Behind the Music with Jermaine Dupri: How he created hits for Usher, Mariah Carey, Monica & others

[@ibnjerome8231]

I told y'all he'll CRUSH PUFF.....JD REALLY MAKES THE BEATS

[@axMf3qTI]

Did people doubt that ever?

[@MrEOM41]

And writes too ✍🏽 📄

[@thecoach11]

Diddy just write checks JD writes hits that gets lifetime checks 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaimerodriguez1550]

Over 140 top 40, top 10 and #1 billboard 100s combined. This man has so many #1 songs over damn near 30 years, he knows not only music, he knows how to make good music, some of the best music. He makes it and has made a lot of it.

[@leonordeborbon2121]

and he has parents in the music bussines

[@DarrylJMitchell]

Jermaine Dupri and B cox always gonna be a hit, one of my favourite R&B producer combos

[@JGiovanniR24]

JD and Dark Child too 🔥🔥🔥

[@scottking6ix]

This is why I encourage everyone to READ the credits, to watch how things really work in the studio, etc. I’m 34, I was 5 in 1994 reading the credits (reading the best I could btw 😂) and I noticed familiar names as I continued to read, that made me dig into who each person was and thankfully my older cousins heavily into music, so they’d help guide me. This new era needs to really get back into reading more and studying the HISTORY of things because that’s how we’ll continue to move forward the right way.

[@RealDonfromBroward]

JD is on another level. Upper echelon of producers and if you know music, it's not even a question

[@user-dq6uf6xu1k]

Facts

[@bootssuave1]

This explains why his sound is unique

[@Hypno_BPM]

many producers used the MPC in the 80s and 90s

[@isitjustmeorwhat9748]

No, it doesn't explain anything. I've owned a MPC60 II & 3000. It's the Rodger Linn software and the 16 bit converters that gives it its unique characteristics. This is why the MPC'S after those models didn't have Linn's signature and sound. They are Akai's but not a Rodger Linn akai. NOW YOU KNOW

[@KennyLauderdale]

I still have my SP1200

[@SnapTacticalOgun]

@@Hypno_BPMand they still use them just like the Roland sps

[@SnapTacticalOgun]

@@isitjustmeorwhat9748😂 here we go 🤦🏾‍♂️ *Im kidding* I’m sure you have seen the debate about that.. I agree btw because i own old and new and I personally always have felt this way

[@ousmanedanfo6304]

Yet respected but for some mysterious reason scandalously underrated !

[@SoJesusChristMusic]

Never was really into JD when I first heard about him…then when I found out all the records he did I was like GIVE THIS GUY HIS CREDIT 🤣 THIS MAN IS GENIUS. Just about everything you listened to was a JD record 🤣

[@TopBillinSports]

Uh, unless you heard about JD last month, this comment is dripping with wack juice. He’s been lit since the early 90’s. Make it make sense.

[@artistaccount]

​@TopBillinSports I heard of dupri 5 minutes ago that he wrote most of usher big songs. Had to check the process cause I'm tryna write my own songs

[@MrbarNun]

I didn’t know he made that Ari Lennox- Pressure beat, yea JD a beast..

[@SteeleKing-b4y]

Wrote the song too

[@MrScrooge1980]

Yup

[@tabitha245]

lol y’all didn’t catch when he said “y’all know what this is” lol he gave it away lol

[@chocolatechipslime]

I always liked that JD sound, especially in the late 90’s.

[@trentonhuntley9966]

Fuck the scrutiny. Asking if you have any new hits or understanding of new tech is tantamount to asking Michaelangelo what he has done lately. Art is not time limited. You don’t have to make another hit. You’ve got plenty that will outlast your physical body. Those asking will not be in history books. That is all.

[@ronniesnakehissiii9413]

"Michelangelo, do you know how to use Photoshop or DALL-E?" M: "I'm a little more advanced than that, sir."

[@djsupreme22]

I feel you on what you said. The fact that cats are sitting in their Mom's house asking if he has any new gear. The disrespect is real these days. This man has a Catalog ranging over 30 years. He could really flex and say. Yeah the new gear's down the hall from all the plaques. Next Question

[@thaiboxing67]

A true producer which he is always keeps his ear to the street and is always on top of the latest technology. This is why he will always continue to get paid

[@claytonallen5428]

Jermaine Dupri is a true legend!!

[@INFAMOUSC-4]

Great video JD

[@aldonova4082]

I remember hearing Brat's song Funkafied when it came out and thinking how crisp and hi-fi the drums sounded. Him and Dre were ahead of their time.

[@kennethmanuputty9865]

Imo he's better than Dre & DIDDY!

[@leerhode1021]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@bignose3639]

GAME! Thank u 4 sharing...

[@ep2517]

Jermaine, is one hella of a beat maker him and B Cox together spells HIT RECORD

[@M0DFATH3R]

guaranteed

[@bibleboymikael]

The chops on the live that beat was 🔥🔥🔥

[@armandocessiabel9967]

Nice, amazing, wonderful.

[@tsnotes52]

thanks for sharing that was coo;. love you're music.

