6. "Punks Jump Up remix always gets me" In response to Reply # 0
Diamond D is a lot better than people think he is. I prefer him chopping dope ass loops and breaks than I do him doing synthy stuff, but man his drum loops are always heaven.
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11. "What!? No Tribe, De La, or The Roots in here yet?" In response to Reply # 0
My favorite would have to be God Lives Through by Tribe but off the top my favorites would have to be:
We Got (the Jazz) - ATCQ Bonita Applebaum - ATCQ Table of Contents - The Roots Patti Dooke - De La Lyrical Gangbang - Dr. Dre In the Music - The Roots Water - The Roots Come Clean - Jeru (Premier) Grinding - The Clipse (Pharrell) Double Trouble - The Roots You Got Me - The Roots Jam - ATCQ Get a Hold - ATCQ Only One Can Win - Dilla
42. "Are you talking about drum programming or the quality of the sound?" In response to Reply # 30
I can see your point about the programming of Lyrical Gangbang because it's just the loop of When The Levee Breaks, but those drums knock. I was just referring to the sound of the drums, not necessarily the level of talent it took to pull of the beat.
45. "I have no problem having Lyrical Gangbang on that list" In response to Reply # 42
Yes it's the Levees break, but I never heard those drums knock like that
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49. "Oh geez my bad - I can see how you read it that way but ..." In response to Reply # 42 Wed Oct-11-17 09:28 PM by Brew
... to be sure I was absolutely co-signing the inclusion of that song. For starters it's one of the best Death Row posse cuts of all time and Dre bodied that sample.
I don't care if the drums are sampled, programmed, whatever. If they knock they knock. In this case, as you say, they knock, so it counts.
Did Dre have someone replay the drums as he tends to do, or was that a straight sample of the Led Zep track ?
78. "Questlove on Nowhere Fast." In response to Reply # 11
It's not a Roots record, but Questlove did the drums, so I figured I'd put this response here.
I wonder how long it took him to record the drums for that since the sound for the drums change often during the song. Or maybe whoever mastered to song was responsible for how the drums changed throughout the song.
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the difference is subtle but i hear it. Marley Marl had to cut up 'Payback' a bit more for the album version b/c Foster and McElroy were like, 'hey bruh...'
32. "Get By- Talib Kweli" In response to Reply # 0
You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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86. "Red Hot Lover Tone's "98" & Artifacts "C'Mon Wit Da Git Down Remix"" In response to Reply # 35
Personally those drums are just regular but he sampled the kick & snare real loud and then compressed them then put some Lord Finesse sligh-bells with it to round out the rhythm.
On the Artifacts remix he just got a loud snappin' snare & kick in the middle while the bassline is upfront and everything else is low in the back; sounds similar to OC's "Born 2 Live" joint.
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36. "What about The Roots 'The Show'?" In response to Reply # 0
I'm no musician but I LOVE the drums on that. Is it not complex what he did there? Is it him alone or Knuckles(?) with him too? Is it all live drums or drum machine or both? I asked about it on here before but didn't get an answer. Was I easily impressed?
I'd like to mention, too, Dope Boys by Game w/Travis Barker.
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44. "Crazy Noise - Steezo" In response to Reply # 0
Those Sly Stone drums are some of the nastiest things I've heard
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The shuffle Pete put on those Impeach drums was masterful
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77. "No lies detected here" In response to Reply # 64
One of my favorite Rae performances too
Seen it like a 27" Zenith. Believe it...
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91. "and usually when producers sample drums in these songs" In response to Reply # 89
they've touched 'em up a bit. maybe added a lil som'n (or a LOT of som'n) or removed a lil som'n or turnt 'em up somehow...sped 'em up, slowed 'em down...or both. several modifications large and small all up down this post.
80. "Steady B - Serious (remix)" In response to Reply # 0
The Turtles never sounded liver...
