What Is Lofi? Meaning of Lofi, Nostalgia, Anime & Hip-hop
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- What is Lofi? Lofi Music has been around for many years, but its popularity has exploded in the past decade. Why is it that so many people are now drawn to this uniquely retro sound? To find out, Peggy sits down with legendary hip-hop producer Fat Jon, to talk about the origin of lo-fi music and its explosion in popularity.
The two also dive into anime’s surprising connection to lo-fi and how 90s anime tv shows brought lo-fi hip-hop to the masses.
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Songs by Fat Jon used in this video:
Fat Jon - Ample Souldier: spoti.fi/3uA31tJ
Fat Jon - Summer Something Pt. 1: spoti.fi/2RgL7Oc
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Lo-fi definition
01:30 Where does lo-fi’s aesthetic come from?
02:38 Why is the lo-fi aesthetic so sought after?
04:36 Why is lo-fi still so popular today?
05:29 Lo-fi and anime
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Samurai Champloo. Cowboy Bebop. Evangelion. What anime inspired you to get into lo-fi production?
Samurai Champloo, definitely!
Evengalion because it was my fav anime and my first
CBBebop
I remember making hip hop beats as the end credits song played to Fist of the North Star (anime movie) in my head wishing I knew how to mix and then there's Leon Carr's Urban Utopia (classic).
Samurai Champloo. But at the time I mistook it for Trip-Hop.
"in absence of the vocal, there's your thoughts" damn I never thought of that
There's lofi and then there's that super saaaaad lofi stuff.
Simpsonswave is pretty sad.
Fat Jon is such a chill dude. I want to be his friend
Me too.
That was absolutely brilliant, I really enjoyed it. I liked how it explained so much! for people who are new to the lo-fi scene this is essential viewing 👏🔥
Thanks so much HW Radio. Means a lot!
Fam ! 🙌🙌
Thanks for the well done explanation! I’m 60 and just getting into music production. I still have about 400 vinyl records from when I was young. When I went to CDs in the mid 80s, the sound was so much crisper and cleaner and had a much bigger frequency range. There were always people who thought albums sounded more, um, organic, for lack of a better term.
Well, my brother came over (we’ve both been vaccinated) a couple weeks ago and I put on a couple of albums and really enjoyed it. It did sound smoother, and it made me realize how much I missed the big album cover art, and playing sides that were, in many cases, designed to sound good in the order that was chosen.
Anyway, getting into music production, I was wondering why you would want a plug-in to add tape hiss, but this video gave me understanding. Thanks to both of you!
Thanks for the insight Scott. Opening up a vinyl, checking out the artwork, and listening to the different sides continuously is a totally different listening experience!
one of the better lofi history videos.
THE STATIC YALL USED THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO FOR A LO-FI TOUCH WAS UNEXPECTED BUT AMAZING. ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU FOR THIS
More videos like this please! It's so awesome to hear from such influential artists
Finally I found myself. Really enjoy this genre and I believe this is a part of me.
Really appreciate the guys who tried to distribute this genre to us♥️
Fat Jon, the absolute living legend! Everytime I hear a whisper of him I come running lol
This was so interesting! I got randomly interested in lo-fi at 1 am on a Monday and this video was perfect! Right to the point and yet so entertaining :)
Interesting history on how low fidelity production was used through analog recordings and samples, but a little odd that alternative rock artists like Beck were highlighted, yet no specific Hip-Hop producers from that era were highlighted.
Since artists like J.Dilla, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, etc., were known for how they pioneered a lot of the Hip-Hop style of production in the 90's that clearly affected many of today's "lofi" artists, just felt like it would be worth highlighting them if alternative and indy rock artists were highlighted.
Dope vid, Fat Jon definitely deserves more recognition!
I was born in 79. All my first experiences with music were on vinyl, cassette and AM/FM. Music sounds naked to me if there isn’t some sort of hiss or crackle.
What a great video!! Damn, what good editing . . . keep it up LANDR!
This genre changed my life.
YEEEEEES!!! Amazing content. Would be cool to blend the music in the background with a mini/fast tutorial of how to get it.
Cool to see Fat Jon talking about this and embracing the Lofi term.
I remember when he was in the group Five Deez and when he started releasing instrumental album in tjr late 90's early 2000's.
Back then we called it just hiphop or instrumental hiphop and sometimes triphop in the 90's though that doesn't apply to all songs under the triphop genre. Cool to see sample based music carry on into the new generations .
I found him on a Mush records Acid Jazz and Downtempo mixtape back around 2000. I feel like downtempo is the best term to describe his beats because they're generally slower and are a bit moodier than modern "lo-fi" beats
Love this! Thank you for letting the people know where it all started.
Glad it was helpful!
I currently do research for my dissertation investigating an influence of lofi hip-hop, this video is a great help. Thank you so much! 💞
Glad it was helpful!
Great information! Great video!
Proud to be one of lofi producer 😎👊
One of a best chill genre I ever heard and influence
What program(s) do you guys use? I'm interested
@@johnsondoeboy2772 can use any daw including fl studio , ableton, logic etc depends on what works for you it's all about creativity
I remember the Mobb Deep records used to have the crackle on it. I would love it. It gave it such authenticity. Also Rza was the master at LoFi and pitching the samples differently. He has influenced countless producers, especially underground artists.
