One of the Most Revolutionary Beat Makers 

You think there are electronic producers who aren't classically trained or willing to try to try out these concepts? Edit: Don't reply to the bot below my comment, report

@@stereokuuji not at all; what I mean is that David bruce most likely made this video thinking that most of his audience is not familiar with J Dilla.

@@Daxxxter99 Ok fair point

While I agree with you Please remember that crafting a unique sound doesn't just come outta nowhere

I love Dilla...such an inspiration, but I almost never go for the Dilla style drums myself when making beats. Partially because it seems hard to nail it the way he did and it's so over saturated now

True but funding your own style comes from the process of tying to trace your inspiration first. You need a framework so it’s best to try to imitate first. Before J Dilla’s signature sound emerged, he was surely trying to master the Pete Rock sound in his basement first.

@@CurtisC685 totally agree I pulled from all my inspirations

@@peteypete1984 as far as Dilla's drum sound, I agree, but the element that his drums have which I do try to emulate is how real they sound, realer even than a live drummer somehow

Lofi is water down boom bap. I ve always felt that way

Facts shi is so annoying

most modern lofi hip hip sounds nothing like classic beats made in the 90s through early 2000s. it's hard to find new stuff that really has that old sound

Agreed. Early LoFi, when it was more boom bappish, did have somewhat of a Dillaesque feel. Unfortunately, especially a lot of the LoFi joints from the Chillhop label, the subgenre started getting real milquetoast and saccharine sounding and don't have that Hip Hop flavor anymore. I think a lot of folks who weren't Hip Hop connoisseurs in the first place had gotten into making LoFi and they don't have that Blues/Funk based groove style that gives Hip Hop flavor. I used to compare LoFi HH to Jazz Fusion in the beginning. These days I compare it to Smooth Jazz.

@@apexone5502I think it isn’t a matter of the artists becoming milquetoast, I think the samples are just more artificial. The use of real samples from actual vinyl jazz and dance tracks, as in live real bands, has been replaced by artificial digital sample packs that were never played by a human. People try to add some humanizing effects by programming midi, but that’s the key to “real hip hop”. It was a bunch of people who couldn’t afford or didn’t have the skill to play an instrument, so they jacked real performances. That is the only reason it sounds “authentic” because its pulled from a real human jam session. Modern Lofi is mainly digital recreations of a hypothetical jam which never actually happened.