In The Studio: The Alchemist | Finding The Right Sample and Producing a Great Song | IDEA GENERATION
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The Alchemist takes us into his studio for an in-depth look at his production style and beat-making process. The legendary producer takes us through the steps of finding a sample, building an idea, and constructing a beat.
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Those last lines “how do you know when its done” “i get emotional” and the way Al explains it might just be the realest shit I’ve ever heard… literal goosebumps..
@DawwgHouse
6 ай бұрын
Lowkey got teary eyed when he said that
@thekidflames
5 ай бұрын
That was it. 100%. If the art doesn’t take you on an emotional journey, what’s the point at all?
Can see in his face dude found it challenging to reveal his process like this. Thank you for sharing Al, mans leaving a legacy behind for sure.
@SergioMartinez-el8kg
Жыл бұрын
he revealed a shit load of gems on that aulart series
@ChaosBeforeOrder
Жыл бұрын
@@SergioMartinez-el8kg is it still available
@THEINFAMOUS1011
Жыл бұрын
Covid helped too. During the pandemic was the only time I see Alc semi regularly on IG live in the studio.
@SergioMartinez-el8kg
Жыл бұрын
@@ChaosBeforeOrder they asking for 80$ but aulart is a scam
@cristobalbalenciaga7295
11 ай бұрын
He revealed mad shit on his ig live
“Dear Adonis”
@juliusabia811
5 күн бұрын
😭😭😭
"baby $hit" beat!
@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL
Жыл бұрын
you know!
@fatlann
Жыл бұрын
my favorite
@bigdeuce214
Жыл бұрын
Yo that Alfredo album has to go down as some of the best production I’ve ever heard from Uncle AL 💯
@Danzak
Жыл бұрын
Anyone else feel like Baby Shit and Space Rabbit are their Christmas songs?
@user-of6jv7rk7s
Жыл бұрын
That song is one of those beats that are just so cerebral and zoning/focusing. I had it on repeat for like a few hours the other day just cleaning the crib / planning next few weeks out. Relaxing. Incredible vibe.
Al a genius. Love hearing him explain his thought process, he makes it so visual
@SPCMTTRS
Жыл бұрын
I definitely feel the same way about the way he shares the information. The guy lives his music.
@marcelobzrv2962
Жыл бұрын
The soup analogy was clever. I bet could describ colors to a blind man.
@Bati_
Жыл бұрын
Everytime people type "AI" I interpret it as artificial intelligence...
@thatsit5049
Жыл бұрын
That soup stuff
what he said at the end is real. the emotion being like the end of a relationship. he captured the feeling.
@YallahYah
Жыл бұрын
Facts!
@DynastyLuminous46
Жыл бұрын
Finishing lyrics to a beat always feels like a mix of glee and emptiness to me.
One of my favorite producers of all time. Please keep this series going!
@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL
Жыл бұрын
more on the way!
Man I heard Madlib once say you don’t need all this fancy hardware Then I hear Al say well when you use a DAW you can line everything up perfectly(Quantize) I love the part when he said you know when you get emotional. I’ve heard him say you can’t overcook a meal. So once I laid down what I laid down and it made me feel happy and I’ve learned from the experience. I walk away. The beat is done. I constant play this is my head to make sure I try to keep it raw, simple and as human as possible. That is my mission statement.
@yOGlo
Жыл бұрын
💯
Baby $hit...so tight how he puts it altogether 🤘🏻
Dude truly is an Alchemist of sound. So awesome to see this cat grow over the years. By far one of my top 3 producers.
@danteerskine7678
Жыл бұрын
Dj premier and the Alchemist are the greatest. He took a Samuel Jonathan Johnson track and turned it into "we gonna make it" with Jadakiss and Styles P. Win or lose is another sick track with mobb deep.
@BeatBoySupreme
10 ай бұрын
Word up! kzread.info/head/UULFmaglqNF3nMOQu8Uz4XIWwQ
This is just eye candy, producers aren't spoken to enough !!
@FourzEllGaming
Жыл бұрын
Ear candy
@davido3109
4 ай бұрын
@@FourzEllGaming eargasmzs...
Getting the snares immediately after picking out the sample to get a feel for the tempo, a structure, sounds like a good idea I should use when sampling for my beats.
Wish this was longer. Al is a GOAT. I could listen to him go through his process all day
@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL
Жыл бұрын
🐐🐐🐐
@PSOULONTHETRACK
Жыл бұрын
He has a masterclass available through Aulart where he covers his entire process. Just came out recently. 💎
Please, more videos like this. And more videos with Al! He is a living legend!
@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL
Жыл бұрын
more on the way!
@deletdis6173
Жыл бұрын
@@IDEAGENERATIONOFFICIAL da man
@BeatBoySupreme
10 ай бұрын
Here you go! Homage to The Alchemist: kzread.info/head/UULFmaglqNF3nMOQu8Uz4XIWwQ
@buraipk
6 ай бұрын
Dont call me a legend
Al look like the coolest dude ever. Him and Madlib are my favorites. Legends at what they do and we should showcase them to the world for being prodigies, pioneers, and pushers of this amazing love affair with music and hip hop. Love it.
