Making a Beat BUT I Pretend it's 2000

Step into the Y2K era with Jay Diggs as we take music production back to the year 2000, a time when the digital revolution was in full swing, and the music industry was undergoing a seismic shift. In this video, we're recreating the beats and vibes that dominated the turn of the millennium, all while embracing the iconic tools like the MPC 2000XL and technology that shaped the sound of the era.
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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
0:00 Intro
1:15 MPC 2000XL
2:25 Sampling Loops
3:15 The Drums
4:50 Japanese Flutes!
7:13 Korg Triton
9:47 Digital Recording!
10:40 Finished Beat
12:23 Reacting to my Childhood Songs
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[@hands_media]

Of all the "KZbin" producers I've come across, you're my fav. Beats are always stupid fire and your personality shines through. I love it, man.

[@jaydiggsmusic]

Thank you! That means a lot 🙏🏾

[@DylanParisMusic]

This has some awesome Pharrell vibes too on the drums

[@DylanParisMusic]

*neptunes, not trying to leave out the lad Chad

[@daeone1514]

That Triton😎😎😎. It sounds amazing and clean. That can be used low key to make classics still.

[@pejroyal9115]

@@DylanParisMusichappens often unfortunately

[@papa_da_engineer]

"maybe I was lying, in 2002 I couldn't have been 11" 😂😂😂😂

[@jenumclucas7014]

I can tell you grew up in this era, your faithfulness to this sound feels the most authentic than any other the other ones that you’ve done. Brilliant!

[@leedza]

This is more Tim and Bob. Timbaland has the meanest bounce that many failed to replicate. Nevertheless, this would be a mean beat in the 2000s. If it isn't a single definitely a dope album track. Now your old recording, that's Neptunes

[@ropewalkingelephant]

I haven’t heard that name in a minute but you’re spot on. Loved all their productions back in the day.

[@jameslovie]

Man, this is LEGIT, even the dancing inside a cheese grater look of those 2000s RnB music videos 👌🏼

[@WilliamTreble]

This is smooth. I hear Ashanti. Pharrell. Kanye. Timberlake. Chavez. Jada. J.all all on this beat oddly enough

[@daeone1514]

Commercial artist only 😎😎😎

[@DarkManX16]

What I love about the beats in the 2000s were the variety in sounds each region had. Everyone had their own sound and style. Some beats even had a mood to them, like some beats sounded happy some sounded sad, some even sounded like a specific season. This is what's missing from beats nowadays; variety and producers who have a great ear for samples

[@davidamaral1519]

This is a fact, it was possible to differentiate the sound of each region. Nowadays everything seems the same. WE BLAME GLOBALIZATION

[@monkbeats290]

I don’t feel like that’s true. There’s more variety in rap music than ever and there are still several stylistic regions. Detroit has its own sound, New York and New Jersey got their own wave, Louisiana has its own sound, Memphis still has its three six mafia influence, and Cali has always had its own distinct style.

[@GrooveGod_OFFICIAL]

He is the adult of my childhood Idk if that makes sense or not

[@dyscotopia]

It's crazy to think that my home studio is equipoed with tech that only s-tier producers of the early 2000s had access to; apart from the Triton, which I don't have anything equivalent to (but maybe could do in software), I have a tascam 24 bit multitrack digital recorder, an sp404 mk2 and a bunch of synths and drum machines, and yet I never get much further than a collection of 4 or 8 bar loops. You make it seem so effortless!

[@djsilent01]

We actually had the Korg Trinity. The Trinity/Triton has the best key beds I have ever felt for a keyboard. And you taking me back. I had the VS880. I used that thing for everything.

[@imlxh7126]

Damn, when I was 9 all I had was a copy of Nintendo Korg DS-10. I envy your childhood.

[@DashenBoi]

I think he was 11 lol

[@imlxh7126]

@@DashenBoi well when i was 11 i had korg ds-10 and the free version of fl studio that i had NO idea how to use lmao

[@DashenBoi]

@@imlxh7126 im 11 and all i have is a cheap mic, cheap keyboard, and a fl studio trial but at least im coming out with bangers (dont you dare banger-check me)

[@allpositivenetwork]

When I saw the title, I KNEW you were using a Triton. That was truly the go to keyboard for mainstream hit singles in that era. I personally liked the Motif better, but the Triton was a force. I also had the 2480. You could get high quality studio/industry recordings out of those Rolannd recorders. I'm shocked they haven't come out with new equipment like a new MV in this era.. Another great video. I love your work and music. That childhood song is hilarious.

