@@plantbased530 Sorry that my comment hurt your feelings. How about you stop complaining about little things in life and take the energy to focus on yourself 🤷🏻♂
You’re fantastic. I don’t even listen to this genre of music but you not only make the production breakdowns fascinating, you inspire me to want to delve into this style.
@@donpaci5289 Both, i guess. Well, i dunno.... I remember specifically when the first rap record came out-exactly where i was when i heard it. And then i was a 'fan'-hunting for rap records, back when it was brand new, and record stores didn't even know what to do with them or where to put them. There would be one separate section, with like five different 12" and that was it. I tried making my own rap recordings as a junior high kid, in my bathroom (for the acoustics!) with two Radio Shack tape recorders. So, i liked hiphop. In high school, i got more into new wave and was previously into Van Halen and Hendrix and 80s metal, and then House came along, and hiphop took a back seat. I liked rap into college, with Public Enemy, Third Bass, EPMD, etc. But, that's about when it ended. It got too gangster, too vulgar, too misogynistic. It used to be fun and creative, but then it just got ugly and as it grew in popularity, the effects on black culture were made more destructive and permanent. So, that's my sermon on that. So, if one asks if i like hiphop, the answer is No, with some exceptions-i tended to like Neptunes productions/collaborations. But, re: boombap specifically, i can't say that i'm a 'fan,' as i don't really own any of those records (save a few MP3s), but i do love how they take me back to a time and place. Early 90s is when i moved to NYC and boombap is kinda that sound. I like the percussion especially, and it's that aspect that i sorta want to incorporate into music i intend to write. But, it won't be hiphop. It may have some hiphop characteristics, much like triphop did.... If that makes any sense.
@@CentaurusRelax314 Yeah I get what you mean I respect that. The thing with hiphop is that it has changed so many times and keeps changing in sound. I think you probably also would've liked Eric B & Rakim, Run-DMC by the artists you mentioned. I am a very big fan of hiphop. But the sounds have changed so many times that to be honest at this point I don't even like what is considered commercial rap and over the last 2 decades. It's a whole different genre. I see where you coming from as far as Gangsta rap even though for me I see it more as art or like a movie. Especially with rappers like Nas, Immortal Technique etc great storytellers. It's just sad to hear how people's view changed about hiphop (not critizing you)/ That's why i'd rather HipHop to be less commercial so that we can get the authenticity back and rappers not feeling the need to be controversial in order to sell. But I am curious, you make music right? Do you have a page?
For drum loop 1 and drum loop 2 at 6:24 on your channel rack and mixer, how'd you get all the drum sounds into 1 piano roll like that, did I miss something? Would it have to be done using FPC or is there another method you used? Would help me out tremendously if I knew how you did that. Great video!
This video was great. This album is a classic and you broke down a lot of the techniques. I never knew he used a keyboard sampler. It explains a lot. It said in a lot of interviews that he used a MpC 3000. Maybe that came later.
Love this video. Infamous is a classic album. Q Tip being the mastermind behind this album is amazing. Imagine an artist/producer known for alternative hip hop and his jazzy sound being the executive producer behind a groundbreaking landmark boom bap album that had a dark sound. You can't underestimate someone's creative mind
well that's because he really just out tweaks & finishing touches on it, the essence of it was already there. Qtip is a genius though, guys like that can do it all.
He actually did more than people think. He re-did the drums for Survival of the Fittest. Produced and mixed 3 songs. And he mixed Trife Life and Up North Trip. Google Complex Magazine The Making of the Infamous. It tells a lot....
i just referred someone to your beat making course. he asked me if I had a course, i said, "no, but i have someone i know." haha. i love what you do for the community and want to refer everyone that comes to my lives to your course. you are so dope and I learn so much from these types of videos! keep loving yourself. peace from Japan. p.s. I always felt like the background sound of "shook ones" sounded like a vacuum cleaner.
Navie, I got to this video by mistake but I'm glad i did, the way you breakdown the science behind the instrumental is seriously on point! Thank you brother!
