The Story Of Kanye West's Sampling Miracle

[@liamb6873]

your ability to reverse-engineer other people's beats is seriously uncanny, I've never seen anything like it. These videos are fascinating, keep em coming!

[@sonsauvage]

Man. I’m 31 so I was still kind of young when this came out but it really was landmark, and you could tell when he was producing for other artists as well. His style was so recognizable. He’s just such a great orchestrator. he changed the landscape of mainstream rap and popular music in general

[@Juan_rivera]

Kind of? You were 11 lol

[@SamFocused]

Wow thank you. I could never described back in the days why I loved space ship so hard. This deconstruction was on point and amazing. Great video 💯💯💯

[@NavieD]

What a strange beat when you really break it down

[@CueueAyunMusic]

It's so crazy that nobody wanted the Spaceship beat. It was so different but that's what made me love it instantly. 20 something years later and I never got tired of that or any of this album

[@WILLintoPOWER]

Favorite beat off Dropout.

[@ScottThePisces]

I think its cause it wasnt in a standard 4x4 time signature, most rappers couldn't catch the beat lol

[@wayback1010]

it was the last call beat, if you look at the article he highlighted, they were talking about last call.

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

People are tryna make hits so anything different they avoid

[@tryanime]

@@ScottThePisces yeah thats why i dont like it

[@АртёмДенисов-з7ю]

You forgot the part where you're supposed to drive your Lexus into a wall. Aside from that, great tutorial

[@NavieD]

Hahah true, that is the secret to making great beats. Must drive car into wall

[@Hellotoarms]

It's a bit pedantic but Spaceship isn't in 3/4 it's in 6/8, the backbeat is on 4. Dilla did a lot of moving 6/8 samples into 4/4 songs and 4/4 samples into 6/8 songs, it wasn't an unheard-of technique, Kayne just did it particularly well here.

[@terrymiller111]

It's not odd timing for those hi-hats. They are SWUNG. You said so.

[@1eighty]

This is one of the best best breakdowns I’ve seen 😳

[@spacemind8636]

2:48 I can listen to this for hours 😍

[@bbcig]

The beat that so many people had passed on was "Last call" (actually only Jay-Z and Beanie, which isn't many at all, but two), not "Spaceships" as GLC is clearly saying in the quote that you highlighted. You (accidentaly?) misconstrued what he was saying. Also: Soul samples had been popular starting with "The Blueprint" and it's not at all like people didn't want Kanye's beats at the time. On the contrary: He had to hold back his favorites for himself and was constantly trying to do so.

[@blunteastwood]

I'm pretty sure you see Jay listening to "Last Call" in the "Fade to Black" documentary.

[@thebadguytemp23]

I once tried to recreate the Spaceship beat... I failed miserably.

[@palashshukla4725]

Bro this was soo awesome , learnt so much 🤝🙌 Please make another one of "Graduation"

[@NavieD]

Thank you Palash! It might be on my list

[@palashshukla4725]

@@NavieD 😳🤫

[@deeseymour875]

The whole concept was cold, but I always thought those swung hi hats made that Spaceship beat 🔥🔥🔥

[@sindanonegongo1199]

I've always sampled like this, jus not in hiphop, for years, I never like to sample straight forward samples, but I chop up and plat sample chops over each other.

[@YvngTazzy]

In the early 2thousands no one wanted to use samples cause of copyright but as of 2020 especially the drill scene all you get is samples and remakes

[@dunkleform01]

It really reminds me, how the black church worships inside the church. How inside the worship, strange things, we just suddenly happens to distract the music or people we play how they won because they got lead by the spirit and he structures his songs the same way.

[@KUM0]

Loving this Kanye's creative style videos, want more of them!

[@NobleGrows]

I always knew Kanye‘s Sampling skills are out of this world but I never realized how crazy he went before I startet beatmaking he truly is the GOAT imo

[@AngeloMckenzie-t8v]

Fully active bro🎉

[@billzco6137]

2 Words is my favorite kanye beat of all time . In 2004 I bought my first mpc2000xl because of him. That Mandrill sample is something else. Then he hired that violinist lady to layer and killed it

[@zaidzlni4219]

never thought the beat is that complicated

[@Juan_rivera]

The first one would've been a good beat as well, but Kanye made it legendary

[@lturner7159]

Spaceship 🚀 is by far my favorite songs off of the album!!! Also I love two words as well!!! Amongst the entire album

[@EV21]

Surprised that instead of nostalgia for Chingy you “hoped you never have to hear him again”. Love your videos

[@boybbeats]

Back with the bang 💥

[@NavieD]

Boom!

[@KaneiiiBeats]

You helped me a lot on making my own beats and samples.. thank you so much and keep it up🔥❤️

[@ThatTreyDude]

Diving into his mind is opening mines more

[@someoneontheinternet3090]

Super frustrating that they don't think the producer is the artist.

