I love how RZA at one point asks the guitar player to play out of his scale / sample and he refuses. Does a great job showing the duality of the limitless musical potential sampling whatever song you want at any point, but you still can only manipulate the original so much
agreed, but just fyi, it's an electric sitar (The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. - Wikipedia)
So dope they actually had a dude playing the electric sitar and didn’t just use a guitar. Great attention to detail that most wouldn’t notice. Infinitely cool
@@JohnnyBargeldBoom I learned a few months ago that whenever an actor has a speaking line in the film they need to be a part of the actor's guild, so it's hard to find (speaking) extras that can actually play instrument + is part of the actor's guild. Would've been a cool detail, but I think it captured the essence of it anyway
@@FEARmeify I call it a metaphor because you cannot literally control people the way it's depicted in the scenes. The process of chopping samples that's shown here is literal (chopping, looping parts, pitching), but the entire scene is imaginative and how it's done.
Everyone praises this episode for showing how sampling works in RZA's mind. One of the underrated aspects of this episode, as displayed in the beginning of this clip, is the competitive atmosphere of producers/beatmakers in record stores.
Good catch. Another underrated part is the convo between Grandpa and Rza. It perfectly encapsulates how the older generation saw producers using samples and producers explaining their side
I really do be like this because I listen to songs all the time and I can hear a sample and I can visualize it I hate that to be honest with you it's really annoying being a creative person because I know what it looks like and it irritates me cuz I can never get the way I wanted to
@@trublacking8572 perfect your craft. Take the extra time to get it right. Try new things if you need to. Never know what might work. Look at Dr. Dre. He isn't releasing ANYTHING unless it's exactly how he wants it to be.
This is still the best episode IMO. The way they broke down a artist creative process and how stressful it can be plus the visuals made this episode beautiful
I never watched this series but this scene has left me mesmerized. They broke down the sampling/beatmaking process so beautifully it's insane. Top notch quality stuff.
Personally, sampling is okay as long as they actually just use a sample and remix it to some degree, not just take an instrumental of a song (like what the weeknd did).
Tbh in the producing industry a lot of producers look down on producers who sample they say you’re not a real producer yet they’ll say people like dr dre or another prouducer that samples a real producer
Obviously they are real producers my whole point is sampling is okay just make it sound as original as you can because not everyone can make the same melodies or similar melodies to the ones in the 80s or 90s so it’s kinda fun to sample just don’t take the instrumental and add a few drums and act like it’s yours
@@nikkoa.3639 In my opinion, there are no rules to making music. If u want to take an instrumental to a song and put your own spin or performance to it, why tf not? Music is an art, there are no rules to what is right and what’s wrong. I would enjoy seeing an artist put their performance to my instrumental
@@rashawn2323 i honestly don't know how someone had access to separate tracks but having sampled on an MPC2000 it's incredibly hard to create at the level of these legendary producers. Idk how the SP-1200 samples however but it would be incredible if it can easily isolate tracks. At least my Akai is limited to LP and HP filters. This is just heavily dramatized for the lay person who has never been exposed to sampling let alone music production.
This episode is the stand out one for me so far, hats off to Mario Van Peebles who directed this one. It’s so expertly shows how people like RZA hear songs, break them down and can mould them into something entirely different, but it did it a really entertaining and funny way, I was grinning like an idiot all the way through it as it was so good.
@@haroldbailey9011 1st season wasn't bad at all so idk why they thought this was good. I don't think Ashton can play hood dudes at all b/c he's bad in Equalizer 2 as well
@@kxngmuzikig2417 ah ok. Yeah I love Wu. Grew up listening to them. My favorites. I never watched the series because I had the feeling that it would be extremely cringe. In my opinion, biopics based on rappers is always so corny and extremely hard to recreate the magic. So different than say the Ray Charles movie or the Brian Wilson movie etc
probably just the limitation of finding an actor that works for you (charisma) and they chose not to ask him to "act" a voice. kinda hard finding both (persona/face and voice) in one person
The best parts is when The samples start talking back to him as if he Respected the music and the talents that played them. Truly Filmmaking at its finest
he sound like DMX.... "remember when i was afraid of the dark grrrrrrr you told me.... grrrrr arf arf ..... what a dog needs.... grrrrr.... what!!! whatt!!!! where my dawgsssss aaaaat!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was probably one of the dopest visuals of the inner world of an artist not just sampling, but going through the creative process. I enjoyed this episode so much one of my favorites in the series.
