EDIT 08/18/2023: it has been brought to my attention by a sample god @fair6508 that the specific version of "To You With Love" Dilla used is different from the main release that i use here in my remake. ua-cam.com/video/vspOUufy9aA/v-deo.html you can hear the missing vocal part clear-as-day in this one, which I briefly discussed not knowing where it came from in my 50-minute breakdown. well, now we know! massive thanks to him/her, i'm not sure if I will remake my remake here (as this video was actually my 3rd or 4th remake) but it's still good enough to enjoy I think 😁
As much as it may be, I think Dilla was proud of everything he ever did and knew that he was dope -- after all, young man went out and made a name for himself! 😁 I do have other Dilla remakes and even one of Nujabes' "Luv(sic)" on my channel if you wanna hear them though. Maybe you'd like the U-Love one. ^^
Agreed. Donuts in general feels like a final swan song. You can feel Dilla's frustration, sadness, and acceptance of moving on from this plane. It's almost eerie to listen to sometimes, but I love it. I would love to hear what he would have created if he were still here.
This is so dope. You have a great ear! I'd say the only thing that's missing is that Dilla swing, but I'm sure you know how hard that is to replicate. Again, this is awesome.
Thank you vm!! I've done many other Dilla remakes, but I don't think I've ever managed to get his swing -- the Dilla Time novel brought his swing into comprehensible light when I read it last year though. A lot of people think that Dilla always stuck to his drunken style, and for some songs he definitely did. But Dilla's greatness comes in his decision to naturally swing (by manually playing it) some aspects of his drums, say, his kicks, and then maybe shifting his hats, followed by quantizing his snares. Then, you have to combine the fact that the sample chops are themselves swung, whether by his manual playing or just by how he threw it up on an interface. That's all a lot for a simple remaker like me, so I really appreciate the praise that that's all I'm missing lol. I don't think one can ever replicate his swing, and that's not even touching the mixing/sound design of his beats (which I think is the hardest thing about remakes as a whole).
@@pandatheheist Dilla Time is a must read for all music lovers. He really was a generational talent for sure. The only other producer I can immediately think of that comes close is Madlib. I’d even say Kanye when he was producing Be and Finding Forever for Common. I recall him saying that he was trying to evoke Dilla’s sound for those records.
@@pandatheheist I’m not sure he was trying to emulate Kanye, having also read the book. I do remember kanye helping him realize you can keep the vocals in the chops, though.
@@ybab-j Emulate is a strong word. Influenced maybe a bit less -- that's on me. Obviously the influence flows more downwards from Dilla into Kanye, but I think with any great artist, they played to the times, and that sort of chipmunk sampling definitely saw a rise in the early 2000s. Kanye, 9th, Just Blaze, even Timbaland at times. Therefore, I think that Dilla himself probably saw at least *some* inspiration from the music around him. That vocals thing seemed interesting, but even that I'm unsure about. To say that he *realized* that sort of thing cause of Kanye is bold. Did not stop him from making Dillatronic though -- which is incredibly 110% his own sound.
@@pandatheheist Only one Dilla lol. I'm just saying that he honed his craft the same way. The story from Questlove on the making of Blackstar - Little Brother is a great example.
EDIT 08/18/2023:
it has been brought to my attention by a sample god @fair6508 that the specific version of "To You With Love" Dilla used is different from the main release that i use here in my remake.
ua-cam.com/video/vspOUufy9aA/v-deo.html
you can hear the missing vocal part clear-as-day in this one, which I briefly discussed not knowing where it came from in my 50-minute breakdown. well, now we know!
massive thanks to him/her, i'm not sure if I will remake my remake here (as this video was actually my 3rd or 4th remake) but it's still good enough to enjoy I think 😁
Young man sure went out and made a name for hisself!
