this took over 100 takes... I'm almost positive Dilla did this one on his MPC3000 LE because I literally didn't have enough pads to do the intro. RIP to J Dilla, one of the greatest producers of all time.
oh people are very aware as a matter of fact dont cry is the only dilla beat most people know its hilarious 😂 its a pretty mediocre beat compared to the rest of his catalogue and not even in the top of donuts you circlejerk people are very annoying 😴
@@Sarcasticallyinchargmaybe im wrong, but I dont really get why this should be hard. He has 4 different banks, each with 8 different sample chops, that means he just has to remember the sequence of the sample chops played
@@vcbf101honestly man, i’ve seen so much controversy over that. who knows if the book is true. In an interview the author said some things were interpreted and might not be true
The kicks and snares CAME WITH THE CHOPS.....DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING INSANE THAT IS....This is one of the greatest beats ever created. RIP JayDee
@@Fretlesswash thats ok. Basically its just like mini libraries of sounds. If you have 16 pads for example. Each pad holds one sound. So you have what is called banks which holds multiple libraries of 16 pad variations which you can switch between so you have access to more sounds if that makes sense?
Always been a fan of dilla but now that im learning more about the gear he used my first thought was "how the FUCK did he make beats like dont cry with the limitations of the 303?" and here you are bro. so inspiring, you and him, newfound love respect and appreciation for the artform after seeing this.
@RallyCar08 yea that was an urban legend that PBWolf & Egon debunked years ago. Most of donuts was done when Dilla first got to LA. The album was in its final mix stages by the time he was hospitalized
Anybody that knows the chops and how limited the SP303 is knows how incredibly difficult this is to accomplish.. this is dope af... this is one of the beats the made me question if Donuts was made with the 303 but this proved it was...🔥🔥🔥🔥
You were right the first time, if you have the chance, check out the book “Dilla Time”! The author clarifies JD produced all of donuts 🍩 n Pro Tools alone. Nevertheless, beautiful work recreating on the 303!! ☮️ 🌎 ❤️ 🌊 🍩
@@stillmaticz847i loved finding this out. it’s easy to worship the gear but the book really told a story of dilla constantly finding new technology, pushing it to its limits, and then looking for the next thing to master. he was not a purist about the gear
I've been DJing since 96, a sophomore in high school, and have been producing in the studio about half that time, and all I can say is wow. Your timing and focus is Lazer my dude holy f! Nicely done. For real!
I was just listening to don't cry and then I saw you dropped this! Very very impressive, Dilla would be proud you figured it out, especially on a 303. Rest in beats J Dilla.
@@Cats-Eye Yeah, the legend that he did all of Donuts with a 303 on his death bed is very exagerated. He did a lot the beats before his hospitalisation and he used Pro Tools a lot in the process. But I mean who cares? Still one of the best album I ever heard. And this cover is super good. Insane.
Read dilla time, the book. Donuts was made on pro tools on his laptop mostly. The book also opens up alot of the claims of dilla not using any quantization etc.
@@Cats-Eye wondering how that was even possible since as far as I know, on the 3000, you can only cut off 3 pads at a time. People worked around it with th enote off feature, but you would have to release a pad right when you hit the other one. A track like this would be really hard to do precisely quickly.
@47 Everything I read somewhere it’s 2 songs but I don’t believe that? One of them is definitely One for Ghost (on Ghostface’s Fishscale album) and another is definitely Stepson of the Clapper as that was a chopped up version of a beat he did for De La Soul (Verbal Clap)
I only watched this cause I was like “no way it’s gonna be good” honestly, but DAAAAMN BRO it’s fire, amazing skills, amazing recreation. REALLY fuckin impressive.
I’m back again. Clapping for you. I’ve learnt so much more from your videos than most sources . This is unbelievable I still need to count the amount of jumps from banks you do .
This doesn’t seem like how he would’ve made it. He probably had a sampler for the chopping and a whole separate drum layer. That’s the producer way right?
i get this video recommended to me so much and i watch it every time. I played it and then tabbed out to check something and forgot i played this and i thought that i started listening to spotify instead of a recreation. well done.
this is unbelievably crazy! im eagerly waiting more content, also your self-produced beats! i recently learned that dilla mostly used pro tools on donuts
Wow, got recommended this video and I honestly told myself "there's no way he can pull this off just as well". l have to say you definitely did, good shit!
To the naked eye it seems like a regular chop , to the producers & hip hop enthusiasts, This shit definitely takes skill to recreate as the tempo changes & the samples have different time signatures AND ITS OFF THE MUSCLE luckily I’m on FL where we get to cheat with chopping You have to have really-very precise ears to create something like this let alone recreate it cuz there’s no quantizing. Just your fingers & your girls word that you’re good with them Respects to you💯 LLJD🕊️
Just know I want to leave a like but seeing as I'm from the D and it's currently 313 likes I have to wait later, I can't press it on this fire just yet only because of that, this is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The most insane BTW is your name. I was dreaming about me on a mountain bike being lost and caught by the dark, trying to buy a Cateye light in a small German bikestore. At 1.27 a.m., I woke and checked my RU-vid, and Google presented me with this video, out of the blue. Either I must have talked in my sleep, or RU-vid's algo has gone psychic. I'm guessing on the former but the latter would be more cool. Even stranger is that I own both Dilla Time, and an SP404 mk2. And you made a uber great performance on that SP303 dude. Great way to go to sleep again with a smile on my face.
Great video! It's especially impressive that you did the 16 pad chop between banks. I've always wanted to get into re-creating beats. It reminds me of transcribing a solo when I was in jazz school.