[@cvltzilla]

The original producer, yes.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

Yeah, like “just” a producer like that isn’t a big deal. They only MAKE the song

[@jackpenber8959]

You could say the same about people who use other people samples

[@skaterboi65]

spaceships beat is incredible

[@keejay12]

I heard Kanye used the 3/4 measure on his song Champion too. How do you even sample using other time measures like that? Can we get a video on that too?

[@BossDrSample]

You can chop any time signature into any other one by repeating certain phrases and having uneven loops to add variation to them

[@keejay12]

@@BossDrSample explain pls

[@BossDrSample]

@@keejay12 listen to "Hi" by J Dilla, the original sample is in 6/8, but Dilla played the chops on beats 1 and 3 of a 4/4 beat and because the original sample is in 6/8, it gives it a really heavy swing, or like in one of my beats, i took a drum break in 7/8 and added an extra snare and hihat hit to even it out to 8/8 or 4/4 . Or let's say you have a sample that is like a long phrase of notes that's in 3/4, you can play the long sustained notes either shorter than their original duration in your chop to change the rhythm, or you can chop the end off of one of the notes, play the chop to the end and then play the chop of the end of the note to make the one not last longer, extend it by a beat or two, thusly making it any time signature you want

[@keejay12]

@@koolmaaan I don't know much about other measures. I'll admit that. But why did you have to start off being didactic and patronizing as if you know me? Lol

[@stax3594]

This is such a great video, kanyes beats are so interesting to look into

[@angelomckenzie4122]

Up top

[@DonBart]

Love this format of videos man ‼️

[@tsamplENT]

BROOOOOO THANK YOUUUUUUUUU SOOOO MUCHHH, you literally solved this mystery for me, im already subscribed man, thanks alot!

[@HotBoii91]

He didn’t “revive” it. But def kept the boom bap twist to it. Errbody has been sampling everyday til this day 50 cent get rich or die tryin had samples so did ja rule “mesmerized” and more

[@oldmanyemiyamtvg491]

I known Kanye since were kids living in South shore Dr. and I stayed on 77th and Coles across the street from St. Brides. Kanye never came outside alot but one time he came out and rode bikes with us down a dirt hill near Rainbow Beach, but there was a gang that tried to steal our bikes and Me and Kanye got away but Stanley his bike stolen. A nice red huffy trick bike stolen. Kanye really couldn't come out because his mom worked alot.

[@KeithKazamaFlick]

heatmakers sound

[@Juan_rivera]

He was definitely on that line of genius adhd crazy... he sent full crazy...

[@michaelgrogan35]

dope channel bro. Informative and engaging

[@LoJahn]

Distant Lover is one of my favorite songs of all time…some songs aren’t meant to be sampled

[@Qx5630gUgB]

Do a video on yeezus pls

[@RegalToneT]

I love this!!

[@MariaAlvarado-qk2ns]

I need that video of trip hop beatmaking please😢

[@NavieD]

Hmmm that might be cool

[@ZonymaUnltd.]

Great video! Love the style of breakdown, it was easy to digest and apply.

[@PelayoAF]

Question: why did his samples not get sued, is it because he completely modified them unlike other hip hop artists mentioned?

[@lasttruegamer9537]

He paid for the samples

[@hypeothermia1955]

lol

[@jackpenber8959]

"beatmaking" is a funny word to use for him

[@roberthirst2302]

crazy good video

[@SP-iv2jj]

This is the best type of content. Thank you ❤

[@dreaddysky7667]

Could you make one on Monte Booker? I just love his production

[@gharmonboziia4260]

They're triplets, not 3/4. 3/4 means there are three quarter notes in a measure. A triplet allows us to play three notes in the time of two notes.

[@79Glitch]

I mean … Madvillainy, Champion Sound, Electric Circus, Cannibal Ox The Cold Vein, Fantastic Damage, Blazing Arrow (Blackalicious debut), Jurassic 5 debut (Strength in Numbers?) RJD2 debut, DJ Shadow’s second album, MM … Food, Vaudville Villain, The Grind Date, Get Rich Or Die Trying, The Black Album, Take Me To Your Leader, Pete Rock’s Petestrumentals, The Blueprint, a couple of Beatnut’s albums, a couple more Jay Dee/Dilla albums (Jay Loves Japan, Welcome to Detroit, Ruff Draft; and obviously a lot of the beats for Donuts and The Shining were already finished because we had them on beat tapes, or they were already songs on other artists independent releases or upcoming albums) … all came out before or essentially the same time as Kanye’s album. And many of those album, if not most of those albums, were more adventurous and innovative than Kanye’s from a sampling perspective (although not all as commercially successful or poppy), particularly the Dilla stuff, whom Kanye cribbed a lot of his sampling and drum techniques through their shared participation on the Common albums. A bit of revisionist history to fit the narrative you wanted to create for your video, guy?

