René Dodojev id imagine compared to the usually more complex and intricate music he produces under Ratatat that yeah this probably is a bit simpler, still fuckin crazy stuff tho
@@roller325 not only did this song help Cudi pave the way like Duke Cinnamon said, but it was also very unlike other "rap" songs of the era, fusing EDM and alternative rock to birth a new sound to hip hop
this guy made the instrumental for one of the most popular songs of a generation and he doesn't even remember how he did it, with every layer he looks so surprised and confused haha love it
Righteous Question mark pretty sure he means in terms of beat-work and melody not the actual lyrics. if you haven’t noticed, this song is more centered on the beat
Righteous Question mark ok well I actually messed up in my previous response, I meant this video* is more centered on the beat and the lyrics are obsolete when talking about the beat and beat production. Obviously when talking about the song as a whole, the lyrics are a standout and in contrast to the beat, but this is just the beat
Great Work With "Desconstructed" Genius !!! I'm a beginner, i'm studying a lot FL Studio 20 !!! And when u see the biggest guys of the music working on it (Or other one, no problem..) YOU SEE IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOCUS, AND PRACTICE....AND THEN, IN A FEW YEARS WE ARE GONNA SAY: WE DID IT !!! I always loved rap music, and to freestyle with my friends (who couldn't do it haha) when i was 14 or 15 ... now I'm 26, and learning how to make beats and put all my lyrics on it.... Thanks GENIUS, im learning a lot with you guys...the Kid Cudi episodes were freaking awesome.... THANKS, and greetings from Brazil !
makes me happy how humble some of these producers/musicians are. especially someone as big as him. always love seeing the producer give the rapper/singer credit for knowing what beats/compositions will work for their style and which ones wouldn’t.
1:53 that synth is probably my favourite sound in the world. It just means so much to me and every time I hear the song I have to pause whatever I'm doing and appreciate it.
Ratatat is so underated, i love there music so much, i love abrasive by ratatat, there awesome, ratatat being the instrumental for pursuit of happiness is amazing
To me it’s the fact that it resembles almost everybody’s life. Let’s be real, we are all on the pursuit of happiness, and we’ll be fine when we get there, we’ll be good..
I was in High School when this came out. I was in a dark place. I don’t mean that in a cliche sense. Self harm, suicide attempt, and thinking of going to the military to give my life up to somethin rather than letting it go to waste but I was gonna use that as a way to end up just dying. Then I said no to that and was just gonna end it. This song.. I shit you not this song came on the day I was gonna end it all. On my way to school I bought the album and listened to Day N Nite on repeat like 4 times then I skipped through some songs only listening for like 2-3 seconds. This weird ass song came on with sounds I NEVER heard in my life. I went to a performing arts high school and still never heard anything like this. I felt like this dude was living my life. How I felt every day. And this huge jumbled compilation of sounds made this beat that nobody ever heard anything like.. It got me to take producing seriously.. I kicked back into my creativity. I’m still not where I wanna be yet but just as I started having bad days again, I started thinking back to this song, and 3 hours later I find how it was made. Thank you Genius. Thank you E. VAX. Thank you Ratatat. Thank you Kid Cudi. Y’all stopped somebody from making bad decisions with a song thats only 4 minutes and 55 seconds long. In under 5 minutes a bad decision was stopped. 🙏🏾
Tokyo Sensui I cant say the same for me but this song is one of my favorites to date! I’m glad you are out of a bad place keep on grinding and don’t let anything get in your way!
4:14 Dudeeee i can't with the fact that i totally miss that part, that part is so ratatat, is like if he took a piece of him from the "Classics" album and put in there just for kid cudi, awesome.
Timeless record. This song got me through a lot and it’s nice to see it take on different waves since when it first came out (remixes, movies, commercials, etc.).
5:40 Yup, that incredibly layered, detailed and filtered sound of the drums that exists on this track can 100% be heard on Feel The Love and Reborn as well. I aspire to be able to program drums this beautifully '
@@skayabaya I've read he uses the Sherman Filterbank. It's a hardware unit with built in features like overdrive and frequency modulation, so it's most likely got some distortion going on in addition to the filtering.
been a ratatat fan since before cudi ever made pursuit of happiness. so cool to see one of them on here. ratatat was one of the bands that inspired me to start learning guitar
it's amazing how talented this guy is. i don't think he even knows. at 3:13 he "air plays" the synth but its actually perfect with the postproduction track. that's something. that's natural to him.
