Beat Breakdown - Mathematics by Mos Def (prod. DJ Premier)

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  • @Popu_GTB
    @Popu_GTB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Vocal samples are from:
    Mos Def ft. Q-Tip - Body Rock
    Fat Joe & Big Pun ft. Nas - John Blaze
    Big C - Look Alive
    Raekwon - Criminology
    Angelis Davis Interview by Art Seigner
    Erykah Badu - On & On
    James Brown - Funky Drummer

    • @thesoundofmo
      @thesoundofmo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Siiiick, that you found that interview!!!

    • @jeffreygardner801
      @jeffreygardner801 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thesoundofmo I found that out, too

  • @scottyokem
    @scottyokem 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Just wanna say I love watching your videos every week! It's amazing to watch the breakdown and you do a great job of reproducing these iconic beats

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      scottyokem glad you like em. I'll keep at it!

  • @yuncle100
    @yuncle100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The repeating sample that goes, “I revolve around science” is from Criminology by Raekwon. You will hear it at about 0:49

  • @kyroseven
    @kyroseven 9 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I get excited when I see these videos posted

  • @LaCatrina1234
    @LaCatrina1234 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I watched this, heard the compiled beat at the end, still shocked there's a pattern at all to this beat. Awesome work man!

  • @DVRKO84
    @DVRKO84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Bucka bucka bucka bucka

  • @derekbarrero3511
    @derekbarrero3511 9 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    When did Robin Thicke start making beats

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Derek Barrero LOL haven't heard that one before

    • @JMV422
      @JMV422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t get it. Fill me in

    • @kingmisssile9730
      @kingmisssile9730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@JMV422 he looks like robin thicke

    • @mishanya9495
      @mishanya9495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAOOOAOA

  • @Amouroso
    @Amouroso 9 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    our boy sandurz on the verge of tears because he couldn't find a vocal sample at 6:37 :(

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      MrHUddin cole world

    • @tyforsberg88
      @tyforsberg88 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      hey bro have you ever used an mpc? just curious as to why you use maschine. my producer does, but right now im learning the mpc studio.

    • @cervejatiguana9425
      @cervejatiguana9425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Sandurz th-cam.com/video/DQGr_F5ZC5o/w-d-xo.html minute 4.39 ;)

    • @JMV422
      @JMV422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @sandurz on the verge of death because he had to sit here and remake this pure off-rhythm trash (by contract) and his face throughout the video says it all.
      I see his brain sound wave files and their saying “I wonder if my MPC power cord is strong enough to hang out the window by my neck”

  • @jeffreygardner801
    @jeffreygardner801 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That “what are we talking about here” part came from Art Seigner’s interview with Angela Davis in 1971.

  • @shabakocooper1032
    @shabakocooper1032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You gotta realize...it was the sampling limitations with the equipment he was using which made him use "odd" parts of the sample. Ingenius really!

  • @FittedHeat
    @FittedHeat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yo! We appreciate your digging and hard work! Love the series. Keep it coming, peace

  • @DeuceDeuceDeuce
    @DeuceDeuceDeuce 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    momma - kendrick lamar

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Jared Samson damn I really gotta get that one figured out on a quality level...the demand is too real!

    • @Sixshooterbaby
      @Sixshooterbaby 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Sandurz Sounds like a hard one!! But I too want to heard a breakdown of that particuliar beat

    • @quietman208
      @quietman208 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Sandurz its knxwledge production, good luck

    • @aatmalife1945
      @aatmalife1945 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +the boy please:)

    • @Kryptdegen
      @Kryptdegen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      can you post this one again? seems like it got taken down

  • @B47ANCE
    @B47ANCE 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Can you do When i be on the mic by rakim

  • @micahbrown3912
    @micahbrown3912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    This obviously took hours when DJ Premier did it.

    • @Ben-xf4dq
      @Ben-xf4dq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Facts, it’s a hell of a lot harder to actually create something than just recreate it

    • @md244-w6v
      @md244-w6v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Ben-xf4dq no shit

    • @thefruitchef
      @thefruitchef 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah dude imagine finding that track, chopping that up into every little piece and doing a track like that from scratch

    • @takeonparis
      @takeonparis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell... it probably took weeks for THIS mothafucka ta do it! hahaahha :D

  • @CallMeMicahT
    @CallMeMicahT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fucking amazing, even 6 years later.

