I just got really sad because I realized the greatest beat of all time was probably deleted forever by some producer who just wasn’t feeling it at the time.
The 3 old friends of mine and my cousin saved all of their old beats, and some absolutely horribly mixed songs. My cousin has a song from a group of people he rapped with in high school (2013 maybe) he had a song called “Victorious.” I tell him it’s still one of my favorite songs by the group. He won’t let me listen to it again, and I’m salty. I have memories to that song.
It's crazy sometimes that the beats producers don't like are the one's that artists end up jumping on. At the end of the day all beats matter whether🔥 or 💩
The way Kanye chopped that sample for Gold digger made it what it is today. If he had chopped it like most producers it would have never been anything.
Another note, Keybeats who were a production duo who were working under Timbaland, they made “Rock The Boat” by Aaliyah, they were about to delete that as well and she stopped them too.
That self-conscious reaction to simplicity is real. I started making beats with a songwriting perspective as before I wrote rock songs, once I ditched that mentality and stripped down the musicality of my beats, they instantly got way better. Less is more! 🙏
I think the problem with complex beats is that we struggle to find the places we should lay our voices on, whereas if you start simple and then make it complex with time but AFTER the vocals have been laid, then there probably would be no such struggle
What I meant to say is that complex beats have their space, it's just that for us to sit better with it, we have to start simple and build it over time, you know?
I feel that, I started off in rock and struggled to get away from the songwriting/complexity issue. Working on an R&B project now and it’s been a struggle keep it in mind.
That's why I been so into the acoustic guitar the last few years. No twiddling with knobs. No picking sounds. It only sounds as good as my playing. It's just pure notes.
@@swagmund_freud6669 that's such a good mentality, I write my progressions and leads on acoustic cause I've found if it doesn't sound good unplugged then it won't sound good plugged in
Man, born in 79 growing up with Cypress Hill, Wu Tang, Snoop Dogg, Funkdoobiest, Lords of the Underground and House of Pain (to name a few) I love your detailed "how they produced it" videos from this era. Please keep em coming.
@@stevesamplingmusic Underground means no TV play. This was the golden era of hip hop. It may not have been in the forefront of popular music but it definitely wasn’t underground.
the thing is, that i've had to learn over the years.. is simplicity works really well for the artist. it gives them lots of room to put their own flavor and creativity into it. to us producers it seems like it isn't enough or is just too basic, but that is exactly what a great artist needs sometimes. it gives them room to do their magic.
This is the exact reason I never use samples. It's too easy to make fire beats with samples, so I just play everything I use. Guess I should start using samples? 😅 (Nope) Also, they should have added Laffy Taffy to this list. As a producer, I always hated how easy that beat was, and how big the song got from that simple note sequence. Less is more apparently. 👍🏽
Man, I read a book about Illmatic and I think Premier and Large Pro switched beats at the last minute, so maybe that could be why, but I agree Illmatic wouldn't be the same without Memory Lane. And One Love and Life's a Bitch were chill songs, but I'm not going to argue with Dj Premeir
This is so true. About 20 years ago (During the height of Lil Jon) I made a beat as tongue-in-cheek parody of his, because I hated how simplistic all his melodies were. It only took me about 10 minutes and I was literally laughing the whole time. I even named it PARODY. So a few days later I'm playing my latest beats for my brother, cousin and their friend who all rapped. I tell them I made this parody beat of Lil Jon and play it for them expected us all to get a good chuckle, they go silent and start head nodding furiously like "Yo, that one cold!". They loved it, and I was flabbergasted, lol!
I remember watching that Alchemist DEHH interview YEARS ago and that particular segment stuck with me. As soon as I saw the title and thumbnail I knew you had it here 😂 brilliant video idea
A big thank you for this video! I just started making beats a couple of days ago and unfortunately, I have very high standards, thanks for giving us a new perspective!
Discovered your channel yesterday been on a rabbit hole since. Music be trash lately so instead I listen to shorts or videos while I workout, Love your stuff 💪🏼
Honestly, you should make videos just showing how famous beats were made, these really give insight in how those legendary producers work and which rythms/sounds they use.