Evan is one of my all time favorite artists next to Aphex Twin and John Frusciante. This was so awesome to watch he doesn't do many interviews. Thank You!!!!!!!!
Genius, I know y’all are probably a big company who doesn’t respond to/read comments. But I wanted to say thank you. Some of these songs have gotten me through wanting to end it all. And to go back now and watch what was really going on is truly an amazing experience. You guys stay out of drama, tackle topics unbiased, and give a really good insight on so many different things. Thank you guys, and even though you probably won’t see this, but please don’t change a damn thing. ;)🐐🐐🐐
4:15 was so cool to hear as a Ratatat fan, it blew my mind because I didnt realize before this video that e.vax produced pursuit of happiness!! the guitars in pursuit of happiness are done by Ratatat! so sick
I had no idea this guy made the beat. The guitar part from Pursuit of Happiness always reminded me of the guitar from Wildcat. It all makes sense now. What a legend.
i remember hearing this song, it was on a highway me and 2 of my best pal was just driving and smoking, and then this song came out of the radio, it was just *perfect* .
Man this is one of my favorite beats ever. It’s a work of music in its own right. You can break it down bit by bit and it still has a story to tell. I love layered work like this. To me this type of music I can actually see. No one believes me but I can see colors and shapes with this type of layered music.
Literally everything about it. Ya know, like on the outside it’s a up beat song but it kind of has a dark meaning. And whenever I think of ecstasy (which is in the movie) I think of dark times. Idk lmao
thanks for this genius, i love you guys for making video on pursuit of happiness and day n nite. Giving Ratatat and Cudi the respect and cred they deserve for making us these banger hits.
Can't believe I never realised E. VAX produced this track. When I heard the isolated guitar, it sounded so typically Ratatat, but I've listened to Pursuit of Happiness a bunch and never noticed it in the context of the song as a whole. Really cool!
have the chorus to this song tattooed on me. after army i needed to be reminded that sometimes ish aint always gonna be wonderful, but i gotta keep pursuing my happiness. :) love this breakdown of this wonderful ear magic
I love these videos cause every time I go back and listen to the song I can pinpoint all of the different sounds mentioned in making the beats or lines; the various octaves in the chorus, etc. It just adds to the beauty of the music.
This is the song that we dedicated to ourselves. It’s so hard to describe the feeling I get. It’s like happy, sad and optimistic all the same time and I love that I feel this way.
We never gotta get one with Metro Buuut theres many videos over here w/o the co-producer for example the video with TM88 JwLucas Iss Not There so!! Well we should get one!!
that instrumental is crazy. That intro synth lead/saw, the nice drum loop, the sound effects, the snare effects…the chords are nice too Ratatat is my favorite producer ever though haven’t told anyone that…
This guy produced Reborn too.This man is a genius. Give him some more credit
Yes boi's E.VAX makes the coolest beats of all time!
They’re not the same person, but they do look alike. Ludwig Goransson produced Redbone.
@@WilliamJdeLeon lol 2 different songs man
TheObscureEntertainer hahahaha I just re-read the comment
Yup, turns out he did the outro with the organs and stuff
cudi literally wrote the soundtrack to so many people's lifes its incredible
Eyyy, Gami in the wild :)
you mean "Soundtracks 2 so many people's lives"
Ill be fine. Once I get it. I'll be good...
Bro literally
for example project X anyone else got another example?
this beat has like 4x times more sounds then every other beat here and he's like : nah, ive done it in hurry, its very simple lmao
René Dodojev id imagine compared to the usually more complex and intricate music he produces under Ratatat that yeah this probably is a bit simpler, still fuckin crazy stuff tho
Straight up lmao
Legit go watch Murda Beatz motorsport deconstructed
René Dodojev intricate, yet simple. Beautiful I guess
Yeah, imo this is what good production sounds like compared to the ”gross beat” producers haha
"If I spent a week on it I probably would've made it too complicated"
Bro used a radiator
There's a lady in the radiator
lmaoo exactly
A.) That isn't complicated
B.) That's not what he meant
@@Checkmate1138 C.) its a joke
@@Checkmate1138 D.) Watch some comedy instead.
