What I Learned from Knxwledge (5 Techniques!) 

Phenomenal. Best I ever seen in 5 years for a tutorial. The passion is evident ❤

Knxlg makes beats like he’s evolving Pokémons

Great tutorial. It’s 2 am I just turned off the computer and laid it down, about to go turn that shit back on and cook up some more

If u close your eyes and listen this guy sounds like Donald Glover lol

One of the best hip hop tutorials I have ever seen 😮

Almost sounds like cartoons and cereal … Nasty Work ! 🔥🔥🔥 very knx-like

dope tutorial! you tapped into something i had heard knx say during a beat review on his twitch, which was "Y'all need to let y'all beats breathe more". Having those gaps where there's no sample and just drums or just a vocal chop creates that anticipation for when it comes back in. Another thing i've learned from remaking knx's stuff is that his drums a're usually on the grid except the hi hats are usually a bit delayed. A great deal of what we assume is drum swing is how his drums mesh with the sample. On "Suede", you can hear how the first few bars are on beat but then the timestretched Gil Scott Heron sample falls off time and gives a feel that wouldn't be there if the sample was quantized to fit the loop. so[rt] has an interesting pocket because of the delayed hats but also because the sample is in 6/4 and knx found a perfect place to sample and just let it play while he added drums.

dope video my guy 😮‍💨 just one more technique that I think is super underrated and it's used in a lot of knxwledge beats, it's a really suttle sidechain on the kick onto the overall track, it makes the song more wavy and dynamic

Yo that third section hits different Ik the sample and can't figure out what you did to make those sax melodies hit so hard. Big respect

that advice to use an EQ on the main is so simple but I love it, thank you. advancing the culture fr

you are insane for this

high quality content right here. props for getting that real knx sound. part 3 would be awesome.

Hands down the best Knx video on the platform. Really like what you do. Stay happy brother!

Dope my guy, thanks

great to have you back!

Great video dude, keep it up man, respect!

Wow... amazing!😯 You're really talented bro. Thank you so so much for putting this in depth tutorial out for free! I got so bored of making trap to the point I got bored of making beats at all. But most hip-hop tutorials I come across are all about making trap. So it's really refreshing to see content like this. It gave me new energy, I really feel like making beats and trying out experimental stuff again.

Another thing to note is that knxwledge uses rbass on tbe master which is a bass emulation plugin, and i think probably one of the main key points to making a warm mix

this is the best knx tutorial hands down. need more of this 🙏

Dope upload. Thanks for sharing the knowledge 😅

These techniques are incredible, you got this down to a science!!!

This is awesome dude, really enjoyed it💪

I heard those kick rolls and immediately though... oh thats that jersey flavor. Look up Knxwledge on wikipedia and sure enough he was born in New Jersey. I bet he had some of that NJ Club sound leak in there.

Love this shit keep it up. You can tell you’re a very passionate guy from the get

super soulful and groovy tutorial 💯

hey man! great video, i loved it and loved your mentality as well. my only suggestion would be to maybe move the mic or compress it a little bit because when you speak and move your head it gets a lot quieter and i had to turn up the volume to hear you but when you played the beat i had to turn it down again. thank you for this video again, hope to see more from you!

Probably the best knx vid I’ve seen, really makes his complex style of production rlly simple. Can’t wait for Nxworries, good luck out to you man 🙏

thank you for spreading knowledge about knxwledge

Great video. Knx has inspired me since 2019. I really needed a tutorial like this. U the goat

THANK YOU HOLY SHIT! I really need to simplify what Im doing. Im always scared to put stuff on the master, usually relying on putting a bunch of effects on individual tracks. I never thought about the mastering process too much.

fyah bro! ❤

this gave me a lot if ideas to play with, appreciate this video a lot

Yesssss been missing u bro !! Love ur content and info .. feel like I can have these convos with u for hours .. lol

you nice, the beat gave me chills. you got a new sub

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This video is incredible

Fire vid broda!!

incredible vid, instant sub

Plz do part 3!!!!🔥🔥🔥

New viewer, digging your channel, digging this video

Tight🔥

This is awesome. Wish I could give the video more thumbs up. One is not enough

awesome vid! Needs more views

This beat tough and the tips 😮‍💨

The eq rip was elite.

Love the flip and the sample is dope I swear I flipped it before 😅

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Fireeee

Beat is 🥶.

Amazing tutorial bro 💪🫡

Kick rolls and 808 rolls are actually pretty common in trap. It's for sure pretty unusual in boom bap-ish stuff, though.

I would love to see your take on an Alchemist beat. especially his later more abstract rap stuff

ayyy thats my vocal sample in intro beat

ive been making beats like this for years & i love knxwledge but timeline wise i would say I was heavily influenced by dilla, exile, alchemist + AFTA 1 to get this sound.

Dope Video and Beat! One thing I‘m confused with is you showing significant High-Boost on the master but then saying „cut some Highs to get that warm sound“ 🤔

amazing tutorial my guy... also you kinda look like LeVar Burton from reading rainbow and star trek 😂😂

So I’m a big student to the game, but I have NO prior knowledge of music theory, nor have the resources to go out and learn. I know there ain’t no excuse, but do I need all that to start my own beats? Like yourself, I take every producer, listen & grab stuff here & there. RU-vid became my school of production & music theory, I be winging it lol. All said & done , masterclass of an explanation with these tips bro, really shed me light

Nice! Do you have a mixing/mastering course?

ur a goated for using fruity loops for this sort of music, thank u, FL gang

This is a great beat! I will say: on the mixing... Look into gain staging. You should be normalizing quiet signals like those before running them through plugins. Youll have waaaay better final production quality. Plus, you dont have to turn your system all the way up when making your beat. Seriously dope beat though.

awesome

Sounding like Iman Omari lol, nice!

Serato is a game changer

bro spillin the lupin ost sauce

sidechain your kicks to your sample !!!

Bruh you gotta be related to Neil 'de-gir-hy' Tyson because Ima keep going back to this when I'm trying to make beats. Thank you for this.

The drum stuff is classic timbaland influence

great video, i've been searching for the name of the beat in the intro, can someone name it please, the one with the flute thing, i'd really appreciate it

I didn't know he chopped samples first lol. All my buddies do their drums first. I also chop my samples first and find the pocket for the drums.

The chop and beat are chill, but if you’re going for something like that, you need more swing in the beat! Gotta get off the grid

How did you eq the sample? Dope video!

It seems like Knx uses some sort of gate effect for his vocals ‘fading in and out’ his tracks organically.

Too much Gems on here

how did u craft ur bass line? Or did u just use the bassline from the sample?

What did u put on kick + did u use drum bus

use a different kick in the kickroll for the setup

As producers we gotta stop making videos on how to sound like other producers. Be you King. Express your own voice. Respectfully.

Stalley had this sample