Metro Boomin: Top 5 Plugins, MPC Vs FL Studio, Producer Albums, 2017 Retirement, Mixing Tips, Faith

Metro Boomin: Top 5 Plugins, MPC Vs Fl Studio, Producer Albums, 2017 Retirement, WATTBA, Faith, Etc
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Today we chopped it up with Super producer Metro Boomin about him learning MPC and its advantages over FL Studio. We talked about why he retired in 2017, His project with Big Sean, all the way back to 19 & Boomin. Metro Boomin Also broke down the story behind fans favorable songs like; Diamonds Dancing & Father Stretch My hands.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Credits, fictional characters, perfect Verzuz opponent, age cap, tools
00:11::37 - Top 5 plugins for Metro Boomin, on stage energy, Twitter screenshots
00:20:11 - Secretive producers with ego, “how to make Metro type beats” videos, Kontakt banks
00:24:00 - Metro on potential film career, scoring horror movies, MPC talk
00:38:35 - Intermission: Analog gear
00:42:40 - FL studios: do they sound different?, favorite FL, difference in sounds
00:49:40 - Timeless records, hiphop accessibility, producer competition, labels taking advantage of young producers
00:57:40 - Should producers take the lead, 2017 Metro run break, coming back to hiphop
01:03:42 - Brand value, exclusivity, strategically falling back
01:09:10 - Biased with some beats, in the studio every day, studio fails
01:19:20 - Playing mid beats first,
01:21:55 - Intermission 2: MPC hook TB up, booty and baby legs
01:23:20 - Playing music in strip clubs, BTS: processing songs, compressors, limiters
01:35:10 - Mixing is always different, locking in with upcoming artists, sending out loops
01:39:40 - Connecting with Ethan (the engineer), Boominati roster, Metro doesn’t want loops
01:45:00 - How to work with Metro, over-saturation
01:49:44 - OR/UR: Artificial intelligence (A.I.)
01:51:45 - OR/UR: Nexus VST in 2023
02:00:00 - MIDI packs, prioritizing money, is your heart in it?
02:05:00 - Switching sound from Cookup Vol. 1 to Savage Mode 2, what is Trap
02:12:40 - 19 and Boomin, dropping mixtapes as a producer, advice to younger self
02:19:50 - Burning out, video games
02:27:40 - Story behind Father Stretch my Hands
02:32:20 - Story behind Diamonds Dancing
02:35:50 - The value of Producergrind and other producer platforms
02:40:00 - Most fun collab, studio parties
02:47:10 - Importance of Faith in Metro Boomin’s career, Boominati controversy and conspiracy theories

[@2geeb]

it’s crazy how far producergrind has come

[@Producergrind]

🙌🙏

[@Wefye.online]

Big facts

[@mainstreamchampy9497]

Facts 💯

[@zontetaji506]

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[@punchylo873]

I realized it was producer grind after seeing this comment

[@larik8977]

This is one of the most important events for producer community

[@previewsohangel7458]

No bapp

[@Producergrind]

🙌🙌

[@stoprollin]

ong!

[@sandmanlopez9920]

You get it 🤠💅💯

[@TheRealCalijokes01]

blessed

[@yvksel284]

After Metro we need Southside FOR SURE

[@HoodHandyman]

Didn't they already have Southside

[@sendit6481]

And TM88 !

[@JordanightX]

*WONDAGURL

[@bestproducerofalltime2363]

*Future

[@jn1346]

Southsides energy is annoying I hate listening to him talk. Bro is unlikable.

[@30atwill91]

We NEED a Wheezy interview next, he’s so mysterious, we never even heard him talk before, his beats are so hard and we never hear him speak on producing, the biggest mystery in production

[@benja303]

wheezy has hella interviews out. Just search wheezy interview lol.

