This Site Lets You Recreate Beats From J Dilla, Kanye West & 9th Wonder
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The_King_of_Everything
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bout to test this shyt out
this shyt is dope as fukk. One of those ideas you wish you came and thought of yourself.
SpacelySprockets
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@WatergunTalk matt daniels does it again
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This jawn allows you to recreate DJ Mustard beats
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how do u do it i dont hear shyt
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Dilla was a beast. fukk, this Don't Cry shyt is impossible.
Anybody that says sampling isn't creative, or that anyone can flip some old soul records, needs to try this website. Otis is the most simple of the 3 beats on the site right now, by far, and it's still got way more pieces to it than most people would guess.
Dilla was a beast. fukk, this Don't Cry shyt is impossible.
Anybody that says sampling isn't creative, or that anyone can flip some old soul records, needs to try this website. Otis is the most simple of the 3 beats on the site right now, by far, and it's still got way more pieces to it than most people would guess.
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TheDarceKnight
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This is way easier on a desktop keyboard. On a macbook the keys are a little slow to respond, so having to do quick chops didn't seem possible. On this desktop I can sort of get through Otis, but Dilla's Don't Cry beat is too crazy.
I'd love to see like hundreds of beats on this site. What this guy has done is really really cool. His little write-up, if anyone missed it:
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I’ve been re-constructing hip hop songs from their original samples, and every time I’ve been fascinated by the producer’s choices.
Before we take a look at each sample, you might have noticed how weird it is to compose with milliseconds of a song. Producers are studying these moments for hours. They understand the minutia – the exact note at the exact millisecond that creates an interesting beat.
I wish that more people understood this process and gift, so I’ve re-created the process of chopping up a sample, just as a producer would. Note: I'm providing these samples to you on a platter. This is no way acoc*nts for the hours/days spent crate-digging.
The Escorts - I Can’t Stand To See You Cry / J Dilla - Don’t Cry
This track is from the legendary Donut’s album, a record that was mostly recorded while Dilla was in the hospital and released just before he passed away from a blood disorder.
While I’ve tried to cut up Don’t Cry as well as J Dilla, there’s no way I could have come close. There are books written and talks by Questlove given about his meticulous sampling technique.
I chose this sample because it’s relatively easy for you to compose with. Dilla selected segments from The Escorts, I Can’t Stand to See You Cry that are very interchangeable – you can hit keys randomly, and, for the most part, it sounds pretty OK. Darius Kazemi does an amazing job breaking down this technique in his essay on Don't Cry, where he describes all of the nuances in Dilla's sampling technique (if you're a J Dilla fan, I highly recommend reading it).
Each clip from Don't Cry precisely chosen and edited. Most producers will initially cut up a song into its 16th notes to form their palette for production. Except Dilla’s segments are off-beat and at seemingly random moments in the song.
For example, you might have noticed three different versions of an etherial “ouuu” sound on the keyboard sampler (keys “z”, “x”, and “c”). To re-create Dilla’s samples, I realized that he used one segment adjusted three times by thousandths of a second. This is incredibly rare, and speaks to how a slight change can dramatically change the melody of a beat.
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness / Kanye - Otis
Kanye’s beat is a few seconds from an Otis a cappella near the end of the song, slightly pitch-adjusted (press the “b” key vs. the “c” key on keyboard sampler above to see what I mean). Prior to hearing Kanye’s Otis, I’d heard Try a Little Tenderness hundreds of times, and I’d never paid much attention to the brilliance of this moment.
This is beauty of sampling: you can imagine Kanye slaving over this song, finding this moment and using it as the foundation for a beat.
Thankfully, there’s an amazing video of Kanye’s sampling technique. He cuts up a sample into small segments and arranges each clip onto a keyboard – each key triggers milliseconds of the song. The sample is essentially an instrument, played just as would use a sample of a Steinway piano.
The Impressions - Sunshine / 9th Wonder - Impressknowssoul!!!!
The 9th Wonder sample is from his Tutankhamen album, full of 30 amazingly sampled beats. While quite a few tracks include additional kicks and snares to round out the beat, what I love about Impressknowsoul!!!! is that its entirely composed of the original sample. This means that he has to get the timing just right so that you have a drum-like sound hitting, at minimum, on the 1 and the 3.
Even more interesting is 9th Wonder composed the entire track from about 15 seconds of the sample’s first verse, using roughly 12 different sounds expertly layered on top of one another other.
