Behind The Beat: "Cali Iz Active" With DJ BattleCat

In the studio with DJ BattleCat working on "Cali Iz Active".

[@Royalist]

So grateful this beat was made on camera

[@adotkjamesware763]

ONE OF THE BEST WESTCOAST PRODUCERS OF ALL TIME!

[@navsingh8876]

You ain’t lying!

[@nautilus6038]

Not just west coast best periodt

[@tigrisrgn4062]

0 classics

[@adotkjamesware763]

@@tigrisrgn4062 lol who? Better do your research👌🏾😎

[@Nazim909]

@@tigrisrgn4062 crazy man

[@PDGAF]

2022 checkin in...still one of my favorite Battle Cat beats.

[@nigeria133]

This beat is so hard!!!! The bass and the kick was smacking like hell!!! 🔥🔥🔥. Then at 2:56 when he hit the chords!!!!! Jesus!!! That did it for me!!!

[@steviesteve504]

That sh!t go hard!!

[@MrScrooge1980]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@vipin_rahul]

I like that as well

[@bigevo4rmdino]

I really enjoying watching professionals do what they do. This is no different from watching MJ, Kobe, Jerry Rice etc have a legendry game

[@joselopez6990]

Jerry Rice admitted to using #stickum

[@Nazim909]

Jose Lopez everybody was using stickum and jerry still achieved more

[@jasongonzalez2856]

Facts joe!

[@gthe16_]

QUIK + BATTLECAT = THE REAL WEST

[@RuthIessVillain]

You already know. 2 of the best from the west

[@Pharoah510]

GBO$$DUP dont forget dam-funk

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

GBO$$DUP way better than dre

[@marqus23]

Cant forget Daz Dillinger and Sam Sneed

[@jayfarris4564]

You gotta throw Sir Jinx and bobcat in there

[@jayeell1253]

one of the best baselines in hip-hop

[@chuysontest4425]

Years later and the beat is still a g funk/ hip hop classic, reminds me of something bootsie collins or zapp & Roger would do

[@dj_saint]

Royal clash Radioactivity is the inspiration for this track. With his added touches. But the main groove is radioactivity as well as the hook of the song

[@yungblas4760]

One of those dudes that actually took his piano lessons serious, he ain’t so nerdy now huh 🤔

[@rawathyahyasharahla2980]

Fr

[@ThatBoyDarren]

Every now & then I come back to this video to see how battlecat created such a classic beat, piece by piece. It's almost like a magician showing you his tricks with no bullshit illusion. Best believe I'll be back sometime in 2020 to relive this.

[@MEETMagazine]

It's 2021 dizzle. Have you been back this year?

[@analyticalmindset]

@@MEETMagazine yessir

[@1juggman801]

hope you still come back 🔥

[@realtings]

This is legit in my top 3 fav vids on KZbin of all time!

[@sexxygeno]

this is my favorite fucken song and video swear number #1 and love this beat

[@wfreeman33]

Battlecat....Nigga I am lost for words. That beat is going to forever be a instant classic.

[@ProdByThatGuyFace]

"Ima keep the main bass and layer that and do whatever I want!" Straight game! 💎💎🔥🔥🔥

[@heroslyfe]

Met BC back in 2002-2003. I was at guitar center messing with the the new motif (even though we had one I was buying something) and he liked what I was doing. He gave me his number and we talked a few times. I was locked into another label that ended up falling. He told me he wanted to do more--and could do more than what he is known for. I believe it.

[@djohnson3910]

DJ Battlecat you are so talented brother and I'm Terence Martin he is so talented

[@IAMGREATN3SS27]

Underrated

[@joselopez6990]

I was just about to say the same thing

[@NoName-642]

Definitely one of the best......people don.t even know he did shit for Faith Evans and other big names. His shit is all made organically. He does not just Loop some simple shit. I had the pleasure of meeting cat at the guitar center. He was solo no security or any of that shit. He literally stood there and talked to me like we knew each other. We just talked about beats. I was surprised this big time producer didn't act big headed. He even gave me free tips. I will never forget how humble this man is. I meet other big names and let's just say they feel superior. Cat got that funk doe. One of the best beats he made is time goes on with Kokane and snoop. You talk about funk shit the way Kokane fit that battle cat beat is hard! Trust me it is a real banger. Cat is underrated.....cat, Bosko, ea ski, ant banks, warren g and dj pooh got that funk heat.....I love DRE and quik but all the producers I named kept the funk going for the west!

[@KE-jb4mh]

U ever met Quik?

[@NoName-642]

@ilikepiejb1992Yea man it is a memory I will never forget...

