Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By Prah_860_ Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:28 am
misterv wrote:did anybody heard that last joint with twista "Overnight Celebrity" (I'm not talking about "Slow Jamz")
Kany used the same sample as in Mobb Deep's "Nothing Like Home" but he flipped it really nicely
I think Kanye got skills and is here to stay



nothing far from the truth....that track is tight as f%&K
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By beets Tue Jan 20, 2004 6:34 am
DM0NEY wrote:what the hell r u talkin about that not kanye isnt versatile????..I.E ...THE BOUNCE BY JAY Z..

Kanye didnt produce "The Bounce"... Timbaland did...
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By chasecrush Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:51 am
ha, you dont think kanye wants to try some new shit? you dont think half the beats you hear where made like 6 months ago or even longer? Listen to behind the beats, sounds like he was sitting on most of the beats on bean's and hov's album for a minute. He totally flipped shit on Bonnie and Clyde '03, that track wasnt crazy but damn kanye came with it... I give major props to kanye for bringing samples back in to the game in a major way... he didnt do it alone, but he played a major major role...
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By beat_banga Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:35 am
aaron wrote:kanye needs to show versatility. i remember a couple years ago with justblaze, i was like sh1t, this guy ever going to switch some sh1t up.

now this dude is making some hot keyboard beats, he's definitly proving himself
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then again versatility isn't necessarily a good thing

the way i look at it is, if you can do your own style the best, but still have knowlege and a understanding of others then you are a dope creative artist.



when an producer becomes an hott item alot of their trax will start to sound the same. it's happened w/ every producer that i can think of that's dropped in the last 10 years. timbaland,dre,swizz,neptunes etc... They all had a point at which all their trax sounded the same. They all cam back with hot new ish. I think alot of it might be to where the artists are coming to them wanting that hott sound that's got everybodys ear and when it dies down the producer introduces some new ish they been workin on all the time.

By Toecutter Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:36 am
Bringing samples back to the game? Samples never left... Timbaland even uses alot of samples and so does DRE... next episode was some David Axelrod sh*t wasn't it? And VIC flipped that sample better than that like back in 1998 on that missing linx track MIA... sampling never left... just popped off better BELOW the surface.
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By tanamo00420 Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:28 am
Freedom wrote:Basically How to filter the Sounds in the Akai is Easy.....

To get acapellas from a track the best you can do is focus on the specfic freq of there voice...

Use a BP filter in the MPC BP filter 4+ usually allows enough highs through and enough muffled low filter to get rid of most sounds...

Ive made many songs using this method and before the MPC the process was usually done on the computer which is too time consuming....

P.S.----Peep Some Dean Martin at 45 BPM and ptich down 8%
He uses alot of very good backround women vocals that luch pimp chorus ****
can i do this on the mpc2000 classic? or anything close?

I HAVE NO MANUAL!!

Byaljax Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:46 pm
Eric Sermon had to have the master accapella just like music but Kanye
sounds like filters
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By Prah_860_ Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:34 pm
aljax wrote:Eric Sermon had to have the master accapella just like music but Kanye
sounds like filters


i don't think he had to have the master...he had a accapella that was an import given to him by a friend.......he told the story plenty of times

By lil'al Sun Jan 25, 2004 8:29 pm
cool! you learn something every day
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By DM0NEY Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:49 am
what sample did use for the beat WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS? who is orginaly by?
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By BRAVO Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:59 am
Queen (Freddie Mercury's group)
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By aaron Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:08 am
i hate that song (rocafella version)

seems like such a throw together beat. kanye probably made that in 20 minutes
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By Prah_860_ Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:51 am
aaron wrote:i hate that song (rocafella version)

seems like such a throw together beat. kanye probably made that in 20 minutes


i think you are right!!!
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By DM0NEY Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:51 am
what do u mean throw togther?
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By aaron Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:36 am
i dont know. just seems sort of sloppy compared to his other productions.
seems like somthing that should have stay on the 'cutting room floor'