Those last lines “how do you know when its done” “i get emotional” and the way Al explains it might just be the realest shit I’ve ever heard… literal goosebumps..
That song is one of those beats that are just so cerebral and zoning/focusing. I had it on repeat for like a few hours the other day just cleaning the crib / planning next few weeks out. Relaxing. Incredible vibe.
Dj premier and the Alchemist are the greatest. He took a Samuel Jonathan Johnson track and turned it into "we gonna make it" with Jadakiss and Styles P. Win or lose is another sick track with mobb deep.
Getting the snares immediately after picking out the sample to get a feel for the tempo, a structure, sounds like a good idea I should use when sampling for my beats.
Man I heard Madlib once say you don’t need all this fancy hardware Then I hear Al say well when you use a DAW you can line everything up perfectly(Quantize) I love the part when he said you know when you get emotional. I’ve heard him say you can’t overcook a meal. So once I laid down what I laid down and it made me feel happy and I’ve learned from the experience. I walk away. The beat is done. I constant play this is my head to make sure I try to keep it raw, simple and as human as possible. That is my mission statement.
Al look like the coolest dude ever. Him and Madlib are my favorites. Legends at what they do and we should showcase them to the world for being prodigies, pioneers, and pushers of this amazing love affair with music and hip hop. Love it.
This man is a legend. The way he sees his beats. At one point of my life he was my favorite producer.. So inspirational. I learned a trick or two from him back then. The way he used to listen to his beats through a boombox as a reference. On point man for real!!
The “limitations” just make me appreciate the art that’s given to us from guys like Al. Tribe, Dilla, Madlib, DOOM, etc. All of these artists had to create what they heard in their innermost minds with what they had access to. Don’t get me wrong, the modern technology is good with giving us what they had earlier and faster, but the want and desire to give the world what we think is deserving of hearing doesn’t feel like it’s there AS much as just the need for being noticed for it is.
My big brother showed me a video of Alchemist producing a beat with Araab Muzik ages ago. I was a little kid starving for new experiences and seeing Alchemist almost brought to tears by the beauty of the beat produced right in front of him changed me. Changed me forever man... for the better. Today I learned to see what Alchemist saw in that moment... i will forever be grateful for that. Love you Al
Super dope producer, super underrated. Made some of the dopest beats in HIP-HOP. I still listen to Return of the Mac. R.I.P to Prodigy. Nobody sounds better on a ALC beat then P DOUBLE.
Its always good to listen to the thought process of how these legendary Producers cook their beats up. You can always learn something new, no matter how long you have been doing it yourself.
As someone who loves making beats I almost cried listening how he articulates and how passionate he is about his craft. Especially when he spoke about how he knows when it’s done. Fucking Beautiful 🥹
If Alchemist ever reads this. I'd like to offer another perspective on what his friend said about feeling emotional when finishing a painting. And how that feeling is what let's him know he's done. What if you know something is done, your art, because it now evokes an emotion out of you. Emotional can be any emotion technically. Regardless, I feel like that line can hold many meanings. One being that if a piece is making you now feel happy when you consume that art, or maybe angry, or sad, or whatever... then isn't the art done? Isn't that the point of art? To evoke emotion? If he's emotional then he did his job. It's definitely an interesting perspective to have on art as you're making it, as the creator of it. Deep.
Please keep hip hop alive yall we can let this art form die it doesn’t have to be the best or better than the new wave but don’t ever let this die. It’s so many artist in this field so many producers and only you guys can keep them going. Please I beg you we living in a time where mainstream music is overpowering real authentic rap.
Right!!!!!! This man looks like a recovering alcoholic in this video. But I remember back in my amateur producer days, watching videos of Alchemist and Araabmuzik going at it on the MPC.
love to see a genius at work, you can see him thinking about the sounds and the samples and the tempo and how they can blend. the way his hands twitch before pressing things with precision. You can feel his energy and his readiness to make music. Respect to the Alchemist
There are so many avenues of art and business of the people interviewed. The individual explaining their process would be so great for those who want to start what they do can give us an idea of what to aspire towards
Met him one time during SXSW around the time Prodigy came home from prison. We were watching Freddie Gibbs on stage. I asked him if him and P were working on new joints. He said they were. Good times.
Thank you @ideageneration this video has just given me the biggest 'a ha' moment about my own beats. My music will never sound the same. Just, thank you.
