The Alchemist making of "Key To The City" beat in the Lab (his studio) in New York city. The Alchemist's Cookbook EP OUT NOW www.myspace.com/thealchemist www.alchemistbeats.com
busted up laughin when he said, "thats straight therapy for me", gotta feel him on that, nothin better than being by yourself in a room full of sounds aranging them how u want and hearin it come along into something
J Dilla, ALC, Madlib, DOOM, Lord Finesse, DJ Muggs, RZA.... all dope ass producers that us samples... hip hop is it's purest when it's over a sampled beat. it gives it that soul
I wanna see that session with Nas on Book of Rhymes. If Nas actually bought a book, and if ALchemist was laughing when Nas kept stopping and getting mad at the lyrics.
That's exactly what I say, it does take a lot of talent to make a dope beat from scratch, but it also takes a lot of talent to find a sample, chop it correctly, get drums to fit, and so on.... One Love....
Brings me back to the summer nights of 08 riding through East Baltimore coming from my brothers house smoking a an L..... Just riding, bumpin my new shit!
I grew up listening to these guys. They were the hottest beat makers when we were in high school. I love that last beat man. Very nice before it got cut off
Exactly! The concept behind how he creates you'd never imagine how he came to the end result. You'd actually have to appreciate the art of hip-hop to understand it.
DjEM420 It's called "sampling". It's an art form, not plagiarism. Unless you just blatantly loop something without putting your own individual artistic spin on it (e.g. Puff Daddy).
THATS HARD WORK...HOURS OF SOUND STUDY.....ALL RESPECT DUE TO THE BEAT MAKERS......PIONEER EMCEE RC...FLOWIN NON STOP TO THESE BEASTY BEATS....ALCHEMIST ONE OF THE BEST......
Alchemist is one of the best Producers from up North they made a whole radio channel off his beats on GTA ChinaTown Wars. Homie is Dope has a real tight NY sound.
Love that ending... been listening to Stop Fronting for years. Was surprised how fast I recognized it... totally forgot the name. And they say that instrumental music can't be identified. People just don't get it.
You make an important point there sir. One of the first I've seen for a long while! It's all too easy to make songs with samples because it increases the chances of a technique called 'Serendipity' or a 'Happy Accident'. Where by an unintentional creative solution develops. Often revealing something you'd never think of doing yourself. The trouble is, it limits not only the sound of the song throughout, but also the control you have to shape the track. Genre often dictates this short-cut.
this sample came from the great Barry White. Alchemist chopped it up perfectly and made a classic called- Key to the city. Sean P used the track on his song called -This is us.
Exactly. I'd invite anyone who doesn't appreciate sampling to listen to the original sample then the beat of instrumentals by guys like Dilla and Pete Rock. Some of them are really hard to tell how they even flipped it.
I think it's just that Em maybe just doesn't connect his flow with Alchemist's style. Nothing wrong with that, doesn't mean anything negative about either one of them, they're a both great.
@okaydad true talk bro! Carry out the legacy in the form of "hip hop" it is because of hip hop i started listening and predicating old song for the 70's .....
DJ Premier and The Alchemist are my favorite producers. Hi Tek is up there too, Reflection Eternal gets better with every listen. Then there's Khrysis (who a lot of people don't know about), 9th Wonder, Kanye, Kut Masts Kurt, Sid Roams, Sha Money Xl, Pete Rock, DJ Lethal, ....i could go on...
@MurderToCassette I feel like some people sample and it adds to their musical ability and actually grow from the experience, for other it limit's their vision. It's usually easy to tell though when someone finds a sample and tries and make a good beat and someone who manipulates the sample until it becomes their own, much like in this video.
I def think so..I was saying that according to used pricing, where the difference in price between them is slim...If new, than yea the price diff is significant..mpc has: bigger screen, better trim mode, more dedicated buttons, better pads (my opinion), more pads, plus the JJOS, q link faders..basically too many upgrades over the 5 to list