Contrast that with the Otis sample, where each clip of the sample lasts for seconds rather than microseconds. Those 12 sounds come in at a such a fast pace that the original sample is barely recognizable.
I'd love to see like hundreds of beats on this site. What this guy has done is really really cool. His little write-up, if anyone missed it:
_________________________________________
I’ve been re-constructing hip hop songs from their original samples, and every time I’ve been fascinated by the producer’s choices.
Before we take a look at each sample, you might have noticed how weird it is to compose with milliseconds of a song. Producers are studying these moments for hours. They understand the minutia – the exact note at the exact millisecond that creates an interesting beat.
I wish that more people understood this process and gift, so I’ve re-created the process of chopping up a sample, just as a producer would. Note: I'm providing these samples to you on a platter. This is no way acoc*nts for the hours/days spent crate-digging.
The Escorts - I Can’t Stand To See You Cry / J Dilla - Don’t Cry
This track is from the legendary Donut’s album, a record that was mostly recorded while Dilla was in the hospital and released just before he passed away from a blood disorder.
While I’ve tried to cut up Don’t Cry as well as J Dilla, there’s no way I could have come close. There are books written and talks by Questlove given about his meticulous sampling technique.
I chose this sample because it’s relatively easy for you to compose with. Dilla selected segments from The Escorts, I Can’t Stand to See You Cry that are very interchangeable – you can hit keys randomly, and, for the most part, it sounds pretty OK. Darius Kazemi does an amazing job breaking down this technique in his essay on Don't Cry, where he describes all of the nuances in Dilla's sampling technique (if you're a J Dilla fan, I highly recommend reading it).
Each clip from Don't Cry precisely chosen and edited. Most producers will initially cut up a song into its 16th notes to form their palette for production. Except Dilla’s segments are off-beat and at seemingly random moments in the song.
For example, you might have noticed three different versions of an etherial “ouuu” sound on the keyboard sampler (keys “z”, “x”, and “c”). To re-create Dilla’s samples, I realized that he used one segment adjusted three times by thousandths of a second. This is incredibly rare, and speaks to how a slight change can dramatically change the melody of a beat.
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness / Kanye - Otis
Kanye’s beat is a few seconds from an Otis a cappella near the end of the song, slightly pitch-adjusted (press the “b” key vs. the “c” key on keyboard sampler above to see what I mean). Prior to hearing Kanye’s Otis, I’d heard Try a Little Tenderness hundreds of times, and I’d never paid much attention to the brilliance of this moment.
This is beauty of sampling: you can imagine Kanye slaving over this song, finding this moment and using it as the foundation for a beat.
Thankfully, there’s an amazing video of Kanye’s sampling technique. He cuts up a sample into small segments and arranges each clip onto a keyboard – each key triggers milliseconds of the song. The sample is essentially an instrument, played just as would use a sample of a Steinway piano.
The Impressions - Sunshine / 9th Wonder - Impressknowssoul!!!!
The 9th Wonder sample is from his Tutankhamen album, full of 30 amazingly sampled beats. While quite a few tracks include additional kicks and snares to round out the beat, what I love about Impressknowsoul!!!! is that its entirely composed of the original sample. This means that he has to get the timing just right so that you have a drum-like sound hitting, at minimum, on the 1 and the 3.
Even more interesting is 9th Wonder composed the entire track from about 15 seconds of the sample’s first verse, using roughly 12 different sounds expertly layered on top of one another other.
Contrast that with the Otis sample, where each clip of the sample lasts for seconds rather than microseconds. Those 12 sounds come in at a such a fast pace that the original sample is barely recognizable.
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i made a new beat out of the otis sample 
TheDarceKnight
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i made a new beat out of the otis sample
Hell yeah! This website randomly chops up the Don't Cry sample for you, making a new beat, and it sounds pretty good. It's also a little essay on the Don't Cry beat. It only works in Chrome and Safari by the way
http://tinysubversions.com/essays/dontcry/
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
My shyt lightweight crank on the low
http://samplestitch.com/?song=4218&sample=dilla
got the hook part right here:
http://samplestitch.com/?song=4244&sample=dilla
http://samplestitch.com/?song=4218&sample=dilla
got the hook part right here:
http://samplestitch.com/?song=4244&sample=dilla
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TheDarceKnight
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In case anyone hasn't heard the FULL beats on there. These are them. The Otis beat is a recreation Ia good one) but since the official instrumental isn't out there, I'll also include the actual song below