This guy so so humble, he acts like he made just another basic song.
He probably just thinks it was simple
Listen to his music. This probably was just another song to him.
This dude really didn’t realize he was making a historic song that changed the music scene
How did it change the music scene?
@@roller325 well it's possibly cudis biggest hit and cudi paved the way for all these "emo" rappers emerging right now
Duke Cinnamon until chance saved the SoundCloud rappers I mean can’t blame him tbh
@@roller325 not only did this song help Cudi pave the way like Duke Cinnamon said, but it was also very unlike other "rap" songs of the era, fusing EDM and alternative rock to birth a new sound to hip hop
@@roller325 i think the whole mixture of psychedelic and rap music
This song is iconic
It is ❤
I was gonna like this but i didnt wanna ruin 420
rotflolextreme It’s too late now 😢
Game changer for sure
this guy made the instrumental for one of the most popular songs of a generation and he doesn't even remember how he did it, with every layer he looks so surprised and confused haha love it
lmao, fr, what a chad
first Day n Nite now this, thank you Genius!
Two of the greatest songs to have ever been created in that era, for sure
Psst,they're probably milking cudi now that he's relevant again
Amen
I’m in love with those two songs
4real
Had so many lonely nights listening to this song...
Wouldn’t have traded it for anything.
Thank you for this song.
:))
Michael Dwyer facts
Midnight sessions..
Amen
One of the most beautiful songs ever
TRUE
I agree
Righteous Question mark pretty sure he means in terms of beat-work and melody not the actual lyrics. if you haven’t noticed, this song is more centered on the beat
Righteous Question mark ok well I actually messed up in my previous response, I meant this video* is more centered on the beat and the lyrics are obsolete when talking about the beat and beat production. Obviously when talking about the song as a whole, the lyrics are a standout and in contrast to the beat, but this is just the beat
Absolutely gorgeous
bro the vibe of this just makes me wanna party or do a roadtrip
Tell me what you know about dreamin'
We all know what kind of trip we want with these songs 😂
you need to party with some bitches
Project X
get fucked up drunk off a keg
*masterpiece*
kidkeva choppa On me 🔥
fax
4real
Great Work With "Desconstructed" Genius !!! I'm a beginner, i'm studying a lot FL Studio 20 !!! And when u see the biggest guys of the music working on it (Or other one, no problem..) YOU SEE IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? FOCUS, AND PRACTICE....AND THEN, IN A FEW YEARS WE ARE GONNA SAY: WE DID IT !!!
I always loved rap music, and to freestyle with my friends (who couldn't do it haha) when i was 14 or 15 ... now I'm 26, and learning how to make beats and put all my lyrics on it.... Thanks GENIUS, im learning a lot with you guys...the Kid Cudi episodes were freaking awesome.... THANKS, and greetings from Brazil !
Too true
this guy's voice is asmr
Your mom is asmr
SWIM A.D.
your mom a bitch
@@swim_ad bro ur hilarious 😐
@@swim_ad good one 😐
@@swim_ad bro ur hilarious 😐😐
i wonder how many lives this song has saved
i know for certain at least one. mine.
Yes.
4
Millions
mine!
Man the rappers get so much recognition, and the producers barely get any. I had no Idea who this guy was until now, and he should be a known legend
A song I’ll never get tired of.
A true classic for sure
When I'm 50, and when I'm on a classics radio channel....they better be playing this song
wow, didn't even think of that, but you're right, they better
The editing tho.
henri crousteau they was watching peter McKinnon
itsTRBLE what software did they use
H3voc Gaming I’m almost positive they used premiere. It’s just the angles and transitions were real good
itsTRBLE nicee lol where is the tutorkal
tutorial
makes me happy how humble some of these producers/musicians are. especially someone as big as him. always love seeing the producer give the rapper/singer credit for knowing what beats/compositions will work for their style and which ones wouldn’t.
