The REAL story behind mixing Kanye West's "Stronger" with Manny Marroquin

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  • Опубліковано 9 лис 2024

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  • @popolokross444
    @popolokross444 2 місяці тому +60

    Gotta say guys, i love the hour long format like this! Keep it up!!

  • @codysennpaintings
    @codysennpaintings Місяць тому +35

    what a gem of a video

  • @Marlin-bp2ij
    @Marlin-bp2ij 28 днів тому +3

    I'm French and I understand English, but please can you put subtitles to spread the knowledge around the world !!! this is gold content 👏🙏

  • @ProTutoriales
    @ProTutoriales Місяць тому +4

    Manny is the most down to earth mixer from the top mixers...what a great guy!

  • @ChadHensley
    @ChadHensley 2 місяці тому +11

    So glad to have a new Dead Wax offering!!!

  • @cooldebt
    @cooldebt 2 місяці тому +5

    So good to hear the song again! Thanks for a great interview - so glad the mix wasn't abandoned! (Also reminds me of the brilliant Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Pomplamoose 😉)

  • @MANNYLATE
    @MANNYLATE Місяць тому +4

    Wow, I've never seen a channel handle educating us with such ease. What an incredible episode and channel!

  • @donotoliver
    @donotoliver Місяць тому +13

    Best podcast episode on mixing ive probably ever heard

  • @wingbird8197
    @wingbird8197 Місяць тому +4

    So happy - this video was great, and I missed you guys

  • @rickenbacker40011
    @rickenbacker40011 Місяць тому +2

    Im so glad this in an hour

  • @jonnygeld9510
    @jonnygeld9510 Місяць тому +2

    it's good to have you back guys

  • @Mobius1989
    @Mobius1989 2 місяці тому +5

    Thank God for you guys. We've missed you 😊

  • @shinecurious
    @shinecurious Місяць тому +2

    Soo Soo valuable, just riffin of each other and inviting the wisdom to the forefront, could use more of that...THANKS guys!!

  • @mateuszbrzezniak6451
    @mateuszbrzezniak6451 2 місяці тому +14

    Dead Wax is back! 🔥

    • @jrdougan
      @jrdougan Місяць тому

      It's a new school year miracle!

  • @JullarMusic
    @JullarMusic Місяць тому

    Shocked this video has less than 30k views. Very informative and interesting ! Excited to see more 🤙🏼

  • @bryan_truong
    @bryan_truong Місяць тому +6

    So good. Did I hear that he will go over mixing Gravity on Patreon? I also would love to have an episode with Ryan as the "guest" to hear him talk about his work on Lizzy McAlpine's album

    • @DeadWaxShow
      @DeadWaxShow  Місяць тому

      yes! join us on Patreon! patreon.com/scarypockets

  • @reliablechild
    @reliablechild Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for going into excruciatingly detail on the "four on the floor" def 👌

  • @rickdabass
    @rickdabass Місяць тому +1

    Omg they are back! I love professional musicians react so much!

  • @jiat_spacejams
    @jiat_spacejams Місяць тому +5

    First time stopping by and I have to say I love what you've done with the place. Great guest, good questions, and fantastic example cutaways. I might just have to cozy up to that subscribe button and give sweet mama a smackeroo.

  • @andressubercaseaux1138
    @andressubercaseaux1138 Місяць тому

    so good!
    great questions and conversation

  • @Ein-Stuck
    @Ein-Stuck Місяць тому +1

    Dang...stumbled on this channel. Fantastic interview!! Subbed

  • @Alfred_English
    @Alfred_English Місяць тому +2

    Great questions, fantastic interview

  • @JoseAv-tx4yl
    @JoseAv-tx4yl Місяць тому +24

    Kanye being the kick pusherman is crazy

    • @bolillo5013
      @bolillo5013 Місяць тому +2

      Not really surprising though lol

  • @ghesak
    @ghesak Місяць тому +6

    I loooooved this guy, I’m a designer and a lot of what he discussed has been so relatable to my experiences in the creative and technical process. What an amazing person and discussion. And as a Mexican the shoutout to cumbia was just pure gold. What an amazing piece full of knowledge and emotion. Thank you so much for doing this!