Everyone in these comments really hung up on the idea of him having multitracks. It's just a metaphor. He's on an SP1200 with a max of 2.5 seconds of sample per pad and 10 seconds total, all the things he isolates are in reality just snippets of the song where instruments are isolated or emphasised. Allowing him to do the things we see in the video, and chance upon things like the guitar lick when he was looking for something else. The different drum tones would just be altering EQ and compression on the mixer. The two different drum tracks coming together is just looping the Impeach break and chopping the other and sequencing it to match.
But keep in mind he was using an ASR-10 with that SP1200 connected via midi. Could be triggering samples from the ASR-10 with the SP. Even a stock ASR-10 had lots of sample time.
If he would have used a DDP600 the magnifying factor of the masterpiece theater section of the slip note would have simplified the echo cardiovascular portions of the musical percentage of everything in the dark
A beautiful illustration of what it's like to sample. You're taking these great artists of the past, isolating, cutting, pasting their work, and ultimately crafting something of your own.
I would suggest learning about J Dilla if you don't already know him. He is a master in sampling and has changed the genre completely. His knack for hearing things and making his own version of it is crazy.
I had a 70s record of radio hosts explaining Godzilla and other movies. I’d scratch that to beats and love it. Can’t remember the name, still have it though)
Gotta love 60s-70s soul music. They weren't trying to re-create, imitate and copy cat - rock n roll, jazz or the blues. That shit had already been done 20-30+ yrs before. Soul Music sounded so different that later on - after it had been sampled - people thought they were listening to rap beats. No. It was soul music that people had rapped over... Jazz cats that transitioned and started making soul music in the 70s led to some of the greatest samples in Hop Hop - like Brother Jack McDuff, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, Nat Adderley, Monk Higgins, Heath Brothers...
I was gonna say. Did he have access to each track. It would be a little more accurate to show how he had to pick those parts out of the whole. Sometimes getting lucky with an isolated instrument soloing or just left to play on its own.
@@JEEDUHCHRI Stems for days... lol. nah but seriously. I was under the impression that at this time period especially the only real access to those individual tracks would be either acapellas for the vocals that were sometimes included on releases, or the actual original masters of the recordings which are usually in a vault somewhere. Sampling was and still is to some degree very much an elaborate game of cutting and pasting.
Yeah in another comment I mentioned how this is heavily for people who have little to no experience in music production let alone sampling. Also those samplers were low bit compared to today and don't sound as crispy as the video. Hollywood gonna Hollywood.
Them old soul, funk and light rock instrumentation is impeccable!!!…the musicianship is just unbelievable….don’t think RZA had equipment to isolate each instrument totally that clean….believe he could isolate frequencies and would have to apply lot of knowledge and creativity using compression and filtering……the drums he would have to search for the break in the song ….but excellent visuals either way
"You got lost off the snare from Impeach the President" -GZA on As High As WuTang Get that line relates directly to this scene, Impeach the President is a song RZA samples in this scene
I love this series so much … growing up wanting to make some bangers so bad. Watching my dad make beats…. Watching rappers come up. Always been my dream and just the time you have alone w music is priceless sometimes.. the connections . I just hope one day i can come to a conclusion that no matter how many bad tracks or good tracks i make… I put all my heart into it when I do it and that’s all that matters .
Love this series! I was a bit afraid that it was not going to live up to expectations, but I can definitely say that it has exceeded any expectations I had.
The Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding Sr. were a wonderful modern soul group. Shame, they were so underrated... The mellow voice of Cuba Gooding Sr. was fantastic. R.I.P.
I wish I had a control panel that could turn elements from any recording up/down. I love how the second drummer's versatility as a sample is represented by the drummer himself being really accommodating.
I love this interpretation and representation on the show. Very creative way to look at sampling. This was my favorite episode. Along with the rapping / lyrics episode.
I loved the whole series, but this was my favorite sequence. Thanks for breaking it down into one clip. peace from Tim E. in Tennessee making records with drummers in real time.