No Producer in HIPHOP has ever been GREATER longer than this man...salute.
@ashconbeats8414
Жыл бұрын
Honestly he has had a 20 year run or more. And never fell off.
@AreamtheGreat
Жыл бұрын
priemer
@TLOKO
Жыл бұрын
Dr Dre x Premo
@nbafinest2775
8 ай бұрын
@@TLOKOnahhh
@kongcrete8185
5 ай бұрын
Alchemist better tbh @@TLOKO
Could listen to Alchemist explain his processes all day, inspired by this genius and his sonics.
I never knew Alchemist did that Gibbs joint…. One of my fav’s lately … Super Hard!!!!! And Freddie laced that joint.
@jjbing3
Жыл бұрын
He did the whole album. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@whodemclan
Жыл бұрын
Dude must be handicapped or sleeping under a rock
@Renasense
Жыл бұрын
The Alfredo album is amazing. Thank for reminding me where I heard it from!
@FourzEllGaming
Жыл бұрын
What is the name of the track?
@mattxfischer
Жыл бұрын
Baby shit
Who's coming back here after Meet The Grahams?
My big brother showed me a video of Alchemist producing a beat with Araab Muzik ages ago. I was a little kid starving for new experiences and seeing Alchemist almost brought to tears by the beauty of the beat produced right in front of him changed me. Changed me forever man... for the better. Today I learned to see what Alchemist saw in that moment... i will forever be grateful for that. Love you Al
That last line about how to know when it's done is one of the greatest life changing things I've ever heard in my life
I've never seen anyone simplify beat making so well. Top 5 hip hop producers of all time
I m at that point where I listen random songs from westside gunn,freddie,benny the butcher etc and I instantly recognize a alchemist beat
Alchemist has been my favorite producer since Covert Coup wit Spitta in 2009! Classic
The “limitations” just make me appreciate the art that’s given to us from guys like Al. Tribe, Dilla, Madlib, DOOM, etc. All of these artists had to create what they heard in their innermost minds with what they had access to. Don’t get me wrong, the modern technology is good with giving us what they had earlier and faster, but the want and desire to give the world what we think is deserving of hearing doesn’t feel like it’s there AS much as just the need for being noticed for it is.
Al is a deep dude. Aside from his musical genius thats one specia human you can tell.
That last quote in the video probably flew over so many ppls head. “I get emotional when i know its done” I felt that
really felt the soup analogy. that’s exactly what it’s like.
This Beat too Good ⛪️ Everything on Alfredo a Masterpiece Al Is really the BEST at this shit 🤲🏾
@FourzEllGaming
Жыл бұрын
Do you know the beat name?
@Nismoan
Жыл бұрын
baby $hit
This man is literally a fucking legend
He explains his creative process so well
This man is a legend. The way he sees his beats. At one point of my life he was my favorite producer.. So inspirational. I learned a trick or two from him back then. The way he used to listen to his beats through a boombox as a reference. On point man for real!!
@THEINFAMOUS1011
Жыл бұрын
“At one point..”????
@CarlitoBTS
Жыл бұрын
@@THEINFAMOUS1011 yes. Then I had a different favorite producer at another point. There was a favorite producer before him.
@THEINFAMOUS1011
Жыл бұрын
@@CarlitoBTS who?🤔🤔🤔
@CarlitoBTS
Жыл бұрын
@@THEINFAMOUS1011 Havoc, DJ Muggs, RZA….. to name a few.
@THEINFAMOUS1011
Жыл бұрын
@@CarlitoBTS 🤝
Love alchemist so much. Seeing him on tv with action was so good
Super dope producer, super underrated. Made some of the dopest beats in HIP-HOP. I still listen to Return of the Mac. R.I.P to Prodigy. Nobody sounds better on a ALC beat then P DOUBLE.
Met him one time during SXSW around the time Prodigy came home from prison. We were watching Freddie Gibbs on stage. I asked him if him and P were working on new joints. He said they were. Good times.
Al is on some crazy streak, living legend
so cool to hear exile shouted out
@Appetitebeats487
Жыл бұрын
Exile is so underrated and overlooked
Al is my GOAT for real
@ideageneration Post an extended cut, I wanna spend a couple hours with Al in his studio!
Crazy how the beat he showed turned into Freddie Gibbs - Baby Shit
That part about when the beats finished really resonated…it’s so true
Al, Tim and Missy are the reason I do this
The greatest 🐐 Shout-out ALC for the gems.
Loved hearing him play him & Freddie Gibbs - Baby $hit in this video for a brief second. Legendary!
I’d enjoy a session with this legend! I’d just sit, roll them up and watch this master at work!!
It’s really that simple Ain’t nobody fucking with me and uncle AL- Benny
One of my favorites Producer The Alchemist ❤
Seeing and hearing Alchemist make the beat to "Baby S**t" * (My favorite Freddie Gibbs song), man I just SCREAMED!!!