Your videos are great! Here’s something I’ve always wondered about Deep Cover: The Piano stab might be from the Isaac Hayes song Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic (that’s actually the title lol). There’s a piano breakdown near the end of the song and I think that’s where the piano is from.
I’m guessing the Alchemist beat was the Kool G Joint off Murda Muzik. He said that shit was supposed to be an album intro. You could do a whole episode on Havoc, it seems like there’s a direct inverse relationship between his liking of his beats and the public reception of the end song.
Somehow, the story always comes back to the feeling, what a certain beat triggers in you. On one occasion, Lord Finesse spoke in one of his interviews about a song he did with Biggie, where he was not clear why he chose such a beat for his song (Suicidal Thoughts). It talks about your emotional status, what you hide from the eyes of others around you. Yes, certain artists have the power to refine your beat and make it bigger and stronger, it doesn't turn out that way planned. Tastes differ, people differ. Everyone is looking for that one beat that will satisfy all groups of listeners. There is no such beat. It is also dangerous to experiment with a proven recipe that you have accustomed your listeners to. I also sometimes wonder how some songs resonated so well with the audience, while some other songs, on which more energy was invested to create, passed under the radar. It is difficult for an artist who spends hours and days making beats, to understand how some of their beats are not celebrated beats, but that matters only to the creator. In the end, only the beat that you managed to sell counts, the beat that elevated you as an artist. It's surprising how much a simple idea can resonate. That's why I think it's okay to make more songs and ideas, and then make a selection at the end. Also, a song today does not have to be recorded in the same mood the next day. Everything depends on the moment, on the feeling, on the current mood as a result of many factors. Also, I've never understood people who write their songs without a beat to inspire them, but I've experienced artists write their song on one beat and sound much better with the same song on a different beat. 🤔
Reminds me of why Dr Dre never likes listening or performing a lot of the stuff from the chronic. Cuz he made a large part of that album in a wheelchair after getting shot, and Snoop was going through all the trial bullshit that was stressing everyone out. Legit Dre thought that album was gonna be his last.
Your attention to detail is amazing. I am glad you found music beat production and teaching others to use that gift instead of like crocheting complicated things or some other shit. :-/
@NavieD Genuinely is. When I feel like each part is near completion or if I'm adding stuff just to hear something different, then I take a break. Once they're finished, definitely need a good break.
@@Phosphor_Sco good lord do I feel that. Whenever my projects go live I make my social media posts about them, tag whoeever the feature is if it's a collab and then other than sharing it again every once in a while don't go near it for a good week or two so my brain can go back to liking it. I typically do like my songs, I just always need the break to appreciate what I've made
I'm new to your content. On this alone, I'm watching all your content for sure: Thank you for including clips of the hypothetical options that producers avoided! When didactic videos of any kind just throw out hypothetical things to avoid without proof of it, they're asking way too much of an intended audience of novices.
Nice to see The Realest make an appearance. One of my favorite Kool G Rap verses of all time (out of many), and I like the beat. From the way Mobb and G Rap spit on it, it’s hard to tell which bar of the beat is 1234 and which is 5678, which is a kinda weird thing about it.
GTA Online got me into listening to Dr. Dre very recently. No lie, the entire Dr. Dre missions(heists?) were all amazing to me! Best “story” I’ve seen. And hearing Dre, Rick Ross and Anderson .Paak on “The Scenic Route,” and I love it when .Paak sings on the chorus. His voice blends so well with the chorus section of the beat! I heard it for the first time on mushrooms and I put that song on repeat the entire trip.