As the wife of a great music producer, this helps me understand the creative process. Yep- it makes so much more sense now…Amazing & Quite Funky Depiction!! 💃🏽 🎧
Idk about anyone else but I can watch this scene over and over again. The creativity of him making out his own beats and bringing it to life is the dopest thing I've seen on a long time much respect to all the producers on this one 🙌🏽
I swear I've seen this episode multiple times! So it's no secret that it's my favorite episode. What can I say..I'm a sucker for seeing a creative process of beautiful things being put together. God bless!!
@@Mikehawk323 Although this guy is talking about The Prodigy, a similar episode for Mobb Deep would be amazing. The Infamous especially had samples stacked on top of samples.
This is the best shit I have seen musically describing sampling of music I have ever seen in my life I am so glad I was born in 84 this is epic beyond epic beyond epic if you know you know. This giving me chills, as a musician this is just amazing. I'm happier then a kid on a sugar rush.
An old man taught him good music. Showed him good music. Made him listen to his Best music and RSA took it, learned from it; made it his! What we learn from our elders... !
people really dont know what goes into sampling, heard a lot of people calling it lazy when sometimes it can take more effort to dig through old records like this than it would to just play the music yourself
This takes me back to band class when the school use to forget to get us a substitute, we used be in there making beats and rhythms out of everything. I miss those days.
And this is wnat gets me to sit down and finally watch this show! Wow, at last someone articulated on screen what it is to "see" the sample! Only thing in this that is giving me slight pause is dude playing RZA sounds like DMX lmao.
Yes folks that's the stream of consciousness creativity that Rome's in our heads as artists ....your childhood pushes those factors in imagination it will haunt you till you express it.....
I’m a big fan of slice of life anime where it’s not unusual for the characters to be swept up in their own fantasies in the middle of an everyday life scene. I never would have guessed that a rapper biography series would nail the same mood and execution so well. I was like “this might be something they’d do in K-on.”
This is how I shop for my clothes. I swear every song that plays makes me feel like I’m walking through multiple music videos. Thank you for not making me feel crazy
Love how this episode breaks down how a song is deconstructed through the prism of a musical creator. A great producer, pulls what he considers to be the essence of a song from one era to another, by rebuilding organically another branch of reality of the same song. For the great ones, it is more or beyond a reduction of the original, rather it is an evolution or remastering of the original. It makes him not greater than the original artist, but he is not less either. Love this episode. As a drummer, I lost and found myself in it!
4:38 onwards is some of the strangest phrasing I’ve heard an actor use. I haven’t seen this show, but it’s an interesting choice for the actor to speak in this manner.
I could watch an entire season of RZA just sampling every song in Enter the 36 Chambers
If only we saw him make Bring Da Ruckus. That track is crazy, especially the breakdown at the end after GZA's verse.💯💯💯
I would have loved to have seen “Shame on a N***a” all the samples, everybody’s verses, especially ODB’s
What song is this video?
@@Juanosoyyyo Proteck Ya Neck
@@t.j.5074 jajaja
I love how RZA at one point asks the guitar player to play out of his scale / sample and he refuses. Does a great job showing the duality of the limitless musical potential sampling whatever song you want at any point, but you still can only manipulate the original so much
agreed, but just fyi, it's an electric sitar (The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. - Wikipedia)
@@kavigosai8552 okay, dont care
@@ThatHoserCanadian why you mad 💀
@@kavigosai8552 who asked
@@ThatHoserCanadian never seen a group of people so eager to be ignorant
So dope they actually had a dude playing the electric sitar and didn’t just use a guitar. Great attention to detail that most wouldn’t notice. Infinitely cool
Using the right instrument isn't a detail. It would be cool detail if he played the right notes, but he didn't even pick the notes on the e-sitar.
@@JohnnyBargeldBoom I learned a few months ago that whenever an actor has a speaking line in the film they need to be a part of the actor's guild, so it's hard to find (speaking) extras that can actually play instrument + is part of the actor's guild.
Would've been a cool detail, but I think it captured the essence of it anyway
If they truly put great attention to detail theyd casted a dude that looks and speaks like rza instead of sounding like dmx
@@Soldier_Sean lmaooo
You can hear that sample on Fugees’ “cowboys.”