  • @brendanmartin1628
    @brendanmartin1628 2 місяці тому +12

    Ok Ok I get it now, Yall needed to take a break so Ryan could grow that sick stache!

  • @blahblah6787
    @blahblah6787 Місяць тому +1

    brilliant interview! kudos to you

  • @theDyingArts
    @theDyingArts 2 місяці тому +27

    Aw man it's way too early in the morning to make popcorn .... you guys fucked up my day dropping this video. xo

  • @BahanWako
    @BahanWako 2 місяці тому +1

    Great great talk! Thank you guys ❤‍🔥👍

  • @donnaevans9894
    @donnaevans9894 2 місяці тому +1

    This is amazing! I always learn so much! THANKS

  • @SodaPeople
    @SodaPeople Місяць тому +1

    dude I love you guys, thank you so much for the content

  • @martinstojkovski9180
    @martinstojkovski9180 27 днів тому

    fantastic, fantastic video, thank you

  • @STRAIGHTP
    @STRAIGHTP Місяць тому

    Great conversations. Watched the whole thing

  • @eggsrsweet
    @eggsrsweet Місяць тому +1

    Man... something must be up with my algorithm because I'm subbed to y'all and have watched almost every video you've put out but I didn't come across this till just now. Anyway, looking forward to watching!

  • @EdibleGlue369
    @EdibleGlue369 2 місяці тому +2

    Eyyyy an hour of Dead Wax!👌👌👌

  • @el.blanco552
    @el.blanco552 Місяць тому

    This was such an interesting episode from a mix point of view

  • @echodream
    @echodream Місяць тому +5

    It's crazy how many times Marroquin's profile made me think of Joe Rogan during this interview. Very good interview by the way, thank you!

  • @KramitDaFrog
    @KramitDaFrog 2 місяці тому +1

    Love the longer video! A video on Justice would be sweet!

  • @camscorch7096
    @camscorch7096 Місяць тому

    Manny was great to listen to, would love to see him more

  • @GABETHEGOAT1K
    @GABETHEGOAT1K Місяць тому +1

    Just found this page, and I'm happy I did

  • @lambrosmarkousis7546
    @lambrosmarkousis7546 Місяць тому +1

    really loved this!

  • @adamrodriguez5298
    @adamrodriguez5298 2 місяці тому +2

    Love Dead Wax. So awesome

  • @antonk3067
    @antonk3067 Місяць тому

    What a great interview, what a legend.

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 2 місяці тому +33

    For all those people that want to whine about Kanye, how about you focus on what Manny Marroquin is saying instead? He's one of the wisest and most humble guys in the business. And he says things here that transcend music.
    Personally, I don't get the current tendency to see people as totally bad based on a few actions. It seems like a juvenile and naive view of morality to me. I'm not a fan of things Kanye has said, done, or tweeted either. But that doesn't mean he's not interesting to hear about an artist and a personality. The world just isn't that fucking simple.

    • @TheZooropaBaby
      @TheZooropaBaby Місяць тому

      a few actions....as if Kanye just one day started being horrible Nazi lol that shit was somewhat persisting since....maybe 2017, that's when the crack started to show when (supposedly) Rick Rubin showed him Candice Owen videos

    • @r0flgal0re
      @r0flgal0re Місяць тому +2

      While what you're saying is true, the first 7 mins are just hyping a VERY problematic and antisemitic person. Many people including me are just going to turn it off at that point.
      I resumed a bit later and it was okay, but that first impression is just... I didn't want to be part of that.

