Alchemist has mastered "The Loop"
Al is certainly keeping the formula alive and thumping.
Durag Dynasty & ALC - 360 Waves (2013)
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Al is certainly keeping the formula alive and thumping.
The TypeGot any favorites, friend?
The guitar on on Double 07 gets me every time. And than wail at the end...
Full Metal is a Full Metal Alchemist (anime) sample if you didn't figure by the title.
shyt I love every beat on there. I was gonna mention some standouts. Smoke Break is the same sample as Erykah Badu's Honey. ALC also flipped the sample for Blood Sweat And Gears for Reks and Styles P before.
Lotta fire on there.
Blood, Sweat & Gears
Smoke Break
Scottie Pippen
Double 07
Success Is My Cologne
all my favorites off first listen.. this dude can really do no wrong, man.. you can really hear the influence Muggs had on his work..
TrifeGod
Chasing The Dragon
I can only think of a hand full of Producers that is keeping that true hip-hop sound with the samples...it's not a lot that has mastered the loop and is able to chop a track up like ALC....I honestly think ALC and Madlib chopped it up a few times in Cali
ever since Covert Coup he had reached a new level in terms of his production....I have to go to Cali
it's something in the air over there :brr:
TheDarceKnight
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Alchemist has mastered "The Loop"
LOL I remember an old interview where he said he'd hunt for "the loop" like "a hawk taking it's time eyeing its prey and then swooping down to snatch it" for the perfect one. He mentioned We Gonna Make It.
The crazy shyt is he thinks his chopping game is even better. And so do I. I definitely prefer his chops to his loops. It's all great though.
I can only think of a hand full of Producers that is keeping that true hip-hop sound with the samples...it's not a lot that has mastered the loop and is able to chop a track up like ALC....I honestly think ALC and Madlib chopped it up a few times in Cali
ever since Covert Coup he had reached a new level in terms of his production....I have to go to Cali
Yeah he's one of a handful to take the boom-bap style and elevate it to some other stuff, mixing in some modern sounds/effects too without overdoing it. It's not bare bones DJ Premier or even a jazzy 9th Wonder style, but it's also not super epic and larger than life like a Just Blaze, or live instruments like Black Milk. You know it when you hear it.
Nottz is another great example of this that really sticks out to me. Jake One, No ID, Khrysis, Ski...Madlib obviously.
NickBlanco
Pro
"you just a poser on a skateboard trying to ollie"
daddykong1
Rookie
wooo that cigerette glow mix has the dilated "Panic" sample that shyt always been my fav alc beat ridiculous!! i hear the ride for em sample in there to anyone got that capone joint in good quality the one i got is fuzzy!!!
Hondajettz
Pro
durag > papooh
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
x100
after a few listens.. Shooters aint that bad.. 
the chorus takes away from it a bit, but its really not a bad track.. dudes rhyming thier ass off on that joint.. and, the beat is
the chorus takes away from it a bit, but its really not a bad track.. dudes rhyming thier ass off on that joint.. and, the beat is
JulesWinfield
TheBrehdrenMovement
In what order would you rank 'em. Cause I'd definitely put Durag Dynasty above No Idols and Rare Chandeliers. Covert Coup and the Gangrene stuff might have it beat though.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
just beats:
Covert Coup
360 Waves
No Idols
Rare Chandeliers
I know you didn't ask me.
JulesWinfield
TheBrehdrenMovement
I'm gonna give No Idols another spin tonight. This is basically what my list looks like though.
Covert Coup at the top
RC & NI somewhere in the middle
360 at the bottom
Not including any Alc/Gangrene stuff
I've also heard the other 3 a lot more, so it's a little biased