This song literally changed my life, I'm so glad to see that Genius made this video!
1:53 that synth is probably my favourite sound in the world. It just means so much to me and every time I hear the song I have to pause whatever I'm doing and appreciate it.
10 years later still godlike
Timeless
It’ll live forever, as it’s theme has to do with mental health and addiction. An issue that’ll never disappear, sadly.
Ratatat is so underated, i love there music so much, i love abrasive by ratatat, there awesome, ratatat being the instrumental for pursuit of happiness is amazing
Wildcat is my fave ;)
Also love by kid cud I sampled sunblocks by ratatat
the making of frank’s nights
Sir Charles Barkley YES
YES PLEASE
Big W
Sir Charles Barkley that album was fully produced by Jesus Christ
I second this
This song legit gets me so emotional idk it just feels so young and free idk ahh
To me it’s the fact that it resembles almost everybody’s life. Let’s be real, we are all on the pursuit of happiness, and we’ll be fine when we get there, we’ll be good..
@@Coolguy-ht1cx true. we all relate to it. it's literally like the people's song we never knew we needed to hear.
I was in High School when this came out. I was in a dark place. I don’t mean that in a cliche sense. Self harm, suicide attempt, and thinking of going to the military to give my life up to somethin rather than letting it go to waste but I was gonna use that as a way to end up just dying. Then I said no to that and was just gonna end it. This song.. I shit you not this song came on the day I was gonna end it all. On my way to school I bought the album and listened to Day N Nite on repeat like 4 times then I skipped through some songs only listening for like 2-3 seconds. This weird ass song came on with sounds I NEVER heard in my life. I went to a performing arts high school and still never heard anything like this. I felt like this dude was living my life. How I felt every day. And this huge jumbled compilation of sounds made this beat that nobody ever heard anything like.. It got me to take producing seriously.. I kicked back into my creativity. I’m still not where I wanna be yet but just as I started having bad days again, I started thinking back to this song, and 3 hours later I find how it was made. Thank you Genius. Thank you E. VAX. Thank you Ratatat. Thank you Kid Cudi. Y’all stopped somebody from making bad decisions with a song thats only 4 minutes and 55 seconds long. In under 5 minutes a bad decision was stopped. 🙏🏾
Tokyo Sensui I cant say the same for me but this song is one of my favorites to date! I’m glad you are out of a bad place keep on grinding and don’t let anything get in your way!
god bless bro.
I feel just like you man. It's just hard It sucks fr. I don't want people to miss me
bless
Keep ya head up bro! 🙏
Without the vocals it really does sound like a song Ratatat would release. That is so dope
This guy is so chill.
4:14 Dudeeee i can't with the fact that i totally miss that part, that part is so ratatat, is like if he took a piece of him from the "Classics" album and put in there just for kid cudi, awesome.
Timeless record. This song got me through a lot and it’s nice to see it take on different waves since when it first came out (remixes, movies, commercials, etc.).
5:40 Yup, that incredibly layered, detailed and filtered sound of the drums that exists on this track can 100% be heard on Feel The Love and Reborn as well. I aspire to be able to program drums this beautifully
'
Do you know how to reproduce this kind of filtering? Seems like there is more distortion or bitcrushing to it than just cutting the highs?
@@skayabaya I've read he uses the Sherman Filterbank. It's a hardware unit with built in features like overdrive and frequency modulation, so it's most likely got some distortion going on in addition to the filtering.
THIS is what i call Music Production.
Next level talent right here
Watch the redbone one it's even more insane
Thomas Scavella just did incredible. So good. Thanks for the recommendation!
@@Scav16 Redbone by Gambino or do you mean Reborn from KSG
Alpha Centurion he says Redbone he means Redbone. Ludwig Göransson is a genius.
6X platinum when this video uploaded ... and now its 10x DIAMOND wow
been a ratatat fan since before cudi ever made pursuit of happiness. so cool to see one of them on here. ratatat was one of the bands that inspired me to start learning guitar
Thaison Tower please check my rap its really fireee 🔥🔥🔥
He explained it clearly and carefully
It made me realize
Damn
such beautiful melody like this
came from combo of obscure and strange sounds
This the chilliest episode on deconstructed
You can say that again.