I remember grabbing Public Enemy’s Greatest Misses when it first came out. I’d had this one beat in my head since about ‘87 and it was 90% Hazy Shade of Criminal. Talk about a deja vu all those years later and was on kind of a cast off album. Love PE
Memory Lane is a great example of give and take between producer and artist. And how Nas does have good taste in beats, wanted to use the Juicy sample before Biggie did and premier said no. When Nas performs memory lane live you can tell he loves that shit
that's probably because rappers look for different things than producers, it's easier to get a placement with an 8 bar loop copied and pasted than with a 3 section beat. And that's because it's easier to flow over a beat that doesn't change that much as well as when you make more sections or put more sounds it's more likely that some of them the rapper won't like
great video, had no idea Primo hated Memory lane, one of my favs off of Illmatic, But it's worth to add how Dre's Deep cover gave birth to Big Pun and Fat joes Twins, a far superior song in my opinion. Btw , great job with the recreations :)
Great vid and I like how you shift the direction of your content. Interesting fact, Big Pun & Fat Joe also used Dre's beat for Twinz. Talk about trash to treasure.
Funny thing is... I used to HATE that Realest beat by Alchemist too lol. I got older and I appreciated the simplicity of it because it gave a lot of space to them especially Kool G Rap to spit a first verse
I'm glad you came around to realizing that the fireness of this beat. Cuz you and Al were buggin out not liking that beat! Not gonna lie. 😄 Always said that Kool G spit one of his illest versus, if not the ill is verse when it came to just straight raw spittin on that beat.
It's funny that you posted this video, cuz for the first time since I started making beats last year, I finally made one which I don't like. I'll still put it out there tho. One man's trash is another's treasure, you never know.
I thought the synth in Missy's song added something memorable about it like when you're trying to remind someone of the song you go to sing that specific part. "Yeah that Missy song...the one that went Boop BeeBoop". Or something like that idk when I be talking about sometimes.
This was a great video. I have to be reminded often by friends and artists that only other producers care how you made the beat. You can loop something with no drums added and if the rapper likes it, it’s a go. You can also chop a sample to a 1000 piece puzzle and nobody will care. 🤦🏾♂️. Just make a tight beat and move on. Ohh and you “from scratch” producers who don’t sample, people don’t care if you played a vi-ii-iii-v-I chord progression with a synth that you designed from a sine wave layered with a wavetable oscillator 😑. At the end of the day, just make something you like 🤷🏾♂️
I have so much music I haven't put out because of my weirdly specific standards. But even with what i have released, the music that I don't like anymore as much much tends to be my most popular. My most streamed song is a song I made during a mental breakdown and spent like 10 minutes mixing and mastering lol.
iv i've probably made thousands of beats and i can only think liking a few to this day. I genuinely believe most of my beats are just come out trash all the time and i just don't realize it in the moment, going back multiple times does help but still lol Still working everyday to improve tho. Just now over the past 4 months or so been way more consistant, even though pretty much everyday since 2019 ive been making beats.
I can understand cuz I'm an artist myself and I can understand how a beat might be weird or might sound trash to the producer but that what makes it a challenge for the artist to see what he or she can create with that sound that the typical artist might of passed on that really create separation from the artist that can create something dope with any production than an artist who is just so one dimensional with there signature sound and preference
As an Artist I've done crazy detailed Artwork and a simple variation for customers and Was Shocked when they went with the simple version I just threw together to My absolute Horror sometimes when I see Them post it.
I’ve been through this recently actually. Last summer I released four beat tapes then invited every rapper I know to pick out the beats they liked to make as many songs as possible. The beats they all picked was good but in my opinion not the greatest. But when I heard the vocals on them I understood why they picked the beats they did.
I giggled a little but also that you were like . Cause im not dr.dre which was humble bet def know you have absolute genius in you too king not only do you help maintain the culture with the history but also help beatmakers with techniques and anither fun insight is that you're naturally calming to the nervous system with your speech approach background colors and even lack of flashy visuals (i have ptsd)
See that’s how u make old school beats. The way u recreated the beats. Sounds legit and that’s what I respect. As Most of the drums, bass etc were samples. Idk but for me I dislike when producers on the internet say “how to make a 90s style beat” but they using trap style drum packs instead of samples.
I was wondering why most of my earlier beats sounded like early 90s production…it’s mainly cause if I couldn’t get a sound I’d sample it on a phone speaker 😂…still do actually
Creating for the masses tastes usually leaves us creative folk feeling kind of empty, although it does help fill the bank account. Am not a musician although guess the same principles apply.