  • @tyylurr
    @tyylurr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the videos, man. Just stumbled upon one and I've been checking out all my favourites ever since! Been waiting for something like this

  • @ErlingGrey
    @ErlingGrey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    you should do "Wouldn't Get Far"

  • @EzeICE
    @EzeICE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The birds chirping sample is best described in Group Home's "Suspended in Time"

  • @Jotwoooooz
    @Jotwoooooz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    +Sandurz- I think the "Mighty Mos Def" scratch sample is from "B-boy document 99" with High&Mighty and Mad skills. Love The videos homie.

  • @RogerHeathers
    @RogerHeathers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man, your channel is amazing. Thanks so much. This is gold.

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Roger Heathers glad you like it

  • @ChristiaanMeyer
    @ChristiaanMeyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No, the sample isn't from the end of the bar plus the beginning of the same bar, it's from the end of one bar and continues onto the next (at 0:10-0:11 in the sampled song)

  • @Funeralapolis
    @Funeralapolis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Devil's Pie by D'Angelo? Prod by DJ Premier

  • @omgilovedischannel
    @omgilovedischannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Cool. Could you do a recreation of a beat by El-p or Cannibal Ox? Would be cool.

  • @luisescobar2367
    @luisescobar2367 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This kinda reminded me of that one Moment of Truth skit at the end of Royalty when Premier goes in on people using his name and snitchin on the records he samples hahahaha.
    Sandurz, you be violatin straight up and down!!

    • @unfalsifiable9250
      @unfalsifiable9250 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i do wonder what Preemo thinks

    • @Kryptdegen
      @Kryptdegen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now you got websites dedicated to sample snitching (who sampled). I think that does more harm than good for the producers, but the samples he used are no secret thanks to that site

  • @weezynigel23
    @weezynigel23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thats the mighty dj premier on that beat...no wonder its hard asf

  • @gjagiello
    @gjagiello 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You area so thorough and brought this track into my brain in a whole new way, thanks!

  • @davidclark-marshall1943
    @davidclark-marshall1943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy does his homework im hooked on his beat breakdowns lol

  • @jrichardkim
    @jrichardkim 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    man for beatmakers you have the dopest channel on youtube my dude. so much props to you for figuring out these trade secrets haha

  • @missayawk
    @missayawk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even when I hear the Fatback sample I STILL don't know how Primo came up with this.True genius at work.

  • @kayjay748
    @kayjay748 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another great vid, thanks man. Premo's stuff is mindblowing, absolute genius. Is there any chance you could do either Keisha's Song by Kendrick Lamar, or Soda & Soap by Masta Ace please? 2 of my favourites of all time, would love to see you break them down!

  • @issacvillela2
    @issacvillela2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You should do What A Mess by Xzibit, that has one of my favorite DJ Premier beats ever!

  • @sumosantamaria5567
    @sumosantamaria5567 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're freakin' natural at this. Freakin legendary.

  • @Semscure
    @Semscure 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here's the "What are we talking about here" sample @ 4:39 th-cam.com/video/DQGr_F5ZC5o/w-d-xo.html

  • @peanutpeanut123
    @peanutpeanut123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So posted 6 yrs ago. Have the samples turned up yet?

  • @kabirs2139
    @kabirs2139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where did this dude go

  • @jennieredrose5819
    @jennieredrose5819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great breakdown!

  • @jmorrisey79
    @jmorrisey79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Sandurz where you been dude? You fell off the map. What happened?

  • @pins8147
    @pins8147 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding videos. Cheers.

  • @Call_Me_Jacob
    @Call_Me_Jacob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Probably my top three beats on that stellar album, but nothing really beats (heh) the Ms. Fat Booty beat for me, that sounds fantastic.

  • @lexxko
    @lexxko 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Erikah Badu - On and On "Do your math"

  • @Wedigla
    @Wedigla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That vocal sample is at 4:37 th-cam.com/video/DQGr_F5ZC5o/w-d-xo.html

  • @alvaroach
    @alvaroach 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ever consider covering Ms. Fat booty in one of your future videos?

