Idol worship has become a serious problem. Be a man, you dont have to lower yourself to another man...except if you're into that kinda stuff. But keep it to yourself.
That's cause he's white we do everything better especially when it comes to Hip Hop the music we invented, Just ask Rick Ruben and the Beastie boys and Blondie! Word up!
Al is literally a scientist on the beats. Ya'll not catchin' how he's sampling? Incredible. Jumping through different records until the sounds fit to his liking. From this vid, I feel the creation is sporadic and thats f*ckin awesome. Not too much planned but dammit when the vibes is right, then you know the rest is going to be true raw bad ass hip-hop for the streets! Much love and respect to ALC. In hip-hop, definitely in my top 5 greatest producers of all time. Hands down.
"Ya'll not catchin' how he's sampling? Incredible. Jumping through different records until the sounds fit to his liking." That's exactly what sampling is in general tho
Yea thats when it starts to taste harsh. When you first light up its taste great but when you get about halfway all that resin from the bud just kinda makes it taste like... resin. Im not saying its bad like wiz said "smoke it down till they stingers" . Berner smokes his js halfway too
I be amazed at how little most ppl realize how difficult this is and how much knowledge of music you have to possess to even put sh!t like this together. Definitely one of the greats I study
This is dope, I'm glad Boldy signed to Griselda, aswell as Mass Appeal...That's a good look for him, still listening to My 1st Chemistry set 🔥🔥🔥 btw Alc that beat you did for Westside Gunn "Elizabeth" is still stuck in my head 🔥🔥🔥🔥
someone tell me how alchemist gets his snares to hit so hard, is it distortion? Tape saturation? limiting ? Or does the mpc 2500 magically do something ill to drums? Somebody has to have some insight on this
start with good samples, beware of transients (play with transient designer), layer shit (take the lows of a snare and the highs of a diff. one, layer a clap as well, also dont highpass always the snare since you might be taking the body out of it , plus all of what you said, also parallel comp maybe when getting mixed, just my 2 cents
Just adding to the already great answer - downsampling/bitcrushing your snare a little bit can make it sound nice and bitey, while a tasteful amount of tape/saturation for me is always good for getting a more blended organic texture. Transient designing also huge for getting it to sit in the mix the way you want. Key sometimes is to do a lot of small but deliberate adjustments with multiple plugins and not being shy to run a long effects chain or use the same plugin more than once in the chain. Less is more no doubt but sometimes you get a really unique sound when you get creative like that. Sound selection is king tho obviously. PS soft clip the shit outta snares if you want em to smack at their full capacity. Obvious tip but often overlooked. Hard clipping also got its place
Good ear for good samples, thats literally the only answer. Im betting he literally doesnt use anything that these dudes are suggesting and the beats are straight out the mpc. He just has a good ear and good source material
Well i'm peeping the sp 303 standing up with the isolator button on, not sure if that's before or after the MPC in his chain before going to protools or whatever. Some MPC 2500 magic I would assume as well.
The greatest I remember meeting you in Vegas and was so down to earth but on the go at the same time 💯 thank you for being one of the people that kept me going with producing 👑 Nothing but love here
You would think some of these guys would have some fancy studio set ups. AL keeps it original. You can tell he sticks with the same stuff he's had over the years.
If Rakim is God MC on the microphone, The Alchemist is God Producer on the MPC!!!! I come from the Golden Age of Hip Hop and Post Era and these are still my favorite producers are still Marley Marl,Mantronix, Premier, DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, Madlib, RZA,Statik Selektah, Jake One, Jay Dee, Prince Paul, Marco Polo, Apollo Brown, 9th Wonder, Large Professor, Sam Sever, Ant Banks, Studio Ton, Kahyree, Mike Mosely, Sam Bostic
It’s awesome what can be made. I been doing this with random noises and no midi controller but my laptop keyboard. I can’t wait to get midi controller. Anyone got recommendations?
Heres one of his secrets for you ...when he programs his drum loops he has them slightly offbeat instead of starting on the line of the 1st bar they start slightly to the left or right of the line... he never lines up the melody sample with the drums exactly on the line...If you take one of his tracks and put it in your DAW then extract just the drums using Izotope RX7 plug-in then take those separate drums and try and line them up on your DAWS grid to the ones playing in his track you will see where they hit ...