[@R-Mc]

A LEGEND JERMAINE DUPRI NEED I SAY MORE

[@mistaish]

Bro. Keep on keeping on. You good.

[@terucks]

It’s all about dem floppy disks and crates baby! I could just be in that studio for hours dawg!

[@springcar]

I like computer fireful sampling possibilities, and can expand computer and add more components parts easy

[@mdmn8160]

So So Def . ❤ from Burundi 🇧🇮

[@armelnakindavyi4412]

Wesha uriko ukora iki ngaha?😅

[@placidehabineza982]

@@armelnakindavyi4412😂😂😂 Mwese muri abahinyanyuzi nabatahuye

[@renossantinc768]

i started producing in '99 and i dont think he understands how fortunate he was to have gear to produce on. that stuff was thousands of dollars back then, we made beats at guitar center cuz we couldnt afford anything fresh out of highschool. at the same time, i'll always give him flowers for it.

[@dirtyprinz224]

Trust I went through hell and waited till mpc2000xl dropped in price secondhand

[@tenslider6722]

Churchhh! I got offered 5k by K-Gee for a beat from Naughty by Nature while playing my beats on a Korg Triton at a Guitar Center on Route 22 in NJ. But I turned it down on the spot cause I had a little knowledge about records point.

[@DutchBerry-fx5oy]

$6500 on ebay now😂

[@j.boogiebaby5947]

@Jermaine ...your library speaks for it self...stop addressing ignorance (I say this in the MOST humble way) #Salute

[@rsj2027]

Mr.Jermaine Dupri, I like your old school style 😊

[@dextersmart5289]

JD you ain't gotta explain absolutely nothing to those fools. If they get it they get it but you could never beat hate! 💯🎙🎤

[@chadbossman]

legend

[@victorscott7982]

Ain’t seen a floppy disk 💾 in years!!

[@JoeySavage]

Floppy disk thnks man real fan of hip hop and rab

[@Preston_Taylor]

And someone said Puffy stood a chance against JD….dude will WASH Puff hit for hit hands down

[@MrEOM41]

Legend

[@songcraftproduction1244]

Thanks for revealing some of the secret sauce of music equipments to use. Appreciate thank. 👍

[@ryanvdot]

this is dope to see

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

He made some timeless jams on an MPC 60 that still sound clean today; shows you don't need the newest gear, as long as the songs are strong. People need to keep him in the convo for Top 5 all-time producers.

[@caramelking-zf8wu]

Analog > Digital !!

[@JasonDaSoulChild]

This is dope

[@Mr.Memphis10]

Salute to the legendary Jermaine Dupri!

[@brodylanetx]

This man I a legend just from those discs he had in his hand 😮

[@harrisbeatsfrankou6304]

The sounds are usually not the artist.. It's the producers...and engineers.

[@LanierMcKinney]

LEGEND

[@GILLISH]

instead of asking about equipment i hear guitar did you play guitar or sample it?

[@BushBush-qi6le]

Give this man his flowers damn it

[@whosyabobby]

Rap has moved into the “vintage gear” phase. Nice.

[@trajan9101]

These 2 still in studio making them beats.. real beat producers doing they thing.. JD made countless songs

[@jaymoney7850]

His production method is fire

[@KrucialKAAAA912]

Georgia ish Mayne 🤟🏿 give my dawg his 🌹🌺

[@nathanbanda8218]

JDs production is marvellous

[@christopher361]

This dude JD is a straight monster in the studio! I saw him here in Scottsdale Arizona, I was with a female at a lil restaurant in Fashion Square next to the mall and he pulls up and valets a brand spanking new Rolls Royce Phantom. I was soo proud of him, I just watched in the distance and kept eating. I knew it was his lil short ass, had a bad Sistah with him too. ❤

[@DanielIvan707]

he really did his thing deserves it 🫡

[@chandidascrawford]

I still have the 60

[@martinezray3375]

That beat was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥at the end of this video.....

[@deividasgnedinas7592]

If it works for him- it works! Respect!

[@paserpase2870]

Personally i think that beat out the live 2 would've sound way better in the mpc 3000, i think he should stick with that forget what people say never change for no one,

[@JGiovanniR24]

JD is the goat man. He brought along so many other major producers and writers after him. Johnta Austin, Brian Michael Cox, Dark Child, and a host of other geniuses

[@qurtismaxwell1679]

MPC X and all of these new MPC’s use huge files and he did all of that stuff on a 2.8mb to 3mb of storage space! Hot records!

[@Axtion615]

What song is that,that he producedwith the sample on the live moc?

[@keslerp342]

Ari Lennox Pressure

[@prod.wokardashian2602]

i’m very confused, you can input vocals and do vocal tracks on an npc?

[@magicizaproblem]

simple answer is Yes. you can record whole songs on them most people just dont.

[@warnutztheloser]

Its MPC. Its made to do the drums melody connect to your keyboards computer

[@AveMcree]

@@magicizaproblem actually you can't record a full song an MPC 3000.

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

@@warnutztheloser and a whole lot more

[@vierminus]

You can, in the newer ones. The old ones like MPC 3000 just don't have enough memory. But the capabilities of mixing vocals are so limited, it makes no sense. Usually you would programm the beat in a very raw edit, export all tracks to audio formats, import them to a computer, lay the vocals over it and put everything in the right mix.

