThirstyRaccoonsFilms Před 2 měsíci +1

      Big facts shawty red

    • @0112jesse
      @0112jesse Před 2 měsíci +3

      Don't forget about Midnight Blakk

    • @francismanancis4186
      @francismanancis4186 Před 2 měsíci +11

      Redd and Rich sound came from Paul and Juicy

    • @qtippz
      @qtippz Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@francismanancis4186 redd was inspired off Paul and juice but he developed his own sound. D. Rich was Redd's protégé and reinvented Redd's sound.

    • @QLivin
      @QLivin Před 2 měsíci +3

      D Rich was better at it too but the mainstream don't know that. Lex had some cool beats but his sound was never as crip as Shawty Redd and D Rich and Fatboi! The world forgot Fatboi existed.

  • @kincamell2
    @kincamell2 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Stellar producer. Peace to Lex.
    Peace to The Dungeon Fam , Peace to DJ Paul and J ,Peace to DJ Thoomp and Mike Dean.

  • @naomichambers1687
    @naomichambers1687 Před 2 měsíci

    Well done. Thank you for run down and update. His music was the soundtrack to my club days

  • @blockmusicgroup8315
    @blockmusicgroup8315 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Lex Luger had the best beats from 09 - 15, he made Ross a superstar

  • @717Cucch
    @717Cucch Před 2 měsíci +6

    Dj paul influenced shawty redd who influenced lex luger so it always made sense Lex 🐐🐐🐐 early morning trappin, gucci trap god intro, and no romance lex top 3 beats imo. That lex luger snare still be in all your favorite beats

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV Před 2 měsíci

      That kick comes from Daz Dillinger... Ambitionz Az A Ridah kick...

  • @Ktbcuts
    @Ktbcuts Před 2 měsíci +3

    Scholar Gucci put lex Lugger on the map for me

  • @Gyenyamemusic1
    @Gyenyamemusic1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I met Lex around 2016 at his studio in Memphis. At that time he was spiraling out of control. I remember sending a prayer up for that brother. Im glad he pulled through.

  • @twizzy247
    @twizzy247 Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks for the vid this was very informative and put together well. Peace

  • @jasonwaterfalls9615
    @jasonwaterfalls9615 Před 2 měsíci +15

    A few things worked against Lex:
    1) His lack of versatility. He was under 21 and using FL so his musicality was very limited. Once his sound became oversaturated after the Flocka/Juicy J era, he didn’t have another gear to go to. That sound was all he had and he wasn’t prepared for the demands of the rapid pace of the music industry, where you have to adapt and change at a moment’s notice. Every top producer has changed their sound multiple times in order to stay on top.
    2) 808 Mafia. As an upcoming producer I honestly don’t think it’s wise to work closely with other upcoming producers. Everybody is in competition with each other for that top spot. There’s a reason Metro Boomin isn’t in a producer collective. There’s also a reason Mike Will has 20 more talented producers under him making all his beats for him. Southside was in competition with Lex, got next to him because Lex was better and bigger than him, studied his sound and surpassed him.
    3) Bad deals. Deb had bad deals with Gucci, Nicki and French at the same time. She took everybody’s money. Lex should’ve knew his value and held out for the best manager, but he was probably pushed towards Deb by Flocka and 808 Mafia, so he went along with it. Deb did bad business with everybody.
    4) Drugs. These were the death blow that knocked him out his spot for good. The 3 things I named plus whatever personal issues he already had (like having 2 kids) would make anyone use drugs to cope with stress. This led to him ruining his work relationships in the industry which led to the blackball.
    He just wasn’t ready for the game. He was like an extremely talented high school hooper who wasn’t ready for the league, like a Sebastian Telfair, who ended up with setback after setback because of bad choices. He had pure talent but the industry requires discipline, business savvy, and 48 Laws of Power level strategy because it’s a shark tank.
    Lex took the game by storm and he had other producers jealous. Kanye worked with him so he could steal his formula. Everybody wanted him out his spot and he basically needed Kobe level focus and discipline to stay on point with the amount of things working against him.
    I wish the best for him though and hope he can still make a living off music because he deserves it.

    • @999waves
      @999waves Před 2 měsíci +3

      not reading all of that hes literally succesful and a pioneer stop being a hater

    • @PlatinumHustle
      @PlatinumHustle Před 2 měsíci +1

      Well said. Yeah he started slowing down after that Kanye / Jay z album dropped

    • @itsrelativ3967
      @itsrelativ3967 Před 2 měsíci +2

      This is very accurate as someone who hated trap beats in 2007-2010. I once found myself making tons of trap beats in 2010-11 and found that there was nothing really distinct about them over time. So I went back to my Timbaland/Danja/Neptunes style beats and experimented more with pop/EDM. Luger's run was very big though.

    • @lordgodalmigthy
      @lordgodalmigthy Před 2 měsíci

      im not on their level im extremely amateur but he ain't enough in my opinion coz being a beat maker is different from being a producer or a real artist overall im a solid hiphop but my first music that i made is gospel music making me explore all types of genres i didn't even like back then i managed to make a funk disco pop trap gospel music although im still waiting for the result of that songwriting competition but still im sharing my own experience in music to all amateurs like me don't be stuck in your own shit.
      and lastly all the songs i made don't sounds the same 😂
      i write produce write melodies of all my songs btw.
      good luck to all of us

    • @Zaybreeze
      @Zaybreeze Před 2 měsíci

      @@itsrelativ3967you’re right but lex Luger style trap beats were just fun as hell to make 😅