This is the content I come to TH-cam for not this algorithm crap on my homepage
Personally I come for both
Funny, this came up on my homepage 😂
This is my algorithm
Couldn’t have said it better
The Algorithm sent me here main
Alchemist is a perfect example of focusing on the art and detaching from results. Legend...
🔥🔥🔥
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Yessssir 🔥
Yes but he has also earned that luxury. We haven't. I live paycheck to paycheck bruh lol
@@mehmetsevim3657yeah he clearly don’t give a shit about the status or fame anymore . It’s just about being dope now. Which he is , way more I think
Al man if there's anyway you could provide more content like this please do because ur process is super inspiring!
because you don't know him enough
@@rajatchandra3209 just makes no sense lmao
@@nickjohnson398 it makes perfect sense
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He's got a masterclass out now
this is the content we need but definitely don't deserve. thank u AL
Dumb.
@@prototype8137 get outta here
I lowkey deserve it.
Idol worship has become a serious problem.
Be a man, you dont have to lower yourself to another man...except if you're into that kinda stuff. But keep it to yourself.
100%
I love how raw and grimey his studio is.
Reminds me of OhNo (Madlib's brother) on Rhythm Roulette episode
lol that's how every studio I ever been to looks.
@@tera_2024 Really? I see some in super clean studios. Could be rentals tho
th-cam.com/video/qIwc97vfsEI/w-d-xo.html
Sick setup
Is it crazy to say Al hasn’t even peaked yet?
Scary
Top 5 all time no debate
Interesting point for sure. I’ve felt like he just keeps getting better with time
@@ChaosBeforeOrder Even top 3 let's not be shy about it.
Dj. Muggz Birth Em.. Now every real producer from Harry fraud, to cats Like Jay Worthy, Derringer Adopted The Alchemist's recipe
Most consistent producer, probably ever. Can’t think of anyone who’s been going this long dropping non-stop heat.
only a few, him premier, 9th wonder, No ID
madlib too
@@the25thhr41 true, but they don’t drop nearly as many projects as Al does, year after year.
Dj muggs has been for longer . But both are legends
@@dnareti the OG Muggs actually taught Al how to make beats back in the day when he was rappin in the Whooligans if u look it up .. both legends now
Method to my madness is a hell of a tune. Just watching it be put together is inspiring and makes me want to fire up my DAW and get to work.
Ty sir, forgot the name to that shit its incredibly hard pause price of tea n China was tape of the year Al is the goat
Al’s needle game is on point. That boy can move a needle like nobody business.
good catch
On sum Bruce Lee sh**
That's cause he's white we do everything better especially when it comes to Hip Hop the music we invented, Just ask Rick Ruben and the Beastie boys and Blondie! Word up!
@@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 wild that you turned alc’s talent for music into a race thing
@@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551 bad bait try harder or actually don’t
Reminds me of the old days of al and prodigy documentaries! Thanks a lot for making this
I remember seeing those on TH-cam, classic footage
Facts 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've been waiting so long for another video like this its crazy watching him go through all those records and flipping it like it's nothing
This is amazing! I love these rare glimpses into the laboratory... hopefully these start showing up more often then not...
Al is literally a scientist on the beats. Ya'll not catchin' how he's sampling? Incredible. Jumping through different records until the sounds fit to his liking. From this vid, I feel the creation is sporadic and thats f*ckin awesome. Not too much planned but dammit when the vibes is right, then you know the rest is going to be true raw bad ass hip-hop for the streets! Much love and respect to ALC. In hip-hop, definitely in my top 5 greatest producers of all time. Hands down.
I been doin that shit since forever ago but seeing him do it tells me I’m doing something right lol
@@aldali724 Same
"Ya'll not catchin' how he's sampling? Incredible. Jumping through different records until the sounds fit to his liking."
That's exactly what sampling is in general tho
@@Owdaks Just ignore him, he thinks his thinking is something special
Al be smoking his joints only halfway and then rolls up another one lol
I peeped TF outta that lmfaoooo that's how you know you made it
Yea thats when it starts to taste harsh. When you first light up its taste great but when you get about halfway all that resin from the bud just kinda makes it taste like... resin. Im not saying its bad like wiz said "smoke it down till they stingers" . Berner smokes his js halfway too
alchemist is a god. give him his flowers
🎄🌼🌼🌷⚘🪴🌲🌳🌴🌵🌾🌿☘🍀🍁🍂🍃 while he still here.
