The point about noobs overdoing the sloppiness of the drums is spot on. I've seen so many tutorials on how to make dilla drum patterns and people take the "no quantize" theory too literally. It's fine to have a few elements that are out of time as long as there is a consistent element to the drum loop to carry everything in a cohesive manner.

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Exaaactly, everything is chained together in their own pockets, or sharing pockets with other sounds, not totally random 🏄‍♂️

dude is the CEO of uknowhamsayn

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

I know it's getting out of hand 😂

@djbloodshot

Жыл бұрын

J-rocc will always be the CEO

as an old guy who really loves a simple beat i really dig Dilla's way of letting things get wonky without losing the purity of the groove....i mean it's STILL ALL ABOUT the groove. it just came to him....and before him...and then after him.

His choice of drums to suit the patterns he makes are just as important as the patterns alone Also some of these songs are played live (African rhythms, think twice, bossa nova), and the clapper is produced by karriem riggins

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Yeah

If you’re a proficient drummer or musician, especially in the hip-hop/jazz/funk realm, then you’d understand what Dilla is doing. Drummers like Questlove, Chris Dave, Ronald Bruner, and whoever plays for Robert Glasper have taken Dilla’s ideologies into insane heights! But on the producer end, it takes that understanding as well as the right patches and samples (as some have already mentioned) and applying them nicely on a MPC or whatever tool used.

Can't believe this video exists. Incredible tribute to Dilla, man! Thanks.

Came here after finishing Dilla Time. FanFuckinTastic vid.

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

Really great video - as always - super informative. Thank you 🙏

I appreciate your attention to detail man. It's so rare to get a good analysis of dillas time, this was really solid tho. One joint I never could figure out is the Colors of You beat. The pocket on the third bar when those two kicks hit on the bassline, it's just beyond me. I feel like it's just the swing of the whole 4 bar loop coalescing at that one point in the third bar.

I’m with you. I definitely feel like people over. Analyze his production. Just make a beat. That sounds good.

one of the most honest opinions of Dilla and how he did things. I also agree that people tend to over analyze his stuff and I believe people tend to do the more easily after people have passed away as that person is no longer here to explain things themseleves. I will be the first to admint that when Dilla first came on the scene, i didn't know who he was and had never seen him personally but I know he messed with a lot of the artist that I had grown up listening to (Tribe, Badu, Common) and I knew the sound was dope and it was different BUT I never looked at him being THAT much greater than those I had been listening too at the time, ie, Pete Rock, Large pro, Tip, etc. What I did and could tell was that they had an influence on him. Years later, I'm talking 20+ years later once I really started to see interviews of him, he confirmed their influence and so did they (Pete & Q-Tip specifically). From a production stand point, I agree that i believe he did what he felt and what sounded go! I believe that's what most of us as producers do!

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@Biber_41

10 ай бұрын

You should read about the Ummah to understand. Because you are wrong…totally :) they copied him. Not the opposite. He didn’t worked with him, they worked for him. One expection: Erikah Baduh. Of course everyone feels his music, that’s just basic. The secret is the swings that conquer against each other and the fact that Dilla was the first and long time the only one who could Programm the machine like that. Nobody could, except him. He was a true pioneer of sound and still some of his secrets remain secret. He established a lot of music you hear today and even the whole modern Beat feel you hear arround is based on his inventions. Remember we are talking about the early mid 90s man. This beats are banging and from „a producers view“ you cannot beat the Kick on Pharcydes Running.

Thanks for this! it helps a great deal in my production.

Epic breakdowns 🙏🔥🙏 Thanks for sharings. Shook it down irl before Shake it Down…..noice.

Welcome to Destroit is my fave too. Thanks for the vid.

Bro great vid for sure post more of this type of stuff

I’m just at the intro and the fact that you tell people to stop putting Dilla on a pedestal… I love it. 🙌🏾 I hate people over analyzing the sh*t out of his beats! 🙄

@79Glitch

5 ай бұрын

People put him on a pedestal because he’s the greatest beat maker/hip hop producer of all time; he’s not saying don’t him on a pedestal. On the contrary, Dilla is the only beat maker who literally changed the way top musicians all over the world play their drums and instruments, as opposed to the other way around. You can literally go to any prestigious music school on the world, and they will teach you about Dilla, and you will be required to learn how to play with the loose Dilla feel. “Dilla” is even an adjective for high level musicians everywhere, especially in jazz circles. That’s why we put him on a pedestal, and that says nothing of him inspiring/creating the neo-soul movement, producing some of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time for legendary artists, or his collection of solo beat work that was famously documented on his “beat tape” cds. But idiots from the outside, who weren’t even listening to Dilla when he was alive, like to get pedantic, and they think they have “discovered” something, so they have to share it with everyone, as if they’ve cracked the code. So dumb. I agree with you on that.

This is fascinating - please do more like this - Fantastic Vol 2 for example - but this approach of going beat by beat and breaking them down really helps to enjoy the music. You could even go deeper still - analyzing the kick & snare and comparing to other beats - more like this! Thank you!