[@30atwill91]

@@benja303 there’s only 1 and the interview was good but I just need that producergrind interview

[@benja303]

@@30atwill91 i have watched at least 4 wheezy interviews

[@30atwill91]

@@benja303 I’m not talking bout no 1-10 minute “interview”, I’m talking bout 20mins-1hr+ interviews, there’s only 1

[@KeithCozy]

Even better workin wit em. Cant even explain

[@audioheadhoncho]

metro the best producer of our generation‼️

[@808_rafa]

To add to Quincy being 50 when he made Thriller, people tend to also forget that he was producing for Frank Sinatra before Michael

[@UnrealGemini]

Quincy was really him, and he made the Beatles.

[@gggz420]

@@UnrealGeminibruh he never made the beatles are you high😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gggz420]

quincy is the man fr💎🐐

[@PeacefulPariah]

​@@UnrealGemini pardon dude, he didn't produce for The Beatles. You gotta provide receipts on that one.

[@KR4FTY66.6]

I love how he admits to still watching tutorials. Most producers deny it

[@alexashe]

I'm not ever a producer but this interview is crazy... 3 hours of metro dropping straight gems

[@phazemegaartistproducer]

Bro is mad humble

[@Free-YSL]

the fact that metro dont even know about shaperbox just made me realize how much I care bout all these vsts but just like he said its about how u use them metro rlly the goat

[@zacmchale-north820]

I’m loving the part of him talking about how he’d love to do a movie. As I’m sat here watching this after across the spiderverse drop

[@joshk3170]

That Big Sean album is so underrated, I feel like it doesn't get the praise it derserves like other collab albums have gotten

[@Finnathegod]

Lol they start talkin bout me at 20:46

[@jrim.8125]

nahh hahah

[@MakeEverythingLegendary]

I wanna thank you Producer Grind for doing this. I was tuned in the entire time. Countless gems were given and this definitely wasn't pointless. Big thanks to you and of course Metro. This gave me just the push I needed at the time of this release. I will never forget this podcast.

[@FullMetalCyborg]

For sure i learned so much here i cant even payback

[@imreversalimreversal8257]

P

[@deandremartin6816]

Outside of his talent one of the things I love about this dude is his faith💯🙏🏽 very humble dude

[@YoungEpic1]

Metro reinstalled my confidence in making music period not just producing , somebody that successful that still got time to inspire the up and coming is rare, dude a real 💯

[@SuperStarO]

Thank you Metro & ProducerGrind for doing this for the community, so many GEMS & Light in here man! Also whoever said these are pointless was clearly not a producer themselves or some jealous person, ignore that. We LOVE this & it's doing so much for the community as a whole. 100

[@Producergrind]

gang gang 4L

[@alexdoesstuff5260]

Metro, If you like the workflow of the new FL studio, but you want it to sound like the old FL studio, what you have to do is go to the limiter and increase the gain by 5.5db. On the old versions of FL, the gain on the limiter was increased by default which gave it a harder hitting sound. Once you make this change to the templates, of the modern FL versions, it will sound the exact same. You can prove that it sounds the same, as when you export the same project from FL 20-21 and FL11-10 and then phase invert one of the exports, they will cancel out. This is assuming the gain on the limiter has been changed to be the same on both projects. Hope this was helpful, and yes older versions of FL sound different, but you can emulate that sound on newer versions with 100% accuracy.

[@ChabowBeats]

Pretty sure he uses soft clipper though

[@ilovesoundz]

Let’s go, Metro a huge inspiration fr. His impact on todays music is legendary ⭐️

[@MrRacecourser]

Thank you Producer Grind for this. Y'all are blessed, it's been great to see y'all's growth. More power to y'all. 💪🏾

[@sscaspirantvk917]

😊😊😊😊l😊l0😊

[@prod.roadrunner]

Ian gon lie metro the whole reason I got into this shit. He been that since I was a jit, his beats are timeless and carried a lot of artists careers to where they at today. Biggest takeaway I got from him was to keep doing this shit regardless if the money coming in, you gotta love the craft like yo old lady. You been more of inspiration to me than could be put into words, Ty mane. Hope our paths cross one day big bro 🤞🏼

[@leowes4882]

These interviews are priceless. Youre giving all the fans and kids a chance to get a closer look at their heros. The entertainment is needed. Belive it or not they actually tune in to see the hosts as well.