For Memory Lane the Ruben Wilson sample starts at the 0:21 of the song not at the part shown. Please don't take this the wrong way bruvs. I'm just pointing it out.
Wait, does the Serato Sample standalone for FL have the Studio features? My Serato plugin for Logic is still the same basic ass version from when I bought it a couple years ago. Ive been waiting for the update with the Studio features for a while now, damn
I just got really sad because I realized the greatest beat of all time was probably deleted forever by some producer who just wasn’t feeling it at the time.
Oh, absolutely. That's life though.
The 3 old friends of mine and my cousin saved all of their old beats, and some absolutely horribly mixed songs. My cousin has a song from a group of people he rapped with in high school (2013 maybe) he had a song called “Victorious.” I tell him it’s still one of my favorite songs by the group. He won’t let me listen to it again, and I’m salty. I have memories to that song.
worse probably: its floating around unseen on some digital platform with the creator waiting for his come up slowly getting old lmfao
almost what happened to shook ones pt 2
You got really sad, really? 🧢🧢🧢
It's crazy sometimes that the beats producers don't like are the one's that artists end up jumping on. At the end of the day all beats matter whether🔥 or 💩
Great mentality to have!
I agree!
Some trash beats don't matter tho
Haha so true
@@jobachyou wouldn’t know wat was trash if true garbage didn’t exist 😂
The way Kanye chopped that sample for Gold digger made it what it is today. If he had chopped it like most producers it would have never been anything.
I also think Havoc didn't like the "Shook Ones" beat, which is crazy right? That beat is something else! You should check that out and make a part 2
He was about to delete it until prodigy stopped him
Cuz prodigy cooked his ass
Definitely worth talking about , thats interesting asf
Another note, Keybeats who were a production duo who were working under Timbaland, they made “Rock The Boat” by Aaliyah, they were about to delete that as well and she stopped them too.
Shook one's PT 1?
That self-conscious reaction to simplicity is real. I started making beats with a songwriting perspective as before I wrote rock songs, once I ditched that mentality and stripped down the musicality of my beats, they instantly got way better. Less is more! 🙏
I think the problem with complex beats is that we struggle to find the places we should lay our voices on, whereas if you start simple and then make it complex with time but AFTER the vocals have been laid, then there probably would be no such struggle
What I meant to say is that complex beats have their space, it's just that for us to sit better with it, we have to start simple and build it over time, you know?
I feel that, I started off in rock and struggled to get away from the songwriting/complexity issue. Working on an R&B project now and it’s been a struggle keep it in mind.
That's why I been so into the acoustic guitar the last few years. No twiddling with knobs. No picking sounds. It only sounds as good as my playing. It's just pure notes.
@@swagmund_freud6669 that's such a good mentality, I write my progressions and leads on acoustic cause I've found if it doesn't sound good unplugged then it won't sound good plugged in
Bruh, that Alchemist beat was life at one point. But I can imagine what it would've been if he felt it was "complete"
Alchemist beats are very tight and suspenseful I love Snoop give you light and Jadakiss we gonna make it.
Man, born in 79 growing up with Cypress Hill, Wu Tang, Snoop Dogg, Funkdoobiest, Lords of the Underground and House of Pain (to name a few) I love your detailed "how they produced it" videos from this era. Please keep em coming.
How do you recreate all these tracks? Just by ear? How do you find the exact sounds? It's impressive!
Just by ear. Modern music ripping software makes this much easier
@@NavieD Stem separation tools are game changer indeed.
Im shocked at Memory Lane being on here. That's my favorite beat on Illmatic.
Yeah I was really surprised at that one too
Halftime for me, the sample flip is just too insane and drums too tight.
I miss the days of mainstream music having beats like this 😢
mate this wasn't mainstream, in the 90´s backstreet boys and the spice girls were mainstream, hiphop was still mostly underground.
@@stevesamplingmusic Underground means no TV play. This was the golden era of hip hop. It may not have been in the forefront of popular music but it definitely wasn’t underground.