This scene should win an award. The metaphor execution was spot for sampling and the mindset when sampling.
the whole damn episode needs an award. its a trip. best consumed with skunk. SUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Metaphor? This was as literal as it gets.
Nah
@@FEARmeify I call it a metaphor because you cannot literally control people the way it's depicted in the scenes. The process of chopping samples that's shown here is literal (chopping, looping parts, pitching), but the entire scene is imaginative and how it's done.
they show a guitar player playing keyboard sounds through a guitar, my only issue with it lol, pretty cool otherwise
Everyone praises this episode for showing how sampling works in RZA's mind. One of the underrated aspects of this episode, as displayed in the beginning of this clip, is the competitive atmosphere of producers/beatmakers in record stores.
Man i love this comment section, making me appreciate the clip more and more
Good catch. Another underrated part is the convo between Grandpa and Rza. It perfectly encapsulates how the older generation saw producers using samples and producers explaining their side
The most creative visual aspect of sampling! Every producers has day dreamed it like this one way or another
Not really, i think only corny mfs be doing this 😂 i been making beats since 2002 and its a hobby
I really do be like this because I listen to songs all the time and I can hear a sample and I can visualize it I hate that to be honest with you it's really annoying being a creative person because I know what it looks like and it irritates me cuz I can never get the way I wanted to
@@tyriquey4987 I don't understand why would it be corny but I guess.
@@trublacking8572 perfect your craft. Take the extra time to get it right. Try new things if you need to. Never know what might work.
Look at Dr. Dre. He isn't releasing ANYTHING unless it's exactly how he wants it to be.
@@trublacking8572 you speaking facts. I have the same trouble with my art
sampling to its origins to what it has become today is such an incredible journey
I never thought I’d see u here Billy. Nice.
@Jun Sawada ig, it’s still weird to see homies comment.
8ILLY PLEASE DROP ANOTHER VIDEO PLSSSSSSS
finna be eight years till you drop another video, eightilly
Billyy???
This is still the best episode IMO. The way they broke down a artist creative process and how stressful it can be plus the visuals made this episode beautiful
Where’s this from ?
@@Jeyerti3 also another movie on showtime,I think
@@lauraalexander8144 this ain’t from a movie. It’s from the wu tang Hulu show
I like the creativity to explain us the way he makes music. Is the show good ?
@@FrenchBizz yeah it’s good if you love Wutang clan
Watching this as a producer I’ve never seen a better representation of what it feels like making beats and sampling…. Gave me goosebumps
Exactly right on point it gave me goosebumps as well
💯
Yeap.
Factz.. the elements of creativity to ones imagination is limitless and amazing
Facts!
I never watched this series but this scene has left me mesmerized. They broke down the sampling/beatmaking process so beautifully it's insane. Top notch quality stuff.
In the last season, they break down classic Wu Tang albums. Every album was a movie being played out through an entire episode
this was such a dope way to show how a producer interprets putting music together
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Rza actor cringe as f
His voice sound a lil unnatural
@@FullerPark7600 it do huh? The first season he sounded more natural but after that he sound almost robotic smh
No, this is a cornball way of illustrating things literally for people with no imaginations.
A lot of producers get hate for sampling because they think it's stealing but it's genuinely an art style that pays tribute to the original artists
Personally, sampling is okay as long as they actually just use a sample and remix it to some degree, not just take an instrumental of a song (like what the weeknd did).
Shots fired lol
Tbh in the producing industry a lot of producers look down on producers who sample they say you’re not a real producer yet they’ll say people like dr dre or another prouducer that samples a real producer
Obviously they are real producers my whole point is sampling is okay just make it sound as original as you can because not everyone can make the same melodies or similar melodies to the ones in the 80s or 90s so it’s kinda fun to sample just don’t take the instrumental and add a few drums and act like it’s yours
@@nikkoa.3639 In my opinion, there are no rules to making music. If u want to take an instrumental to a song and put your own spin or performance to it, why tf not? Music is an art, there are no rules to what is right and what’s wrong. I would enjoy seeing an artist put their performance to my instrumental
The best interpretation of the creative process of sampling that I've ever seen.
No cappp
How many scenes have you seen in a movie or show depicting a producer sampling ?