Just saw Al and Boldy at Smokers Club this year and damn was that exactly what I needed! Between Al and Jake One they’re breakdown of samples is incredible.
This video is great, I love it, Alchemist talks about music at a higher level, sensations and art, and leaves aside the topic of gadgets, plugins and others...
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Those last lines “how do you know when its done” “i get emotional” and the way Al explains it might just be the realest shit I’ve ever heard… literal goosebumps..
Lowkey got teary eyed when he said that
That was it. 100%. If the art doesn’t take you on an emotional journey, what’s the point at all?
That was real af. Wouldn't go as far as to say it's the realest shit I EVER heard lol but I get it
Can see in his face dude found it challenging to reveal his process like this. Thank you for sharing Al, mans leaving a legacy behind for sure.
he revealed a shit load of gems on that aulart series
@@SergioMartinez-el8kg is it still available
Covid helped too. During the pandemic was the only time I see Alc semi regularly on IG live in the studio.
@@ChaosBeforeOrder they asking for 80$ but aulart is a scam
He revealed mad shit on his ig live
what he said at the end is real. the emotion being like the end of a relationship. he captured the feeling.
Facts!
Finishing lyrics to a beat always feels like a mix of glee and emptiness to me.
Al a genius. Love hearing him explain his thought process, he makes it so visual
I definitely feel the same way about the way he shares the information. The guy lives his music.
The soup analogy was clever.
I bet could describ colors to a blind man.
Everytime people type "AI" I interpret it as artificial intelligence...
That soup stuff
One of my favorite producers of all time. Please keep this series going!
more on the way!
"baby $hit" beat!
you know!
my favorite
Yo that Alfredo album has to go down as some of the best production I’ve ever heard from Uncle AL 💯
Anyone else feel like Baby Shit and Space Rabbit are their Christmas songs?
That song is one of those beats that are just so cerebral and zoning/focusing. I had it on repeat for like a few hours the other day just cleaning the crib / planning next few weeks out. Relaxing. Incredible vibe.
Baby $hit...so tight how he puts it altogether 🤘🏻
Dude truly is an Alchemist of sound. So awesome to see this cat grow over the years. By far one of my top 3 producers.
Dj premier and the Alchemist are the greatest. He took a Samuel Jonathan Johnson track and turned it into "we gonna make it" with Jadakiss and Styles P. Win or lose is another sick track with mobb deep.
Word up! ua-cam.com/play/UULFmaglqNF3nMOQu8Uz4XIWwQ.html
Getting the snares immediately after picking out the sample to get a feel for the tempo, a structure, sounds like a good idea I should use when sampling for my beats.
Man I heard Madlib once say you don’t need all this fancy hardware
Then I hear Al say well when you use a DAW you can line everything up perfectly(Quantize)
I love the part when he said you know when you get emotional. I’ve heard him say you can’t overcook a meal. So once I laid down what I laid down and it made me feel happy and I’ve learned from the experience. I walk away. The beat is done.
I constant play this is my head to make sure I try to keep it raw, simple and as human as possible. That is my mission statement.
💯
you can do what ever you want in a daw lol. you can quantize or you can nudge everything EXACTLY like you want.
Al look like the coolest dude ever. Him and Madlib are my favorites. Legends at what they do and we should showcase them to the world for being prodigies, pioneers, and pushers of this amazing love affair with music and hip hop. Love it.
Could listen to Alchemist explain his processes all day, inspired by this genius and his sonics.
This is just eye candy, producers aren't spoken to enough !!
Ear candy
@@4z-L_Gaming eargasmzs...
I've never seen anyone simplify beat making so well. Top 5 hip hop producers of all time
Wish this was longer. Al is a GOAT. I could listen to him go through his process all day
🐐🐐🐐
He has a masterclass available through Aulart where he covers his entire process. Just came out recently. 💎
That last line about how to know when it's done is one of the greatest life changing things I've ever heard in my life
Please, more videos like this. And more videos with Al!
He is a living legend!
more on the way!
@@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL da man
Here you go! Homage to The Alchemist: ua-cam.com/play/UULFmaglqNF3nMOQu8Uz4XIWwQ.html
Dont call me a legend
This man is a legend. The way he sees his beats. At one point of my life he was my favorite producer.. So inspirational. I learned a trick or two from him back then. The way he used to listen to his beats through a boombox as a reference. On point man for real!!