Listen to Ren for some sick beats
the thing is, that i've had to learn over the years.. is simplicity works really well for the artist. it gives them lots of room to put their own flavor and creativity into it. to us producers it seems like it isn't enough or is just too basic, but that is exactly what a great artist needs sometimes. it gives them room to do their magic.
This is the exact reason I never use samples. It's too easy to make fire beats with samples, so I just play everything I use. Guess I should start using samples? 😅 (Nope)
Also, they should have added Laffy Taffy to this list. As a producer, I always hated how easy that beat was, and how big the song got from that simple note sequence. Less is more apparently. 👍🏽
@@GoofyBeats I'd say that southern style flow I think straight carries like Nelly. That flow is fire even acapella.
I can't imagine Illmatic without Memory Lane, it links the album together
I think One Love is very similar. The sequencing of the album helps make it the number 1 rap album of all times
Man, I read a book about Illmatic and I think Premier and Large Pro switched beats at the last minute, so maybe that could be why, but I agree Illmatic wouldn't be the same without Memory Lane. And One Love and Life's a Bitch were chill songs, but I'm not going to argue with Dj Premeir
Yeah man that beat us EVERYTHING!!!
If Nas told me he liked a beat I would immediately throw it in the trash
😂 others had to do so when he did. Could had saved some of his songs.
Hahah harsh!
That's hilarious. 😂
Hahaha actually though
😂😂😂😂
This is so true. About 20 years ago (During the height of Lil Jon) I made a beat as tongue-in-cheek parody of his, because I hated how simplistic all his melodies were. It only took me about 10 minutes and I was literally laughing the whole time. I even named it PARODY. So a few days later I'm playing my latest beats for my brother, cousin and their friend who all rapped. I tell them I made this parody beat of Lil Jon and play it for them expected us all to get a good chuckle, they go silent and start head nodding furiously like "Yo, that one cold!". They loved it, and I was flabbergasted, lol!
Be honest - are you white? It's irrelevant, but I'm interested
@@SNEED_FEED Nope. Black enough to leave finger prints on charcoal bruh
@yaboykev536 thanks for your timely response
@@yaboykev536😂😂😂😂
20 years ago you were Lil John's height?
That deep cover one was really unexpected cuz that shit knocks so hard
Love the vids Nav keep em coming. Always loved your work as a producer 🙌🏾
I remember watching that Alchemist DEHH interview YEARS ago and that particular segment stuck with me. As soon as I saw the title and thumbnail I knew you had it here 😂 brilliant video idea
A big thank you for this video! I just started making beats a couple of days ago and unfortunately, I have very high standards, thanks for giving us a new perspective!
I was the same when I started. The path to making beats that are 'acceptable' will be longer for you, but your music will be better because of it
@@NavieD I agree but if you can kill that expectation ASAP. And learn to say ok thats enough and remember vocals will fill the beat out
Discovered your channel yesterday been on a rabbit hole since. Music be trash lately so instead I listen to shorts or videos while I workout, Love your stuff 💪🏼
Honestly, you should make videos just showing how famous beats were made, these really give insight in how those legendary producers work and which rythms/sounds they use.
I know this moment too well, where I just hate a beat I'm making while everyone else is enjoying it more than the ones that I love
Your videos are great! Here’s something I’ve always wondered about Deep Cover: The Piano stab might be from the Isaac Hayes song Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic (that’s actually the title lol). There’s a piano breakdown near the end of the song and I think that’s where the piano is from.
I’m guessing the Alchemist beat was the Kool G Joint off Murda Muzik. He said that shit was supposed to be an album intro. You could do a whole episode on Havoc, it seems like there’s a direct inverse relationship between his liking of his beats and the public reception of the end song.