[@jaydiggsmusic]

Agreed! I have a later model motif too, I’m thinking of using it for a mid-2000s vid. Also, I’m surprised how good the audio quality is in the Roland, i didn’t realize it was 24bit at first

[@poofygoof]

@@jaydiggsmusic the roland VS gear is 24-bit but it's not straight lossless PCM unless you're using MAS or CDR modes. Roland's RDAC data compression is a lot less severe than squeezing the tracks through a bad mp3 encoder, and demonstrably works great, but I guess DAWs got powerful enough that dealing with raw PCM stopped being a technical challenge as the 00s progressed. I still kinda want a VSR-880. stick it in the rack and treat it like a tape deck.

[@allpositivenetwork]

@@jaydiggsmusic the thing I loved about the Roland gear is that I could midi the mpc up to it. So if I wanted to remix a song or change drums, it was an easy fix since I could sync it.

[@Quimmoo]

My dad had a wide collection of CDs and cassettes and tapes and live show dvds back when i was a kid. He was an underground DJ in the 80s (he was mixing on a tape decks) when he was young and since the beggining of my life i was always around music. I think that planting the passion for music was the best thing he ever did to me. Your dad is the GOAT for letting you play with his gear and explore your own passion for music making.

[@worldizbond]

Can you post more music from your childhood bc it kinda ate 😭😭😭😭

[@Smooveg25]

Definitely the platinum age of production bro…it’s ironic that this popped up in my feed because my producing partner and I said we need to take it back to the 2000s and we used exactly that MOC2000XL and Korg Triton to make so many tracks…that workflow is the best for creativity. I’m going back to that…great track and thanks for the inspiration!!!👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@Adam-Y-Trancer]

This is a true beauty of a retro modern beat creation!!!! Love the sample usage here, perfection!!!! Big ups to this creative producer and musician!! Much love, from one producer to another!!!

[@jaydiggsmusic]

Thank you so much!

[@ghettoboyproducciones8224]

Man your videos are off the hook!!!, because you always used the right equipments! Much props frum Chile, South América!!!

[@amajorkeys]

Tim & Bob vibes !, Bobby Valentino would kill this

[@leedza]

My thoughts exactly. Sounds like a beat they made for Bobby V back in the day. Timbaland has a distinctive bounce that many imitators failed to master.

[@shawnbreeze]

I thought Bobby V, also. Some parts also remind me of Timbaland & Magoo's "All Y'all". RIP Magoo.

[@inperfectsequence7840]

Oh man, the Roland VS2000CD, with a CD recorder and also had a song box section with 808 sounds to record a track and rock in direct mode so you can adjust it. Keep it in storage and use it for 4 years until it outgrows the VGA monitor and is truly a complete 16 track stereo 32 mono DAW. It was a gem to have this recorder for guitarists, which in those days was more stable than any PC with Cubase. The nice thing about these multitrack things is that they have all the inputs available with the sidechain and all the things dedicated to each channel. The sound of the recording is very good and I usually transfer audios through the USB 2.0 cable. I usually burn CDs with the recorder to have ideas compiled in my collection of instrumentals so I can put them into anything standard. I bought the machine new and now I changed the SSD hard drive that the system supposedly cannot read, but being in Fat 16 format the machine can read very quickly and now it becomes more stable and has less delay when loading the audios. I use my MPC 2000XL with the 8 outputs connected to the 8 inputs of the mixer, it has the same green screen and the same firmware. VS2000CD came with a 40GB hard drive, I changed it several times and discovered that if I didn't have the internal hard drive, the machine continued to function as an analog table. So these machines are digital recorders with an analog mixer with analog inputs and outputs and with digital effects. Thanks for the video 😅👍👍

[@RyanKeels]

This jawn def like a 06/07 beat. Fire

[@chemicalhypnotist9216]

the end product really just tells me you care about what you're doing unlike a lot of yt producers who just wanna get that bread. fantastic stuff man, seriously!