This song is heartbreaking
As much as it may be, I think Dilla was proud of everything he ever did and knew that he was dope -- after all, young man went out and made a name for himself! 😁
I do have other Dilla remakes and even one of Nujabes' "Luv(sic)" on my channel if you wanna hear them though. Maybe you'd like the U-Love one. ^^
Agreed. Donuts in general feels like a final swan song. You can feel Dilla's frustration, sadness, and acceptance of moving on from this plane. It's almost eerie to listen to sometimes, but I love it. I would love to hear what he would have created if he were still here.
This is so dope. You have a great ear! I'd say the only thing that's missing is that Dilla swing, but I'm sure you know how hard that is to replicate. Again, this is awesome.
Thank you vm!! I've done many other Dilla remakes, but I don't think I've ever managed to get his swing -- the Dilla Time novel brought his swing into comprehensible light when I read it last year though.
A lot of people think that Dilla always stuck to his drunken style, and for some songs he definitely did. But Dilla's greatness comes in his decision to naturally swing (by manually playing it) some aspects of his drums, say, his kicks, and then maybe shifting his hats, followed by quantizing his snares.
Then, you have to combine the fact that the sample chops are themselves swung, whether by his manual playing or just by how he threw it up on an interface.
That's all a lot for a simple remaker like me, so I really appreciate the praise that that's all I'm missing lol. I don't think one can ever replicate his swing, and that's not even touching the mixing/sound design of his beats (which I think is the hardest thing about remakes as a whole).
@@pandatheheist Dilla Time is a must read for all music lovers. He really was a generational talent for sure. The only other producer I can immediately think of that comes close is Madlib. I’d even say Kanye when he was producing Be and Finding Forever for Common. I recall him saying that he was trying to evoke Dilla’s sound for those records.
@@Keytap15 Interesting, considering Dilla himself was trying to replicate some of Kanye's new-age soul-sampling sound in his later years.
@@pandatheheist I’m not sure he was trying to emulate Kanye, having also read the book. I do remember kanye helping him realize you can keep the vocals in the chops, though.
@@ybab-j Emulate is a strong word. Influenced maybe a bit less -- that's on me.
Obviously the influence flows more downwards from Dilla into Kanye, but I think with any great artist, they played to the times, and that sort of chipmunk sampling definitely saw a rise in the early 2000s. Kanye, 9th, Just Blaze, even Timbaland at times.
Therefore, I think that Dilla himself probably saw at least *some* inspiration from the music around him. That vocals thing seemed interesting, but even that I'm unsure about. To say that he *realized* that sort of thing cause of Kanye is bold.
Did not stop him from making Dillatronic though -- which is incredibly 110% his own sound.
These are the type of remakes that tell me you got an ear for this lol im gonna keep saying it
Thank you thank you ^^'!!
Wow, dope! It would be cool to see the type of processing you used on the samples and master chain in another video too.
hopefully that will come soon yo
It has been made!
@@pandatheheist Awesome, looking forward to it.
@@philth_spector The vid has been uploaded ^^
@@pandatheheist I'm watching now
I’m crying now fuck
The last donut of the night always made me shed a tear whenever I played it, I told my fam to play this at my funeral no cap
Well done, just like Dilla used to remake his peers classics....but on a MPC lol
Thank you!! I'm no Dilla though 😅
@@pandatheheist Only one Dilla lol. I'm just saying that he honed his craft the same way. The story from Questlove on the making of Blackstar - Little Brother is a great example.
@@NobleDeen For sure! Lot of love for that clip.
he on my recommended now 🔥🔥
WE ON THE RADIO BABY
amazing
Thank you! I have a special remake coming up before the year ends, if you want to stick around :)
it is really good but dilla used a different version of this song, if you wanna work on this project again i can send you the link!
sure thing, add me on discord
@pandatheheist
ah never mind, I seem to have found it:
ua-cam.com/video/vspOUufy9aA/v-deo.html
is this what you were referring to?
@@pandatheheist spot on, you found it good job
@@fair6508 i should be thanking you lol -- appreciate you showing me! i'll write a little update on this and the longer-essay video