He is one of my favorite producers ever. Its refreshing to actually listen to his thought process. Listen to his music... its like levels upon levels upon levels of "NOISE" but it all fit and flowed. Much respect. Another great production from the people of NPR.
It's refreshing to hear a conversation about the creative process--from someone whose work moves me. Hank Shocklee's insights can be applied to all creative forms--music, film, writing and science. "You have to outdo yourself....the pressure comes from you...you're naked, you're giving someone your all!"
Ahhhh...the refreshing experience of listening to a visionary speak. My brain's happy! :) I didn't even know who he was, but when I saw the thumbnail for the vid, I thought, "He's got intelligent eyes." Glad I clicked on it. Love this man's mind!
Great interview but Hank's memory is a little off in some areas. The Mirage sampler is 8-bit, not 4-bit and the S900 was 12 bit from day one. He must be thinking of one of the earlier Akai samplers.
@3:30 Reminds me of something Chuck D said once - If your girl hated the track it was a sign that it was dope and underground cats would love it - or something to that effect.
He wasn't the only one in the Bomb Squad producing PE. Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee, and Carl Ryder were also involved. This is according to the official PE-book Don't Rhyme For the Sake of Riddlin'. Hank had ideas, but didn't do the music.
Jive was my 'local' record label, based in Willesden, NW London. Remember seeing KRS One and other Hip Hop artists in the area back then, it was so surreal!
Even though Hank Schocklee is a fucking legend there was a few things about the sampling and even his own tracks but if I have said anything wrong here please correct me. I know public enemy No.1 was a pause tape but if there was no samplers how in fucks name did they sample that kick and snare from Melvin bliss (the snare from PE no.1 is substitution not a drum machine). Also the akai s900 has something like 60 seconds of sampling at 12 bits the mirage was 8 but. I heard a story about rebel without a pause that drove me up the wall saying that flav played the drums on that record on a drum machine but you can clearly hear funky drummer. The grunt I think was sampled at a lower bit to give it that grimy dirty sound but they had funky drummer at the normal 12 bit
MUCH RESPECT... COME ON GUY'S I WANT TO FEEL MORE ENERGY, MOTIVATION, COME ON FAMILY I LOVE TRIBE CALLED QUEST FOR REAL MY PERSONAL TRAINER AND TEACHERS OF HIP HOP ACTIVIST ALONG WITH OTHER GREAT MC'S AND MUCH RESPECT TO THE YOUNG LADY TOO OF COURSE, REAL LOVE AND CRITICIZEEM FROM A REAL FAN, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME GOOD COMPATITON, SHOOTS NOREAGA, BREAKFAST CLUB, VLAD TV WHICH TO ME ALL HAVE A UNIQUE STYLE OF INTERVIEW AND REALATING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FAN'S ON TOPICS WE WANT TO NO AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TUNNNING INTO THIS SHOW... I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS FAMILY AND WE NEED TO SEE MORE ENERGY AND FIRE IN YOUR EYES, WE NO YOU ARE LAID BACK AND HUMBLE QUITE SHY TYPE OF FELLOW... LOL.... ONE LOVE AND PEACE FROM THE ORIGINAL WEST COAST KILLA BEEZ WU TANG!!!! I meant to say shots internet show
I disagree with him on Thriller..It wasn't embrace like that upfront. Michael and Quincy released the okay up to par Girl is Mine. I remember everyone was like, this is what we waited for ?... Then he released Billie Jean. There was nothing commercial about it..It was driving..all the pop connotations. But, it was dark. Michael sounded like he was on a mission in his vocals. It was an upgrade from what he has been doing. The multi-tracking felt free like a Marvin Gaye masterpiece. There were a lot of components that made the Thriller album what it was..MTV played a large role in showcasing his short films 24 hours around the clock back then. So for me it was more underground,with commercial overtones. Sonically it was a great album..not what Off the Wall gave us. But, an upgrade. So with all due respect to Hank Shocklee. It became a commercial success because it was marketed that way. Off the Wall wasn't marketed to be commercial. That's what driven Michael to let them not ignore the sophomore Thriller.
So Hank is an "Audio Collagist" yeah!!!! Great title. Rappers are "verbal Collagist" I am a Visual Collagist!! Shame to say Hip-Hop production is to Music what Graphic design is to Original Visual Artist. Taking something there reinventing with technology. Just like Graff Art "Writing" taking marker/ spraypaint n developing something they never seen sometimes faster n bigger.
