you forgot genius skill level (A Tribe called Quest; Daft Punk): taking samples from several different songs and put it together so it sounds like from a single source
Alchemists just found a sound and used it as an instrument. That's very creative, but only he heard that in his head to create it. So just do what sounds good.
Using space is a big issue for me when it comes to sampling, or knowing how much of a sample to use and balancing it with stuff like fills and SFX. I like what Premo does where he takes a low pitched stab to fill out space (e.g “A Million And One Questions”, “The Sixth Sense”). Also beats like Styles P’s “Good Times” (prod. by Swizz Beats), Jadakiss’ “By Your Side” (prod. by Baby Grand), or Jay-Z’s “All I Need” (prod. by B!nk) where the sample is mostly used as a hook, and/or most of the verses just take stabs/filtered parts.
Yeah, often that part of the sample that you like should still be used somewhat minimally. I see a lot of producers take a 3 second piece of a sample, make a million chops and use it to make their entire loop. Having it appear everyone in a while can be a better way of achieving balance
I've been chopping since I started making beats in 2006. I always try to make the samples I use unnoticeable, so chopping is the perfect technic to achieve this.
As a DJ Premier fanboy, the thumbnail seems quite offensive. He's got many beats with more intricate chopping, the drum programming and sample selection are always amazing and then he's got the skills and knowledge to scratch in some vocals for the hook that match the theme of the track. And without a DAW too. Doesn't seem "easy" to me...
@@marcelwk I mean in the context of the video it makes sense and isn’t offensive. But all things considered, seeing Kanye in a thumbnail shown as making a crazy flip and Preemo making an easy flip is funny. Cause Kanye’s chipmunk beats were pretty straightforward for the most part (Bink and Just Blaze > Kanye producer wise). Whereas Preemo has some of the nastiest chopping skills (Vol 1 intro, Boom) but also is the king of short loops (Mental Stamina). I’m a Kanye fan but I don’t trust any of his production post CD/LR has much to do with him. He’s surrounded by producers who are better than him nowadays
I think it's more of the beats picked as opposed to the producers themselves, cause dj premier has "harder" beats and easier beats, same with someone like The Alchemist he's got "easy" beats but also hard as well, I don't think it meant the producers themselves but I understand what you mean, I'd hate to see preemo disrespected as well
Came here to say the same thing. Also, as a producer it’s kind of bogus to have Kanye on the thumbnail instead of Bink! since he rarely gets credit for producing the track, and it’s something producers deal with all the time. I understand that the thumbnail is meant to attract viewers but come on man, this is a producer channel isn’t it??
Of course you would start this video with one of my FAVORITES by Gang Starr! I almost took the isolated vocals of the late great Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal from it for one of my own beats! 🙏🏾
Video idea: Make a video about how *DJ Premier* during the early 2000s Ownerz era started leaving out hi-hats in some beats and using fewer in others, which gave his productions a unique bounce I haven't heard many talk about. This shift came after he was criticized for using the same drums over and over, and you can hear it across several tracks on The Ownerz, including Who Got Gunz, Nice Girl Wrong Place, Sabotage, Skillz, Riot Akt, Eulogy, but also in songs on their latest album like Bad Name. Other Preemo tracks with no or limited use of hi-hats: Khaleel - Hot Flames, Jaz-O & The Immobilarie - Love Is Gone, NYGz - Giantz Ta Thiz, Royce da 5'9" - Hip Hop, Snoop Dogg - The One And Only, The Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable, Afu-Ra feat. Guru - Blvd., Afu-Ra - Sucka Free, Blaq Poet - Poet Has Come, Xzibit - What A Mess, Pitch Black - It's All Real, Pitch Black feat. Styles P - Nice, Pitch Black - Revenge, M.O.P. - Bloody Murdah, M.O.P. - What I Wanna B, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Pop Shots, Little Vic - The Exorcist, MC Lyte - Wonder Years, Smooth B - Game Over, Special Teamz - Main Event, Anisha Nicole - One Track Mind and I guess many more. His recent track Define My Name with Nas is also an example of this style.