Super facts!
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Best producer in the game rn, him and Madlib
He’s not god😐 top 5 producers though
I meant in a musical sense of the aspect. Respect kickdrum
Any time I watch Uncle Al I get so inspired to make beats right away. Give this man his flowers, living legend.
He lives up to his name in every sense of the word, Alchemist .
Love the way he goes from sample to sample
Dude, the feelin one has when diggin like this on the records, such a vibe damn
His studio looks chill asf
I be amazed at how little most ppl realize how difficult this is and how much knowledge of music you have to possess to even put sh!t like this together. Definitely one of the greats I study
Boldy and alchemist mad underrated
alchemist been in the game for 20 years it's boldy that's underrated
im talking as a duo
any ALC studio vid is a treasure
love to see James wit his shoes off and a pen and pad. He comfortable and in his zone
als workflow is inspiring af
can't rest until I know the track that starts at 0:59
:( still waiting
@@rianeagan2693still waiting 😭
I need more of these videos like yesterday
The GOAT at work!
Al hasn't stopped creating masterpieces in 25 years!
Alc is a mad scientist
This is dope, I'm glad Boldy signed to Griselda, aswell as Mass Appeal...That's a good look for him, still listening to My 1st Chemistry set 🔥🔥🔥 btw Alc that beat you did for Westside Gunn "Elizabeth" is still stuck in my head 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's so cool to see the artist at work
This got me wanting to see more "making of the album" videos..surprised that's not a thing yet
I Love the fact that he still uses his MPC 2500, that's super dope analogies unite
Always nice to watch someone else work in the studio on something besides myself. Ah well, back to work. Thanks Alan.
Thanks Al you keeping it alive 💯
alc studio is so sick
This man has created through so many generations of Hip Hop
love seeing all these compact flash cards next to his MPC
Alchemist could stop today and could still put out years worth of unreleased tracks.
Al please bring back the fisheye studio sessions on the regular! Shit is an instant classic just like it’s always been
Best producer alive no argument
Darringer is up there too man
@@Lordofvenlo he good but Al has put in work for 20 yrs.
knxwledge up there right after
Dr dre?
Al and Madlib
It adds a lot to the music to me being able to see the process, much love stay lifted
Good lookin on the behind the scenes Al ! 🎥
im mad this is so short
Dude. It might be a hoursworth total of Alc footage like this on TH-cam.
He can't give everyone the formula.
If Freddy Kruger released a movie in 2021.... this would be on the soundtrack🔥🔥🔥🔥
not an alchemist studio session without those yellow box american spirits iykyk
I’m digging the beat at 0:59. Looks like Conway is there writing to it also. Hope we hear a song out of that one day. 0:29 top.
I swear I heard the sample to 14 KIs at one point
has it been released yet
Need Spitta & Alchemist to make "Covert Coup 2"
Need Jay Worthy & Alchemist to make "Fantasy Island 2"
All I see is when boldy said he touched alchemist computer and almost got his ass beat lol
@Erman Erman what interview ?
i could not even image how it would feel writing on a couch behind this dude cooking up some of the hottest beats of the century.
Flawless victory
someone tell me how alchemist gets his snares to hit so hard, is it distortion? Tape saturation? limiting ? Or does the mpc 2500 magically do something ill to drums? Somebody has to have some insight on this
No idea but also interested in the answer. They're so fucking crisp
start with good samples, beware of transients (play with transient designer), layer shit (take the lows of a snare and the highs of a diff. one, layer a clap as well, also dont highpass always the snare since you might be taking the body out of it , plus all of what you said, also parallel comp maybe when getting mixed, just my 2 cents
Just adding to the already great answer - downsampling/bitcrushing your snare a little bit can make it sound nice and bitey, while a tasteful amount of tape/saturation for me is always good for getting a more blended organic texture. Transient designing also huge for getting it to sit in the mix the way you want. Key sometimes is to do a lot of small but deliberate adjustments with multiple plugins and not being shy to run a long effects chain or use the same plugin more than once in the chain. Less is more no doubt but sometimes you get a really unique sound when you get creative like that. Sound selection is king tho obviously.