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this is so fucking true that's why hip hop is sloppy
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ali shaheed never did shit in nor out of a tribe called quest
Ali Shaheed, I HATED you on all those annoying interludes on that last Souls Of Mischief album (There Is Only Now).. DAMN that album SUCKED hard.. Easily their worst album to so far.
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ali shaheed never did shit in nor out of a tribe called quest
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NZU TYBO he didn't do shit really but spin records with both groups what has he and q tip done major as solo acts and what works do they have as solo acts?
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NZU TYBO nigga I'm not artist like them and this have nothing to do with me so if you are going troll get fuck off my comment section
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+One7 goldenera I'm talking in the beginning two he never did anything groundbreaking as solo act. plus he did that in a team. hell jaydee (j dilla) did more solo than Ali and q tip has outside their groups and more body of work
Dude is so ahead of his time and is super smart. Amazing interview. Peace.
He is one of my favorite producers ever. Its refreshing to actually listen to his thought process. Listen to his music... its like levels upon levels upon levels of "NOISE" but it all fit and flowed. Much respect. Another great production from the people of NPR.
SALUTE!! TWO OF THE DOPEST PRODUCERS. They produced Tribe called quest P.E. Ice Cube
Anthony Rhodes . For real bro...he is like James Brown and Herbie Hancock had a kid (no homo😎
It's refreshing to hear a conversation about the creative process--from someone whose work moves me. Hank Shocklee's insights can be applied to all creative forms--music, film, writing and science. "You have to outdo yourself....the pressure comes from you...you're naked, you're giving someone your all!"
Hank dropped some jewels in here. the bomb squad was one of the reasons I became a producer
Yep... me too. Listening to all those dope beats on those Public Enemy records is one of the reasons why I make beats now.
Ahhhh...the refreshing experience of listening to a visionary speak. My brain's happy! :)
I didn't even know who he was, but when I saw the thumbnail for the vid, I thought, "He's got intelligent eyes." Glad I clicked on it. Love this man's mind!
Originality is always going to triumph the clone-Hank Shocklee
Dropping nothing but jewels, and history!
gotta just love Hank; speaking truth time and again
Music is universal ! Never be closed minded. Most folks have the gift of hearing. So use them every day !
What a great conversation.
Amazing interview ! There’s not a lot of people I would want to sit down and have a conversation with besides Hank!
so much knowledge in this interview. It was like reading an encyclopedia!!!
I thoroughly appreciate Hank's capacity to use language so eloquently to express himself ~
Love this type of interviews ! He's a legend an a master mind of that hip hop beat!
I was in class! The teacher Hank!
Great listen. Thanks for posting!
Insanely entertaining, reflective and insightful.
This was an amazing interview, everything he was saying is so true and relevant.
THANK YOU NPR, FOR THIS INTERVIEW!
Just amazing
The Bomb Squad was decades ahead of their time
This was excellent
Brilliant. Hip Hop Genius.
Great interview but Hank's memory is a little off in some areas. The Mirage sampler is 8-bit, not 4-bit and the S900 was 12 bit from day one. He must be thinking of one of the earlier Akai samplers.
great interview
@3:30 Reminds me of something Chuck D said once - If your girl hated the track it was a sign that it was dope and underground cats would love it - or something to that effect.
Great Demonstration
Awesome x3!!!!
Gems!
Good stuff!
Everyone knows him as a producer but he also gets lyric credits on songs like Bring the Noise, which is astonishing lyrically.
they were geniuses everyone talks about mcs that are God TIER .. but rick ruben , bomb squad , dre , marley marl are God tier
Larry lar made run dmc and whodini beats and punkin did spoonie g, Treacherous 3 disco 3 and many more
MOMUMENTAL INFO BABY😎😎😎
that was fly being from the velt i'm biased when it comes to public enemy and the bomb squad .. #the98posse
Very positive...need more cats to speak on self motivation an not being the norm. Inspired!
12:20 Steve Ett was Rick Rubin's engineer. He went on to do classic metal records from Danzig Slayer and others
He wasn't the only one in the Bomb Squad producing PE. Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee, and Carl Ryder were also involved. This is according to the official PE-book Don't Rhyme For the Sake of Riddlin'. Hank had ideas, but didn't do the music.
Whodini is on Jive heavy in London before Krs-One don't sleep nor hate.
Jive was my 'local' record label, based in Willesden, NW London. Remember seeing KRS One and other Hip Hop artists in the area back then, it was so surreal!