@Ray Warren 28
@@rashawn2323 i honestly don't know how someone had access to separate tracks but having sampled on an MPC2000 it's incredibly hard to create at the level of these legendary producers. Idk how the SP-1200 samples however but it would be incredible if it can easily isolate tracks. At least my Akai is limited to LP and HP filters.
This is just heavily dramatized for the lay person who has never been exposed to sampling let alone music production.
If we can only isolate that clean 😅….indeed ..super dope visual
This scene is an incredible representation of what it's like in a producer's mind when creating sample based Hip Hop beats.
Agreed ... every instrument should speak to you in the context of building the direction and energy of the track.
No, it's fiction and is in no way like this lmao
@@pnut3844able i think were in minority here... its so bad representation of sampling, its actually hilarious, like a satire...
This episode is the stand out one for me so far, hats off to Mario Van Peebles who directed this one. It’s so expertly shows how people like RZA hear songs, break them down and can mould them into something entirely different, but it did it a really entertaining and funny way, I was grinning like an idiot all the way through it as it was so good.
worst thing about the show is how they went this direction with RZAs voice
Facts. They got him sounding like DMX 😂😂
@@haroldbailey9011 1st season wasn't bad at all so idk why they thought this was good. I don't think Ashton can play hood dudes at all b/c he's bad in Equalizer 2 as well
@@kxngmuzikig2417 ah ok. Yeah I love Wu. Grew up listening to them. My favorites. I never watched the series because I had the feeling that it would be extremely cringe. In my opinion, biopics based on rappers is always so corny and extremely hard to recreate the magic. So different than say the Ray Charles movie or the Brian Wilson movie etc
@@haroldbailey9011 i had to double check the title of the video to make sure this wasn’t a dmx documentary 😭
probably just the limitation of finding an actor that works for you (charisma) and they chose not to ask him to "act" a voice. kinda hard finding both (persona/face and voice) in one person
The best parts is when The samples start talking back to him as if he Respected the music and the talents that played them.
Truly Filmmaking at its finest
It is brilliant filmaking
"As if he respected the music" so you dont think he respected those before him?
@@yungchosenc4 nope
@@yungchosenc4 dont take everything too harshly snowflake
@@richardricardo802 oh boy you actually said something worthy....
he sound like DMX.... "remember when i was afraid of the dark grrrrrrr you told me.... grrrrr arf arf ..... what a dog needs.... grrrrr.... what!!! whatt!!!! where my dawgsssss aaaaat!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
On me that’s what I be saying
Ah yo! Let’s ride! Com am!
or sound like aries spears doing his DMX impression
His voice is so bad bruh lmao
yea …love the idea of the show….and he’s a great after …but he’s pouring it on too think ….he was just fine in season 1
The uncle sitting in the chair was a nice touch... makes me think of someone close to me who isn't with us anymore. Miss you grandpa!
Rest in peace 🙏🏼💜🕊️
This was probably one of the dopest visuals of the inner world of an artist not just sampling, but going through the creative process. I enjoyed this episode so much one of my favorites in the series.
This is the farthest thing from the RZA’s actual voice that I personally can imagine.
Really sounds like he’s joking or something.
I mean RZA is a producer of the show so I think he had a hand in choosing who plays him
@@BodmonDev he did a bad job then
@@cb33 I guess I honestly think dave east as method is worse but that’s just me
Sounds like DMX when he would be tweaking in interviews
Wu Tang loved all the martial arts stuff. Think it's done as though he was dubbed in an old Chinese Kung Fu film
The RZA's voice is so unique it is impossible to duplicate. One of the most iconic rappers of all time.
That’s not how he sounds tho.
@@Chrismedina3322 agreed
Right? I needed subtitles lol
@@JoseRodriguez-fi9ux that is not what i meant at all
@@briannowdesha3986 don’t remember asking…
I was talking to the other dudes
Everyone in these comments really hung up on the idea of him having multitracks. It's just a metaphor. He's on an SP1200 with a max of 2.5 seconds of sample per pad and 10 seconds total, all the things he isolates are in reality just snippets of the song where instruments are isolated or emphasised. Allowing him to do the things we see in the video, and chance upon things like the guitar lick when he was looking for something else. The different drum tones would just be altering EQ and compression on the mixer. The two different drum tracks coming together is just looping the Impeach break and chopping the other and sequencing it to match.