[@benjibuttons7483]

JD you ain’t gotta explain nothing to these ungrateful chumps. Dawg you been that guy on the charts before most had a start and you still there bro. They would be better to ask for your advice instead of tryna sneak diss . You could easily transition to computer if you needed to but they could never do it like you on the outboard gear bruh.

[@M0DFATH3R]

i will always give him his props for how he flipped the jackson 5 for kriss kross

[@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp]

What is the mpc he is using for the live beat 4:27

[@Bishop777-x8z]

Master's

[@Bubbas-j3m]

MAINE 💖✨💖✨💖 🙌🏽

[@JohnBoyBeattie]

JD is such a dope producer and songwriter

[@dnachistatrax1029]

💪🏼💯

[@GamerTV4L]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[@JujuWatts-ti7yi]

😮 I didn't no 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Utube-s8m]

I’m trying to find who Jermaine uses as his guitarist in his house band. Particularly the other month with Muni Long at BET’S Soul Train Awards Show where she sang her hit song Made For Me.

[@SunOfGodz]

🔥🔥🔥

[@corywilliams458]

I would Scoff at the thought of J.D. not knowing how to use the older MPC😂😅🤣

[@dhandy4359]

Really? Which planet are you from? But you heard about lil Bow Wow at least?

[@thehiddenchannel636]

Waited the whole video for him to press play 😭

[@kaydeeduminy4804]

His unique to create songs for Usher

[@Chefwandts]

❤❤❤❤

[@katielowen]

Never heard of this guy but he good fr.

[@welcometo_reality]

WTF YOU JUST SAY

[@Mark-vf8op]

Sum ppl are 40 and just want you to get to it with the 3.5” flops 🤙🏻

[@brightsoulmabaso3236]

Wow

[@musicsimply9197]

Super Big UPS

[@deeward5572]

Best hip hop producer ever, "From Down South"

[@DineshRustagi-zv2jv]

bro where does he get his sounds from?

[@j.j.j-x6r]

You know it's real when you see floppy discs. What a legend

[@brandonwilliams966]

The MPC is a computer.

[@cashhousebuyersteamatlanta5817]

Attention: it ain't the equipment it's what's in you. You can only make what you feel and what you can hear. You can have the greatest MPC ever made, but you don't how to make music, and understand sound, sonics, and frequency, it means nothing, nothing, nothing JD been doing this for like 30 years, and he is a hall of fame songwriter, one of prolific producers of the last quarter of century. So kids, pro-tools, logic, new generation MPCs won't help you if it ain't in your soul. Use your ears, and study the greats.💯

[@kincamell]

Heavy. Ps When The Money Goes by Jay Z/Fabolous prod by Jermaine Dupri is a massive classic as well. The Brat's second album is Nice too.

[@snmix90records80]

Great respect to u all the legends of music from 60s. 70s. 80s. 90s and 2000s. Other decades don't want to know. U made us enjoy greatest till now. U made timeless jams

[@ashleighpiccinino1849]

I think our from the Orville, Richard Burrell could use that beat, by the way, you might know him as shaggy. However, the name I mentioned before is his actual name. I can see him use it that way, although I am completely blind.

[@RealDonfromBroward]

My boy still uses an ASR and also MPC (but mainly the ASR) and people always ask him how tf do you get that sound lol

[@12tribes61]

MPC 😮

[@The_O_on83rd]

I bought a mpc live about 5 years ago and have yet to learn it😔 damn it so sick

[@Aaaaaaaa-ix4rp]

Sell me it bro

[@JRavageBeats]

Mpc gang !!!!!!!

[@ashleighpiccinino1849]

Can you please describe MC six or whatever the equipment? What is single? I’m gonna need kids, but I don’t know that much about music. Under looking to sell, wanting to go back to quote the better decade. “To me, that is the 90s.

[@s.wigginsTV]

Mpc is a beat machine u can load with sounds and chop em up and sample how u want. He’s saying he switched from mpc 60 (older 90s version) and mpc 2000 (still older 2000s version) which still use floppy disks 💾 ,..TO MPC X and MPC LIVE that use usb flash drives. Understand?

[@Drejac1]

Go to google you asking for to much !!!!

[@eddyandy13]

Dang he got the floppy disks, I ain’t seen those since I was in like kindergarten lol

[@Bandeaux42]

BMC casually chilling 😎

[@pmbison73]

Lol...they asked me that years ago. So I bought an MPC LIVE too. I'm only 50 and they call me OLD SCHOOL 🚸 sounds funny though 😂😂😂

[@alwilliams8196]

Its not the tool, its the skill of the workman.

[@logicalblackman8228]

He already had the Usher sounds loaded up when he put the disk inside. The sounds take about 10-15 seconds or so to load up. It is not instantaneous.

[@HumbleMusicians21]

I used to wonder why certain people stuff is not on a steady tempo...

[@stickereddie]

Top 3 all time…

[@deeward5572]

Yep

[@ashleyc434]

Most of them don’t even know it’s a floppy disc