12 Creative Hip Hop Production Tips - Jeff Ellis (Doja Cat, Frank Ocean)

From rap vocals to 808s to adding crunch to your entire mix, learn these 12 creative tricks for your hip productions, from Grammy-winning producer/engineer Jeff Ellis (Frank Ocean, Doja Cat, Kali Uchis).
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0:00 Intro
1:25 #1: “Unhinge” the vocal with delay
4:11 #2: Splash crazy color on vocals
7:36 #3: Make the backing vocals sound “faded”
9:00 #4 Make adlibs swirl
11:35 #5 Make your samples more unique
14:15 #6 Turn your snare into a monk chant!
14:57 #7 Wrap the backing track around the vocal
16:07 #8 Filter 808s differently during different sections
20:00 #9 Help drum samples not sound super-samply
22:12 #10 Soften your snare to keep attention on the vocal
24:11 #11 Auto-pan hi-hats so they don’t block the vocal
25:15 #12 - Add crunch to the entire mix
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[@deep2mixer]

"Mono is dead. Move on with your life. Thank you". I almost fell off my chair. hahaha

[@bradleycross804]

A moronic and not true statement

[@AVDRE]

lmao that was hilarious indeed

[@edsohovocals]

This is useful for so many genres, not just hip-hop. Jeff is amazing. So experimental.

[@Spasciz]

I love turning those knobs on new plugins!!! Just never know what you can come up with!!! Great video!!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

Jeff knows his stuff! Great video, thanks.

[@kurtzmillington8060]

Great tutorial

[@jonathandowns3711]

so good

[@derrickarnold1936]

Love how you get right to it bro

[@steveroyroberts1694]

Goat things 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@drakewatkins2624]

Dope video love the use of the plug ins there’s some here I have and don’t and I’m definitely getting a few here that I don’t thanks for the post

[@cheesepatrol2376]

you don't need them to get better.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

Waves GTR pedal spring reverb is my favourite, oldie but goodie.

[@andrewchristman2981]

🔥🔥🔥

[@reeenplay]

great video. is the track released just yet?

[@abeljvillarreal]

“Mono is dead move on with your life” I’m 💀💀💀😂😂😂

[@TT-il2rx]

what's name this song???

[@HShorro]

MONOS DEAD MOVE ON ahahaahahah LOVE IT

[@geometrae4773]

mono isnt just on "some mono system". when you get a certain amount of distance away from a stereo system it turns mono, and thats why i keep that in mind. just my 2 cents

[@Samir1999esp]

name of the song or the artist?

[@jonhrabkofilms]

Where’s the track?

[@cerberus6gaming_127]

“Hip Hop”

[@foodstampz]

Is that the Kali Audio 6 or 8 ??

[@FelipeACruz-oi9zf]

He uses the 8 with the computer and th 5 on the mixer

[@ttixolo]

in-5 and in-8

[@busywl69]

this is hip hop?

[@BeingAMonkey]

Yes

[@ImYourSmurfFather]

Yup

[@cheesepatrol2376]

so just throw all your money to waves and you'll be great mixer

[@ImYourSmurfFather]

You will still suck with 35k worth of soft and hardware, don't worry.

[@FM_audio_processing]

Mono is not dead. It needs to be compatible. 3:48

[@djse]

mono compatible doesn't mean everything have to be compatible in mono, but just that enough of the song is listenable in mono without losing to much of its character

[@monetprod1]

​@@djseThat's what the target has been for over 20+ years now. It's about not losing so much of the song to the extreme spreads.

[@mackmelodeeofficial3893]

agree 100

[@bradleycross804]

Jimi Hendrix did all this stuff a whole lot better in the 60s

[@808trash]

No.

[@ImYourSmurfFather]

Hendrix is amazing. Yet this is one of the most idiotic comments I've read in a long time.

[@bradleycross804]

Yet I think the vocal sounds crappy and find it weird that it is featured in the video