You have to have an ear for it.....beats can be intuitive, but knowing a worldwide variety of music is so important. I'm struggling getting to know new equipment for song production, keyboards/guitars/bass into a ZoomR8. Thankfully, beats come easy to me because the rest of the production is a daunting task to this point😅
Excellent video Navi, could you make a beatmaking video of the Venezuelan guys from El Dojo? There are several rappers but if you can, one of Lil Supa would be great. It's in Spanish of course, but the sound is unique, it has a mix of Muggs with Alchemist and Wu Tang. TREMENDOS . Greetings 🙌🙌
Navie! Please consider adding to notegrabber something to grab multiple notes maybe per bar or so! (As an actualization) nice plugin! Even better video!
for several years his beats have been weak, they don't swing at all, and those without drums are a complete failure. However, Premier, Muggs and Sermon are in a completely different league
My question and I assume most producers question isn't how to sample.. but, HOW to get the samples we used cleared when we are regular everyday nobodies that have ZERO POWER and no contact lists in order to get in touch with the right people in order to clear said samples? That's 100% the problem! Producers that have already found success are able to get their samples cleared. Meanwhile I'll make 100 of the dopest bangers money can buy but since I'm a nobody I can't even bother with posting my beats because I'll never be able to get the samples cleared! It's really not fair! /endrant
Just use em anyway. They aren't gonna come after ya until you make it. Use whatever samples you want. By the time they care, you'll at least had gotten something out of it
use more obscure samples that aren't on streaming services or have less views and you'll be good. most underground rappers and producers don't clear samples
What is your Halloween costume gonna be?
Mine will be a noteGRABBER!!! Which you can download at www.notegrabber.com/
that is the most genius advertisment i ever seen😭😭imma buy it
My Navie be promoting TF outta Notegrabber😂😂😂 I'm gonna get it, I see you were inspired by Wave Candy for the interface
Is the plugin compatible with reason?
do you still have the beeat making course
Simple doesn't mean bad and complex doesn't mean good , I think having a good ear is the most important thing when it comes to sampling.
Definitely some of the best beats are just straight loops
Premier is the master of making the most out of the least!
Countless hits, primo is certainly amongst the very best hip-hop producers of all time.
0:03 I like the idea that you took time out of your day to make this beat
I spent 4 hours making that
@@NavieD plz send stems so I can remix!
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@@NavieD😂😂
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you forgot genius skill level (A Tribe called Quest; Daft Punk): taking samples from several different songs and put it together so it sounds like from a single source
True. That is definitely a hard thing to do
and the story of oj sample
@@wizzroz4362 Those Dilla chops to make the story of OJ beat is top tier No ID sampling shit lol
Todd Edwards
Rza mastered that to perfection !!!
What Premier did with the JFK 2 LAX is genius in my opinion.
You got to cover Prince Paul. His influence and range is legendary. He’s a living legend
Devil In A New Dress is one of the hardest sample beats i have ever heard in my life
fr Bink was cooking
It’s absolutely insane that Bink lost the beat battle he played it in. It was BY FAR the best beat played.
@@Doin_the_Absolute_Most that beat battle shit be politics smh
Greatest plugin in the world
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I swear ive levelled up since messing around with notegrabber over the weekend 👌
Alchemists just found a sound and used it as an instrument. That's very creative, but only he heard that in his head to create it. So just do what sounds good.
Some days I’m a beginner. Most days I’m advanced. Guess it depends on the beat. Great video
That Notegrabber is a life changer!! Bought it without even thinking. Greatly priced as well! Good job bro👐
Your videos keep getting better and better
Mass Appeal is fucking MAGICAL.
Navie used my beat in the intro 🙌
Sooo dope
Dope
This was a joke by the way..
@@tylerdean42 good joke bro
Navie, you’re not just making certain techniques easier to understand, but you are actively contributing to producers becoming better musicians.
Using space is a big issue for me when it comes to sampling, or knowing how much of a sample to use and balancing it with stuff like fills and SFX. I like what Premo does where he takes a low pitched stab to fill out space (e.g “A Million And One Questions”, “The Sixth Sense”). Also beats like Styles P’s “Good Times” (prod. by Swizz Beats), Jadakiss’ “By Your Side” (prod. by Baby Grand), or Jay-Z’s “All I Need” (prod. by B!nk) where the sample is mostly used as a hook, and/or most of the verses just take stabs/filtered parts.
Yeah, often that part of the sample that you like should still be used somewhat minimally. I see a lot of producers take a 3 second piece of a sample, make a million chops and use it to make their entire loop. Having it appear everyone in a while can be a better way of achieving balance
The best producers just had the best record collections
I've been chopping since I started making beats in 2006. I always try to make the samples I use unnoticeable, so chopping is the perfect technic to achieve this.