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81. "Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance" In response to Reply # 0
> >********** >"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then >they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson > >"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
On The First, the drums are an 8 bar loop and the way the producer, Hiroshima (never to be hear from again) made the kicks bounce on bar 6 and then how they snapped the snares over the rapid kicks throughout bar 8 just suck me in. hands down my favorite drums on any hip hop song.
On I Really Mean It, Just Blaze just really took the idea of drum programming and turned it on it's head. I mean, I could be wrong about the originator but there was stuff on there * I * never heard previously. Just the over use (but not) of cymbals, how he had tom rolls rolling into snare rolls that he programmed, and then he had sample drums rolls and fills from marching bands that he would drop in to fill the end of a bar.
84. "Big Pun - Not A Player" In response to Reply # 0
Always liked the original much better than the remix with Joe.
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94. "Shut 'Em Down - Public Enemy" In response to Reply # 0
Crooklyn - Crookly Dodgers Mathematics - Mos Def TROY - Pete Rock & CL Smooth Who Stole the Soul - Public Enemy Welcome to the Terrordome - Public Enemy Rat A Tat Tat - Dr. Dre B.O.B. - OutKast Aquemini - OutKast Rosa Parks - OutKast Elevators (Me & You) - OutKast God Lives Through - Tribe The Jam - Tribe C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan Duck Down - KRS ONE FEEL - Kendrick Lamar Alright - Kendrick Lamar Shook Ones, Pt II - Mobb Deep Straight Outta Compton - Dr. Dre Nuttin But a G Thang - Dr. Dre New York State of Mind - Nas U Don't Know - Jay Z 99 Problems - Jay Z Electric Relaxation - Tribe Hate It or Love It - The Game Dilla Song - Pete Rock Return of the Mecca - Pete Rock & CL Smooth The World is Yours - Nas Player's Ball (Remix) OutKast Get Down (Remix) - Craig Mack Barry Bonds - Kanye West Funkorama - Erick Sermon Breathe - Fabulous U Looz - PRhyme Ghetto Dreams - Common Time Travelin' - Common Key to the City - Large Professor Back on the Block - Pete Rock The Spark - The Roots The Hypnotic - The Roots Something in the Way of Things (In Town) - The Roots Show Me What Ya Got - Jay Z Roc Boys - Jay Z Gangsta Sh*t - OutKast Humble Mumble - OutKast Doin' It - LL Cool J I Shot Ya (Remix) - LL Cool J Slam - Onyx Get it Together - Beastie Boys Little Brother - Black Star 1Train - A$AP Rocky What They Do - The Roots Aftermath (The Intro) - Dr. Dre Hollywood Divorce - OutKast Mighty "O" - OutKast What's the Difference - Dr. Dre All Glocks Down - Heather B Down With the King - RUN DMC Stranded on Death Rown - Dr. Dre Ronald Reagan Era - Kendrick Lamar Here I Come - The Roots I Get Physical - Pete Rock & CL Smooth Everything Remains Raw - Busta Rhymes Slim's Return - Madlib How Many MC's - Black Moon Tip the Scale - The Roots Gotta Get Mine - MC Breed So What Cha Sayin' - EPMD Mass Appeal - Gangstarr Fall in Love - Slum Village Above the Clouds - Gangstarr Sour Soul - Ghostface Still - Geto Boys Brooklyn - Mos Def Din Da Da - The Roots Stay the Course - DJ Shadow i - Kendrick Lamar Mic Checka - Das EFX Soul Flower (Remix) - The Pharcyde Stay Real - Erick Sermon The Influence - Jurassic 5 Kush - Dr. Dre Cry Now - Obie Trice Still Shinin' - Mobb Deep Lonely Planet - Oddisee Yeezus Was a Mortal Man - Oddisee All Good - Illa J Luchini Aka This Is It - Camp Lo Mural - Lupe Fiasco Know the Ledge - Eric B & Rakim Phone Tap - The Firm The Corner - Common Down on My Luck - Vic Mensa 365 - Black Milk
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