One of the main goals of ThinkUltra® is to educate through example. We don’t believe in parsing out or hoarding knowledge without putting it back out for others to benefit from. Education and knowledge should not be secret nor should it cost you so much that it takes decades to recover. Education and knowledge should not just be gained through painful processes. Education and knowledge used for the greater good is good for all of us.
Now, there are a lot of young producers that need guidance. More importantly they need help in understanding what makes certain production dope. I have been holding on to a few J.Dilla beat CD’s (that were actually used to shop beats…not that he really needed to). I could go on for days about Dilla’s production style but I wont, instead I’m going to let you listen and learn for yourself. The science to his productions can be used for any production style….pay close attention to the space between the drum hits in relatuionship to his samples. That space is very importatnt, it’s responsible for the movement and bounce to a production. The only other producer that seems to have mastered that space is Swizz Beats…study his production style as well.
Sometimes it’s best to listen to a bare track, no vocals, so you can really understand why it works. What I’m giving you today is about 70 or so Dilla beats some you have heard and some you might never hear recorded for another 10 years….some of his beats are just ahead of their times. I will drop the other 230 beats o you later when you’re ready.
LISTEN AND LEARN RESPONSIBLY.
BTW if you want to know what a classic record sounds like, get Welcome to Detroit.
*****UPDATE****** Nice collection of Dilla samples over at kevinnottingham.com check them out
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