As a DJ Premier fanboy, the thumbnail seems quite offensive. He's got many beats with more intricate chopping, the drum programming and sample selection are always amazing and then he's got the skills and knowledge to scratch in some vocals for the hook that match the theme of the track. And without a DAW too. Doesn't seem "easy" to me...
yea idk if its just because hes my favorite producer but the thumbnail made it seem like hes just an average producer who only makes simple beats
@@marcelwk I mean in the context of the video it makes sense and isn’t offensive. But all things considered, seeing Kanye in a thumbnail shown as making a crazy flip and Preemo making an easy flip is funny. Cause Kanye’s chipmunk beats were pretty straightforward for the most part (Bink and Just Blaze > Kanye producer wise). Whereas Preemo has some of the nastiest chopping skills (Vol 1 intro, Boom) but also is the king of short loops (Mental Stamina). I’m a Kanye fan but I don’t trust any of his production post CD/LR has much to do with him. He’s surrounded by producers who are better than him nowadays
I think it's more of the beats picked as opposed to the producers themselves, cause dj premier has "harder" beats and easier beats, same with someone like The Alchemist he's got "easy" beats but also hard as well, I don't think it meant the producers themselves but I understand what you mean, I'd hate to see preemo disrespected as well
Came here to say the same thing. Also, as a producer it’s kind of bogus to have Kanye on the thumbnail instead of Bink! since he rarely gets credit for producing the track, and it’s something producers deal with all the time.
I understand that the thumbnail is meant to attract viewers but come on man, this is a producer channel isn’t it??
@@DarioParraz Agreed
Can you make a similar video with mobb deep? How can I choose the part of a sample or the actual sample. ❤
Ohh that would be a cool idea
@@NavieD 🔥❤️
He just taught you what to sample in this video 🤦🏾♂️ Plus if you watch the next video it might save your life😂
Of course you would start this video with one of my FAVORITES by Gang Starr! I almost took the isolated vocals of the late great Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal from it for one of my own beats! 🙏🏾
he forgot the J.Dilla level of beat making which is on another planet
Dope video. Def great break down sampling theory.
Video idea: Make a video about how *DJ Premier* during the early 2000s Ownerz era started leaving out hi-hats in some beats and using fewer in others, which gave his productions a unique bounce I haven't heard many talk about. This shift came after he was criticized for using the same drums over and over, and you can hear it across several tracks on The Ownerz, including Who Got Gunz, Nice Girl Wrong Place, Sabotage, Skillz, Riot Akt, Eulogy, but also in songs on their latest album like Bad Name. Other Preemo tracks with no or limited use of hi-hats: Khaleel - Hot Flames, Jaz-O & The Immobilarie - Love Is Gone, NYGz - Giantz Ta Thiz, Royce da 5'9" - Hip Hop, Snoop Dogg - The One And Only, The Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable, Afu-Ra feat. Guru - Blvd., Afu-Ra - Sucka Free, Blaq Poet - Poet Has Come, Xzibit - What A Mess, Pitch Black - It's All Real, Pitch Black feat. Styles P - Nice, Pitch Black - Revenge, M.O.P. - Bloody Murdah, M.O.P. - What I Wanna B, Ol' Dirty Bastard - Pop Shots, Little Vic - The Exorcist, MC Lyte - Wonder Years, Smooth B - Game Over, Special Teamz - Main Event, Anisha Nicole - One Track Mind and I guess many more. His recent track Define My Name with Nas is also an example of this style.
I Actually met Vic Juris once at a jazz concert, I had no idea he was sampled by DJ premier!
There needs to be a spectrum beyond "WTF!" For DJ Paul
You have to have an ear for it.....beats can be intuitive, but knowing a worldwide variety of music is so important.
I'm struggling getting to know new equipment for song production, keyboards/guitars/bass into a ZoomR8. Thankfully, beats come easy to me because the rest of the production is a daunting task to this point😅
BINK been a quiet legend
Thanks Benzema
Excellent video Navi, could you make a beatmaking video of the Venezuelan guys from El Dojo? There are several rappers but if you can, one of Lil Supa would be great. It's in Spanish of course, but the sound is unique, it has a mix of Muggs with Alchemist and Wu Tang. TREMENDOS . Greetings 🙌🙌
Hmm I'll have to take a listen
navie never misses
J Dilla's "Don't Cry" is a genius-level breakdown if you're looking to getting good at sampling
Any tips on how we would practice these techniques
Make a video about Madlib, bro.
If no one told you this week thanks for all the great content
Next level is sampling from few different songs and composing over it
Please do a video on sampling by flamingosis
Navie! Please consider adding to notegrabber something to grab multiple notes maybe per bar or so! (As an actualization) nice plugin! Even better video!
Hi, Could you make a video about arranging your beats to keep your beats interesting?
Liam Howlett - The Prodigy!!!
FN Amazing, Thank you Navie D!!!
OH MAN. If only there was a tool available that would transcribe the notes of the sample.