[@evolve-officialartist]

One factor for me as far as a producer or artist in general, Not many people are looking for great music anymore. Its about social statis now, not based on skill. People's attention spans have shortened over the years. It's hard enogh to get someone to give you a listen when you put out a new project. Copy amd paste producers dont have a style anymore. No individuality!!

[@PdWOLFG4NG]

you make it sound weird but it is not, it is actually pretty logical.. it is called chopping up samples in a way that gives that old skool dj vibe, that ius where the snare on the first bar comes from. spinning the record, looping certain parts, repeating a line while you play with the double snare.. just look at the average old skool dj battle, I think this is why we started doing this with samples on the mpc giving that mixtape vibe

[@MIDAZSITH]

I really hope I didn’t have to listen to Chingy in my life!!!! Love it

[@LarryByrdMusic]

Amazing video. Just amazing. Well done man.

[@matthewstrohmaier1647]

I have a question. Do the chops on Spaceship play monophonically or are there parts that they blend? As I am constructing beats I find it more intuitive to play chops and each chop cancels the other out but would like to practice doing otherwise if it is more musically sound. Thank you for your content homie. You do great breakdowns and contribute wonderful music yourself. Super skilled shit.

[@dr.strawberry5773]

no way to know unless u ask kanye. he might have did it like its shown in the video or did it on two different tracks. remember we not takling about computer rn we talking about asr 10 possibly MPC. if he played both things in same track, idk if he will be able to apply effects to two very different soudns. try it out though

[@dr.strawberry5773]

might get new ideas

[@TheCommonLink1]

Kayne is ahead of his times!

[@asonx8624]

literally the number 4 spot was crazy in love, the whole song is a sample rearranged. so ya point is kinda mute

[@beatroot_red]

That's part of Kanye's musical genius.

[@josephkim3223]

Really nice video so far

[@jjjjj2220]

Bro 50 cents in the club has a sample lil John had a sample in get low as well.

[@jjjjj2220]

Won’t be surprised if get low has a sample

[@DeeMaxum]

There was nothing "strange" about that Spaceship beat to me

[@hebeda1]

i resampled this you missed a chop but good job i did it on the mpc

[@Tmokkeys]

3:05 12/8. The inner beats are 16th notes

[@doknox]

I think the producer is more the artist than the rapper honestly. Most rappers know nothing about actual music.

[@Ai-us5hr]

Very helpful this super interesting

[@gusta5230]

Hey Navie D, have you ever thought about making some content about tyler the creator's productions? Both from the beginning when he was still in odd future, and during his solo career.

[@rehtuluv]

Music isn't always structured.

[@henri-fillipbauer6579]

Man it’s dope

[@letsgetbizzy6543]

Spaceship is still 4/4, but in triplets. Great content tho!

[@viciouzthegod8137]

Alot of rappers want to sound the same and are afreaid of doing something risky

[@adambotsch6664]

You should make a video on the alchemists new album

[@TheChameleon2008]

Great video and i always wonder what these top artist use to get the stems out of a track they want to sample? I recently tried RipX and while its not perfect, i does a amazing thing so im wondering if there is something like this on the market that the pro people use

[@TrackHustlersENT]

I'm pretty sure Kanye used to get session musicians to replay the part he wants to sample

[@havitoja]

Idk, looks like he's fooling around or didn't know how it works and eventually it came out not that bad and someone said ''that's brilliant'' and for no reason people started hyping XD

[@nepotsuki6856]

he was sampling since he was kid seeing no id a producer work

[@martinagniss59]

The timing of "Spaceship" is 6/8, btw.

[@soundsixtyfour]

what's the difference?

[@TheChameleon2008]

3/4 or 6/8 is the same homie

[@owengray3785]

@@TheChameleon2008 hell nah it ain’t. A song like drunk and hot girls is a 3/4 waltz but spaceship is clearly 6/8 because of the down beats. The down beat is after 6th 8th note not 3rd quarter note.

[@martinagniss59]

@@owengray3785 Drunk and Hot girls is also in 6/8 though

[@martinagniss59]

@@soundsixtyfour Well, 6/8 is more similar to 4/4 in sound than to 3/4. The difference is that 3/4 sounds more akin to 4/4 with beat 4 taken out, and 6/8 sounds like 4/4 but each strong pulse is subdivided in 3 8th notes instead of 4. It's more of a 'feel' thing, at the end of the day.

[@Pavillionairez]

On two words, was that a drum break he got his drums from?