“At one point..”????
@@THEINFAMOUS1011 yes. Then I had a different favorite producer at another point. There was a favorite producer before him.
@@CarlitoBTS who?🤔🤔🤔
@@THEINFAMOUS1011 Havoc, DJ Muggs, RZA….. to name a few.
@@CarlitoBTS 🤝
“Dear Adonis”
😭😭😭
oh damn we both got the same pfp and I was boutta type the same thing
@@pupuboyXXIV Crazy how that happens
That last quote in the video probably flew over so many ppls head. “I get emotional when i know its done” I felt that
One of the best producers of all time. everytime i see him making beats or discussing music its just amazing and so inspirational
really felt the soup analogy. that’s exactly what it’s like.
Love alchemist so much. Seeing him on tv with action was so good
Best producer of the early 2000s til now. These beats he’s made over the past couple years are the best, but he was even harder back then
The “limitations” just make me appreciate the art that’s given to us from guys like Al. Tribe, Dilla, Madlib, DOOM, etc. All of these artists had to create what they heard in their innermost minds with what they had access to. Don’t get me wrong, the modern technology is good with giving us what they had earlier and faster, but the want and desire to give the world what we think is deserving of hearing doesn’t feel like it’s there AS much as just the need for being noticed for it is.
I never knew Alchemist did that Gibbs joint…. One of my fav’s lately … Super Hard!!!!! And Freddie laced that joint.
He did the whole album. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Dude must be handicapped or sleeping under a rock
The Alfredo album is amazing. Thank for reminding me where I heard it from!
What is the name of the track?
Baby shit
My big brother showed me a video of Alchemist producing a beat with Araab Muzik ages ago. I was a little kid starving for new experiences and seeing Alchemist almost brought to tears by the beauty of the beat produced right in front of him changed me. Changed me forever man... for the better. Today I learned to see what Alchemist saw in that moment... i will forever be grateful for that. Love you Al
He explains his creative process so well
Super dope producer, super underrated. Made some of the dopest beats in HIP-HOP. I still listen to Return of the Mac. R.I.P to Prodigy. Nobody sounds better on a ALC beat then P DOUBLE.
No Producer in HIPHOP has ever been GREATER longer than this man...salute.
Honestly he has had a 20 year run or more. And never fell off.
priemer
Dr Dre x Premo
@@tLokonahhh
Alchemist better tbh @@tLoko
I come back to this video couple times a year. love hearing the master take us into his world
Al is on some crazy streak, living legend
Its always good to listen to the thought process of how these legendary Producers cook their beats up. You can always learn something new, no matter how long you have been doing it yourself.
As someone who loves making beats I almost cried listening how he articulates and how passionate he is about his craft. Especially when he spoke about how he knows when it’s done. Fucking Beautiful 🥹
If Alchemist ever reads this. I'd like to offer another perspective on what his friend said about feeling emotional when finishing a painting. And how that feeling is what let's him know he's done. What if you know something is done, your art, because it now evokes an emotion out of you. Emotional can be any emotion technically. Regardless, I feel like that line can hold many meanings. One being that if a piece is making you now feel happy when you consume that art, or maybe angry, or sad, or whatever... then isn't the art done? Isn't that the point of art? To evoke emotion? If he's emotional then he did his job. It's definitely an interesting perspective to have on art as you're making it, as the creator of it. Deep.
Please keep hip hop alive yall we can let this art form die it doesn’t have to be the best or better than the new wave but don’t ever let this die. It’s so many artist in this field so many producers and only you guys can keep them going. Please I beg you we living in a time where mainstream music is overpowering real authentic rap.
The alchemist hands down, is definitely one of the greatest producers
Great to see him not needing to constantly get faded on camera. More presence in his voice and life in his movements. Beautiful. ❤
Right!!!!!! This man looks like a recovering alcoholic in this video. But I remember back in my amateur producer days, watching videos of Alchemist and Araabmuzik going at it on the MPC.
I’d enjoy a session with this legend! I’d just sit, roll them up and watch this master at work!!
Definitely a genius and totally get the process as that's how I move now. 2-3 patterns of a beat then build on top of the foundation!
