Find a song that you'd like to sample. Usually with Kanye West, the sample is the base of the entire instrumental, its all about which part of the song you wish to sample and in which ways you flip the chopped samples into your own melodies. The second strong part of Kanye's product...
"A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop" will pay tribute to this quintessentially American art form like no other. Keep checking GRAMMY.com for more news and updates about "A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop" and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, and make sure to tune in onSund...
"So I made that, and it was pretty vibey," he continues, "and then I was on a plane, and I got this new sample pack and it had this cool bouncy sound so I cut it up and made this cool trap drop. We'd never made trap music before, so I wanted to try it and see i...
Beyond this, you can treat a sample like any other track when it comes to applying mixdown EQ: if you can't hear something important in the sample, try to cut away regions of other tracks that might be obscuring it; and if you're struggling to achieve clarity for your recorded or prog...
Rappers serve as style inspiration for a large majority of their fans. The clothes they rhyme about and wear end up as a visual reference to what was cool during their given era of hip-hop. While many aspire to obtain the lofty standards rappers such asKanye WestandJay Zset with their di...
Sample:Steve Winwood – Valerie This has got to have been the first electronic song I heard that used such an iconic and obvious sample. A true classic and a rite of passage for all electronic music producers. Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx – Gold Digger ...
How Kanye Made “Through the Wire” – A Journey of Resilience and Creativity Kanye West’s “Through the Wire” is not just a song; it’s a powerful testament to his resilience ... Read More December 11, 2024 0 Blog Mixing Vocals with Waves Vocal Slik: Techniques and Tips In thi...
Mixing Hip Hop Doesn't Have to be Complicated! If you are anything like I was, you are probably going through all the up and downs of mixing Hip Hop.
Perhaps our reaction to a cheating spouse or slimy politician is just a form of synesthesia that became normalized. What's Synesthesia Like? Kanye West performs during the 2011 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, La. West is one of numerous contemporary artists like Mary J. Blige, Aphex ...
This song allowed me to use a lot of the techniques I learned in my early career, like when I worked with Bruce Swedien on Michael Jackson's Invincible and with Britney Spears, all these pop things. Wayne is the biggest rapper in the US and he's a trendsetter, and him releasing a so...