[@NoName-642]

@@KE-jb4mh No but as far as producers I have also met Joe Cooley, Crazy Tunes Warren G. I met alot of rappers. Dub C, Cube, Snoop, Sugafree, Mc Eiht, Second 2 none,the Lady of Rage, The liks.

[@theadmiral460]

@@NoName-642 i met cold 187um :)

[@TheFUNKSTARR]

From the Minimoog, that custom MPC3000, Korg MS2000 and all those sound modules to the picture of Marvin Gaye in the background you know the energy must be crazy, some real powerful shit!

[@Datrackaddict]

One of my favorite BattleCat beats🔥🔥🔥

[@fletcherberkley9441]

this stuff still hitting ...classic ..!!!!!

[@MisterLowrider]

My favorite battlecat beat of all time!! I still spin this on a regular basis when I dj at the rink on the weekends!

[@JamesThomas-pv5en]

Battlecat is an absolute beast one of the best producers/musicians out there period!!!

[@masiahketika3763]

we got heaterz smoke drank bitchz fo's deuces trays switchz haha

[@gorillatekdrummajorz]

Salute Battle Cat one of my top cali producers hands down!!!

[@yungblas4760]

So he did this with no moog🤯🤯🤯 I’m all fucked up now🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@viajeconchuck7345]

2019 . Dude is a damn legend!

[@bharat5194]

6:32 that smile says he knows this beat is a banger!

[@kelontareid1202]

battlecat laced the track feel so gud cali is active n I ant even from da state but damn feel gud music !!##

[@H2T]

this beat is epic!

[@Doubletymeondatrack]

this mf still jamming in 2024. real music never expires

[@louiiviable]

Dual bass wow 🤩 🔥

[@TheGnosis]

A Master!

[@bearr1942]

Damn battlcat. This man's ability to put elements together...

[@yungswaggaboi]

Top 5 west coast producers 1. DJ Quik 2. Ant Banks 3. Battlecat 4. Dr. Dre 5. Daz

[@waltongraham7031]

Hutch cold 187 is dope too. Ric Rock, Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic, Shock G (RIP), DJ Muggs, Fred wreck. A lot of dope WS producers.

[@Nazim909]

U can add alchemist and madlib even though they don’t make west coast music they still from Here

[@TREGBEATZ]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 DJ Battlecat one of my top fav producers

[@tobiasstokes5232]

This is one of the craziest beats of all time I’ve been watching this video over and over since they first posted this. There is so much space between the instruments and the drums are so simple but they melt together so perfectly

[@RAISEONER]

i made beats from 1998-2006 with triton mpc fantomthis makes me want to get back into the game!!

[@fernycreazed954]

I'm 16 and here popping my head mad kinds having my fam look at me like I'm crazy😅😂battle cat is a real west coast legend!

[@StarvinMarvin651]

A Dj Battlecat beat is really a day in cali 🔥

[@wokequil9423]

Looks like Yamaha Motif ES.

[@skacymae6038]

Hands down my favorite producer from home. If you can go hard on a battlecat track u earn my respect. Frfr.

[@Pharoah510]

Battlecat,dam-funk,dj fresh (worlds freshest),cardo,dj quik,daz,the neptunes...somebody please make a funk-based album with those all those producers

[@roundman74]

that dam dj battle cat is a beast,i need to produce with him

[@Nolai]

so many good vibes its just dope to watch

[@jhood6931]

STILL MY FAVORITE JOINT BY THE CAT 1 LUV FROM NY

[@RuthIessVillain]

Swear, I can watch BC POWDA make beats all day. Genius.

[@slangmet352]

BATTLE CAT DOES HIS THING MAN

[@slangmet352]

that west coast beats be sounding smooth man

[@coolboyclick7486]

This Video Never Gets Old Dude Is A Genius I Could Watch This All Day 😎💯💯💯💪🏿💪🏿

[@martezjones1646]

2024... still love watching this

[@flyjayofficial]

This here legendary footage!! Thanks Amp for sharing with us! 🙏🏻🔥

[@OGReggieRegg]

Battle cat the GOD fam

[@daleh.8029]

Thats a cold sample he used from the original song. Radio active by royal cash.

[@TheFUNKSTARR]

Dale H. *interpolation my friend, not a sample ;)

[@NoName-642]

He played that shit dog. No loop

[@ResearchWithTrey1010]

Almost 2020 still slapping

[@dagreenboy5823]

battlecat is the shit ! thanks for all #WescoastLegends

[@sircambam]

MYSTICAL SCI FI TYPE BEATS RIGHT HERE NOT OF THIS DIMENSION TYPE A BEAT RIGHT HERE

[@coolboyclick7486]

Straight genius wow I'm blown away

[@Turfbeats]

The Hardest Beat Making Process!!!