Great break down I actually forgot about the Eps16 keyboard sampler. When I tired remaking those Havoc beats I noticed he pitched them ALL THE WAY DOWN. Also, that explains why those beats did not have a ringing sound that the SP1200 gives to samples. Dope vid
You are exactly right. The Infamous is unique among hiphop, and music as a whole. It was completely unique, and there will never be anything like it. Another great video 💪
How you get your sample to where you can play it on the piano roll? The only way I’ve seen that is by putting it in fruity slicer and how come you did it that way, and not chop it up in fruity slicer?
Not everyone has this gift and ear. Both Prodigy and Hav's grandfathers were pioneering Jazz musicians. These guys were not ordinary dudes, it was in the blood.
They really did change the entire face of East Coast hip hop, immediately with Survival of the Fittest and Shook Ones. The vibe of Tribe Called Quest died down and made people accept the East Coast gangster image that Biggie would embody and Jay would borrow when he needed to remind people he's from down the street. Even rappers that already had their own soulful vibes switched their styles up like they always wanted to go hard but Will Smith's 'Summertime' was getting played at the cookouts. It actually changed the culture of cookouts, too. If you've ever been at a so-called hood cookout when Shook Ones came on, you know exactly what I mean. Every real street dude there would actually join in a moment of reverence. Lol, real shit.
6:04 Maximus is a plugin that comes with FL Studio, and it has a built in NY Compression setting that is incredible for drums. I believe it uses the same technique, but simplified for the user.
It’s the art of the ear havoc was gifted with. How he sampled and heard the best hip hop element of a classical piano piece. He’s a master sampler combined with a deadly instinct with drum patterns
Awesome stuff as always Navie! I’d love to see a breakdown of Statik Selektah’s form of boom bap, tracks like Not Enough Words, Cocoa Butter or Birds Eye View 🔥
I liked and subscribed and can't wait to see more videos like this Can you please talk about Big Puns Capital Punishment Album the production behind that Album was incredible .
Yo Navie great content. Would be interested in a same type of video regarding the most underrated producer Mannie Fresh. His snare rolls were crazy defining the southern hip hop and he never gets the credit due.
Hell On Earths production was a step up from The Infamous as far as darkness and grit. Interestingly enough Mobbs first album “Juvenile Hell” fell into the typical Jazz boom app bracket.
The shook ones is one of the hardest beats to ever exist
For sure, the Havoc throwaway😂
Congrats on stating the most obvious opinion ever. Groundbreaking stuff. Definitely wasn't posted asap for likes. 👍This if you a npc.
And it's the best rap ever. never heard some flow like this
@@plantbased530 Sorry that my comment hurt your feelings. How about you stop complaining about little things in life and take the energy to focus on yourself 🤷🏻♂
@@plantbased530It's not an opinion it's an actual fact this beat made hip hop history
My first hip hop album I bought, and still my favorite. So many great sounds on this, as well as the lyricism and feel to it. Masterpiece
Nobody talks about how greatly havoc sampled the beat of what's ya poison 🔥
How you want it bent skied or straight blunted
@@jonrobbin170 many are rare rore havoc has just overdone it
Hi navie, love the videos, would be good if you could break down Aquemini or ATLiens. Thanks.😅
yess outkast
I have the drum kit samples from the drum machine used on ATLiens. I'd be willing to share
@@wuezo4000 yo sharesee
I could never unsubscribe to this channel in a 10000000000000000 years!!! Dopest content on the interwebs in my book! 💪👏
@@artisans8521 Just because the world ends doesn't mean I have to unsubscribe 🙃
You’re fantastic. I don’t even listen to this genre of music but you not only make the production breakdowns fascinating, you inspire me to want to delve into this style.
Do you mean Hip Hop or Boom bap specifically?