One of the best producers of all time. everytime i see him making beats or discussing music its just amazing and so inspirational
The Food Villain mixing a mystery salad 🥗
I love that these guys have all stayed with hardware. No mouse clicking. Click a kick here snare there. Thenba hi hat 16th notes. Then grab a midi pack some chord progressions. Then grab some bell samples from splice. Loved it. Real beat making.
@ukjamaican4488
Жыл бұрын
That sounded pretentious AF there’s no “real beat making” or fake beat making for that matter. An actual band that plays instruments could call what Alchemist does, “fake beat making”. What’s the difference between clicking a mouse and hitting a rubber pad? The end result of both methods is a beat
@commonsense5188
Жыл бұрын
@@ukjamaican4488 I agree. It's that wanna be "purist" mindset. Makes people feel special and superior. Funny enough, they can't see their own hypocrisy staring right back at them.
@abusumayah9540
Жыл бұрын
This.
@avidreader6534
4 ай бұрын
@@ukjamaican4488 exactly
ALC the legend! It's crazy to watch him reveal some of his secrets like this
Alchemist is one heck of an inspirational guy.
Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😀😁👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺
Definitely a genius and totally get the process as that's how I move now. 2-3 patterns of a beat then build on top of the foundation!
Al a Goat for sure. Great to learn his process thanks
We are watching HISTORY 💪🏾
'' how do you know when a beat is done? I Get emotional! '' Couldn't have said it any better.💯
dude is raw. man that larry June track you did is magic forever. all the best,
Al is a gift
Great to see him not needing to constantly get faded on camera. More presence in his voice and life in his movements. Beautiful. ❤
@streetwearjimmy
8 ай бұрын
Right!!!!!! This man looks like a recovering alcoholic in this video. But I remember back in my amateur producer days, watching videos of Alchemist and Araabmuzik going at it on the MPC.
Love hearing him shout out Exile
Saw the thumbnail and thought it was Walter White
Please keep hip hop alive yall we can let this art form die it doesn’t have to be the best or better than the new wave but don’t ever let this die. It’s so many artist in this field so many producers and only you guys can keep them going. Please I beg you we living in a time where mainstream music is overpowering real authentic rap.
S/O to Blu & Exile. go see them. they are on tour RN
had to skip ahead to make sure this wasnt another troll like his rhythm roulette 😂
Damn, that last bit. Gold. As a painter that's it, well said.
That’s dope af to see how he made that baby shit beat on the Freddie gibbs joint! That was one of the hardest songs on there
I come back to this video couple times a year. love hearing the master take us into his world
I’ve steadily been listening to 1st Infantry for the past 6 months while boxing. Never gets old. This dude is one of the reasons I make music today.
That's the beat for Baby Shit🥲🫀
Al’s a legend. Makes beats rhymes does it all. CA allday
Def greatest producer all time
so amazing to see somebody doing exactly what they love and being so successful with it. al is a legend
Amazing. So intuitive. His insight into his process is delightful
Baby Sh!t and Thowy's Revenge had to be made on same day. Love both tracks.
love to see a genius at work, you can see him thinking about the sounds and the samples and the tempo and how they can blend. the way his hands twitch before pressing things with precision. You can feel his energy and his readiness to make music. Respect to the Alchemist
There are so many avenues of art and business of the people interviewed. The individual explaining their process would be so great for those who want to start what they do can give us an idea of what to aspire towards
Just saw Al and Boldy at Smokers Club this year and damn was that exactly what I needed! Between Al and Jake One they’re breakdown of samples is incredible.
“I get emotional.” Nah fr. 💯🔥
Beat he dropped at 2:33 was Baby $hit-Freddie Gibbs
Very grateful for the gems in this video, got me thinking of another way to approach my music. Much love!
Its always good to listen to the thought process of how these legendary Producers cook their beats up. You can always learn something new, no matter how long you have been doing it yourself.
2 hard as fuck food analogies
That was articulated so well! ✨🏁
Mad Respect
Love of beats.. always stays Bright. Thanks
Such an unassuming humble genius
I can’t believe I just saw him show my favorite beat from Alfredo
One of the most talented producers ever, his sound is absolutely unique
Thank you @ideageneration this video has just given me the biggest 'a ha' moment about my own beats. My music will never sound the same. Just, thank you.
Loving the food analogies, a real chef cookin it up 👨🏼🍳
ALC - the legend
Inspired so many, I can't speak for everybody but the reals appreciate it all. Dead ass.. . . Thank you.
Freddie Gibbs now used the beat on his last album
Al is cold! Love his beats… Its always interesting to see how different producers cook
But also emotional because it's a beautiful piece of art/beat
This just gave me the spark I needed to start cooking up beats and posting again thanks og al
Wish this was longer. Alc is legend man
Watching the greatest of all time make this crazy ass beat for gibbs is incredible.