Thank you for the amazing work you do, banger videos 🔥 always
Damn, gating the kicks/snare in the sample so you can add your own is something ive needed to hear. Ill be trying that on my next sample
Deep cover is a banger and im shocked to hear Dre hated it
Really that's crazy given that 1991 felt like it could happen again.
your content is flames my guy
Somehow, the story always comes back to the feeling, what a certain beat triggers in you. On one occasion, Lord Finesse spoke in one of his interviews about a song he did with Biggie, where he was not clear why he chose such a beat for his song (Suicidal Thoughts). It talks about your emotional status, what you hide from the eyes of others around you. Yes, certain artists have the power to refine your beat and make it bigger and stronger, it doesn't turn out that way planned. Tastes differ, people differ. Everyone is looking for that one beat that will satisfy all groups of listeners. There is no such beat. It is also dangerous to experiment with a proven recipe that you have accustomed your listeners to. I also sometimes wonder how some songs resonated so well with the audience, while some other songs, on which more energy was invested to create, passed under the radar. It is difficult for an artist who spends hours and days making beats, to understand how some of their beats are not celebrated beats, but that matters only to the creator. In the end, only the beat that you managed to sell counts, the beat that elevated you as an artist. It's surprising how much a simple idea can resonate. That's why I think it's okay to make more songs and ideas, and then make a selection at the end. Also, a song today does not have to be recorded in the same mood the next day. Everything depends on the moment, on the feeling, on the current mood as a result of many factors. Also, I've never understood people who write their songs without a beat to inspire them, but I've experienced artists write their song on one beat and sound much better with the same song on a different beat. 🤔
Reminds me of why Dr Dre never likes listening or performing a lot of the stuff from the chronic. Cuz he made a large part of that album in a wheelchair after getting shot, and Snoop was going through all the trial bullshit that was stressing everyone out. Legit Dre thought that album was gonna be his last.
Deep cover is one of the best beats of all times, at least to me
lol nah
Love the break down brother… well done🙏🏾
Just discovered your channel. Awesome stuff!
I've been using FL studio for almost 20 years now.
I love how you remake it and the editing
Dope video bro, you're the best in this genre imo. Numero uno.
Great video bro that was awesome!
Your attention to detail is amazing. I am glad you found music beat production and teaching others to use that gift instead of like crocheting complicated things or some other shit. :-/
This vid is the only reason I knew to update my Serato to 2.0, that stem separator is so useful
Even worse when you're the mixing and mastering engineer, the artist and the producer. Straight up can't even listen to my own songs for weeks😅
Hahah jeez, I could imagine. The nitpicking is probably never-ending
@NavieD Genuinely is. When I feel like each part is near completion or if I'm adding stuff just to hear something different, then I take a break.
Once they're finished, definitely need a good break.
@@Phosphor_Sco good lord do I feel that. Whenever my projects go live I make my social media posts about them, tag whoeever the feature is if it's a collab and then other than sharing it again every once in a while don't go near it for a good week or two so my brain can go back to liking it. I typically do like my songs, I just always need the break to appreciate what I've made
@shawninverted8551 Honestly, you hit the nail bang on the head there. Exactly how it goes!
Love these videos, you definitely inspired me to dust off my cobwebs and get back into it… My beats been getting better since 🎯💪🏾
Glad to hear it my friend!
Happy for you. 🎉
That Mobb Deep "The Releast" was definitely one of my favorites to listen to back in the days and i actually still listen to this currently
I'm new to your content. On this alone, I'm watching all your content for sure: Thank you for including clips of the hypothetical options that producers avoided!
When didactic videos of any kind just throw out hypothetical things to avoid without proof of it, they're asking way too much of an intended audience of novices.
Navie you make such a Good Content. Thank you ♥️
Nice to see The Realest make an appearance. One of my favorite Kool G Rap verses of all time (out of many), and I like the beat. From the way Mobb and G Rap spit on it, it’s hard to tell which bar of the beat is 1234 and which is 5678, which is a kinda weird thing about it.
Great vid as always 🤜🏾
Glad you liked it boss!
I think I just found my favorite new youtube channel, subscribed
I've always thought Deep Cover was one of the greatest beats in the genre, very surprising to learn Dr Dre didn't like it!!
GTA Online got me into listening to Dr. Dre very recently. No lie, the entire Dr. Dre missions(heists?) were all amazing to me! Best “story” I’ve seen. And hearing Dre, Rick Ross and Anderson .Paak on “The Scenic Route,” and I love it when .Paak sings on the chorus. His voice blends so well with the chorus section of the beat! I heard it for the first time on mushrooms and I put that song on repeat the entire trip.