But keep in mind he was using an ASR-10 with that SP1200 connected via midi. Could be triggering samples from the ASR-10 with the SP. Even a stock ASR-10 had lots of sample time.
@@aldonova4082 This, exactly.
I'm confused
If he would have used a DDP600 the magnifying factor of the masterpiece theater section of the slip note would have simplified the echo cardiovascular portions of the musical percentage of everything in the dark
@@ErnaMcburna Haha! That was good, but why are you really trying this hard to be funny
Literally my favorite scene in the whole show this shows rza’s process and also how much you can and can’t do with samples
A beautiful illustration of what it's like to sample. You're taking these great artists of the past, isolating, cutting, pasting their work, and ultimately crafting something of your own.
As a young beatmaker, I used to go find the weirdest stuff, and there was always a cool obscure record that slapped. It's quite an awesome experience.
I would suggest learning about J Dilla if you don't already know him. He is a master in sampling and has changed the genre completely. His knack for hearing things and making his own version of it is crazy.
@@onesockthief3363 idk abt changing the genre completely but he definitely mastered others styles
Hi!
I had a 70s record of radio hosts explaining Godzilla and other movies.
I’d scratch that to beats and love it. Can’t remember the name, still have it though)
Gotta love 60s-70s soul music. They weren't trying to re-create, imitate and copy cat - rock n roll, jazz or the blues. That shit had already been done 20-30+ yrs before. Soul Music sounded so different that later on - after it had been sampled - people thought they were listening to rap beats. No. It was soul music that people had rapped over...
Jazz cats that transitioned and started making soul music in the 70s led to some of the greatest samples in Hop Hop - like Brother Jack McDuff, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, Nat Adderley, Monk Higgins, Heath Brothers...
I think Ghostface changed a lot of people's views when he started rapping over soul songs in their entirity and it still sounded dope
The best episode of the entire season of wu-tang....the visual process of sampling songs it is truly mind blowing
I'm not sure what mixer that is... But if it can isolate each instrument off a vinyl record.. RZA was living in the year 3022
I was gonna say. Did he have access to each track.
It would be a little more accurate to show how he had to pick those parts out of the whole. Sometimes getting lucky with an isolated instrument soloing or just left to play on its own.
@@JEEDUHCHRI Stems for days... lol. nah but seriously. I was under the impression that at this time period especially the only real access to those individual tracks would be either acapellas for the vocals that were sometimes included on releases, or the actual original masters of the recordings which are usually in a vault somewhere. Sampling was and still is to some degree very much an elaborate game of cutting and pasting.
For real I want that mixer lmfao
Yeah in another comment I mentioned how this is heavily for people who have little to no experience in music production let alone sampling. Also those samplers were low bit compared to today and don't sound as crispy as the video.
Hollywood gonna Hollywood.
@@wokeil I’m sayin….we lucky to get a clean drum break
THIS SCENE THE SHOW SHOULD WIN AN AWARD THIS IS THE MOST CREATIVELY THING IVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME ON TV ..
This episode was truly incredible. The concept and visualization of sampling is mesmerizing
Them old soul, funk and light rock instrumentation is impeccable!!!…the musicianship is just unbelievable….don’t think RZA had equipment to isolate each instrument totally that clean….believe he could isolate frequencies and would have to apply lot of knowledge and creativity using compression and filtering……the drums he would have to search for the break in the song ….but excellent visuals either way
The 2 drummers of the scene is the real representation of layering in beatmaking. In my own beat, the drummers are 4!!! 4 kick 4 snare!!!
"You got lost off the snare from Impeach the President"
-GZA on As High As WuTang Get
that line relates directly to this scene, Impeach the President is a song RZA samples in this scene
I love this series so much … growing up wanting to make some bangers so bad. Watching my dad make beats…. Watching rappers come up. Always been my dream and just the time you have alone w music is priceless sometimes.. the connections . I just hope one day i can come to a conclusion that no matter how many bad tracks or good tracks i make… I put all my heart into it when I do it and that’s all that matters .