Just wonderful and deep, the 2 people who put thumbs down have no souls haha!
He was in a Tribe Called Quest
Even though Hank Schocklee is a fucking legend there was a few things about the sampling and even his own tracks but if I have said anything wrong here please correct me. I know public enemy No.1 was a pause tape but if there was no samplers how in fucks name did they sample that kick and snare from Melvin bliss (the snare from PE no.1 is substitution not a drum machine). Also the akai s900 has something like 60 seconds of sampling at 12 bits the mirage was 8 but. I heard a story about rebel without a pause that drove me up the wall saying that flav played the drums on that record on a drum machine but you can clearly hear funky drummer. The grunt I think was sampled at a lower bit to give it that grimy dirty sound but they had funky drummer at the normal 12 bit
Timbaland nobody liked his Beats-Hank Shocklee
Preach on it! Don't talk about it, be about it!, Sucka emcees tryin to steal my flow! What's bigger than hip hop?
MUCH RESPECT... COME ON GUY'S I WANT TO FEEL MORE ENERGY, MOTIVATION, COME ON FAMILY I LOVE TRIBE CALLED QUEST FOR REAL MY PERSONAL TRAINER AND TEACHERS OF HIP HOP ACTIVIST ALONG WITH OTHER GREAT MC'S AND MUCH RESPECT TO THE YOUNG LADY TOO OF COURSE, REAL LOVE AND CRITICIZEEM FROM A REAL FAN, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME GOOD COMPATITON, SHOOTS NOREAGA, BREAKFAST CLUB, VLAD TV WHICH TO ME ALL HAVE A UNIQUE STYLE OF INTERVIEW AND REALATING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FAN'S ON TOPICS WE WANT TO NO AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TUNNNING INTO THIS SHOW... I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS FAMILY AND WE NEED TO SEE MORE ENERGY AND FIRE IN YOUR EYES, WE NO YOU ARE LAID BACK AND HUMBLE QUITE SHY TYPE OF FELLOW... LOL.... ONE LOVE AND PEACE FROM THE ORIGINAL WEST COAST KILLA BEEZ WU TANG!!!! I meant to say shots internet show
I disagree with him on Thriller..It wasn't embrace like that upfront. Michael and Quincy released the okay up to par Girl is Mine. I remember everyone was like, this is what we waited for ?... Then he released Billie Jean. There was nothing commercial about it..It was driving..all the pop connotations. But, it was dark. Michael sounded like he was on a mission in his vocals. It was an upgrade from what he has been doing. The multi-tracking felt free like a Marvin Gaye masterpiece. There were a lot of components that made the Thriller album what it was..MTV played a large role in showcasing his short films 24 hours around the clock back then. So for me it was more underground,with commercial overtones. Sonically it was a great album..not what Off the Wall gave us. But, an upgrade. So with all due respect to Hank Shocklee. It became a commercial success because it was marketed that way. Off the Wall wasn't marketed to be commercial. That's what driven Michael to let them not ignore the sophomore Thriller.
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This is dr dres dr dre
did hank produce 3rd bass?
+stephen green Prince paul!
+stephen green he did steppin to the AM for 3RD BASS
yes
Sam sever produced as well
So Hank is an "Audio Collagist" yeah!!!! Great title. Rappers are "verbal Collagist" I am a Visual Collagist!! Shame to say Hip-Hop production is to Music what Graphic design is to Original Visual Artist. Taking something there reinventing with technology. Just like Graff Art "Writing" taking marker/ spraypaint n developing something they never seen sometimes faster n bigger.
this is so fucking true that's why hip hop is sloppy
ali shaheed never did shit in nor out of a tribe called quest
Ali Shaheed, I HATED you on all those annoying interludes on that last Souls Of Mischief album (There Is Only Now).. DAMN that album SUCKED hard.. Easily their worst album to so far.
ali shaheed never did shit in nor out of a tribe called quest
NZU TYBO he didn't do shit really but spin records with both groups what has he and q tip done major as solo acts and what works do they have as solo acts?
NZU TYBO nigga I'm not artist like them and this have nothing to do with me so if you are going troll get fuck off my comment section
+One7 goldenera I'm talking in the beginning two he never did anything groundbreaking as solo act. plus he did that in a team. hell jaydee (j dilla) did more solo than Ali and q tip has outside their groups and more body of work
***** they didn't do shit neither
+Mecha Soldier quit all that whiny ass complaining and shit!!! LET THAT BULLSHIT GO!!!!