This is what made 90's hip hop beats different

I'll try to keep up with this and get into some more soon, thanks for the engagement.

Engineers the unsung heroes of 90s hiphop

Considering your background and work experience, I really appreciate your time breaking all this down. In light of all these video's that attempt to demonstrate Dillas' technique. One thing almost none of them mention is the most important thing but you said it, "You dont have Dillas' ear" I salute you for that alone!

Thanks for the reminder of how special the 90s were in Hip-Hop. Creativity was at an amazing peak for producers back then.

I have the mpc live 2. It does so many things that don’t interest me but it does one thing I love and that is chopping music into beats. I’m a total novice but I feel that after playing music and playing in bands for 30 plus years, this creativity still inspires me.

This is real knowledge from an actual professional. Earned a sub.

I remember one of the old engineers at recording school talking about all this stuff. But it wasn't in class, just an off the cuff conversation in the hallway. I feel like I learned more techniques and tricks from over hearing this guy reminisce than any of the actual classes. Specifically processing drums through the console and using the tone generator to add a sine wave sub-bass to kicks. printing Time code to tape may be less relevant now but knowing about how it works is so important especially when understanding how many things where designed to sync . Thanks for keeping this kind of knowledge out there. The "lore" is important and informative.

13:24 I STILL do this. Not with the tech from the 90s but I will often times take my sample I am using and do exactly what you described here. So funny that this is just a known technique that people have done forever now. Glad i stumbled onto your channel.

Great conversation! Thank you!

This was great! More hip hop talk please

Ha ha, true. Incidentally I took an old track that was mixed with SMPTE chasing, put into Cubase Pro and did tempo mapping. The tempo drift I saw blew my mind. Even old drum machines on their own clock moves around a little.

high-value content. thank you for uploading.

this is gold. thank you so much for sharing.

Loved hearing your knowledge :hand-purple-blue-peace: And nice tip at the end

Damn I had no idea that the MPC had 96 pulses per quarter note. Thanks for taking the time to upload this and share the knowledge. Amazing.

Interesting perspective, thanks for sharing!

Fantastic video, my man! Eye-opening, for sure.

Instant sub! Keep these vids up Tony, some of us need these discussions/lessons!

Great video, I appreciate your insight. I've read that Paul's Boutique would lose around 20 million if it was made today factoring in the cost of the over 100 samples having to be cleared. I understand they did clear the samples back then (eventually) but the cost was much lower at the time, around $250,000. Subbed.

Love this guy! On point with the drifting. Akai vs Roland. Great video.!