Dude genuinely wtf is up with the actor playing RZA? Like you can tell he's trying his hardest to do a RZA impression it sounds like a fucking joke
he was cool the first season but then he started sounding dumb asl the second season
This dude sounds like he's from a different country lol
@@skillracoonful fr he sounds hella robotic too 💀
He’s an amazing actor...but this was a bit too much for him
@@suicide-dive systematic asl 😭😭
Love this series! I was a bit afraid that it was not going to live up to expectations, but I can definitely say that it has exceeded any expectations I had.
What series? What show is this
@@1jamerton nigga this show is wu tang
@@1jamerton Wu-Tang: An American Saga
@@nj1255 ty
The Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding Sr. were a wonderful modern soul group. Shame, they were so underrated... The mellow voice of Cuba Gooding Sr. was fantastic. R.I.P.
I wish I had a control panel that could turn elements from any recording up/down.
I love how the second drummer's versatility as a sample is represented by the drummer himself being really accommodating.
I didn't even know that this show was a thing. This scene is a work of art.
Yeah you about 2-3 years late to the party lol
To be honest, it didn’t get much promotion
@@PlatinumHustle yea I love WuTang and never even heard of this show ever coming out until this vid was recommended to me lol
@@DonDadda45 HULU wasn’t trying to promote it. They quick to promote this gay pride crap though lmao 🤦🏾♂️🤣
Earl sweatshirt also sampled a song from that album on his song azucar
RZA has produced some of the greatest Albums of all time 🔥🐐
Musical Genius to Hip-Hop
I feel this in my heart - this is what my passion for music is all about. Love
My goodness yes.
I love this interpretation and representation on the show. Very creative way to look at sampling. This was my favorite episode. Along with the rapping / lyrics episode.
i cant get over how bad the actor is trying to duplicate RZA's voice,
This scene gave me the courage to try sampling again and I'm a happier producer because of it.
I loved the whole series, but this was my favorite sequence. Thanks for breaking it down into one clip. peace from Tim E. in Tennessee making records with drummers in real time.
What is the song at 9:19
As the wife of a great music producer, this helps me understand the creative process. Yep- it makes so much more sense now…Amazing & Quite Funky Depiction!! 💃🏽 🎧
Who is your husband
@@silewis9396 Mufat
@@silewis9396 dj Khaled
Idk about anyone else but I can watch this scene over and over again. The creativity of him making out his own beats and bringing it to life is the dopest thing I've seen on a long time much respect to all the producers on this one 🙌🏽
this episode is a masterpiece. never seen anything like this
Damn, son! Never realized that RZA really spoke with a thick African accent and hid it this whole time.
This actor sounds more like dmx
The Actors not African tho
@@jaren2159 Don't matter where they come from. As long as they are black men, they are Africans
@@zakariaabdulmumin9424 I'm a Black American my Heritage and lineage matters first
@@Soldier_Sean I was about to say the same thing lmao. RZA does kind of have that cadence when he talks, but it's not that deep or rough.
I swear I've seen this episode multiple times! So it's no secret that it's my favorite episode. What can I say..I'm a sucker for seeing a creative process of beautiful things being put together. God bless!!
Me too. I've probably watched it 100 times!
This is beautiful, music has changed our lives.
This is beautiful. This is exactly what sampling is, being inspired by the music and making your own twist of it.
I don't have any words to describe how I love this!!!
This scene was breathtaking
If they did an episode like this for The Prodigy, it would be insane.
you mean HAVOC?
@@Mikehawk323 No, The Prodigy. Liam Howlett, his sampling is INSANE.
@@ShawnFerrell Yeah, Liam Howlett is fantastic what he made from that w30 and an akai sampler really pushed the 90s scene forward for sure.
@@Mikehawk323 Although this guy is talking about The Prodigy, a similar episode for Mobb Deep would be amazing. The Infamous especially had samples stacked on top of samples.
For what? They are far from the sound of wu tang btw) Also, it's not hip hop
This is the best shit I have seen musically describing sampling of music I have ever seen in my life I am so glad I was born in 84 this is epic beyond epic beyond epic if you know you know. This giving me chills, as a musician this is just amazing. I'm happier then a kid on a sugar rush.
Yesssssss same
Have you watched any of the Rhythm Roulette videos?
An old man taught him good music. Showed him good music. Made him listen to his Best music and RSA took it, learned from it; made it his! What we learn from our elders... !