ALC the legend! It's crazy to watch him reveal some of his secrets like this
Loved hearing him play him & Freddie Gibbs - Baby $hit in this video for a brief second. Legendary!
Alchemist has been my favorite producer since Covert Coup wit Spitta in 2009! Classic
I’ve steadily been listening to 1st Infantry for the past 6 months while boxing. Never gets old. This dude is one of the reasons I make music today.
This Beat too Good ⛪️ Everything on Alfredo a Masterpiece Al Is really the BEST at this shit 🤲🏾
Do you know the beat name?
baby $hit
That was articulated so well! ✨🏁
Al a Goat for sure. Great to learn his process thanks
You can see Alchemist is a natural philosophical thinker and great at expressing his creative process.
dude is raw. man that larry June track you did is magic forever. all the best,
Al is my GOAT for real
Beat he dropped at 2:33 was Baby $hit-Freddie Gibbs
One of the most talented producers ever, his sound is absolutely unique
love to see a genius at work, you can see him thinking about the sounds and the samples and the tempo and how they can blend. the way his hands twitch before pressing things with precision. You can feel his energy and his readiness to make music. Respect to the Alchemist
I m at that point where I listen random songs from westside gunn,freddie,benny the butcher etc and I instantly recognize a alchemist beat
Loving the food analogies, a real chef cookin it up 👨🏼🍳
There are so many avenues of art and business of the people interviewed. The individual explaining their process would be so great for those who want to start what they do can give us an idea of what to aspire towards
Met him one time during SXSW around the time Prodigy came home from prison. We were watching Freddie Gibbs on stage. I asked him if him and P were working on new joints. He said they were. Good times.
so amazing to see somebody doing exactly what they love and being so successful with it. al is a legend
One of my favorites Producer The Alchemist ❤
Al’s a legend. Makes beats rhymes does it all. CA allday
Amazing. So intuitive. His insight into his process is delightful
Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😀😁👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺
1 of the Greatest To Ever Do It!!
Alchemist is one heck of an inspirational guy.
The greatest 🐐 Shout-out ALC for the gems.
@ideageneration Post an extended cut, I wanna spend a couple hours with Al in his studio!
Damn, that last bit. Gold. As a painter that's it, well said.
My favorite series on UA-cam.
'' how do you know when a beat is done? I Get emotional! '' Couldn't have said it any better.💯
I feel like I was searching for this video last week & here we have it😁 thanks
Al is a gift
Thank you @ideageneration this video has just given me the biggest 'a ha' moment about my own beats. My music will never sound the same. Just, thank you.
Just saw Al and Boldy at Smokers Club this year and damn was that exactly what I needed!
Between Al and Jake One they’re breakdown of samples is incredible.
Inspired so many, I can't speak for everybody but the reals appreciate it all. Dead ass.. . . Thank you.
holyshit that ending got me a lil emotional
describing finishing a beat as "the end of a relationship" is so magical
Seeing and hearing Alchemist make the beat to "Baby S**t" * (My favorite Freddie Gibbs song), man I just SCREAMED!!!
Watching the greatest of all time make this crazy ass beat for gibbs is incredible.
Al, Tim and Missy are the reason I do this
beautiful closing. love, Al !
Def greatest producer all time
Al is cold! Love his beats… Its always interesting to see how different producers cook
Alchemist is the reason I bought a maschine in 2010
We are watching HISTORY 💪🏾
so cool to hear exile shouted out
Exile is so underrated and overlooked
Love of beats.. always stays Bright. Thanks
This just gave me the spark I needed to start cooking up beats and posting again thanks og al
I'm enjoying every moment of this right now.-Zae/Mercedis
The Alchemist is a true artist of sound and soul moving vibe!
That’s dope af to see how he made that baby shit beat on the Freddie gibbs joint! That was one of the hardest songs on there
Mad Respect
This video is great, I love it, Alchemist talks about music at a higher level, sensations and art, and leaves aside the topic of gadgets, plugins and others...
Yo, that was a dope beat!
I LOVE THIS PROCESS !
Some great takeaways in this video. Amazing creative process!
Such an unassuming humble genius
It could watch ALC cookup all day. It's so interesting to see the way he approaches music.
That last piece of advice was perfect
what an honor watching this
Very grateful for the gems in this video, got me thinking of another way to approach my music. Much love!
wow the end is so good, thanks for this 🖤