    • @Bran_Flakesx7
      @Bran_Flakesx7 Місяць тому +8

      @@r0flgal0re they're hyping someone who has legitimate reasons to be hyped. Nothing there to "not want to be a part of". Going around calling people problematic like all that matters is what you don't like about them. Lame as shit.

    • @pastense
      @pastense Місяць тому +1

      Ignoring a problem makes you a part of another problem. You can be indifferent instead of “picking sides”. The word ‘ignore’ stems from ignorance. Imagine if we all ignored Hitler.

    • @ScottThePisces
      @ScottThePisces Місяць тому +6

      There are so many incredible artists, inventors, philosophers who can teach us so much, who have provided us with so much... if all we do is break them down to their flaws, we'd gain nothing.... In regards to Kanye, dude, this song was made in 2007, he wasn't saying the things he did in 2022 back then. Different person and there's nothing wrong with admiring his work.

  • @KennyLauderdale
    @KennyLauderdale Місяць тому +4

    I learned something here. It’s OK to have 3 to 5 different versions of a mix. Just save the song as mix one, mix two, mix three etc.

  • @Le_Mer
    @Le_Mer 2 місяці тому +1

    I drop everything when I see that Dead Wax notification

  • @SweepsBeats
    @SweepsBeats 2 місяці тому +2

    Interesting that they didn't talk about the kick that was already in the sample on Stronger. I imagine that is what made all the layering so difficult.

  • @andremansa1
    @andremansa1 Місяць тому +1

    The Brian McKnight song he’s referring to is “never felt this way“ I loved the Alicia Keys version as a kid!

  • @pollinatorsband
    @pollinatorsband Місяць тому

    Quite remarkable to hear those stories of early Kanye years

  • @bettorup_
    @bettorup_ Місяць тому +4

    DEAD WAX IS BAX

  • @michaelfasko267
    @michaelfasko267 Місяць тому +5

    No southern hip-hop before Nappy Roots?! Love Nappy, don't get me wrong. But Ghetto Boys and Scarface? UGK? Devin da Dude?

  • @artpinsof5836
    @artpinsof5836 Місяць тому +5

    Fantastic interview with Manny! I left hearing about how much he emphasizes emotion and authenticity over the technical side of mixing!

  • @SebastianCarvallo-f7y
    @SebastianCarvallo-f7y Місяць тому

    Muy simpático Manny! Me encantó la entrevista

  • @schoovaertssimon7904
    @schoovaertssimon7904 Місяць тому +1

    I remember Nappy Roots well, was dope

  • @JanJustyna
    @JanJustyna 2 місяці тому +4

    U freakin' nerds! I love U!!

  • @nyigs
    @nyigs Місяць тому +1

    That PL on the floor is killing me

  • @Slinks34
    @Slinks34 2 місяці тому +1

    Finally!!

  • @AndresAcostafamily
    @AndresAcostafamily 2 місяці тому +3

    This was fucking wonderful

  • @rundajulesproductions7735
    @rundajulesproductions7735 Місяць тому +4

    No four on the floor Hip Hop beats before through the wire? I actually had the argument with older people in the 1990's that Hip Hop was actually not anything different than disco. Push It, It's Like That, You Can't Touch This, Pump up the Jam...

    • @loyo9771
      @loyo9771 Місяць тому

      "Push it", "U cant touch" has no four on the floor-beat. "It's Like That" only in the RMX-Version from House DJ-Jason Nevins. And Technotronics was no HipHop.