  • @jespa14
    @jespa14 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great videos!
    Could you do Ten Crack Commandments maybe?

  • @rosssization
    @rosssization 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i know its been along time but i found it.... vocaroo.com/i/s1BMch8XGnzY
    im still not able to place where it came from, but this is def the original audio. seems to me like its an old film or tv show, the audio has a faint bell ring and a siren in he back ground along with subtle footsteps (which could be the actors moving in the scene or the behind the camera people moving (common at that age of film making) )

    • @alexandertheartist1
      @alexandertheartist1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Found it! It's from an Angela Davis Interview from 1971 at 4:40.

  • @gajo1256
    @gajo1256 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    God damn this one sounds like the real deal so much

  • @vinnysaccount
    @vinnysaccount 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! You got it!

  • @chandlermurray5746
    @chandlermurray5746 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where can I find acappellas?

  • @TheShankaclause
    @TheShankaclause 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Do U Looz by Prhyme

  • @omegajackson
    @omegajackson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    was "the mighty mos def" from "cross town beef"?

  • @retrofilth1414
    @retrofilth1414 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can you do pilot by Tyler the creator?

  • @benwright1463
    @benwright1463 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did u go

  • @eLm0gPr0
    @eLm0gPr0 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was dope!!! You gotta take that request from the other guy, TRIFE LIFE by Mobb Deep. It wouldn't be that hard but very interesting. Word up

  • @llamasGoMOOO
    @llamasGoMOOO 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good effort man, this is sick

  • @Amouroso
    @Amouroso 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you outdid yourself on this one

  • @gogopetergo
    @gogopetergo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man keep em comin

  • @andei_
    @andei_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I highly recommend you watch the video "The INSANE Musical Math of DJ Premier and Mos Def" by the TH-cam Channel "Digging The Greats", if you have not seen it already. He lists all the samples used by Dj Premier. Great video. It was my introductions to your channel. I subscribed.

  • @FittedHeat
    @FittedHeat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beat suggestion: doomsday - MF doom.

  • @dinogoldie9716
    @dinogoldie9716 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have thought the most distinctive/noteworthy aspect of "mathematics" is how the original sample is kept at a different (slower) tempo to the beat.

  • @cheddaboyant7817
    @cheddaboyant7817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dj preemo inspired my chop style of trying to make a new melody from an old one

  • @p4rt_t1me_g0d
    @p4rt_t1me_g0d 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have loved to see attempt Waves by Freddie Joachim!

  • @danieluhuru6523
    @danieluhuru6523 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh shit! You did the one I requested. Thanks!

  • @CLoi8
    @CLoi8 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unreal how you got that. Would you agree Little Brother is the Holy Grail of beats to breakdown?

  • @KINGXMAGS
    @KINGXMAGS 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn bro you really flexed to get us this break down😂

  • @dropkicktelephones
    @dropkicktelephones 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do Heat by 50 Cent (prod. by Dr. Dre). So cool with the gunshot sound being a central part of the beat and drums

  • @jmorrisey79
    @jmorrisey79 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happened to you Sandurz? Where you been man?

  • @jcadeau0929
    @jcadeau0929 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you add a swing to it?

  • @phnx_eth
    @phnx_eth 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    so good man

  • @B333D33
    @B333D33 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo, man I love watching your videos, man they're great! I love learning about how producers get to make their songs. Could you do a beat by DOOM or Madlib (Or Madvillain)? That'd be dope!

  • @Webzterr
    @Webzterr 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you done "got" off this album?

  • @undrtakr900
    @undrtakr900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh 😜

  • @ricochetsixtyten
    @ricochetsixtyten 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do something from the Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox!!!

  • @davidnwafor7023
    @davidnwafor7023 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    do So Fresh, So Clean x Outkast

  • @wokstar1629
    @wokstar1629 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do All of the lights by Ye or Momma like the other guy suggested?

  • @simeonasafo-adjei3560
    @simeonasafo-adjei3560 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This beat sounds very familiar and similar to Gang Starr's "itz a setup"

  • @Jjin1Ak47
    @Jjin1Ak47 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is dope

  • @JR-mc1mb
    @JR-mc1mb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bro smh your OD nice 👍 ... Could u do a beatbreakdown on slow jamz kanye west

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      King Armani That one is coming up real soon!