This is one of the best if not THEE BEST VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SAMPLING EVER!!!
this hands down has to be my favorite scene of anything ever. brilliant
people really dont know what goes into sampling, heard a lot of people calling it lazy when sometimes it can take more effort to dig through old records like this than it would to just play the music yourself
Thell never know how much work we actually put in
Aight chill on the last part bruh
@@user-ge2kl9cf6g it’s sometime true you fucking clown
- Someone who has never composed music
This was such an awesome way to portray this process. It was like watching a spirit being summoned from another plane.
This scene should be a anthem for any Producers who want making beats. It’s too goated for me by far🐐
This takes me back to band class when the school use to forget to get us a substitute, we used be in there making beats and rhythms out of everything. I miss those days.
6:41: Impeach the President made in 1974 by The Honeydrippers one of the most sampled breaks of all time.
And this is wnat gets me to sit down and finally watch this show!
Wow, at last someone articulated on screen what it is to "see" the sample!
Only thing in this that is giving me slight pause is dude playing RZA sounds like DMX lmao.
Yes folks that's the stream of consciousness creativity that Rome's in our heads as artists ....your childhood pushes those factors in imagination it will haunt you till you express it.....
My favorite scene in the show. Thank you.
What a beautiful episode. Never watched the show before. I will now. Wu Tang is for the children.
Love this scene!
Same
Brilliantly written. Brilliantly directed. This is what it felt like watching Michael Jackson's music videos.
I’m a big fan of slice of life anime where it’s not unusual for the characters to be swept up in their own fantasies in the middle of an everyday life scene.
I never would have guessed that a rapper biography series would nail the same mood and execution so well.
I was like “this might be something they’d do in K-on.”
Wu-Tang pretty much is influenced by old school Kung Fu movies and the ilk
@Hussain Drees Omai wa mou shit deru.
And there it is, theres the best comment in the section. Good shit
As a music producer, there is no other way to visually define sampling. This here is Absolute Magnificence!!!
I love how this shows sampling is much more than just taking a clip out of the music sampled from.
"Aww damn Bobby". Everytime I see that part I fall out. Lmbo 🤣🤣
To me watching this scene was like watching an artist paint. He paints with music and I 💯 give it to the director. Perfect 👌
Bass line was too smooth
This is brilliant. Captures the moment perfectly. Great job
This is a brilliant concept
I would watch a whole show of just this
As a collector of records for nearly 4 decades, mostly soul, Funk and Hip Hop, my head is like this!
This scene was legendary it was basically free game for sale let you into his mind visual aspect 💯
Damn I need to watch the Wu Tang show
Yes. You do.
No, no.... no. THIS CANNOT END! Definitely on to something special to show the world.
This is how I shop for my clothes. I swear every song that plays makes me feel like I’m walking through multiple music videos. Thank you for not making me feel crazy
My favorite part of this new season. Such a great visual representation, my brother who's a producer thought it was the coolest
This is very reminiscent of the opening of straight outta Compton where dr dre’s listening to the Roy ayers record
Which song is this towards the end?
This is amazing. Well done and what a way to interpret sampling. I'm still learning how to chop up samples.
amazing visualization of the sampling process, respect 2 whoever wrote the script
very imaginative representation of rza's production process.
I can't stop dying at homies reaction at 4:19 so animated like wtf bruh? 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve never seen this show, but that voice for RZA is absolutely hilarious
Love how this episode breaks down how a song is deconstructed through the prism of a musical creator. A great producer, pulls what he considers to be the essence of a song from one era to another, by rebuilding organically another branch of reality of the same song.
For the great ones, it is more or beyond a reduction of the original, rather it is an evolution or remastering of the original.
It makes him not greater than the original artist, but he is not less either.
Love this episode. As a drummer, I lost and found myself in it!
I really wish that instrumental would have kept going at the end
4:38 onwards is some of the strangest phrasing I’ve heard an actor use. I haven’t seen this show, but it’s an interesting choice for the actor to speak in this manner.
why they got Rza sounding like DMX?
lol right
or sound like aries spears doing his DMX impression
That's a cool way of putting sampling in to image
This hands down is one of the best scenes ever written for a show
Whoever idea it was to give making a beat visuals did an amazing job