[@iamana6295]

“The world don’t know yo plan so a fall back might look like a fall off” 💯💯💯💯 a word

[@leroygreen214]

2:06:41 bro just casually explained Kanye’s whole musical evolution from album to album in depth. When Metro says he’s a student of the game that’s 💯 Lotta gems in here, not so much technical but philosophical and how to approach production from the mental aspect. You can tell he really respects the process and loves making music 🎹

[@79Glitch]

Kanye’s whole evolution: starting with the second album, get Jon Brion to play, produce, engineer the songs. Then, get Mike Dean to do everything after that. Then, work with any young and talented producers and song writer, as well as a lot of legends. And get Mike Dean to do everything. If you ever make money, you could pay others to evolve your music as well.

[@kehkehd646]

@@79Glitch Oh brother get this nigga out of here

[@79Glitch]

@@kehkehd646 truth hurts.

[@melvoocrazy8218]

Crazy metro never heard of a lot of plugins but still makes bangers

[@runnitupramos]

Metro smart... thinks before he speaks. I done thought the video was paused a couple times because he be thinking for mad long... respect.

[@Pointofviewblvd]

Glad to see a producer from my Era or age group kills the game rn. God Bless

[@farraribeats]

The PG interview we've been waiting years for🐐

[@jordanfox1316]

TB has that energy. Gets the best answers out of people. Such a comfortable space. Also metro, the humble legend. So many gems. Been waiting to hear this. Thank you producer grind!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@vjunioronthebeat]

We just got the video we all needed...🌋🐐

[@rickeydonnellsamuel]

WE NEED THIS! THIS WHAT KEEPS THE PRODUCERS GOING! Y'all should try to get Riot up there it would be a great episode!

[@Mikasso80]

we definitely a part 2 ! thank you Metro and producergrind for this amazing interview

[@kingshal4475]

Man! Producergrind we been waiting so long for this one. Ive been asking you guys since 2019 for this interview. And yall asked all the right questions. So much game, so many gems from the goat himself. This really producergrind’s biggest moment. This channel really is the biggest thing for producers. We cant thank yall enough

[@taylorhunter2216]

Definitely needed this one on Producer Grind! I could tell Metro was happy when yall got to the technical side of making beats. He is truly a student of the game.

[@busyworksbeats]

METRO!

[@previewsohangel7458]

Top 20 legendary tags

[@drehassan1901]

Shout out to Metro for dropping them 💎 and Shout out to y'all at Producergrind keep doing y'all thang, we need more light shined on the producers, Engineer's, DJs and people behind the scenes helping create this great music that we love.

[@vinzen1]

This was a great interview, took me about 3 days to finish but I watched the whole thing. Metro is such a legend in my eyes, he inspired me so much I started tweeting “thank God for the day” everyday just like him.

[@druzy808]

Producer Grind made history with this interview for sure 💪🏻 I’ll be going back to this one for years 🔥

[@wlxnbeatz7256]

He’s beats sound like movie scores especially the horror genre. Very inspiring to see why🙌

[@cadirang]

Thanks PG, ya'll have been a blessing to the producer community. Stay blessed 🙌

[@ProdJefeDelPerre0]

Feels good to be part of something like this. Its like I got a home fr

[@saltyseadog4719]

Aww bless

[@noizemakers]

This interview is absolute gold 👏🏻 Shout out to all the team of Producer Grind and Metro for this! 👏🏻

[@a.d.the.4mvla43]

I've watched this ep of PG with Metro a couple of times now coz of all the sauced dropped but mainly coz of how comfortable they all are in each others company and also how absorbed they all are in the conversation topics...it could easily be 3 friends who've known each other for a lifetime sat there having a convo about music and life...great stuff PG once again

[@SamFocused]

Wow you really got Metro Boomin one of the Greatest of all time in here. Shout out and Big Respect to the whole ProducerGrind Team. Inspirational Episode 💯💯💯

[@Taylor370z]

Gotta give huge respect to him actually putting thought into all his answers. I lot of guys of his status will be short worded, not think about an answer. An interview can't get much better than this, def gonna relisten to this one.