[@chemicalhypnotist9216]

also props to the makeshift silver/reflective background too! that really helped sell it

[@kaitlyn__L]

Dude! Was your dad a producer? That’s some awesome stuff to just have in the basement. BTW, vinyl shrink-wrap has been known to shrink and warp records, even with some cut-open sides, once it’s old enough. It’s bad news when it happens! It’s mainly affecting 60s and 70s records right now AFAIK, but changes in best practices for record sleeve storage are slowly percolating through the vinyl collector community. Some are taking the plastic off once their records are 20-30 years old, others are foregoing it altogether now. Of course the cardboard might get scuffed without the plastic, but that’s preferable to the kind of damage to both sleeve and record that can occur from extreme shrinkage. Just thought you’d want to know if you have a lot of records 😊

[@IanJamesBeats]

Your channel is so dope man. Keep doing your thing!

[@VaansWorld]

Love these back in time vids man! I dig the track. Keep it up

[@kgbinfo]

Those aluminum foil walls really do take me back to Y2K! Really love watching you work with the MPC, it’s amazing what you’re able to do with those samples. Thanks for the video!

[@dannymaher664]

Love your energy man. You put a smile on my face. Thanks Dan UK

[@fettywapsmissingeye]

Just found your channel about ten minutes ago, and bro, you’ve done something special here. Every beat I listen to is fire, and it’s incredible to see the progression of the beat as u add more to it. I got to listen to your album you sampled in the 95 video too!

[@nicetugboat]

Absolutely awesome video and immaculate vibes as always! I love your willingness to share your early stuff, you clearly had the gift from the start ♥️

[@cardigan_b]

You deserve so many more subscribers man, you're a legend! 😀 Props from France brother

[@livertiny]

Loving the vibes on these vids man!

[@VLTNThePlug]

Loving the effort you put into creating the authentic sound, down from the style to the hardware (also in your previous vids). A true fan of the music fr 🙏🏾

[@itsgoldn931]

PLEASE keep these videos coming!! Don’t Stop!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@YotamPiano]

I love your productions ! You help me see these styles in a new light, and I like the turntable + sampling touch in the track. The possibilities are endless.

[@Sashik]

How come you only have 53k subscribers. True OG. Wish you the best

[@jdosupreme4185]

I kno it feels good going back in time hearing your old jams prolly brought back some cool memories

[@laasli]

Thank God I found your channel, love the production you do!

[@shteave]

Insanely good beat man! Subscribed

[@kyvace]

Yoooo you bodied this one!!! this might be your best out the series

[@FilippoBeckPeccoz]

Love this series!!

[@slaphousemob]

Its amazing all the vintage equipment in stock 💯💪🏾

[@VX3XINV]

The way you go all out with the concepts is wild ❤️‍🔥 really appreciate this stuff!

[@linkercasas1004]

Slappin! Awesome work!

[@geusefrava960]

This was great man, especially the old recording

[@saldanasolis7583]

Yooo i frkining love this session, all the vibe of the 2000's such a roller coaster

[@UntitledFM]

Love your channel, brother!

[@KyuubiNIG]

MANN TIMBO HAD TO BE YO DADDY BOY😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾

[@merlijnslewe9278]

just realised that you aint even got as much subs as i thought you would have. your content is awesome and im just lucky to come across it before it blows up. im telling you in a few years you got 1mil subscribers.

[@jaydiggsmusic]

Thank you and welcome! 1 million subs would be sick!

[@theJustScience]

Bro…did you really tin foil the whole ass wall!?! 😂 Amazing!!

[@Mixthisway]

Sick Bro ! love these journey back in time videos, takes me right back, Keep on doin what you are doin, And make it Funky ! 💪👍

[@djwonder4635]

These videos are always lit very well.

[@LavalampDM]

Jay has so much soul. Great track my man

[@marcwilliams548]

You’re amazing, man. I have such a lack for better words right now this just so wholesome and pure, please keep creating

[@jaydiggsmusic]

Thank you Marc 🙏🏾

[@joemomma6317]

Man i love these bro🤣🙌🏾 u mad talented frfr one of the best and most entertaining producers on YT. You gotta keep these videos coming‼️

[@howtomakestuff226]

Please do more of these!!!