    • @rundajulesproductions7735
      @rundajulesproductions7735 Місяць тому

      @@loyo9771 I suppose it is your opinion about Technotronics, but everybody I know that was into Hip-Hop was into that when it dropped. Many late 80's/early 90's Hip-Hop artists had songs that sounded more like House Music. There was a lot of crossover songs before genres were so rigidly defined. Slick Rick's 2nd album, Jungle Brothers' (We're gonna house you), Queen Latifah's first 90's album. I don't think "4 on the floor" means there are no kicks that are syncopated but just that all the 1's have a kick on it. Whether those songs are 4 on the floor, or not, my point was that Manny may have perceived Kanye to be more revolutionary or original than he was because he only had a surface knowledge of the body of work produced by Hip-Hop. Kanye is unique as an artist, and a person, but the things Manny named in this interview saying Kanye was the one that started those things he was mostly wrong about. I like his mixes, though. And Kanye's earlier production work, too, but I don't have much patience for people who use ghostwriters and still act like they are emcees.

    • @poppasmoke4933
      @poppasmoke4933 10 днів тому

      Not before through the wire, before stronger *

  • @ChrisCanMakeStuff
    @ChrisCanMakeStuff 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes! More dead wax!!!!

  • @DavidOstMusic
    @DavidOstMusic Місяць тому +1

    this is cinema

  • @DanielJimenez-il9vr
    @DanielJimenez-il9vr 2 місяці тому +1

    A DEAD WAX EPISODEEEE!!!!!!!

  • @KoendeJong
    @KoendeJong Місяць тому +1

    19:34 the perfect LUF was walking in the room?

  • @schoovaertssimon7904
    @schoovaertssimon7904 Місяць тому +1

    dope Hip Hop artists/producers: Diamond D, Havoc, Large Professor, Kool Keith and most of all: Q-TIP

  • @thecraikybunch6789
    @thecraikybunch6789 Місяць тому

    No Limit, Cash Money, Pastor Troy, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Lil Wyte, Goodie Mob and Outkast were popular before Nappy Roots. There are many more too.

  • @SwimnBird
    @SwimnBird Місяць тому

    Such a good video

  • @colewilliams9716
    @colewilliams9716 Місяць тому +1

    Where did you get that laptop table? I need like 3 of those asap

  • @hijkellamellap6655
    @hijkellamellap6655 2 місяці тому +1

    Speaking of some cool Korean bands,,, check out Silicagel, Hyukoh & parannoul! They’re in the middle of what Korean culture is calling the band boom.

  • @ScottThePisces
    @ScottThePisces Місяць тому +52

    Imagine complaining about Manny talking about Kanye West, when YOU clicked on a video with Kanye West's name in the title. 😂

    • @richardlehoux
      @richardlehoux Місяць тому +1

      So you think it’s not good practice to actually watch a video before criticizing it? You are perfect for social media.

    • @DarkTrapStudio
      @DarkTrapStudio Місяць тому

      You are so off the intial comment we can't even argue about what you said cause It doesn't click with what he said.

  • @ericpeters0n
    @ericpeters0n Місяць тому +1

    There were 26 mixes of this track done (by a variety of mixers) iirc...

  • @17takeover17
    @17takeover17 18 днів тому

    manny my new hero

  • @bendavies8129
    @bendavies8129 Місяць тому +4

    Haven’t watched one of these in a minute. Why oh why did you guys switch to headset mics? It sounds like a phone interview, that insanely compressed, no bottom end, super boxy. Please dear god switch back to lavs or fixed position condensers or something, so it sounds like an interview in a studio rather than a sportscast 😅

  • @dynoburger
    @dynoburger Місяць тому +1

    Love it

  • @notmiketate
    @notmiketate Місяць тому

    I am so incredibly early right now

  • @Whoisgkn
    @Whoisgkn Місяць тому

    gem

  • @schoovaertssimon7904
    @schoovaertssimon7904 Місяць тому +1

    oh, it's pronounced "marrokwinn"! damn, thanx

  • @mariano.mp3
    @mariano.mp3 Місяць тому

    te amo manny marroquin

  • @londonxrainn
    @londonxrainn 21 годину тому

    MID-AIR THIEF YESSSSS

  • @kevinklein2562
    @kevinklein2562 Місяць тому

    Amazing.