A part of that anime connection is Yoko Kanno, who did a lot of the eclectic soundtracks like Cowboy Bebop. She was idolized here in Australia by sample-based producers (Superfluid, The Avalanches, etc), the latter who were along with DJ Shadow and Dilla responsible for key albums. Labels like Creative Vibes, Modular and Ninja Tune also have a surprisingly overlooked role in the global distribution of the lofi/ samplephonic culture.
But of course… you can draw a line to the “Ultimate Breaks and Beats” series. Without that, you wouldn’t have half the cultural influence (and odd chains of consequence, like Dre’s sample of the UBB version of Amen Brother being the NWA version that all the early jungle producers used, which is now core DNB history).
It would be lovely to hear how each country contributed back to this sound as it formed over the 90s and 00s. Eg DJ Krush (Japan) in 94, DJ Shadow (US) in 96, Coldcut (UK) in 89/90, etc. impossible to ignore Kruder & Dorfmeister from 93 (Austria). Just like Avalanches in 2000, these breakout albums had surprisingly global impacts and inspired each local variation in waves. With that constant respect for the OG hiphop culture it spawned from. A beautiful thing to have grown up (and worn out a few MPCs) in.
I love how every lofi hip hop is just associated with anime. All these lofi edits have an anime loop playing in the video. It's awesome.
Cooked well video ... This channel deserve more views ... Please make a specific video about anime samurai champloo and talk about the music production ..
I think of lofi music as "classical music 2.0" - great for focus and productivity
I like how Slick Rick has traveled through time to nowadays to borrow lo-fi concept and came back in 1994 to release Behind Bars ...
I really liked this video. It was really helpful! :0) Please keep making more videos like this and other videos related to lofi music. The one about the 8 lofi chord progressions is good too. :) It would be cool to have a printout of the chord progressions that I could look at on my iPad or print on staff paper too.
Thanks so much Bryan. We'll definitely keep that in mind for the next one.
Awesome Vid. Is there a full version of Fat Jon interview?
Woow! This information is very interesting 😊
Simply Amazing
the cowboy beebop transition hype me fr
excellent video. greetings to the ladies of Vietnam for such excellent content. 👝🥗
I was looking for this history. Interesting.
love this format!
Thanks!
I wonder why this brilliant video has very less views.
Thanks GVR, let's hope it grows!
So dope!
This is really great. I would have pushed back the origins to rocksteady
This was a great break down and I appreciate your content 🙏
This is kool. Well done.
Hey Self Law, thanks so much!!
Great!!!!!
Thanks so much Francis!
I actually wonder. What people know as lofi today, put some vocals or samples back into it makes it sound like trip hop music, a genre or amalgam of genres I came back to in recent years. Some things never go out of fashion I guess.
great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
R.I.P. Nujabes
R.I.P the GOAT
I need a complete course on how to do lofi, mixing, mastering, etc.
Here are two videos on how to make lofi, arrange, mix and master:
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You might dig my channel, Joseph!
Dont wash for a month and wear the same grundies and make sure your socks are stuck to your feet with all the grime. Get in the zone.
the opening part, sounds like a commercial, i was looking for the "SKIP AD" button and asking myself . . . wtf ??
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello,is lofi a genre or just a recording quality?
I would say it's considered to be both.
Watch this again with Lo-fi girl playing in the background. Sounds awesome 👌
Love that!
lo-fi is cool!
I think Nujabes played a huge part in the rise of Lo-fi music. All Hail!
So LoFi is the contemporary equivalent of Muzak? It’s not to be listened to but at the same time be affected by it?
Lofi is sick
awesome make videos on other genres too
We will!
so playing lofi music on a hifi setup. in the 2000s i would tune into FM radio and ripped songs off air to my mp3 via linein , is that lofi?
Confused. how is this any different that analog?
If your trying to make lofi in a daw pack it in and get a Hardwear sampler
To me it feels kind of weird to just not mention Nujabes when it comes to Samurai Champloo? To me it feels like he got glossed over in this video. Or was he not really contributing?
You’re the Nujabes comment I was looking for… He was actually my welcoming gatekeeper into Lo-fi music. I knew there was a specific sound before really discovering Nujabes, but he really helped my ears open up completely to the sound. To me, I’m happy he was even mentioned. But yes, I do agree somewhat that he was just kind of glossed over.
So we not going to talk about Tribe Called Quest and Digable planets and Jazzhop predates Lo-Fi by 20+ years
Another genre that is technically music but no musicians involved.
Since no one asked anyone making electro swing and ragtimey beats
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While I am all for Fat Jon getting praised as a legend, it is kind of weird seeing him getting categorized under this lofi term that suddenly became popular, it sounds like he is getting pigeonholed into one style music, which I would disagree. In the 2000s, no one was saying that about Fat Jon or Nujabes.
I thought it was pronounced “law-fee”😂
DUTTY. DIRTY, GRITTY NARSTY.
Narsty. I like that.
Lofi black metal anyone?
Yes
I was going to show this to my middle school kids until you cursed at the end....Come on...can you edit that out....
Hey Mark, we edited it out. Hope they enjoy!
Shilo carrying
The Waffle House has found its new host
Why would we strive for hi fi music when we can do low quality? Isn’t lower quality better than good quality? Let’s apply this to food. Why eat good clean food when we can eat diseased spoiled food? Makes loads of sense doesn’t it?