Too easy for him
I remember grabbing Public Enemy’s Greatest Misses when it first came out. I’d had this one beat in my head since about ‘87 and it was 90% Hazy Shade of Criminal. Talk about a deja vu all those years later and was on kind of a cast off album. Love PE
thankful for all your videos 🙏
Thankful for your lovely comment 🙏
Bruh that Alchemist beat is one of my DAMN faves EVER!
Memory Lane is a great example of give and take between producer and artist.
And how Nas does have good taste in beats, wanted to use the Juicy sample before Biggie did and premier said no.
When Nas performs memory lane live you can tell he loves that shit
Ofc. Its his most lyrical and possibly his greatest song
Yo that tip for gating the kick and snare blew my mind 🤯 I'm def gonna be trying that out
it could be a creative techniqu but in today's age you're better off just using AI stem separation if you need to take the drums out imho
that's probably because rappers look for different things than producers, it's easier to get a placement with an 8 bar loop copied and pasted than with a 3 section beat. And that's because it's easier to flow over a beat that doesn't change that much as well as when you make more sections or put more sounds it's more likely that some of them the rapper won't like
One of the best beat breakdown videos ever made
I dont make beats but watching your videos make me feel like i could actually learn. Pretty awesom
These videos make me wish I could!! I might try to learn with Navie's help.
Cool video, you earned a sub! Do a part 2 if you find out other good examples too! :)
great video, had no idea Primo hated Memory lane, one of my favs off of Illmatic, But it's worth to add how Dre's Deep cover gave birth to Big Pun and Fat joes Twins, a far superior song in my opinion. Btw , great job with the recreations :)
Great vid and I like how you shift the direction of your content. Interesting fact, Big Pun & Fat Joe also used Dre's beat for Twinz. Talk about trash to treasure.
Yeah I am glad people are enjoying the new format for my videos
Dawg, your video is awesome. Subscribed and hit the like for you my brother!
i really enjoyed this man, cheers
Funny thing is... I used to HATE that Realest beat by Alchemist too lol. I got older and I appreciated the simplicity of it because it gave a lot of space to them especially Kool G Rap to spit a first verse
I'm glad you came around to realizing that the fireness of this beat. Cuz you and Al were buggin out not liking that beat! Not gonna lie. 😄 Always said that Kool G spit one of his illest versus, if not the ill is verse when it came to just straight raw spittin on that beat.
@@dstu1699 yeah that beat is for lyricists only. Mumble rappers would die on that beat lol
@@keejay12 as they should.😂
I love your channel. Thanks:)
You missed a pivotal ingredient of the Deep Cover beat - I can feel it! :)
Brilliant vodeo. Very insightful and a great watch 👍
If Dre didn’t like deep cover than maybe I am too self critical. That was my favourite song for ages
It's funny that you posted this video, cuz for the first time since I started making beats last year, I finally made one which I don't like. I'll still put it out there tho. One man's trash is another's treasure, you never know.
Yeah I think I remember 9th wonder saying that exact thing when sending out his beats
That alch beat was crazy . And it had Kool G rap!!!! Wow he didn’t like that? Crazy
Kool G Rap's verse is sooooooo damn good
your assessments are next level
Dope job recreating the beat
I really thought I was alone. 20 years producing, this is news to me
can’t believe i’m late again 😢 keep up the good work gang
I thought the synth in Missy's song added something memorable about it like when you're trying to remind someone of the song you go to sing that specific part.
"Yeah that Missy song...the one that went Boop BeeBoop". Or something like that idk when I be talking about sometimes.
This was a great video. I have to be reminded often by friends and artists that only other producers care how you made the beat. You can loop something with no drums added and if the rapper likes it, it’s a go. You can also chop a sample to a 1000 piece puzzle and nobody will care. 🤦🏾♂️. Just make a tight beat and move on.