@@donpaci5289 Both, i guess. Well, i dunno.... I remember specifically when the first rap record came out-exactly where i was when i heard it. And then i was a 'fan'-hunting for rap records, back when it was brand new, and record stores didn't even know what to do with them or where to put them. There would be one separate section, with like five different 12" and that was it. I tried making my own rap recordings as a junior high kid, in my bathroom (for the acoustics!) with two Radio Shack tape recorders. So, i liked hiphop. In high school, i got more into new wave and was previously into Van Halen and Hendrix and 80s metal, and then House came along, and hiphop took a back seat. I liked rap into college, with Public Enemy, Third Bass, EPMD, etc. But, that's about when it ended. It got too gangster, too vulgar, too misogynistic. It used to be fun and creative, but then it just got ugly and as it grew in popularity, the effects on black culture were made more destructive and permanent. So, that's my sermon on that. So, if one asks if i like hiphop, the answer is No, with some exceptions-i tended to like Neptunes productions/collaborations. But, re: boombap specifically, i can't say that i'm a 'fan,' as i don't really own any of those records (save a few MP3s), but i do love how they take me back to a time and place. Early 90s is when i moved to NYC and boombap is kinda that sound. I like the percussion especially, and it's that aspect that i sorta want to incorporate into music i intend to write. But, it won't be hiphop. It may have some hiphop characteristics, much like triphop did.... If that makes any sense.
@@CentaurusRelax314 Yeah I get what you mean I respect that. The thing with hiphop is that it has changed so many times and keeps changing in sound. I think you probably also would've liked Eric B & Rakim, Run-DMC by the artists you mentioned.
I am a very big fan of hiphop. But the sounds have changed so many times that to be honest at this point I don't even like what is considered commercial rap and over the last 2 decades. It's a whole different genre. I see where you coming from as far as Gangsta rap even though for me I see it more as art or like a movie. Especially with rappers like Nas, Immortal Technique etc great storytellers. It's just sad to hear how people's view changed about hiphop (not critizing you)/ That's why i'd rather HipHop to be less commercial so that we can get the authenticity back and rappers not feeling the need to be controversial in order to sell. But I am curious, you make music right? Do you have a page?
pls RZA next
One of my favorite dr. Hav and 😊dill
gotta love how QTip talks rapping
Took me ages to figure out how to map the sample onto the key board, if you don’t know just use direct wave or granular and it’ll do it for you
Shook ones beat is really a timeless gem, top 10 beats of all time easily! 🔥💯💎
Would love to see a breakdown of Los Angeles by flying lotus especially sleepy dinosaur that song always amazes me
Navie you've got to be one of the best producer-tubers I've stumbled upon. How do you get the decibels to show on the sliders in the mixer?
A mix of creativity hardcore boom bap grittiness
You nailed the sound!
For drum loop 1 and drum loop 2 at 6:24 on your channel rack and mixer, how'd you get all the drum sounds into 1 piano roll like that, did I miss something? Would it have to be done using FPC or is there another method you used? Would help me out tremendously if I knew how you did that. Great video!
Its probably a vst/plugin that has a different drum sound on each key Ive seen those before
Fruity Slicer
yay, the video i was waiting for! you are the best. Thank you for so much, sorry for so little 🤣🤣✊✊
The New York compression is just a parallel compression
hey im hear from the weaver beats tea video, just so u know
Do digable planets
Is your beat making course still on?
Dude I love you for this break down and the person u are bro keep going fam.
Q-Tip a real 1
3:40 What interview is that?
6:45 isn’t that just parallel compression
Damn and I thought the sample used was a guitar of these years
THX Bro
What a great session; thanks so much for sharing ... yes; the useless information as well :)
1 view, 1 min ago, damn i was the first ? 🤣🤘🏻🤘🏻☕
It’s not useless info if it turns someone on this record.
The whole album is so creative I swear beats these days just don’t hit the same
Ahh.....you`re one of those "these days" people. Don`t you get bored?
@@orphanoforbit7588 nope I listen to more music from today than ever! Mainly Australian hip hop
Might check out.. Bi$A
@@orphanoforbit7588 Bro you cant even call modern rap rap they just mumble shit
@@ILikeJuicyMelons lol just wrong
This video was great. This album is a classic and you broke down a lot of the techniques. I never knew he used a keyboard sampler. It explains a lot. It said in a lot of interviews that he used a MpC 3000. Maybe that came later.