PS soft clip the shit outta snares if you want em to smack at their full capacity. Obvious tip but often overlooked. Hard clipping also got its place
Good ear for good samples, thats literally the only answer. Im betting he literally doesnt use anything that these dudes are suggesting and the beats are straight out the mpc. He just has a good ear and good source material
Well i'm peeping the sp 303 standing up with the isolator button on, not sure if that's before or after the MPC in his chain before going to protools or whatever. Some MPC 2500 magic I would assume as well.
Alchemist is a legend 💾
Genius at work.
One of the best beat makers in history period!! Al needs to be in the hall of fame of producers
omg when it dropped man legend
The greatest I remember meeting you in Vegas and was so down to earth but on the go at the same time 💯 thank you for being one of the people that kept me going with producing 👑 Nothing but love here
2:18 when the alchemy actually happens! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Boldy J EP going be EPIC
Love U, Uncle Al
My favourite producer is ALC
Thisnis exactly how I pictured an alchemist studio would look like 😅
You would think some of these guys would have some fancy studio set ups. AL keeps it original. You can tell he sticks with the same stuff he's had over the years.
Alchemist- legend
Is AL the most consistent producer ever?? Quantity and quality very rare
“In the Kitchen with the Al Chemist”
If Rakim is God MC on the microphone, The Alchemist is God Producer on the MPC!!!!
I come from the Golden Age of Hip Hop and Post Era and these are still my favorite producers are still Marley Marl,Mantronix, Premier, DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, Madlib, RZA,Statik Selektah, Jake One, Jay Dee, Prince Paul, Marco Polo, Apollo Brown, 9th Wonder, Large Professor, Sam Sever, Ant Banks, Studio Ton, Kahyree, Mike Mosely, Sam Bostic
Wait does this mean there is another Boldy James x Alchemist album???
This is sessions from Boldface/China. They recorded like 30+ joints in 2019 for the EP and the album. But yes is another album on the way.
This is the making of the boldface ep
Yessir
but he confirmed it on insta
@@Shotsdupre yessir
Beautiful ass music mane
AL's beats been nothing but net since the 90's
He's gotta be 1 of the most innovative producers ever.🔥
Love you Al
summer nights' instrumental is superb
Uncle Al is a school🐐🏆
Respect from Libya
Peace from Miami homie ✌🏾
Peace from morroco 🇲🇦❤🇱🇾
🔥🔥🔥
i swear to god if i had money i would do the same thing. smoke weed and make beats all day
*I wish you’d give us more behind the scenes access on a weekly basis.*
With the 303 & 2500 still fucking the game up!
Yo Uncle Al this is the type of content we fucking need!
That Armand hammer is blazing
that 303 be 👀
Man in hes natural environment.
I need more of this shit!!!!!!!
"Somebody tell alchemist lets do a fuckn tape" -retch
Alchemist will go down as one of the best West Coast beatmakers, along with Muggs
AL is a MASTER
please can we have more of this, Al. Its like us watching a Chef cook!
inspirational
This motivated me to make a beat at 3am. Much love from the Philippines Al Chemist!
Experimental i love it been listening to ya since I was 13 years old always fiyah
It’s awesome what can be made. I been doing this with random noises and no midi controller but my laptop keyboard. I can’t wait to get midi controller. Anyone got recommendations?
I know two records in this video!
Do you know the one with the Method to the Madness sample
Legend 🔥🔥🔥
Your favourite producer's favourite producer
🔥🔥🔥
I love how ALC posts this and didn't really give away any of his secrets.
Heres one of his secrets for you ...when he programs his drum loops he has them slightly offbeat instead of starting on the line of the 1st bar they start slightly to the left or right of the line... he never lines up the melody sample with the drums exactly on the line...If you take one of his tracks and put it in your DAW then extract just the drums using Izotope RX7 plug-in then take those separate drums and try and line them up on your DAWS grid to the ones playing in his track you will see where they hit ...
@@a.d.the.4mvla43 You should look into upgrading to RX8 - I’m told it’s night & day compared to 7
@@a.d.the.4mvla43 however, that is an interesting trick you describe there - thanks for that idea!
@@jeremiahfarquhar ok cool i'll look into 8 cheers
@@jeremiahfarquhar no probs mate
Fuck yeh , That's Killer Al.
You can just Watch Alc as an upcoming producer the whole day.
Benny in there just chilling