Ohh and you “from scratch” producers who don’t sample, people don’t care if you played a vi-ii-iii-v-I chord progression with a synth that you designed from a sine wave layered with a wavetable oscillator 😑.
At the end of the day, just make something you like 🤷🏾♂️
I have so much music I haven't put out because of my weirdly specific standards. But even with what i have released, the music that I don't like anymore as much much tends to be my most popular. My most streamed song is a song I made during a mental breakdown and spent like 10 minutes mixing and mastering lol.
Big up bro u sparked something in me for real
man your video was insane, the like button lit up when you said that.
Good stuff, Navie!
I LOVE Deep Cover. I loved it when it first came out and still do today.
Deep Cover is so iconic… It never occurred to me how simple it’s construction was because each piece fits perfect.
That eerie chord in ‘Deep Cover’ is called dissonant harmony, but your remake seemed like it was syncopated better
Deep cover is an iconic beat!!
Dope Video Nav
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i've probably made thousands of beats and i can only think liking a few to this day. I genuinely believe most of my beats are just come out trash all the time and i just don't realize it in the moment, going back multiple times does help but still lol Still working everyday to improve tho. Just now over the past 4 months or so been way more consistant, even though pretty much everyday since 2019 ive been making beats.
I used a clevinger jr. bass on deep cover, and played it live from the beginning to the end
I can understand cuz I'm an artist myself and I can understand how a beat might be weird or might sound trash to the producer but that what makes it a challenge for the artist to see what he or she can create with that sound that the typical artist might of passed on that really create separation from the artist that can create something dope with any production than an artist who is just so one dimensional with there signature sound and preference
Dope Video!
The realest was a dope beat to me. One of my favorite beats on the album.
Navie always delivers! 💪😎👍
You always deliver with a lovely comment :)
As an Artist I've done crazy detailed Artwork and a simple variation for customers and Was Shocked when they went with the simple version I just threw together to My absolute Horror sometimes when I see Them post it.
I’ve been through this recently actually. Last summer I released four beat tapes then invited every rapper I know to pick out the beats they liked to make as many songs as possible. The beats they all picked was good but in my opinion not the greatest. But when I heard the vocals on them I understood why they picked the beats they did.
It’s always amazing what beats other artists pick
We’re all different and see different things in your art and how we can make it our own.
I giggled a little but also that you were like . Cause im not dr.dre which was humble bet def know you have absolute genius in you too king not only do you help maintain the culture with the history but also help beatmakers with techniques and anither fun insight is that you're naturally calming to the nervous system with your speech approach background colors and even lack of flashy visuals (i have ptsd)
Dang I’m early! Hyped to watch this before I go to bed haha.
I hope you had a lovely dream my friend
Dope video bro 🫡
Back when I made mash ups it some what bothered me that the best sounding mashup didn't require any effort, and the more I tried the worse it sounded.
See that’s how u make old school beats. The way u recreated the beats. Sounds legit and that’s what I respect. As Most of the drums, bass etc were samples. Idk but for me I dislike when producers on the internet say “how to make a 90s style beat” but they using trap style drum packs instead of samples.
I was wondering why most of my earlier beats sounded like early 90s production…it’s mainly cause if I couldn’t get a sound I’d sample it on a phone speaker 😂…still do actually
@@twcyangon119 that’s dope bro. Do u have any beats online? Could I hear.. 😊
I deleted at least 61 greatest beats of all-time… and another 271 bangers loss from computer crashing
Creating for the masses tastes usually leaves us creative folk feeling kind of empty, although it does help fill the bank account. Am not a musician although guess the same principles apply.
For Memory Lane the Ruben Wilson sample starts at the 0:21 of the song not at the part shown.
Please don't take this the wrong way bruvs. I'm just pointing it out.
Great video
ALMOST CRIED WHEN YOU DID THE REALEST MOBB DEEP. ONE OF MY FAVE BEATS OF ALL TIME
Great great video do your thang 👏❤
Wait, does the Serato Sample standalone for FL have the Studio features? My Serato plugin for Logic is still the same basic ass version from when I bought it a couple years ago. Ive been waiting for the update with the Studio features for a while now, damn