Love this video. Infamous is a classic album.
Q Tip being the mastermind behind this album is amazing. Imagine an artist/producer known for alternative hip hop and his jazzy sound being the executive producer behind a groundbreaking landmark boom bap album that had a dark sound. You can't underestimate someone's creative mind
well that's because he really just out tweaks & finishing touches on it, the essence of it was already there. Qtip is a genius though, guys like that can do it all.
He also did 2 of the beats, so more than just a “executive” producer
He actually did more than people think. He re-did the drums for Survival of the Fittest. Produced and mixed 3 songs. And he mixed Trife Life and Up North Trip. Google Complex Magazine The Making of the Infamous. It tells a lot....
Thank you Navie, you are the best.
Can we get Enter The Wutang (36 Chambers)??
the snares hit ridiculously hard on the infamous. It was the first thing I wanted to learn when I was going in the Havoc / Mobb Deep type beat lane
One of THE most influential albums in all of Hip-Hop
In a real way
Havoc is a music genius. This fact NOT up for debate.
Damn that New York Comp. technique u explained was also heavily used by Pete Rock on Return Of The Mecca album, now I see
One of my favourites producers with RZA, EL-P and... Navie D of course :) Thx for the video
i just referred someone to your beat making course. he asked me if I had a course, i said, "no, but i have someone i know." haha. i love what you do for the community and want to refer everyone that comes to my lives to your course. you are so dope and I learn so much from these types of videos! keep loving yourself. peace from Japan. p.s. I always felt like the background sound of "shook ones" sounded like a vacuum cleaner.
Navie, I got to this video by mistake but I'm glad i did, the way you breakdown the science behind the instrumental is seriously on point! Thank you brother!
This is so amazing, I never knew hiphop/rap can be this complicated to make. It is the same level as making orchestral music
Every time I hear about these producer secrets it feels like learning ancient wisdom. We should have protected Hip-Hop more
Awesome! Was patiently waiting for you to decode Havoc's production.
No matter what anyone says... The Infamous is one of the hardest albums of all-time.
Great break down I actually forgot about the Eps16 keyboard sampler. When I tired remaking those Havoc beats I noticed he pitched them ALL THE WAY DOWN. Also, that explains why those beats did not have a ringing sound that the SP1200 gives to samples. Dope vid
I really love Hav sound on Hell On Earth. Its like a NY winter album & The Infamous has a summer sound
That's dope you noticed that 🔥🔥🔥💯
The asr10 is one of my favorite sampler. The pitches sounds still musically if you pitch more than one octave.
as much as i like shook ones, i prefer survival of the fittest more 🌚
btw never knew about drums trick with reverb
the drums of this album have definitely influenced how i make my drums
Temperature rising is my fav track on this album! 🔥🔥🔥🅿️
I like to hold out on it til the summer time! Hits harder!
Fire! Mine is Q.U hectic cuz I'm from Queens lol
Best storytelling on an album with great lyrics
The Infamous is a real classic. Give up the goods is one of my fav beats of all time! Great video as well!
You are exactly right. The Infamous is unique among hiphop, and music as a whole. It was completely unique, and there will never be anything like it. Another great video 💪
How you get your sample to where you can play it on the piano roll? The only way I’ve seen that is by putting it in fruity slicer and how come you did it that way, and not chop it up in fruity slicer?
Not everyone has this gift and ear. Both Prodigy and Hav's grandfathers were pioneering Jazz musicians. These guys were not ordinary dudes, it was in the blood.
For you to even talk about this kind of stuff.. YOu are a LEGEND. Thanks you for showing appreciating for good music for sure ..