@Starfruit Thx. :)
this producer right here , cured all of my depression many times with this banger 💫🤍✝️
I’ll be fine once I get it. I’ll be gooooooood.
What really puts this song over the top is the backed vocals by MGMT. That chorus is beautiful!
I almost cried watching this
i love ratatat my drum tutor told me ab them and i'm so happy they exist lmao, props to e*vax and cudi for making one of the most iconic songs ever
my god ratatat killed this beat
No he made the best. Cudi killed it
it's amazing how talented this guy is. i don't think he even knows. at 3:13 he "air plays" the synth but its actually perfect with the postproduction track. that's something. that's natural to him.
Evan is one of my all time favorite artists next to Aphex Twin and John Frusciante. This was so awesome to watch he doesn't do many interviews. Thank You!!!!!!!!
+ Cameron Cooper Dude you're the Shit for this comment🤘🏾
You're the shit!
Love love love John Frusciante and kid cudi
I just want this producer to keep winning man! So talented and he still humble. Thank you.
Genius, I know y’all are probably a big company who doesn’t respond to/read comments. But I wanted to say thank you. Some of these songs have gotten me through wanting to end it all. And to go back now and watch what was really going on is truly an amazing experience. You guys stay out of drama, tackle topics unbiased, and give a really good insight on so many different things. Thank you guys, and even though you probably won’t see this, but please don’t change a damn thing. ;)🐐🐐🐐
Incredible series for sure. So cool to see behind these songs changing the game, and more importantly, lives.
Well said man. They are one of the best channels on youtube
4:15 was so cool to hear as a Ratatat fan, it blew my mind because I didnt realize before this video that e.vax produced pursuit of happiness!! the guitars in pursuit of happiness are done by Ratatat! so sick
Legendary song
Cudi & every single person who had a hand in MOTM1 have saved so many lives. music is so fucking powerful, love this.
Genius is killin it with the old school! Thank You Genius make more of these
He be lookin like jesus producin beats
fr💀
Genius doing the Cudi classics
I can’t believe this one dude made the best instrumental of all time
Can Genius get Kanye? Like any song would do
Black Skinhead
Dsong All of the Lights ??
Jay Z - This Cant Be Life
Jesus walks
Dsong he dead
I had no idea this guy made the beat. The guitar part from Pursuit of Happiness always reminded me of the guitar from Wildcat. It all makes sense now. What a legend.
there's no words that can explain how much I love this song
Same and soundtrack to my life
i remember hearing this song, it was on a highway me and 2 of my best pal was just driving and smoking, and then this song came out of the radio, it was just *perfect* .
Why all of a sudden genius give a damn about kid cudi? Why soo late??
Richie Valenz the show has been around like 2 years...
Richie Valenz better late than never
Say IT LOUDER DAMN
That’s everybody. It’s going to happen with Lupe Fiasco hopefully. Where people give him credit finally
The people behind Genius weren't making these videos in 2009, that's why.
Brings back such great memories. I was a fan of both at the time and it made my day when I heard they collaborated.
Waited my whole life for this
Man this is one of my favorite beats ever. It’s a work of music in its own right. You can break it down bit by bit and it still has a story to tell. I love layered work like this. To me this type of music I can actually see. No one believes me but I can see colors and shapes with this type of layered music.
That’s called synesthesia!
Such a beautiful song, Kid Cudi is so under appreciated
So glad this episode came out on this song. One of my favorite songs that I can just listen to whenever!
he’s so humble for being a genius
yo im so glad youguys did a deconstructed of this song. masterpiece indeed
This song always reminds of me of Project X.
fr
tf
Same, best moment in Project X
I was just thinking of that movie a few days ago
Literally everything about it. Ya know, like on the outside it’s a up beat song but it kind of has a dark meaning. And whenever I think of ecstasy (which is in the movie) I think of dark times. Idk lmao
I've waited so long for this man, Ratatat is one of my all-time favourite bands and this collab is one of my all-time favourite tracks.
"Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold"
I'll be fine once I get it
I'll be gooddd
@@ericklopezzz I’m on the pursuit of happiness and I know
@@parkerbragg7093 everything that shines ain't always gonna be hold ayy
@@thestarlitwilds I’ll be fiiiine once I get it, I’ll be gooooood
thanks for this genius, i love you guys for making video on pursuit of happiness and day n nite. Giving Ratatat and Cudi the respect and cred they deserve for making us these banger hits.
Legends forever
That's my footage at 6:14 ! see my (Kid Cudi Live - Concert Intro - 'Baptized In Fire' 2017) video on my channel around 1:40 Thank You Genius!
That's dope
I have been waiting for this video since deconstructed has started... thank you.
I always thought MGMT produced this hahaha I have been waiting for it to be broken down tho, praise genius
They contribute vocals to the chorus
Can't believe I never realised E. VAX produced this track. When I heard the isolated guitar, it sounded so typically Ratatat, but I've listened to Pursuit of Happiness a bunch and never noticed it in the context of the song as a whole. Really cool!
This song resonates with every human who hears it. Theres an omnipotence happiness that comes with it. Lol like a pursuit of happiness
this is the only series thats making this channel worthwhile anymore.
At 4:33 my soul came out my chest and walked on earth thank u cudi and ratatat
have the chorus to this song tattooed on me. after army i needed to be reminded that sometimes ish aint always gonna be wonderful, but i gotta keep pursuing my happiness. :) love this breakdown of this wonderful ear magic
This song genuinely changed my life
I had that ratatat album in high school... I heard man on the moon and instantly heard that ratatat sound. So dope
I'm in absolute shock... where is the Gross Beat?
This is a blasphemy.
OTAKU XAVIER r/wooosh
@@rainwik9219 what?
OTAKU XAVIER r/wooosh
@@xaviermatthews1269 gross beat can be bought as separate plug in tho, and btw he's joking
@@xaviermatthews1269 r/wooosh
I love these videos cause every time I go back and listen to the song I can pinpoint all of the different sounds mentioned in making the beats or lines; the various octaves in the chorus, etc. It just adds to the beauty of the music.
We all have a story that comes along with this song. And it would always get played at the right moment.
This is the song that we dedicated to ourselves. It’s so hard to describe the feeling I get. It’s like happy, sad and optimistic all the same time and I love that I feel this way.
💯
DAMN MAN IM CRYINGGGGGGG
this guy is really talented and isn't just good at the editing aspect like some producers. this is one of my favorite beats on any song
SONNY DIGITAL ON "TUESDAY" BY ILOVEMAKONNEN WE STILL NEED IT
ISSA CLASSIC TOO REAL CLASSIC
I didn't know he produced that. I've always loved that beat
Metro co produced that bih so aint no way they boutta have two super producers on here
We never gotta get one with Metro Buuut theres many videos over here w/o the co-producer for example the video with TM88 JwLucas Iss Not There so!! Well we should get one!!
Well in some episode of noisey's Atlanta Producers makonnen said some info about making of tuesday...
I instantly got chills when he pressed the first Key on that keyboard.
4:56. Fav part of the song. Sounds amazing on vinyl
Its so fucking sad that part 😓
hands down the best episode yall have done on this
Genius back with another fire deconstructed vid
I was just listening to that song. Masterpiece. As a producer, this is so satisfying to see. Thumbs up Genius!
Deconstruct Reborn, I love this song and I want to know how they put that energy in the song
You produced an anthem for an entire generation. You sir are a national treasure
Greatest song of all time
this guys is a genius. the beat with various random filtered sounds turned out so good and perfect for the vibe.
Thankyou for making these beautiful songs. Couldn't live without it ❤
that instrumental is crazy. That intro synth lead/saw, the nice drum loop, the sound effects, the snare effects…the chords are nice too Ratatat is my favorite producer ever though haven’t told anyone that…
Wow feels like this came out just for my birthday :) I love you Cudi ratatat a legend too
Got straight chills at 4:43, amazing what he did witht he filter on the beat.