[@bagos2374]

bro you're straight fire. Love u from Brazil

[@thisisjj0104]

Your videos are a lot of fun!

[@blondeengie]

Amazing ! Thanks a lot for this ❤

[@felippeboulderdash8453]

I think these sounds are good for the soul. Thanks for the video!

[@Webzterr]

Nailed this one 👑. Salute 🙌🏾

[@Macdeeza]

Bobby Valentino vibes

[@LavalampDM]

I hear it too!

[@Prodebrio]

Amazing bro! I can hear the influence from so many producers, but you blend it into your own. How production supposed to be!

[@jonathaone]

This style is closest to Tim&Bob

[@KevinMasonJr]

This is amazing!!! I need this track!!!

[@DiorLouis]

Dude you’re a goat 🐐 frfr love your channel/music keep going very inspiring

[@DR.KRYOVAK]

Thanks for your amazing vides, I can like your passion, love the look of your studio you must of worked hard to make that dream a reality.

[@sagefushi]

i love this series man

[@robertm8552]

Jay I love your little vocal improvs you do over the beat! You should lay some vocals down on some of these beats!

[@sagcap7927]

Man, you pulled out the 1880. 👌🏾 that was my shit. Mpc 2000xl, motif xs6 and the 1880. Unbelievable dope combination.

[@Jesse_James_Dj]

When the Triton popped out I lost it!!! 🤟🤟🤟

[@PoloBoyShawtyBeats]

You got some of the best content out bro keep dropping em! 11:48 took me out 😂😂😂

[@loncyp8252]

Another great video

[@tracksphantom540]

When Your MPC2000XL caught my attention I knew the beat was going to be fire I liked and subscribed . 🎉❤

[@PEWpewVida]

This channel has turned into a TIME MACHINE, nostalgic music productions. So freaking DOPE! 🤘🏽🔥🙏🏽🔥🔥 Sell the sounds brother, like in a pack!

[@leoncobarris9230]

Did your thing like always keep doing your thing I like these episodes

[@ryde2012]

Brilliant track smooth groove 🔥🔥🔥👍🏾💯

[@Jesoteric]

Your the man, love this

[@jsmacks11]

Brought back memories. I had a 2000 back then.

[@wbhub]

Another banger 🔥

[@rider1703]

been waiting for this epidsodeeeeee

[@djskillzz215]

Wowww!!! Just earned a Subscriber with this one...1st time watching your videos!!!! Sooooo MUCH #inspiration packed in 14 mins Bro!!! Thanks for sharing!!! #Salute

[@jaysimondk]

duude.. i love your content!!!

[@DRA485]

One of the best beats you've made so far. 🔥 Younger you is adorable, can't wait to hear what my kids when they do it.

[@SquizbarDeAlienOfficial]

Real thomg song vibes 🔥 beat

[@KurtCobain94677]

liked simply because of your energy bro, this was sick, keep it up

[@jaydiggsmusic]

thank you, will do!

[@williamillington]

Simply Amazin!

[@fernaureason7150]

Thank you Sunglasses Kid for featuring this artist and inevitably bringing me here! Love your work Jay. Keep at it!

[@rfidproductions3291]

Sooo f'n dope dude

[@OGPePeGxnzales]

INCREDIBLE CHOPS! How foolish of me shake it. HAAAAAARD

[@king0elizabeth]

Along with the hip hop soul video, you've definitely earned my respect and sub.

[@alexursu563]

that percussion loop you used is gold

[@Pix2io]

sick video i was born in 2000 i learned a lot and love this style

[@Beatprozessor]

super dope! subscribed :)

[@JNo-sk5mz]

Another great video, that Roland VS machine was great, I remember going to NAMM with my father and seeing it when it launched. Definitely faster and easier than fiddling around with ADats 😂

[@corsinivideos]

Damn, another silly banger, amazing work. And just spent the last 10 minutes trying to remember why one of the licks sounds so familiar. And I remembered, cos it sounds just like the one on Fabolous - Can't Let You Go. I see you bro ;)

[@wanfaizul6395]

lovin this man..

[@francisfede6015]

this Jawn knocks brotha!

[@Astrochorius]

Another dope vid, 👍

[@worscohli]

tht was amazing to see

[@HerrAl5ama]

This made my day 🙌🙌🙌