Marley Marl 'Classic Recipes' - Recreating Eric B. & Rakim 'Eric B. Is President' w/ Akai MPC
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Marley Marl is unquestionably one of the greatest producers and DJs in hip hop history. His influence and importance to hip hop are undeniable, and his innovative productions and pioneering use of sampling helped define the genre. Marley Marl has produced beats for some of the music's finest MCs including Big Daddy Kane, MC Shan, LL Cool J, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante, Kool G Rap, Nas, Rakim, and Masta Ace.
In the second installment of Marley Marl 'Classic Recipes,' he shows you how he produced "Eric B. Is President" in 1986, the debut single for legendary hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. Marl talks about meeting Rakim for the first time and discusses the collaborative process with Eric B. that would yield one of the most influential hip hop tracks ever. "Eric B. Is President" combines a bassline from Fonda Rae's bonafide 1982 club hit "Over Like a Fat Rat" and a beat from James Brown's 1974 hit "Funky President." Putting these two parts together was a bit tricky due to differences in tempo, but Marley resolved this problem by replaying the bassline with his trusty Casio CZ-101 keyboard instead of just sampling it.
In this video, Marley Marl recreates the entire track using his Akai MPC Renaissance to play a bass sound similar to the original, and using kick and snare samples from The Honey Drippers' track "Impeach The President." As always, Marley Marl drops priceless nuggets of wisdom and tips for young producers, including a beat programming technique he picked up from the original funky drummer Clyde Stubblefield and knowledge and words to live by from Rakim: "It ain't where you from, it's where you're at."
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Good to see Marley still doing his thing. I lived on the fourth floor and Marley lived on the second. I used to put my ear to living room wall and hear a lot of these classics being created. I finally got a chance to meet him through a friend of mine, and sat in many sessions with the juice crew. I will never forget this lifetime experience.
why did u guys stop classic recipes, this is amazing
Marley Marl, DJ Premier & Pete Rock = The three Kings of New York!
Thank god that first MC did not show up, imagine if Rakim never made that record...
Man I felt like I was watching a doctor perform open heart surgery. Marley Marl is a genius.
Hip hop wouldn't be where it is today without the early contributions of this legend. He let us know "I don't care what y'all gonna do, but it's gots to be funky!!!!!!"
Wow, Marley Marl recreating the classic cut Eric B. is President. This man is so humble and real to just be interviewed and share the secret ingredients to one of Hip Hop's biggest and best cuts. Thank you Marley...
The whole of the Great Britain loves you, Rakim, Eric B, James Brown and Mr Clyde stubberfield for this and many more classics!!! You have added so much to the culture, this rocked our jams and carnivals in 1986!!! God bless HipHOP!!! we will never stop.....Hijack Uk 1988 to 2013>>>>PEACE!!!!!!
"I did't get credit for producing it, but that's a gift that I just gave to Eric B to get his career moving." Now that's a gentleman.
This song changed everything. Should be in the Smithsonian
Classic music like this is timeless...ITS STILL ROCKS TODAY. I was in elementary when these songs came on....And I STILL LOVE IT TODAY... I LOVE THIS TYPE OF HIP HOP...
Clearly one of the dopest things on the internet..
These are just mind blowing to me. I grew up with these records, and believe me they took alot of finding in the uk. I learn't to scratch by listening to Marley, from Marley Scratch onwards.... Thanks so much for doin these :-)
He's giving y'all the science!!
"Limitations made us what we were." -- That was the truth for SO many different upcoming genres of music. It really made producers push the limits of what they could do and explore and try new things and really further the music. Great video!
I wish they made more of these
THE GREATEST EVER....THE GOD FATHER OF CREATION....MARLEY MARL
Marley Marl was my introduction to hip hop. He has my respect forever. Legend.
it'll be a cool to see a movie based off they career like the N.W.A movie
Eric. B and Rakim one of the great hip hop duos of all time!! Real Talk!!!