Try searching for a midi version of what you're trying to sample.
no matter what the sample is. There is always a way to make it sound dope in context.
You just might not find a way
What music making app do you use?
Make a vid on how to make the more chill sampled westside Gunn and alchemist beats
DEVIL IN A NEW DRESS YESSIRRRRRRRRRR
What program are you using?
There is defo trouble with a zero crossing line in the last one on the sample you have used sir
Are there any plans to release an Android version as a stand alone app?
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Is this beat for sale? 0:03
Great video 🙂
beats can be divided into two chronological categories
BD Before Dilla
AD After Dilla
One interesting thing about the mass appeal beat is that there’s no kick on beat 1. This is unusual especially in that era
BRAVO!
Is there a way to shrink Note Grabber to fit a laptop screen? Mine only minimizes from the left and right sides, not the top and bottom.
pluguin bom demais notegrabber tivesse uma grana comprava
Can you make a vid about tyler the creator
I might. I actually have one from 2 years ago that I didn't end up releasing
can't get get the plug in to show up in Reason 11. I can see it in my .VST3 plug in folder.. smh tried everything I know to get it to show up..
How come you didn’t use Bink’s picture in the thumbnail and vid but talked about his technique in the vid?
That intro almost had me choking.... lmao
Drums?
I think the hardest part is establishing which part of a track to use.
Lol I mean apart from discovering the track in the first place.
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Yes my minty friend, he sure was
the notegrabber isn't being found
devil in a new dress is my 3rd favorite song of all time and ngl the sample is a banger too
No reason but what’s the other two?
@@AB3L30NE 2. Ghost Town 1. See Me Again both by ye
I feel that Alchemist out of the three has evolved the most when it comes to production. His drumless beats are on another dimension 🔥🔥🔥
Speaking of elevator music 🥱
@@showbread9366 So who would consider a better person that consistent year after year?
Kanye, apart from vultures (edit: tbh vultures 1 had good production) @@andrewoliver9686
@@andrewoliver9686don’t fall for the bait. 😂😂 Alc has definitely held it down year after year no production team either.
for several years his beats have been weak, they don't swing at all, and those without drums are a complete failure. However, Premier, Muggs and Sermon are in a completely different league
why orginal creator get 10% only?
You gotta port this to AUV3
OH YEAH NAVIE MINTY IS FIRST AGAIN
3rd* but I still love you
Fire vid🔥✍️
Thank you Jeffmiester
Dope video but alchemist making his beat is composing it would be what's called motific development.
Navie D I love you
Bro great idea for a plug in - legit product not just a cash grab from your followers.
Thank you Karim Benzema
THPS4 mass appeal😎
The thing about using drum packs was just what snoop said. Dre's face didn't tend to agree and he changed the topic to mumble rap.
Putting Kanye and in the screen capture and not Bink is crazy
Freaky D.
Don't tell them. That's between us
Hehe
i would buy noteGRABBER but i cant
My question and I assume most producers question isn't how to sample.. but, HOW to get the samples we used cleared
when we are regular everyday nobodies that have ZERO POWER and no contact lists in order to get in touch with the right
people in order to clear said samples? That's 100% the problem! Producers that have already found success are able to
get their samples cleared. Meanwhile I'll make 100 of the dopest bangers money can buy but since I'm a nobody I can't
even bother with posting my beats because I'll never be able to get the samples cleared! It's really not fair! /endrant
Just use em anyway. They aren't gonna come after ya until you make it. Use whatever samples you want. By the time they care, you'll at least had gotten something out of it
Tracklib
use more obscure samples that aren't on streaming services or have less views and you'll be good. most underground rappers and producers don't clear samples
0:03 is a crazy fart cover of By the time I get to Arizona
Easy Mo Bee made “Machine gun Funk” literally from 2 seconds of a sample
0:01 😂WTF FART 💨
Am i the only one not able to purchase notegrabber?
RIP J. Hatch
Your channel is a treasure trove of inspiration. Thank you for your hard work!😽◾️⛄️
Ooo! I used level 3 as a rookie! Sadly it doesn’t matter because no one cares 😂
should've used clams casino too
Big Shout out to Accurate Beats & Jon Makes Beats!!🎉
Shout out & prayers to J HATCH (8:03) iStandard Producers 💐🕊️💐
I just search out my root note on a keyboard.. I'll probably start using the plug in to save the time.
is my music good?
Olvidaste a Arkeologists ❤
I create my own samples by composing actual songs from scratch
why is kanye pictured for the “devil in a new dress” beat when its clearly a Bink! production? very misleading!
Shout out to evidence
Is this a how to make a beat school?