Vocal samples are from: Mos Def ft. Q-Tip - Body Rock Fat Joe & Big Pun ft. Nas - John Blaze Big C - Look Alive Raekwon - Criminology Angelis Davis Interview by Art Seigner Erykah Badu - On & On James Brown - Funky Drummer
@sandurz on the verge of death because he had to sit here and remake this pure off-rhythm trash (by contract) and his face throughout the video says it all. I see his brain sound wave files and their saying “I wonder if my MPC power cord is strong enough to hang out the window by my neck”
I highly recommend you watch the video "The INSANE Musical Math of DJ Premier and Mos Def" by the RU-vid Channel "Digging The Greats", if you have not seen it already. He lists all the samples used by Dj Premier. Great video. It was my introductions to your channel. I subscribed.
This kinda reminded me of that one Moment of Truth skit at the end of Royalty when Premier goes in on people using his name and snitchin on the records he samples hahahaha. Sandurz, you be violatin straight up and down!!
Now you got websites dedicated to sample snitching (who sampled). I think that does more harm than good for the producers, but the samples he used are no secret thanks to that site
Another great vid, thanks man. Premo's stuff is mindblowing, absolute genius. Is there any chance you could do either Keisha's Song by Kendrick Lamar, or Soda & Soap by Masta Ace please? 2 of my favourites of all time, would love to see you break them down!
Yo, man I love watching your videos, man they're great! I love learning about how producers get to make their songs. Could you do a beat by DOOM or Madlib (Or Madvillain)? That'd be dope!
i know its been along time but i found it.... vocaroo.com/i/s1BMch8XGnzY im still not able to place where it came from, but this is def the original audio. seems to me like its an old film or tv show, the audio has a faint bell ring and a siren in he back ground along with subtle footsteps (which could be the actors moving in the scene or the behind the camera people moving (common at that age of film making) )
I would have thought the most distinctive/noteworthy aspect of "mathematics" is how the original sample is kept at a different (slower) tempo to the beat.
No, the sample isn't from the end of the bar plus the beginning of the same bar, it's from the end of one bar and continues onto the next (at 0:10-0:11 in the sampled song)
Great !!! Just one more question on the touch the sky breakdown how were u able to get the audio in stereo u had one part with audio n the other without
King Armani for that specifically I used Ableton's Utility effect to mess with the channel balances and mute one or the other. I also use mono recording in Maschine and pick just the left or the right channel as the input. Few other ways to do it too!
Pretty good but i would say for the drums to put a lil more bass on the kick n on the snare while turning the snare a very slight semi-tone up n the hi-hats a little softer for sure but the melody is on point...you stay on it strong oh & off too Is amazing
You got the sample chops pretty much down (sometimes not as punchy) -- props! Drums aren't those primo drums --need more oomph and downsampling! Nice breakdown overall though
Thanks! Primo I do knowing the drums I won't ever quite nail but the chops he picks are always suuuch good examples of sampling and transforming rhythms from the original into something else.
Tracklib did a great job on finding all the samples, you can check it out if you are interested in finding out how the vocals chops were added to the hook section: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE---A_89lTuiA.html
