Behind the Music with Jermaine Dupri: How he created hits for Usher, Mariah Carey, Monica & others
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Jermaine Dupri Mauldin is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and DJ.
In 1997, Dupri co-wrote and produced several tracks on Usher's second album, My Way. The lead single, "You Make Me Wanna", reached number-one on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
The follow up single "Nice & Slow" went to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and the last single, "My Way" peaked at number-two on Billboard Hot 100. All three singles have been certified Platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
A featured guest on the album, Monica, would also later become a protégé of Dupri, with her second album, The Boy Is Mine, dropping in July of that year. Dupri produced the single of the album "The First Night", which peaked atop the U.S. Billboard charts, with the album receiving the triple platinum certification and universal acclaim.
#JermaineDupri #usher #RnB
I told y'all he'll CRUSH PUFF.....JD REALLY MAKES THE BEATS
Did people doubt that ever?
Over 140 top 40, top 10 and #1 billboard 100s combined. This man has so many #1 songs over damn near 30 years, he knows not only music, he knows how to make good music, some of the best music. He makes it and has made a lot of it.
and he has parents in the music bussines
Jermaine Dupri and B cox always gonna be a hit, one of my favourite R&B producer combos
JD and Dark Child too 🔥🔥🔥
This explains why his sound is unique
many producers used the MPC in the 80s and 90s
No, it doesn't explain anything. I've owned a MPC60 II & 3000. It's the Rodger Linn software and the 16 bit converters that gives it its unique characteristics. This is why the MPC'S after those models didn't have Linn's signature and sound. They are Akai's but not a Rodger Linn akai. NOW YOU KNOW
I still have my SP1200
@@Hypno_BPMand they still use them just like the Roland sps
@@isitjustmeorwhat9748😂 here we go 🤦🏾♂️ *Im kidding* I’m sure you have seen the debate about that.. I agree btw because i own old and new and I personally always have felt this way
This is why I encourage everyone to READ the credits, to watch how things really work in the studio, etc.
I’m 34, I was 5 in 1994 reading the credits (reading the best I could btw 😂) and I noticed familiar names as I continued to read, that made me dig into who each person was and thankfully my older cousins heavily into music, so they’d help guide me.
This new era needs to really get back into reading more and studying the HISTORY of things because that’s how we’ll continue to move forward the right way.
JD is on another level. Upper echelon of producers and if you know music, it's not even a question
Facts
Never was really into JD when I first heard about him…then when I found out all the records he did I was like GIVE THIS GUY HIS CREDIT 🤣 THIS MAN IS GENIUS. Just about everything you listened to was a JD record 🤣
Uh, unless you heard about JD last month, this comment is dripping with wack juice. He’s been lit since the early 90’s. Make it make sense.
@TopBillinSports I heard of dupri 5 minutes ago that he wrote most of usher big songs. Had to check the process cause I'm tryna write my own songs
I didn’t know he made that Ari Lennox- Pressure beat, yea JD a beast..
Wrote the song too
Yup
lol y’all didn’t catch when he said “y’all know what this is” lol he gave it away lol
I always liked that JD sound, especially in the late 90’s.
Yet respected but for some mysterious reason scandalously underrated !
A true producer which he is always keeps his ear to the street and is always on top of the latest technology. This is why he will always continue to get paid
I remember hearing Brat's song Funkafied when it came out and thinking how crisp and hi-fi the drums sounded. Him and Dre were ahead of their time.
Imo he's better than Dre & DIDDY!
Jermaine Dupri is a true legend!!
i started producing in '99 and i dont think he understands how fortunate he was to have gear to produce on. that stuff was thousands of dollars back then, we made beats at guitar center cuz we couldnt afford anything fresh out of highschool. at the same time, i'll always give him flowers for it.
Trust I went through hell and waited till mpc2000xl dropped in price secondhand
Churchhh! I got offered 5k by K-Gee for a beat from Naughty by Nature while playing my beats on a Korg Triton at a Guitar Center on Route 22 in NJ. But I turned it down on the spot cause I had a little knowledge about records point.
$6500 on ebay now😂
Fuck the scrutiny. Asking if you have any new hits or understanding of new tech is tantamount to asking Michaelangelo what he has done lately. Art is not time limited. You don’t have to make another hit. You’ve got plenty that will outlast your physical body. Those asking will not be in history books. That is all.
