This is what made 90's hip hop beats different

I'll try to keep up with this and get into some more soon, thanks for the engagement.

Engineers the unsung heroes of 90s hiphop

Considering your background and work experience, I really appreciate your time breaking all this down. In light of all these video's that attempt to demonstrate Dillas' technique. One thing almost none of them mention is the most important thing but you said it, "You dont have Dillas' ear" I salute you for that alone!

Great video, I appreciate your insight. I've read that Paul's Boutique would lose around 20 million if it was made today factoring in the cost of the over 100 samples having to be cleared. I understand they did clear the samples back then (eventually) but the cost was much lower at the time, around $250,000. Subbed.

13:24 I STILL do this. Not with the tech from the 90s but I will often times take my sample I am using and do exactly what you described here. So funny that this is just a known technique that people have done forever now. Glad i stumbled onto your channel.

I remember one of the old engineers at recording school talking about all this stuff. But it wasn't in class, just an off the cuff conversation in the hallway. I feel like I learned more techniques and tricks from over hearing this guy reminisce than any of the actual classes. Specifically processing drums through the console and using the tone generator to add a sine wave sub-bass to kicks. printing Time code to tape may be less relevant now but knowing about how it works is so important especially when understanding how many things where designed to sync . Thanks for keeping this kind of knowledge out there. The "lore" is important and informative.

This is real knowledge from an actual professional. Earned a sub.

I don't know what happened in the last 10-15 years but the coffee machine industry has been cutting MAJOR corners. It's absolutely ASTOUNDING how terrible modern coffee machines are. The old Cuisinart ones from the earlier 2000s are built like tanks. One of the biggest regrets in my life was ditching my old one for something new, Thanks for the pro tip, I'll keep my eyes peeled in the thrilft shops ;)

Thanks for the reminder of how special the 90s were in Hip-Hop. Creativity was at an amazing peak for producers back then.

I have the mpc live 2. It does so many things that don’t interest me but it does one thing I love and that is chopping music into beats. I’m a total novice but I feel that after playing music and playing in bands for 30 plus years, this creativity still inspires me.

it was the influence of jazz vibes, jazz grooves and jazz samples that made the 1990s for Hiphop so good, Jazz music is the Usa most famous music around the world. Hiphop producers rediscovered it again and inserted into the hiphop program

rza used sp1200 it shows it on the show on Hulu

@13:00 "Multing" For Millenials, and Gen Z, you will understand this another way: Stems. What AI, and some software, and apps on your phone/tablet do, is what he's describing. That's the basic explanation. Your AI/Apps etc are calculating the precise frequency of each sound and then cutting all the others to make stems. In our time, with the Multing method, we could manipulate those frequencies a little here and there, bring back a little of another frequency to add a different flavor. It's like making a stew, adding a little more of different seasonings to balance out the taste.

Damn I had no idea that the MPC had 96 pulses per quarter note. Thanks for taking the time to upload this and share the knowledge. Amazing.

You’re so right about the “drift” of the 60/3K. But I never knew why. Even “stiff” songs like Mary J/ Dr Dre “Family Affair” had live feel movement. (3K). You’d have to listen to the whole song to notice it. There were times when I’d be driving when it would dawn on me…. “That’s an MPC!” Out of nowhere. So subtle. Hey, I wonder what the human brain’s timing resolution is set to? Ray Charles could detect the slightest “drift” in his band and would get pissed off when it missed. James Brown also. I kinda have that sensitivity. You can keep your notes. If the timing ain’t right you failed 😂. So drum machines? Love at first listen. As far back as Sly Stones family affair.

Ha ha, true. Incidentally I took an old track that was mixed with SMPTE chasing, put into Cubase Pro and did tempo mapping. The tempo drift I saw blew my mind. Even old drum machines on their own clock moves around a little.

I think you're on to something with this drift theory

Love this guy! On point with the drifting. Akai vs Roland. Great video.!

Instant sub! Keep these vids up Tony, some of us need these discussions/lessons!

This was great! More hip hop talk please