Cant wait tow atcht his whole video watched the first 7 minutes thanks Blezz

great video, thank you !

I appreciate this!!

very cool video.

Please make more of these.

I like these kind of videos.

Pretty sure “think twice” has zero samples. It has several live instrument players in it. There’s few articles about it. Dwele talks about it

My Fav Too , Good Choice!

Need another one of these.

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

One song? Many songs? Specific album?

@SFTbeats

Жыл бұрын

@@BlezzBeats Fantastic Vol II suuuurely

I am an American dude with an American accent and I gonna start pronouncing “Abelton Live" the way you do cause you sound cool. 2:46

@BlezzBeats

11 ай бұрын

😂💜👊🏻

Good tips here and personality here. "Know wha um say?".

Okay, I'm on my 4th time through this - this is fantastic - more more more just like this. Also, I've got the name for your next album: YouknowwhatImsay? But find some cool way to format it - that's some slick swedish slang! I can't stop saying it now. U No What I'm Say? It's a hook! Ah! You've got it in the description U'knoimsay? - Yeah - that's the title

@BlezzBeats

11 ай бұрын

Hahah thanks for the idea and I'm happy you like the video bro

Dope shit do a Nottz raw break down vid love to see that

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Top 3 fav hip hop producer for me

I agree with your theory

Bro I have the ultraviolet maschine+ s61 setup seeing u with it made me excited i fucking love this setup its genius

What crazy the first part I did today making a beat and where it sounded like it had to much space and off beat I just added fx to fill in the space and it sound straight after but I like recording the beat and playing rather then filling it all in by laptop

Nerd! I love it.

~äblētœn lïvê~

dangeruz🔥

Trodde hela tiden att du var från England, men så visar det sig att du är från Sverige. Började kolla dina videos när jag skaffade mig en Maschine Mk3 för att lära mig den ordentligt. Tänkte att här är en skön brittisk snubbe som har en massa matnyttigt ingormstion, men så var du fan mig från Sverige

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Hahah shu bror!

Very interesting and detailed video. Great work. Out of interest, how did you work this out? Is it by dragging his tracks in to your daw and seeing where the drums hit and then making midi notes in their place?

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

There's a function to extract drums to midi in ableton live, but iy misinterprets sh pretty bad so what i did was use that first and then adjust all the hits

@GuidanceMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@BlezzBeats Interesting. Good work homie big up's

@kevinmoore4237

11 ай бұрын

@@BlezzBeats To produce the Ableton projects we see on the screen, did you start by making AI stems before extracting them to midi with Ableton Live? Let's say wehave just the released Welcome 2 Detroit track. What are the steps we would have to go through to create the type of environment you're showing us where the whole drum groove is visible? This approach and the way you explain it makes this video *by far* the deepest and most useful of the many videos that try to explain J Dilla's beats. Thank you so much for providing this!

💯

@paulbonnelame8638

6 ай бұрын

Say Werd!...say Werd!!.....💯

Definitely liked this album better than Donuts

This ones for the "J dilla/Madlib type beat" dudes 🤣good video tho for sure

You’re exactly right . Everybody is trying to extract some secret code when all he’s doing is just jamming unquantized . It’s his natural rhythm .

Hi,what bass vst sound you use on this video?

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

I think it was the Rickenbacker

I want the ruff draft (dilla’s mix) !!!! Pleaseee I need it hehehe

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that would probably be my second go-to!

Tip, if you’re making let’s say an 8 bar drum groove. You could just record it in. I think it’s more dynamic to start with a minimum 2 bar loop and you edit each chunk with little fills and what not. That is if you want a more consistent “loose” groove.

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a solid approach! Depending on how tight you are, you can even go down to 1 bar. At that point you can almost be as loose as you want, with 2 you need some sense of rhythm :D

@_boof

Жыл бұрын

@@BlezzBeats Atleast you’re picking up what I’m putting down. Keep doing your thing!

I'm curious where you're from. Interesting video

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Sweden! Are you Irish? Thx man!

@irishmossdubwise

Жыл бұрын

@@BlezzBeats irish american. Lil swedish in there too

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

@@irishmossdubwise 👊🏻❤

I'd like to play with those midi files

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Posted em to the Patreon!

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

(free)

Are these drum loops/midi etc available?

@BlezzBeats

5 ай бұрын

No unfortunately not I just made them when I made the video, I think the drum samples are from my Dangeruz sample pack though. Send me an email at contact@blezzbeats.com I’ll see if I can find the project and dig out the midi.

yNumSay

you are the coolest mfer on youtube

@BlezzBeats

6 ай бұрын

💜💜💜

Plz do Donuts

Where you from ? That younamasay twang I can't put my finger on lol

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

La suede mon frere

speaks in a mid atlantic accent for 2 and a half minutes in as obnoixous a tone as possible then; "don't be mad" looool

@BlezzBeats

Жыл бұрын

Loool

off beat =/= off grid... FFS