Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By cyrus Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:44 pm
^^^so true...........................so basically a good producer knows how to make wack beats that sound good with lyrics.:lol:



ive been thinking about this too though, i mean, look at snoops and neptunes new tune drop it like its hot.

i mean, if i put that beat out and said "hey girlfriend, what do you think about this beat" she would laugh in my face or say, its not that hot. So sometimes it has nothing to do with complexity or whatever, but more so the whole picture; and that song as a whole, is nice, and pretty unique(even thought the production litterlly is something a monkey could do)

you also gotta give creidt to those who think of something first-even if its lame.

By AXE26 Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:04 am
yes thats kinda what i stated to the kanye hater about 3 posts ago. Its the vision that accompanies the beat that makes u a producer. ur overall input, this is what makes neptunes,dre,kanye hot because they have actual input to how the song goes and its easier to sell beats even wack ones when u can convince the corporate monkeys in suits that ur shit is hot and they need to jump on. Perfect example of this is the jay'z the black album documentary, kanye and pharell went in there actually setting the whole scene up and selling the vision to jay'z instead of heres a beat have fun. anyway thats my take on it.

By CRZ Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:15 am
hey cryrus,

you remember what GURU said??? "producers makin tinkerbell beats for catz to rhyme over" That's what comes to mind when I hear that "drop it like it's hot" song. Respect to Snoop though. He's a great entertainer.

I don't know who the best producers are. But MY heroes are Large Professor, DJ Premier, The Rza, Pete Rock, and Prince Paul (Hip-hop wise). I think Alchemist and Madlib are headed in the same direction, but they just havent been in the game long enough. And that's one thing for all you underground producers to think about.

"All you underground producers get of Premier's dick and just CHILL!!!"

-Thes One of People Under The Stairs.

"All you underground producers get off Madlib's dick and just CHILL!!!"

-Me.



To tell you the truth, I think Kanye's so called "style" is very similar to the Rza's the way he uses the repeating voice samples to make it sound almost like a broken record just playing over and over again. Especially on the "Dreams" song. I can also compare some of Kanye's beats to the Alchemist's beats the way he uses the voice sample and speeds it up to sound almost like Alvin and the Chipmunks. I don't like to hate on people but Kanye West is a cocky motherf***er. Hell, even Sway said it...or Tech...one of the two on the Wake-Up Show one night. He called him "Kanye Cocky West", his exact words. I do like the joint he did with Talib Kweli though, "Good To You". I actually think that was the first song I had ever heard that was produced by him. ((I)) don't think Kanye is as dope as everyone makes him out to be though. Kanye this, Kanye that, Kanye so crack. "Jesus Walks"??? You wouldn't catch me bumpin that in the car ever. It's a terrible song if you ask me. But that's just me. A lot (and I mean a lot) of people would think differently. And most of them don't even know what an MPC is.


Moving on...

Tell me what you think about this 50 Cent guy???

By elmacaco Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:22 am
THANK YOU!!

By CRZ Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:24 am
"All you underground producers get off Premier's dik and just CHILL!!!"

-Thes One of People Under The Stairs.

"All you underground producers get off Madlib's dik and just CHILL!!!"

-Me.


There you go. That's how it's supposed to look. Respect to both Madlib and Premier.

"it's all good to show love to a ni**a. But stop bitin my sh*t"

-The Rza.

By en2 Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:59 am
BlackestBeats wrote:Even Kanye has says he dont give a fluck about technique, just as long as it sound good at the end of the day. Now, ya'll can't disagree that his **** does sound hot although it can the same.
:idea:

By en2 Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:01 am
keep hatin on chi artists yall.............CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :!:
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By Penfold Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:58 am
Ok lets get one thing straight.....I'm not a Kanye Hater. not that it really matters. I just think the guy needs to humble him self. Before he wears him self out. I'm sure he wants to be doing what he is doing for a long while. Anyway his music is just like everyone else I know personally that fusk with samples, we all have the same love old joints and fusking with em. I just get mad when his name is all over my computer screen like he some God, he aint he just some next bruddah from chi town getting his time to shine.

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By Mavurik Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:30 pm
Even the greatest producers got their inspiration from somewhere. I think it's funny when people think they're just so creative, as if they created something entirely by themselves. To do that you would have to have no knowledge or experience with music whatsoever. You'd just have to come up with everything (the concept of music, all the genres that lead to hip hop, etc) out of thin air. Even then, you'd only come up with that based on your experiences and previous knowledge taken from mankind as a whole. We all get our knowledge from somewhere so we're all "biters". I don't want to worry about what Kanye is doing, if he's a cocky loser so be it. If he can actually make beats then good for him. If he stole something then he has to live with it every time he lies but inside he knows he didn't really do it, not me. I'm gonna worry about myself. I have my own morals and even if someone proves that what Kanye West did was completely wrong there's still the person who says up is down regardless of the facts.

By AXE26 Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:08 pm
^^^^^^applaud that man that was nicely put and on that note we should close this thread or never come back to it :D
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By cyrus Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:49 pm
^^agreed with you mavurik.

but I think no matter who you are, you gotta stay humble-to stay on top of your game.

qouted from biggie: (jayz's "my first song")

I'm just, tryin to stay above water y'know
Just stay busy, stay workin
Puff told me like, the key to this joint
The key to staying, on top of things
is treat everything like it's your first project, knahmsayin?
Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern
Like, that's how you try to treat things like, just stay hungry


jayz's chorus

It's my life - it's my pain and my struggle
The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing
Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first
And my thirst is the same as - when I came
It's my joy and my tears and the laughter it brings to me
It's my ev-ery-thing


ya know!
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By MattMatiks PG Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:52 pm
You're only as good as your last track...

And that's real...

By elmacaco Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:10 am
inspiration is not biting. nowledge is not biting. stealing a car is not biting. stealing a style not your own or someone elses samples is biting, and you bite when you can not do anybetter yourself, or when you just believe you cannot do any better.

By CRZ Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:44 am
Whoever said we were hating on Chicago?

Common Sense - one of the most raw-talented lyricists ever. Up there with snoop, q-tip, greg nice, biggie, and anyone else you can think of.
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By DJAndreas Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:36 pm
DjChronoBeats wrote:don't quantize

yo, in that pic is that KUMAR?