[@shadmaadeit9524]

Yall got the best Metro. Basically everything we wanted to know. Preciate this producergrind. I will be listening this for a while.

[@sickbeatsproductions6664]

This guy is so humble he has a song with the #1 artist in the world

[@daxsounds3949]

This one is truly legendary. I think we all been waiting on this one. Metro! Metro! Metro! thanks my brother for passing through. There's lots of amazing producers but this man is truly something special. Blessings to you my brother, I wish you much success and longevity. 💯💯💯💯

[@THEMProductions]

Metro on producergrind it was a long time coming 🐐💯 this interview will be replayed over & over for a long time!

[@victoriousakadiceproductions]

Congratulations on all the blessings, from hard work and dedication Metro Boomin and the Podcast team. 🙏🏽🎲🎲🎼

[@left5645]

I come back to this video every now and then, I recently watched the new spiderman movie and seeing Metro so excited really blesses my heart cause wow those synths made me feel so much more ive ever felt from a movie

[@cstylegwalla3045]

How did i know he was gonna say Serato Sample 😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DaMazinOfficial]

1:00:22 I had a fallback for the same reason in 2017. The under appreciation aspect kicked in, getting spread thin working with every hot artist, lil janky business moves, sometime you gotta stand your ground and just let people feel your absence 💯 everybody not replaceable or disposable or simping for placements

[@raindaresmusic]

That ice breaker question straight out of a children’s show lol… this came on autoplay in the background and I was so confused why Nickelodeon was on my computer. I mean, I’ll listen to Metro anywhere, but I was so relieved it was producergrind - respect 🙌

[@dyenorth]

That's the GEM. Thank you ProducerGrind🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@808_rafa]

God bless everyone in here. Including Metro and ProducerGrind crew. I wish success to all of you

[@madd2377]

Already a classic producer interview

[@BxngxEd]

This one’s a gem!!! Third time watching. Big up ProducerGrind. Inspirational moves 🔥🔥🔥

[@mzproductionz1988]

Thank you ProducerGrind this interview was very good and there was a lot of intriguing gems as well

[@BJG1Faulkner]

The way Metro spoke about the MPC, he’s one of them dudes that GETS IT! It’s not about one over the other but sometimes different workflows inspire different energy! 🔥💯🎹

[@tomblaze2]

Seriously - this is the best interview of the year - / so many gems 💎 -- 💨

[@SxEtluv2012]

Still find myself rewatching this interview. The gems Metro drop forreal

[@big_deuce4real]

I swear da God this was the best interview y’all ever put out 🔥🔥🔥 so much gems, inspiration and motivation to help me get better as a producer. This interview will forever be timeless I can watch it over and over again!!! Thank y’all producergrind 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@user-xk7tc1so2j]

Good luck bro

[@dicedageniuz8432]

Love this podcast and how y’all stay keeping us creatives hungry thank you for every episode

[@TheForensicLobster]

Super dope, been rocking with producergrind since the beginning and the fact that they got metro on is fantastic!

[@ARSHXVN]

Thank you for the last segment! I've been thinking about that for so long

[@Nillsgotit_]

Every interview be having new gems appreciate y'all for posting these

[@RodTheProducer]

Big props to these boys doing the interview they workin fr

[@jiat_spacejams]

I'm so happy for you guys! God bless y'all cuz y'all bless us 🙏🏽❤️💯

[@gustomadeit27]

Hope y’all know these interviews mean so much to us, I look forward to these all the time ! Where would we be without ProducerGrind

[@fl7210]

This show rules… metro is an absolute legend. So talented yet so down to earth

[@Yelyarg]

These interviews are appreciated a lot thanks producer grind!

[@geminithugbaby473]

Metro a real one he took a step back when talking about the industry being saturated and not discourage his peers tryna come up even though he feels different.. always remember metro yt cooking up definitely a big reason why I wanted to get into producing

[@drpyrex8993]

Mahn been waiting on this for years. Finally Young Metro!!!🔥🔥

[@reportedoften6417]

15:16 This why I like Metro and he different to me He deadass kept pullin out his phone on the spot to research stuff and buy it Being serious bout his craft is an understatement He lives that !