  • @Supernovahot
    @Supernovahot Місяць тому

    Stronger sounds like its from an alien planet and were just getting the frequency transcribed through us through the antenna of kanye

  • @JoaoVictordeLima-yo1cc
    @JoaoVictordeLima-yo1cc 2 місяці тому +1

    yeaaaahhhhhh

  • @redeemerthedreamer
    @redeemerthedreamer Місяць тому +1

    lit

  • @bambizilla5433
    @bambizilla5433 Місяць тому +1

    Just to let you know….. the moment you broke down what 4 on the floor was i subscribed
    This is my first time tuning in thank you

  • @isidrott
    @isidrott Місяць тому

    Awesome

  • @nimblybimbly4002
    @nimblybimbly4002 2 місяці тому +1

    I miss the professor in the educational moments. (No offence, Jack. lol)

  • @kurtgoebel5845
    @kurtgoebel5845 Місяць тому +1

    If he's getting his mix to -9 LUFS, then he's essentially mastering it. There is no headroom left....

    • @moxictasculinity
      @moxictasculinity Місяць тому

      Teezio sends his at -7 to mastering.

    • @Ispeedshow123
      @Ispeedshow123 Місяць тому

      @@moxictasculinity-7 is mastered

    • @Ispeedshow123
      @Ispeedshow123 Місяць тому

      Hes on about lufs…

    • @doasty
      @doasty Місяць тому

      If you listen to alot of the top newer hip hop tracks, they don't care and neither does the listener tbh no one notices unless it's really bad

    • @ScottThePisces
      @ScottThePisces 22 дні тому

      @@moxictasculinity -7 DB, not lufs lmao, also that's likely when he's pushing into his limiter, which he takes off before sending to mastering

  • @andrewrice9383
    @andrewrice9383 Місяць тому

    Floor on the four 👁️ 👄 👁️

  • @JimVictor-w9f
    @JimVictor-w9f Місяць тому +1

    Larson Trafficway

  • @MULOVOLUM
    @MULOVOLUM Місяць тому

    Damn! my Goat was really HIM

  • @mspahr213
    @mspahr213 Місяць тому

    Guys, this is a channel on music production and y'all's mic setup is wack. But otherwise dig the content. Thanks.

  • @RicardoGarcia-vf5jl
    @RicardoGarcia-vf5jl Місяць тому +1

    Could you please add subtitles?

  • @steelesaldutti
    @steelesaldutti Місяць тому

    Love this interview. Hate the way his mic sounds.

  • @i_am_lambda
    @i_am_lambda Місяць тому

    Who's the guys with the moustache? 🕵️

  • @mgyb8269
    @mgyb8269 Місяць тому

    Thank you Manny for the GEMS and thank you Dead Wax for the great interview. So many b*tthurt people in the comment section about Kanye when so many gems were dropped by Manny lol, it's so sad how soft people got on the internet...

  • @AdamFraserTv
    @AdamFraserTv Місяць тому

    How does he clock his hours and make sure he gets paid accordingly ?

  • @lerenegat9
    @lerenegat9 15 днів тому

    Humans ❤

  • @kadiata
    @kadiata 29 днів тому

    this is so fire. but the mic you recorded this on is like blasphemy for an interview with a mix engineer 😂 forgive me

  • @freddie5ive
    @freddie5ive Місяць тому +1

    kanye wasn't 19 during blueprint lol he was 23.

    • @thedozenclub
      @thedozenclub Місяць тому

      He didn’t say the black album he said during blueprint 1 sessions

    • @freddie5ive
      @freddie5ive Місяць тому

      @@thedozenclub yeah fair

  • @parktoday
    @parktoday 2 місяці тому

    finalfuckinly

  • @freeasabird6799
    @freeasabird6799 Місяць тому

    Timbaland mixed the final version stronger to make it knock more

  • @RicardoGarcia-vf5jl
    @RicardoGarcia-vf5jl Місяць тому

    Legend in vídeo?