"Michelangelo, do you know how to use Photoshop or DALL-E?"
M: "I'm a little more advanced than that, sir."
I feel you on what you said. The fact that cats are sitting in their Mom's house asking if he has any new gear. The disrespect is real these days. This man has a Catalog ranging over 30 years. He could really flex and say.
Yeah the new gear's down the hall from all the plaques. Next Question
The chops on the live that beat was 🔥🔥🔥
Jermaine, is one hella of a beat maker him and B Cox together spells HIT RECORD
guaranteed
JD you ain't gotta explain absolutely nothing to those fools. If they get it they get it but you could never beat hate! 💯🎙🎤
He made some timeless jams on an MPC 60 that still sound clean today; shows you don't need the newest gear, as long as the songs are strong.
People need to keep him in the convo for Top 5 all-time producers.
Mr.Jermaine Dupri, I like your old school style 😊
This dude JD is a straight monster in the studio! I saw him here in Scottsdale Arizona, I was with a female at a lil restaurant in Fashion Square next to the mall and he pulls up and valets a brand spanking new Rolls Royce Phantom. I was soo proud of him, I just watched in the distance and kept eating. I knew it was his lil short ass, had a bad Sistah with him too. ❤
he really did his thing deserves it 🫡
So So Def . ❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮
Wesha uriko ukora iki ngaha?😅
@@armelnakindavyi4412😂😂😂 Mwese muri abahinyanyuzi nabatahuye
A LEGEND JERMAINE DUPRI NEED I SAY MORE
Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Nice, amazing, wonderful.
The sounds are usually not the artist..
It's the producers...and engineers.
Salute to the legendary Jermaine Dupri!
These 2 still in studio making them beats.. real beat producers doing they thing.. JD made countless songs
Rap has moved into the “vintage gear” phase. Nice.
This man I a legend just from those discs he had in his hand 😮
Thanks for revealing some of the secret sauce of music equipments to use. Appreciate thank. 👍
Give this man his flowers damn it
Legend
@Jermaine ...your library speaks for it self...stop addressing ignorance (I say this in the MOST humble way) #Salute
JD is the goat man. He brought along so many other major producers and writers after him.
Johnta Austin, Brian Michael Cox, Dark Child, and a host of other geniuses
JDs production is marvellous
And someone said Puffy stood a chance against JD….dude will WASH Puff hit for hit hands down
thanks for sharing that was coo;. love you're music.
This is dope
i will always give him his props for how he flipped the jackson 5 for kriss kross
I would Scoff at the thought of J.D. not knowing how to use the older MPC😂😅🤣
Really? Which planet are you from? But you heard about lil Bow Wow at least?
MPC X and all of these new MPC’s use huge files and he did all of that stuff on a 2.8mb to 3mb of storage space! Hot records!
His production method is fire
That beat was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥at the end of this video.....
If it works for him- it works! Respect!
I like computer fireful sampling possibilities, and can expand computer and add more components parts easy
JD is such a dope producer and songwriter
GAME! Thank u 4 sharing...
It’s all about dem floppy disks and crates baby! I could just be in that studio for hours dawg!
Best hip hop producer ever, "From Down South"
Floppy disk thnks man real fan of hip hop and rab
Great video JD
this is dope to see
Bro. Keep on keeping on. You good.
Great respect to u all the legends of music from 60s. 70s. 80s. 90s and 2000s. Other decades don't want to know. U made us enjoy greatest till now. U made timeless jams
JD you ain’t gotta explain nothing to these ungrateful chumps. Dawg you been that guy on the charts before most had a start and you still there bro. They would be better to ask for your advice instead of tryna sneak diss . You could easily transition to computer if you needed to but they could never do it like you on the outboard gear bruh.
You know it's real when you see floppy discs. What a legend
LEGEND
Sum ppl are 40 and just want you to get to it with the 3.5” flops 🤙🏻
I still have the 60
Waited the whole video for him to press play 😭
Never heard of this guy but he good fr.
WTF YOU JUST SAY
MAINE 💖✨💖✨💖 🙌🏽
His unique to create songs for Usher
Its not the tool, its the skill of the workman.