    • @JR-mc1mb
      @JR-mc1mb 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great !!! Just one more question on the touch the sky breakdown how were u able to get the audio in stereo u had one part with audio n the other without

    • @MegaEBeats
      @MegaEBeats 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sandurz or ali bomaye by black metaphor

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      King Armani for that specifically I used Ableton's Utility effect to mess with the channel balances and mute one or the other. I also use mono recording in Maschine and pick just the left or the right channel as the input. Few other ways to do it too!

    • @Dhindsakarmon
      @Dhindsakarmon 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sandurz bro u gotta do some Pete rock

  • @rorisangsathegi
    @rorisangsathegi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do madvillian accordion

  • @Name-rt1of
    @Name-rt1of 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe DJ Primer got one of his buddy's or Mos Defs buddy's for the, "What are we talking about here?" part. :/

  • @YoungSinatra10
    @YoungSinatra10 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do Momma by Kendrick!

  • @papalannister6730
    @papalannister6730 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do Fade Away by Logic

  • @bobbycat8
    @bobbycat8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Great breakdown but this is a weird beat, it sounds so out of time

    • @undrtakr900
      @undrtakr900 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the sane thing, sonething is off, but still freat breakdown of all the beats that went into it.

  • @Yore5Alt
    @Yore5Alt 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    do brooklyn girls by charles hamilton

  • @MrKingluii
    @MrKingluii 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you rock!

  • @daplaya88
    @daplaya88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Angela Davis and Art SeignerAngela Davis Interviewed by Art Seigner thats where the what are we talking about here sample is from

  • @mansch
    @mansch 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    am i too dumb for this beat? it sounds so off to me

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Mansch I don't blame you one bit it's pretty fucking out there. Premiere did exactly what he wanted lol.

    • @growfilmspromotions2071
      @growfilmspromotions2071 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      way off can't believe he thought he'd finished

    • @darryljohnson4458
      @darryljohnson4458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was the point premier is different and that's part of his greatness 1989 to infinity

  • @jonofmadisons
    @jonofmadisons 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You got the sample chops pretty much down (sometimes not as punchy) -- props! Drums aren't those primo drums --need more oomph and downsampling! Nice breakdown overall though

    • @Sandurz
      @Sandurz  8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thanks! Primo I do knowing the drums I won't ever quite nail but the chops he picks are always suuuch good examples of sampling and transforming rhythms from the original into something else.

    • @kevinbruyne
      @kevinbruyne 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boy you still outchea commenting? throw up a video

  • @samuelcaballero2542
    @samuelcaballero2542 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    more MADVILLANY!!!!

  • @SunTzu192
    @SunTzu192 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kudos

  • @IrvinTheWorthless
    @IrvinTheWorthless 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Logic-Run It

  • @NathanBrown-dk5wh
    @NathanBrown-dk5wh 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea do some logic break down

  • @kevinmitchell7710
    @kevinmitchell7710 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    6pm in New York - Drake

  • @gm4491
    @gm4491 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty good but i would say for the drums to put a lil more bass on the kick n on the snare while turning the snare a very slight semi-tone up n the hi-hats a little softer for sure but the melody is on point...you stay on it strong oh & off too Is amazing

    • @gm4491
      @gm4491 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I meant off top

  • @jeremygrant6201
    @jeremygrant6201 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Get Dis Money - J dilla

  • @twalz1164
    @twalz1164 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dope

  • @marx3110
    @marx3110 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice

  • @yugam-jain
    @yugam-jain 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tracklib did a great job on finding all the samples, you can check it out if you are interested in finding out how the vocals chops were added to the hook section: th-cam.com/video/--A_89lTuiA/w-d-xo.html

  • @SajeMode
    @SajeMode 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kanye west - Spaceship would be amazing please!

  • @GabsBeats
    @GabsBeats 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    i made a remake. its on my channel, but i didn't chop it like you did.

  • @keicer5618
    @keicer5618 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Microphone fiend

  • @Detrimental313
    @Detrimental313 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The what are we talking about is from a Angela Davis interview 4:39 th-cam.com/video/DQGr_F5ZC5o/w-d-xo.html