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  1. J

    Richard Pryor died

    RIP Richard Pryor Comic legend, genius pioneer... Respect
  2. J

    how productive are you with beatmaking?

    Also re-use ur favorite sounds and patterns, tweak em up different ways then u end up making a collection of tracks with a consistent vibe.
  3. J

    how productive are you with beatmaking?

    productivity comes with mastery cos if u look at dudes like madlib, dilla, 9th them cats drop so many beats, but i think until u reach a certain level of excellence ur focus should be getting ur quality up then u can do anything and shit will still b iller than most.
  4. J

    What Motivates You

    Making music that captures the similar vibe used to get from listening to golden age hip hop
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    J dilla @ Jazz cafe

    Anyone go to this? dude was seriously ill like the man could not walk whe rhyming in a wheel chair but the flow still had character. Respect to dilla for being detirminde to show love, but if man is in that much of a poorly state he should not be touring, cos dude was looking proper frail.
  6. J

    about Beatz101 interview

    Im feeling that Rocky training in the mountains analogy cos my shit is ghetto, reppin the low budget environment.
  7. J

    Marley Marl uses Reason

    and 45 king uses logic and a vestax handy trax to sample off, its all about ur ear and finding a method of working that ur comfortable/productive with
  8. J

    Ol' School

    Dont sleep on Ultramagnetic mc's Ced Gee and kool kieth were serious back then, lol
  9. J

    Bass Question

    b4 i used to try and get different bass for most tracks but now im blatantly re-using good sounds and just mixing em/tweaking them different. I just focus on finding notes that complement the beat using a combo of bass sampled from my korg prophecy and shit found off records/sample cds.
  10. J

    J-Swift: Documentary (peep this trailer)

    Loved pharcydes 1st & 2nd albums Jswift is hella talented with beats ima check this shit.
  11. J

    adding more melodies

    well i can say that i do not percieve any sort of threat from peeps learning music theory? why should i? lol the point to not is that everyone is different learning music theory may benifit some but not others example diggers/jazz cats may of heard of a dude Ornette Coleman now if u research...
  12. J

    adding more melodies

    sometimes u can get too much info which can obsucre the creative process cos ur always tryn make waht ur working on fit inside the rules of musical structure when all u should be asking urself if this sounds dope. As for having a musical base, when dudes like RZA was making classic early WU...
  13. J

    This is fun...

    u dont need to go to school to learn this stuff, just play around and read up stuff on the net and ull figure it out, when u got passion for shit like music u dont wait for someone to show u shit u keep going and find ur own solutions, but collabing with peeps more advanced in the path is a good...
  14. J

    why i like sampling(a composer's view)

    When ur diggin an finding records ur learning about artists and they lives and getting an ingith into the things that inspire them. So u can take something from that whcih will inspire u to create something, also when listening to all the vinly for samples ur learning about composition song...
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    adding more melodies

    All them books ur reading about music theory, u dont need to know all that shit for hip hop just put 2gether sounds that sound good to ur ear play around with different sound untill u find something that sounds good. sometimes it aint another melody thats needed maybe just some random...
  16. J

    Dope Muggs Interview

    http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=djmuggs dude is one of the illest, saying some real shit too
  17. J

    Good Bass Keyboard

    korg prophecy can do acoutic bass & synth bass
  18. J

    where are they now?

    Godfather don Scaramanga Mr Man Saafir Cella Dwellas
  19. J

    Sampling Vinyl

    U dont need a mixer or pre-amp, i seen i dudes like alchemist and madlib often sample direct. Ive always sampled direct, it dont matter it aint gonna make or break a beat or a sample.
  20. J

    how many of u mix and master your own tracks

    mixing aint that hard, people think its difficult then make it harder than it is. but as a hip hop producer u really should be able to do most mixing urself mastering is something else but these days the software is available u can get that sounding good too. dont worry if u only have...
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