I think our from the Orville, Richard Burrell could use that beat, by the way, you might know him as shaggy. However, the name I mentioned before is his actual name. I can see him use it that way, although I am completely blind.
legend
Heavy.
Ps When The Money Goes by Jay Z/Fabolous prod by Jermaine Dupri is a massive classic as well. The Brat's second album is Nice too.
Georgia ish Mayne 🤟🏿 give my dawg his 🌹🌺
Attention: it ain't the equipment it's what's in you.
You can only make what you feel and what you can hear.
You can have the greatest MPC ever made, but you don't how to make music, and understand sound, sonics, and frequency, it means nothing, nothing, nothing
JD been doing this for like 30 years, and he is a hall of fame songwriter, one of prolific producers of the last quarter of century.
So kids, pro-tools, logic, new generation MPCs won't help you if it ain't in your soul. Use your ears, and study the greats.💯
Lol...they asked me that years ago. So I bought an MPC LIVE too. I'm only 50 and they call me OLD SCHOOL 🚸
sounds funny though 😂😂😂
Ain’t seen a floppy disk 💾 in years!!
Dang he got the floppy disks, I ain’t seen those since I was in like kindergarten lol
BMC casually chilling 😎
I used to wonder why certain people stuff is not on a steady tempo...
He already had the Usher sounds loaded up when he put the disk inside. The sounds take about 10-15 seconds or so to load up. It is not instantaneous.
Mpc gang !!!!!!!
💪🏼💯
😮 I didn't no 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My boy still uses an ASR and also MPC (but mainly the ASR) and people always ask him how tf do you get that sound lol
I’m trying to find who Jermaine uses as his guitarist in his house band. Particularly the other month with Muni Long at BET’S Soul Train Awards Show where she sang her hit song Made For Me.
Super Big UPS
I started with the SP1200 then the KN1000 to the old Atari then Reasons 3.0 and 5.0. I went back to school and they trained me with Pro Tools and Logic Pro X. I hate it. I've been stuck with Logic every since for 11 years and cannot get anywhere near I was with the KN1000 or Reasons 5.0. I was A God with Reasons 5.0. And it's hard for me to get that gear software and environment back. Everything has changed and sounds so dumb down and completely thin. Platforms don't help either cause they compress the hell out of you now. I recently produced a song called Freedom for PG13 and I had to work hard to get it to sound...
Reason 5.0 was so much better sounding than what they or Apple offers today. Stock out the Box. I completely understand what Jermaine is saying and I'm glad he said it. Stick to what makes you great. It doesn't matter how you come to it as long as you Master your motives and are crushing the competition in a good and Inspiring way. Please always inspire others by taking the time to be the best you that you can be. It's embarrassing at times but it adds up.
Top 3 all time…
Yep
Most of them don’t even know it’s a floppy disc
i’m very confused, you can input vocals and do vocal tracks on an npc?
simple answer is Yes. you can record whole songs on them most people just dont.
Its MPC. Its made to do the drums melody connect to your keyboards computer
@@magicizaproblem actually you can't record a full song an MPC 3000.
@@warnutztheloser and a whole lot more
You can, in the newer ones. The old ones like MPC 3000 just don't have enough memory. But the capabilities of mixing vocals are so limited, it makes no sense. Usually you would programm the beat in a very raw edit, export all tracks to audio formats, import them to a computer, lay the vocals over it and put everything in the right mix.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW
🔥🔥🔥
Master's
instead of asking about equipment i hear guitar did you play guitar or sample it?
I bought a mpc live about 5 years ago and have yet to learn it😔 damn it so sick
Sell me it bro
I would love to be a fly on his wall.
One thing I’ve always wanted to know, is JD playing guitar on “Where The Party At”?
That trill guitar part was no afterthought, and should definitely be credited. Unless he’s getting those repeats by chopping away on the MPC, which is also cool…
They always think new is better. They always tell me my equipment is old. When they say that I know they don't know.
We need to leave him alone when it concerns a versus battle
🤣🤣🤣
Wow
The MPC is a computer.
❤❤❤❤
I’m old school, I like analog. Fuck computers. The MPC X stand alone is great 👍🏽
Can analog equipment make a modern day hit and sound up to date bro...
JD you don’t gotta prove nothing bro ya track record speaks for itself go head wit ya bad self