They really did change the entire face of East Coast hip hop, immediately with Survival of the Fittest and Shook Ones. The vibe of Tribe Called Quest died down and made people accept the East Coast gangster image that Biggie would embody and Jay would borrow when he needed to remind people he's from down the street. Even rappers that already had their own soulful vibes switched their styles up like they always wanted to go hard but Will Smith's 'Summertime' was getting played at the cookouts. It actually changed the culture of cookouts, too. If you've ever been at a so-called hood cookout when Shook Ones came on, you know exactly what I mean. Every real street dude there would actually join in a moment of reverence. Lol, real shit.
Q.U. Hectic hardest song on that album it gets overlooked i am from Queens few neighborhoods away from QB.
6:04 Maximus is a plugin that comes with FL Studio, and it has a built in NY Compression setting that is incredible for drums. I believe it uses the same technique, but simplified for the user.
Every True Hip Hop heads top 5 Include Illmatic, The Infamous, Hell on Earth and Only Built for Cuban Links
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A SAMPLE FROM QUINCY JONES, HERBIE HANCOCK ANOTHER MUSICIAN MAGIC.
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It’s the art of the ear havoc was gifted with. How he sampled and heard the best hip hop element of a classical piano piece. He’s a master sampler combined with a deadly instinct with drum patterns
please can you breakdown Build steam with a grain of salt, prod dj shadow????🥺🥺🥺🥺
preferably on 12" kickers in an '87 nissan. i agree, best album ever, above beatles and zepplin
He wanted to deleted Shook Ones and Survival of the Fittest? 😧😧😧 Yeah I wonder now how much fire beats and songs we missed on
Please break down the beat of Mick Jenkins ft JID smoke break dance cause that beat sounds so interesting...🙏🏾
Hell on Earth is much more darker diabolically wise. The Infamous is much more street orientated with a hint of darkness kind of dark.
Awesome stuff as always Navie! I’d love to see a breakdown of Statik Selektah’s form of boom bap, tracks like Not Enough Words, Cocoa Butter or Birds Eye View 🔥
Ik im late. But i always loved the stove burner in the beginning.
it hurts that you forgot to pitch one note an octave down in the shook ones beat
I normally like ur beats but this one was a miss for me, the snare sounded so out of place
Damn! Benzema really got into producing in Saudi
THANK U VERY MUCH
U EXPLAIN THE METERIAL SO WELL
I liked and subscribed and can't wait to see more videos like this Can you please talk about Big Puns Capital Punishment Album the production behind that Album was incredible .
Hell On Earth Is Another One Many People Don't Mention About 🔥🔥🔥
The trilogy of albums, starting with infamous, ending with murda muzik are absolute masterpieces untouched by anybody before or after
this and temples of boom by CH
unique sound i liked a lot
New York compression Aka Parallel Compression
Dj paul did it too. Reversed and all
newyork compression aka parallel compression lol
Mt. Rushmore of Hip-Hop beats to me is, in no particular order, Shook Ones Pt II , 93' till Infinity, T.R.O.Y and taking suggestions for the last spot
G.O.D , Pt III is crazy too.
do one of these on carti and pierre on whole lotta red v1 please 🙏🙏🙏
Yo Navie great content. Would be interested in a same type of video regarding the most underrated producer Mannie Fresh. His snare rolls were crazy defining the southern hip hop and he never gets the credit due.
Did he just make a shook ones part 3
lol
Hav is 1 of the most underrated producers
This channel so fire. Not even gonna front
Your beat at the end is exactly The Infamous style... I can imagine it on their first two albums..🔥🔥
Hell On Earths production was a step up from The Infamous as far as darkness and grit. Interestingly enough Mobbs first album “Juvenile Hell” fell into the typical Jazz boom app bracket.
so this "New York compression" thing 7:18
is there anything that makes this different than regular parallel compression?
I think it's the same
Nav, did you do an ATCQ tutorial?
Can you please upload the beat you made?
*R.I.P Bandanna P Banana clip P!!*
Thanks for the review.
ay bro i got email from u said im chosen one
yooo you just look like karim benzema
1/8th note high hats all day long
i love you Navie
That New York compression is dope
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