[@kymlittlefield4389]

I don’t think it’s in 3/4…. It’s in 6/8

[@hinkali_v_chetverg]

no big difference. these 2 time signatures both can easily replace each other. it's cool to know the difference between these two, but it's still unimportant shit for nerds (sorry for my english, I'm not native speaker)

[@Amin-sy9rg]

u look like karim benzema 🤣🤣 nice video❤❤

[@chrissalinas5657]

how did you take that sample using fl studio....do you have a video on that

[@derricksmith9524]

Ge Navie ive went too everyone about the constant pops n clicks in my fl studio 20 i have an Hp desktop with 16 gb of ram im using 8 of the 16 ive watch every tutorial on how to fix it i just wanna make good music i need your help my brotha thanks

[@davidcoates934]

Kanye didnt sampled 2Words he remade it it wasn't a sample cuz he was having issues getting it cleared

[@ryelee9816]

Hey Naive, how do you get multiple chops to play at the same time on serato. Mine just cuts the other out

[@ariarimeowmeow]

Change the mode from mono to poly

[@NavieD]

In the top left corner, it gives you the option of mono and poly

[@Wk32eze]

J dilla

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

how you gonna talk about miracles and not call him YEEZUS

[@ddschaves]

Karim Benzema tutorial beats

[@Garuda.34]

You missed the part of Spaceships being a 3/4 beat and no 4/4 beat. Probably be another reason nobody wanted it

[@Des420]

Navie has the slightest head bobble but no accent. That’s interesting. I assume his family immigrated here when he was young enough to lose the accent, but the head bobble is ingrained from his formative years.

[@ariarimeowmeow]

you coo coo

[@NavieD]

Hahah you're a nut

[@Des420]

@@NavieD Just an observation. You didn’t tell me I was wrong though…

[@88keyz]

👍🏾

[@mrreggiej85]

Chingy catching strays is crazy 😂😂😂😂 awesome breakdown though

[@Cybah]

3:08, any time someone uses triplets you switch it up with it being 3/4 time signature bro come on 😂😂 it's not that hard to clap in rhythm of triplets

[@millyoneyedeaz1350]

Kanye has already admitted he git this style from Studying Supreme Clientele and Rza overall. "Apollo Kids" uses all the tricks described in this video, which is where Kanye got it from... Its good to point out what he's doing, but its in no way unique or innovative by Kanye. MGM off Wu Tang forever, as well as "Shame on a N**a" use these techniques for example. Primo on "Kick in The door" does this to the "Spell on you" sample Playing sample free songs creates an illusion that reality doesnt confirm. Dropout came out in 2004, same year ironically as Ghostface Pretty Tony also sample heavy. so was Streets Disciple by Nas, (50 Cent "Many men" off the same album as In the club was also sample heavy) 1st Infantry by Alchemist, Tical the prequel, the list goes on. I like Ye stuff too but lest stop pretending he was unique in his approach. "Me and Just love Ghostface so much, that’s (Roc-A-Fella Records executive) Hip-Hop’s favorite rapper and one of my favorite rappers, so we were trying to make all these beats for Ghostface but just so happens we’re at Roc-A-Fella and Jay heard them and rapped on them. We were making all these beats for Ghostface because we get so inspired by his albums… I feel like I got my whole style from Ghostface. Listen to what I’m saying, I need that in print, I feel like I got my whole style from Ghostface.” Following the formula of Supreme, Just Blaze and Kanye West went on to create the majority of JAY-Z’s classic The Blueprint the next year.

[@perryperryprince3242]

I was invested in this vid until you dissed the chosen one...keep Chingy's good name out of your mouth.

[@OmarCapital]

I don’t Sample at all, I fuck witchu tho Lil bro 💯

[@GoldenMusiz]

Can you do fl studio mobile tutorials too? Because I’m sure that some of us are flm users aswell

[@jazzcabbager]

I'm sure you're just trying to be cool but Chingy has plenty of good music and that one line threw me off from your video

[@mdavisyates]

Iono, Ye' was definitely in a lane, but he wasn't the only one doing those types of chops. He packaged a branded sound and got lucky enough to go to work for an artist that could afford to clear samples. Other notables in that time were Just Blaze, 9th Wonder, and mufucin Dilla! to name a couple. The miracle is that he held the ego back long enough to get picked up by Roc-a-fella... Yes I acknowledge my very personal Ye hate lol.

[@hypeothermia1955]

ok.

[@akkhan7335]

My dad loves that song stop hating 😂

[@Bamx333]

JPEGMafia is what Kanye could have been.

[@yuhbtw]

He is a liar sampling was a being used all the time during that period. Hip hop just was more diverse. At that time every region had its own sound for the most part

[@imusic1006]

Damn pooor chingy

[@NavieD]

I hope the Chingy fans don't come after me now