[@bambatacandt7921]

We are watching a master at work!!!

[@skelley247]

MBox 1 was the best MBox, had the focusrite pre-amp built in....HOT!!!!!

[@MrScrooge1980]

Yessir

[@roycescott8739]

SNOOP JUS GOT DEF JAM WEST !!! BATTLECAT should be head of all music

[@SoulitaireRecordsOfficiel]

this has to be one of my favorite beats all tiiiime naga!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BlockBallerRecords]

Always The Top Dawg Him and DJ Quick Why y’all think DRE don’t make no Videos like this 🤔Cause he ain’t Actually doing all that Music himself he Samples a lot and has others playing his shit Cat and Quick DO THIS!!!!!!!

[@MrScrooge1980]

the synth at 7:15 sounds like the Last Dragon lol

[@TheLordsBread]

Had to comment again smh this is one of the most underrated beats and beat making videos of all tim

[@UrbanCrunkMovement]

Wow this is great I love his musicality and the way he works at the speed of thought.

[@Cammerz808]

One of the Unsung Legends of the Gangsta rap scene..perhaps even hip-hop period, He is always overlooked and underated. Long live the legend Battlecat! Keep commin with that smooth yet bangin west coast shit!!

[@OhthatKt1]

Better than Dre. Yeah I said it!

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

Slymm Star P.U.S.H I'll back you up on that This cat is dope

[@debtlave6595]

YESSSSSUUUUUHHHHHH

[@fumez]

Dre aint that good

[@theadmiral460]

JellyRoll better than Dre too..Quik too..but not many can MIX DOWN super crispy like DRE I will say that

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

Dj quik, Daz dillinger, Battlecat, Fred Wreck, Meech Wells, Jelly Roll. In that order.

[@iamLexxKelsey]

Still one of my fav videos

[@selah_benjaminb7990]

Top 5 producers of all time!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kilasoundz11]

If i lived in Cali I would wake up to this song everyday.

[@beautifully202]

Still My Favorite Producers in 2015 ! Cali Love Mr. Battle Cat!

[@stackhighintransit2443]

My favorite producers: DJ Battlecat, Dr Dre, Madlib, Terrace Martin, Hallway Productions, Ty Dolla and Knowledge.

[@Diggy2Dope]

Man this is so tough even after all these years

[@Jalfrosie]

2:27 oh shiiiieeeettt

[@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

and here I was expecting to read some old BS about this being a Lighter Shade of Brown song. You took it back! Peace!

[@BonEazy]

baby boy still one my fav's by battlecat. big ups for dat one

[@VIKY1ish]

taken from lets jam radio active 1980s

[@TheMrsweet39]

Yessss

[@riccyoowee2268]

2024 .. Cali still Active

[@roycescott8739]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 BATTLECAT STILL IN THE TOP 5 PRODUCERS. THIS SONG STILL BANGZ HARD

[@chuck22taylor]

so he's producing for the documentary 2 yes!!

[@michaelmurphy7241]

Hardest track I ever heard from the west coast omg!!!!!!! If I had this instrumental I would kill it

[@soundbankzmusik4749]

Man I learned about layering sounds to get the vibe you want from his videos salute to the OG!

[@rochahkss8387]

str8 g!

[@twinnisme]

Known this song for years. First time seeing this video in 2023z Amazing

[@Alldvy]

BattleCat is Top 5.

[@nanoloopbandit]

I really really really dig that bass drum on that track🤯

[@BHB_STL]

2:20 Cat himself stated he was moved with emotion while layin' down this bassline!

[@CR38]

this beat is a fucking monster

[@ogmcr]

2023 still checking in on that legendary beat

[@stevonshufford5552]

Played this at the crib bar in japan It was lit

[@mrbdx]

One of the hardest beats EVER.

[@deez4utoo]

im so glad this shit was recorded

[@FlemNmzzzz]

He put that touch on it at about 3:50 that's just plain ridiculous! Love it!

[@killence]

this is a monster production!!!DJ BATTLECATtttttttttt

[@fungshui13]

Always been one of my favorite DPG songs but dawg ICE COLD Fa sho dat 💯🥶

[@beatz04]

We need more comments praising this awesomeness.

[@TechG]

umm Good'de work DJBattleCat. This who I need making me beats.

[@TheFUNKSTARR]

Been revisiting this joint for years!

[@corneliusnevills9632]

My favorite producer hands down

[@StrictlyBG]

he is the best producer man ..his hands are soul and funkfull

[@MuscleLife23]

ooooooooooooooh mannnnnnnnnnn battlecat, dre, dj khalil, dj quik, j dilla, ....thee best best