Flea has turned from a young and crazy talented man into a loving and sensitive gentlemen. His openness in expressing the impact of J-Dilla's music is moving (I could see Questlove watching this and crying as well). Add to the fact that after 30's years of being a highly successful musician he goes back to school to continue his growth. Unbelievably inspiring. My respect for Flea has no bounds.
Theres a video of him giving tips on the bass, and the most important tip, according to him is to take a compassionate approach to it, so the bass embraces the rest of the band. As a bassist myself I had never thought of it that way, but he's dead right. The bass is a support instrument, its like a stage for the other instruments to dance on. Wise words.
@@shayneoneill1506 You are being far too formulaic here. Different music requires different dynamics. In a lot of extreme metal the bass is only there to add a bottom to the other instruments (Slayer) and to lock in with the drums while with say MINGUS or Funk (see Bootsie Collins) the opposite is true with the bass being the melodic driver. I should know as I am a multi instrumentalist and composer myself. Some pieces written on keyboards, some acoustic guitar, some bass others Jams. Yes music first but the rules depend on what you want to do!
PJ I've found that out of most Hip-Hop fans it's a minority that fairly praise him, and the majority of those haven't heard his beat tapes, which is where his diversity, originality and skill is mostly found. Since a lot of his best work is unreleased and his discography has recently been cluttered with sub-par posthumous releases, no wonder he is under-appreciated. It's getting better recently because of high praise from artists like Flea, Dr. Dre and Kanye, because of them more people are starting to notice Dilla's genius instead of writing it off as dusty hipster music.
Pady bu Hm, yes, I maybe don't know how it is overall. I guess the hip hop I listen to is often people that knew him, like Q-tip, Questlove... and that's maybe why I think that - even though I often read comments on videos saying he's the best producer.
+Pady bu Flea was the guy who got me into J Dilla in 2011 and he totally changed the way I hear music. Since then I'm addicted and make my own music too. Thank you Flea
Not the biggest RHCP fan but I'm a huge fan of Flea talking about anything, especially music. He loves and lives music, just look at that JDilla bit. I wish this was an hour long
+Esteban Tevenal Listen to Donuts, The Pharcyde's album Labcabincalifornia, and other songs he's done like De La Soul's "Stakes Is High" or Common's album Like Water for Chocolate.
Man, Flea's love for Dilla just rips my heart to shreds. He's nearly crying just talking about how Jay Dee's music has such an immensely profound effect on him as a human being, it's beautiful. I personally dislike The Red Hot Chili Peppers but I love his stuff with Atoms for Peace. Besides, he is an incredibly gifted musician, listens to amazing music and overall seems like a bright, inspiring human being. Hats off to Flea, mad respect for the guy.
If you wanna hear more of that, eh... five years later... Flea wrote a self biography called Acid For the Children. This exists as an audio book, and every time he's coming up on something sad you hear his voice start to crack even before he tells the story. It's cute.
6:45 That is the power of music right there. I discovered the music of J Dilla through "What's In My Bag?" and actually just got "Ruff Draft" on vinyl - it is truly amazing. Thanks, Amoeba!
Thumbs up, bro....dig deeper. There's tons of really dope shit that he did...even moreso outside of what he did..and what he spawned. Props for doing your research....
I probably wouldn't have started listening to J Dilla if it wasn't for the numerous Ameoba videos of artist pulling his works up from their bag. I thank Ameoba for being the platform from which such information are shared :-)
----- Thanks for this Amoeba---- it's refreshing to see genuine human beings with such kind hearted souls in this era of extreme dumbed down narcissism---- thank you Flea and Amy Jo---- both a real class act---- keep rockin'----
I love Flea so much. I love how emotional he gets - how he gets it. He gets how powerful music is. Thanks Amoeba. I dig Amy-Jo Albany too. Great choices!
Flea tearing up over Dilla was a very cool genuine moment. One of the many awesome things about music is its ability to really make people feel an intense range of emotions when done well. And he's dead on about the greatness of "Kind of Blue."
This series will forever one of the greatest things on the internet. Such an intimate way of discovering new music and/or art in general through artists and creators we are inspired by. My sincerest thanks and kudos to Amoeba, truly.
Him getting emotional to jdilla was such a show of character one reason why he such a great person he deserves more recognition for him being one of the best on bass
Flea is a true artist/musician while I don't get the same thing out of the music he does I completely adore his connection to Dilla. I can completely relate to his welling up over music. There are records that move me tears. Thanks to Flea for Sharing that.
Not only I admire Flea as one of the greatests bassists but I like the way he is. Cristal clear, spontaneous, crazy in a cool way, not a poser and humble even though he's famous and so talented.
Amy-Jo's first pick, Georges Delarue, sealed it that this would be my favorite of these...and it is. Delarue's the greatest composer of the 20th Century that far too few have heard of. The rest of these picks are excellent too. Gargantuas are like super-Yeti I think...
These capsules are obviously about more than just music, they're about culture. I, myself, am ALWAYS hungry for more, and it's so nice to see all those artists who are still so into it too.. They sound like children sharing their treasures in front of a camera. No ego, lots of very interesting commentaries, and all those astounding surprises about their personal taste and roots. You won't find this level of cultural curiosity among the main stream performers, otherwise I don't think they could go on performing such crap. Anyways, take care everyone out there ! Long live music.
The way Flea is talking about J Dilla is amazing he really was the greatest hip hop producer ever lived, I wouldn't of thought he would of loved Dilla as much as he said, it's amazing how music can touch so many different people from all walks of life it's truely the most powerful gift on earth. J Dilla is one of the most inspirational musicians I've ever seen in my life creating Donuts litterally on his death bed was insane people said he was on the MPC so long he would get blisters on his fingers he was addicted had to create because he knew he didn't have long.
BEST Amoeba "What's in My Bag!" These two are incredible apart and together, their choices are interesting and inspiring, and King of Blue does not surprise me in the least as that choice for Flea, it is a thrilling and devastating and fantastic god-damned album. These two are adorable and I love them.
I must have watched this around 10 times now. They really complement each other, and Flea`s way of summing up how we all loved J Dilla is possibly the best reaction i have ever seen.
Just awesome and simply beautiful yo capture this much honesty from humans these days on camera no less 💟Thumps up RIP J DILLA & Bowie Greatness never dies thru music
J Dilla took sampling, something that is innately so insular and singular, and made it emotive and personal; somehow, someway he changed the game before it knew it needed changing
watching flea damn near cry talking about the great j dilla really gives you some perspective on the power of music and how godamn important it is to us as humans. that was amazing
OMG!!!! @8:16 When I was 6 years old my favorite movie was also "War Of The Gargantuas" for several years & I still enjoy watching it. I also loved all the Godzilla movies, Creature Double Feature & even "The Ghoul" who sort of hosted these monster movies and did goofy skits in between commercials, etc... Starting at the age of 4 and 5 in the years 1970 & 1971 my parents always let me stay up late and fall asleep on the couch every Friday & Saturday night as most of these movies usually did not start until 10:00PM-11:00PM and they usually played two movies back to back. My parents gave me the sobriquet "Night Owl" when I was 2 years old and to this day I am still usually awake until several hours after midnight. When I got older I used this late night time alone to teach myself how to play guitar. I still have such fond memories of watching movies such as "War Of The Gargantuas", Godzilla movies & any other monster type movie I could watch. Thanks for such a wonderful trip down memory lane. That is si cool that Amy-Jo Albany's favorite movie when she was a kid is also my favorite movie from that time period as well.
Flea being one of the greatest bass players of all time. Its beautiful that he listens to different types of music that would 've never knew he would be so into.
