Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By mr_debauch Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:31 pm
BGBEATS wrote:
JD has proven himself time & time again and that track in no way sounds like a so so def end product , it was just a glimpse into his process



... which this time just happened to be garbage. maybe next time.
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By mr_debauch Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:20 am
Ruslanio wrote:I've never really heard if this guy, and if I randomly came through that vid i would barf.

dryad-66 wrote:Dubstep? :shock: kind of......@4:45 looks like he's riding a dick


he was one of those big shot label CEO guys involved with bow wow and that neck of the woods if i'm not mistaken. frankly I never was impressed by him.
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By Blue Haze Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:03 pm
nod records wrote:Jermaine Dupri making a beat using Maschine and MPC 60 II Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxosvheG ... r_embedded


for those that don't know what he's doing. He's using Maschine to go thru and find drum sounds he likes, then sampling them into the MPC 60 II and sequencing on the MPC. I think he has a keyboard midi'ed up to his MPC too.

Good way of working. Grab them Maschine sounds, put them into the MPC to beef them up and give them that 60 swing.



Nice post I midi up the two units under sounds to midi, setup the root note and it was a done deal. MPC as the master and maschine as the module. Nice. 8)
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By selecta jo Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:42 pm
Ruslanio wrote:I've never really heard if this guy, and if I randomly came through that vid i would barf.


maybe you´ve not heard his name but something on this list should ring a bell (and never judge a man if you have just seen only one of his sides):

* 1991: TLC - Bad By Myself
* 1992: Kris Kross - Jump
* 1994: TLC - Kick Your Game
* 1994: Da Brat - Funkdafied
* 1996: MC Lyte - Keep On Keepin' On
* 1996: Mariah Carey - Always be my baby
* 1997: Tamia - Imagination
* 1997: Usher - You Make Me Wanna
* 1997: Usher - nice & slow
* 1998: Usher - my way
* 1998: Destiny's Child - With Me
* 1998: Mariah Carey - Sweetheart
* 1999: Destiny's Child - Jumpin Jumpin (remix)
* 1999: Monica - The First Night
* 2001: Chanté Moore - Straight Up
* 2001: Jagged Edge - Where The Party At
* 2001: Lil' Bow Wow - Bow Wow (That's My Name)
* 2001: Usher - U Got It Bad
* 2002: Usher - U-Turn
* 2002: Alicia Keys - Girlfriend
* 2003: Tamia - Still
* 2003: Murphy Lee - Wat Da Hook Gon Be
* 2005: Jagged Edge - Let's Get Married
* 2004: Usher - Burn
* 2004: Usher und Alicia Keys - My Boo
* 2004: Monica - U Should've Known Betta
* 2005: Avant (feat. Lil Wayne) - You Know What
* 2005: Bow Wow (feat. Omarion) - Let Me Hold You
* 2005: Bow Wow (feat. Ciara) - Like You
* 2005: Bow Wow (feat. Chris Brown) - Shorty Like Mine
* 2005: Mariah Carey - It's Like That
* 2005: Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
* 2005: Mariah Carey - Get Your Number
* 2005: Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
* 2006: Mariah Carey - Say Somethin'
* 2006: LL Cool J (featuring Jennifer Lopez) - Control Myself
* 2006: Yung Joc - It's Goin' Down - produced by Nitti
* 2006: Nelly (feat. Jermaine Dupri und Paul Wall) - Grillz
* 2006: Jagged Edge (feat. Jermaine Dupri) - Stunnas
* 2006: Janet Jackson - Call on Me
* 2007: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (feat. Bow Wow und Mariah Carey) - Lil' L.O.V.E
* 2008: Nelly - Stepped on my J´z (feat. Jermaine Dupri and Ciara)

with this he made over 20 gold and platinum records... and to be able to do that it is not enough to have a good amount of luck and to be somebodys son, although this was certainly a career opener for him.

peace jo
By BGBEATS Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:55 pm
Mariah Carey - "Always be my baby" 1996


being the PRODUCER of that song alone showed that he was not just a dude playin with a sampling drum machine. timeless mainstream pop top 40 radio rotated song with a superstar artist
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By mp3 Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:36 pm
mr_debauch wrote:
Ruslanio wrote:I've never really heard if this guy, and if I randomly came through that vid i would barf.

dryad-66 wrote:Dubstep? :shock: kind of......@4:45 looks like he's riding a dick


he was one of those big shot label CEO guys involved with bow wow and that neck of the woods if i'm not mistaken. frankly I never was impressed by him.


big shot label ceo is about the best insult you can give a musician. I'd take it. And he's responsible for a lot of hits, and he's sold millions of records. Like him or not as an artist, you gotta respect his accomplishments.
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By mr_debauch Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:45 am
mp3 wrote:
mr_debauch wrote:
Ruslanio wrote:I've never really heard if this guy, and if I randomly came through that vid i would barf.



he was one of those big shot label CEO guys involved with bow wow and that neck of the woods if i'm not mistaken. frankly I never was impressed by him.


big shot label ceo is about the best insult you can give a musician. I'd take it. And he's responsible for a lot of hits, and he's sold millions of records. Like him or not as an artist, you gotta respect his accomplishments.



I wasn't trying to discredit his work... but wasn't he a big shot CEO for one of those record labels (virgin records possibly?? or was that someone else?) he may have been responsible for many many many hits... however hit and chart music is not really my favourite thing in the world. Sure he has solid stuff but most of what he has done that I have heard wasn't for me and didn't encourage me to check the rest of his stuff.


edit: I wasn't trying to insult him by calling him a bigshot ceo by the way.... I was mentioning something that could describe JD to Ruslanio.
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By Blue Haze Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:57 am
It's all good JD was more of a R&B producer though he started out in hip hop you can't forget the so so def label of the 90's with the Brat So funkiefed. The CEO move was in line with Dre, Puffy, LA Face, and The cat from Texas I forgot running major labels Urban music division and JD was keeping up with the Jones. When Janet's shit bombed he had to step down for the fall but he made a recent comeback with good hits.


But in this demo video back on point the workflow was great and the usage was on point. The beat itself seems like he had to much Champage, es, and not enough sleep to be bouncing to that. It was self indulgence only **** around no where near his capabilities and he is known as a good collobrater so no one was going to rap or sing over that either.


Anyways we all made up some shit when our minds were gone!!!!! The Difference is whether we are going to posting it up on the net when we are in a **** up state of mind.



JD and No ID y'all with Alicia Keys and Usher MY Boo. I don't know about y'all but I knowb about us and it is the only way to rock.
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By NearTao Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:56 pm
DPM wrote:the only thing good about this thread is the Ocean flip...that was hott

the Amazing flip was just baaaad, JD...the **** u thinking?


He's practicing... just happened to be caught on tape :P

Well okay on purpose... at least he's not swinging a broom stick around pretending to be a jedi.