[@riccoonthebeat]

Have y’all ever noticed when they start named new VSTs to big producers they be lost 😂

[@bigvee021]

I'm blessed to have found this amazing channel!!!, Thank you very much guys

[@aelibeats]

Good to see the questions game getting better and better! This is a big one! Thank you and congrats!

[@goatonthatrack]

I've been waiting years for this day 🔥🔥🔥 shout out from Brazil!

[@Sumeenk]

Metro is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song with him one day

[@EricOpitz]

Such an inspirational interview , all the love to Producergrind love💜 you guys kill it

[@prod.meloflow]

wait for this one for years🔥

[@DopeSoundGroup]

Been waiting for this! 🔥🔥

[@passthebluntpodcast5580]

This interview was the one ! Been watching for days soaking up the knowledge

[@swaylinebeats204]

This was pure gold, thank you for the podcast!

[@Twinboi85]

"What do think is the value of this and other platform alike?"....That was a great question to ask in contrast tand to someone who thinks it's "pointless." Just like music, podcasts are subjective to everyone. It's good to know why our guests think the content brings value. I can't believe I stayed watched this the whole way through, no nap or nothin..it ain't feel like three hours.💯

[@langslifeofficial]

I love the craft so much ill rewatch these vids like multiple times a week to hear it all over again! Keep it going PG and keep loving the game. Also, its crazy how they were talking movies and now he’s done the whole Spirderverse score! Craaaaazy foreshadowing but man its nuts how this happened

[@lionelhaley7534]

Metro was saying a lot of things I felt about today music and production.. y’all keep up the great work, I just started watching since timberland and man I have learned a lot, good lookin’ y’all and don’t listen to ppl who say it’s not making a difference cuz it is.

[@musictechzach]

Outstanding content. It doesn’t matter what genre you work in, to see a producer like Metro talk shop is so incredibly valuable. Gotta show love to these guys that are humble enough to do so. Also it’s wild (and I mean this respectfully-as obviously this man is far superior to me) but it’s wild to see it seems there are some technical things or things like music theory that I might have more of a grasp of then even he does. I mention this because it’s awesome to see things from a professionals perspective. Like if he isn’t focused on that shit, and he’s making things that sound 10* better than me, then if anything it might be limiting me. Example is him talking about digitally distorting stuff-man I don’t even think to do that. I’d use softclipper and drive it that way. I’ve been preached to that you don’t want to digitally clip. But shit, if metro gives that a go then I need to revisit that. (Also, I’m aware that according to FL I believe individual channel clipping isn’t true digital clipping if it’s limited on the master-but still)

[@LaynoProd]

GOATED interview! thank you Producergrind and shoutout Metro for sharing the sauce and gems! i just got a new Macbook and FL Studio 21 after cooking on a PC laptop for years, i definitely hear the difference, the workflow better, it looks better, but it still hits hard but just cleaner and more polished than FL 10 or 11

[@bellwave4954]

Producergrind bringing Metro now woww happy to see y'all growth

[@planetgwap]

Best Interview. I love his personality. He is different than I expected. I hope to make musicals with this man someday. Bless you Metro. Remember me, im coming....

[@Eighty5iveprod]

It's crazy how he a top prod but don't know these popular plugin they mentioned. Just proves that the plugin doesn't make u. You make the plugin!

[@therealTLANE]

Super dope interview!!

[@thekeyofbloom3881]

appreciate y'all keeping this 3 hours and whatever long. good looks.

[@tokyotrap2579]

Good point about the over saturation of tutorials being a hindrance to producers

[@t0n3prod.7]

My boy metro still reaping that STL!!!!💪🏾💯💯💯. Shout out to stl for real

[@PRI3STHOODMUZIK]

This is one of the best interviews. Metro always gets me amped up 💯🏁

[@mixwaves9380]

This was amazing thank you both god bless

[@TrakLejendBeatz]

Salute 💯🔥🔥 some real gems on this one 💎