No I.D: Making beats for Jay-Z and longevity in hip hop | Loop

In conversation at Loop 2016, Jay-Z’s producer No I.D. talks about why he likes to keep his beats “unfinished” and waxes philosophical about what it takes to stay current in hip hop.
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[@TrinidadBatman]

It's so weird seeing Kanye has the same mannerisms as No ID, it's like he's obe wan kenobi and Kanye is annakin skywalker.

[@jamesbrooking2143]

This guy is a genius, imo a top 10 producer all time. 4:44 production was on another level.

[@benja303]

I don't listen to many people's advice but NO ID is so wise, he drops gems every other minute.

[@audioplugg5310]

now I see where Ye gets his mannerism from. not the craziness, but the mannerism.

[@CelTheArtist]

Needed to hear this.. if wasn't for No I.D there wouldn't be Ye!

[@wanshu550]

"No I.D my mentor now let the story begin"

[@AbzDeen]

one of my favourite ye songs

[@fiercekoolaid7711]

My top ten Ye songs

[@benh7506]

his voice just sounds very wise

[@acecatman]

"the timeline is the enemy, clips are freedom" yes exactly, that's why I switched to Ableton last year. my other daws had similar things but it only eventually led me to the real deal.

[@klickj26]

what did he mean by this??

[@Sataka23clips]

music is nice if its short and creative

[@DjRayAndSolible]

cosmosis in ableton you have a clip view and timeline view. With clips, you can trigger endless possibilities without ever having to stick to one variation. Eg you have two samples, a piano loop and a drums loop. You can trigger the piano loop then trigger the drums but not the samples. But then you can do it again and trigger the samples and drums but not the piano. The more you have, the more possibilities you can end up with. In timeline view, it means there has to be a start and end to your track. What he's saying is that with clips he can produce many different songs using the same set of sounds, allowing for maximum creativity...

[@johndav_iD]

@@klickj26 don't make completed ideas. Only short musical ideas because you don't lock yourself into a tempo, drum beat or a completed thought

[@richiebuz]

Jay Z Common Nas No I.D produce for all the greats

[@shawnscorner6703]

Richie Buz Vince Staples also

[@richiebuz]

Shawn Ramlochan Vince isn't at those 3 level

[@pellejaspers4854]

Richie Buz kanye

[@richiebuz]

Pelle Jaspers No I.D hasn't extensively produced for Ye like he did on LIG, 4:44 & The Dreamer The Believer

[@age-ben4910]

+Pelle Jaspers No ID definitely heavily mentored Kanye West early on and really taught him how to produce on a professional level in Ye's late teens/early 20s...

[@prodbynoel]

So inspiring. 4:44 had 10/10 production. Flawless.

[@PNoirmusic]

Wow. Definitely hit the jackpot. I love hearing all the different ways people turn sound into music! Thanks for inspiring me to continue getting better at the craft :)

[@barzmccartney5330]

Thanks for these jewels No Id. Just made 10 beats after watching this... Dope shit

[@BkBladeTV]

Lowkey looks like Paul Pierce

[@CH1EFBL1TZ]

Blade Stokes holy shit! a chubby truth, no joke

[@rhcp357]

"when you put the speaker on...either people move or they don't"

[@marcomarkproductions]

+Kyle Norwell A good song is not determined by whether a person moves or not

[@rhcp357]

i never said that. but in the context of being a dj, if people aren't dancing you probably aren't doing your job very well.

[@patrickj1066]

when they move their head and say DAMN, it's a good beat.

[@MrBlueHaze]

Kyle Norwell has

[@dwntwnwrld]

GREAT INTERVIEW! Thank you for sharing. No. I.D. hit on a lot of great points in term of the creative process of beat making with and without the artist.

[@SDSOverfiend]

Kanye's Original Ghostproducer lol even tho He learned from him.. NO ID crafted a lot of records Kanye sold.... Guy been around forever making classics.. "GHETTO DREAMS" WILL FOREVER BE MY FAV NO ID BEAT.

[@age-ben4910]

+SDS Overfiend You trippin' bro...it is well known that No ID started mentoring Kanye West when Ye was in his late teens! By then Kanye was producing beats here and there but it wasn't on a professional level like No ID. No ID taught him how to produce on a professional level and Kanye himself outdid No ID in output & catalog. No ID taught Ye very well because Ye became on his own one of the best at producing in Hip-Hop definitely top 10 producers. No ID was not Ye's ghost-producer, he IS still one of Ye's producers at Ye's label G.O.O.D Music. Just read the story of how Kanye West produced the "Otis" beat on Watch The Throne right before he had to catch a flight.

[@dragonofthewest8305]

You can see Kanye took allot from him tbh

[@ronthemogul]

i wanna be vegan but I love chicken he was Kanye's mentor brah. of course he would

[@JCOLE95COLEWORLD]

your name LMAO 🤣🤣😂

[@blazay4878]

Crazy Mence lol

[@716mjp]

Yeah i here alot of Ye in him

[@giannowarfield5731]

Great Video. Great Interview. Great Producer. Great Discussion. Great Answer's

[@bhongonkumanda7630]

No ID, Tupac, Kanye West, 50 Cent & Jay Z interviews are the only ones I watch

[@camozpeso]

No I.D. My mentor already. I know it

[@beatkultr]

Enjoyed this. Makes allot of sense. Music is much more than making beats. It's a lifestyle.

[@f8talfury]

Quality interview

[@tonrobert3391]

No I.D is unbelievably & crazy talented !

[@MrMizike98]

No I.D , Kanye West, Prince Paul are my favorite producers EVER!!!!!

[@ILaxative]

WHOA!!! How long has No I.D. been using Ableton? Or is he just being interviewed by Ableton? I thought he used Logic for years

[@hurasane3947]

Its just software. Never got why so many are cult like when it comes to a daw.

[@casillasscorer]

Iam 7evin I've seen many videos of him using Maschine but I have no idea what he uses it with

[@mindalteringfx316]

Damion Betts having worked in FL studio, Logic, Sony Acid & Ableton I can all the processes are not the same. The ease and speed in which an idea can be recorded or communicated affects the overall creative process. No other DAW outside of Ableton had its own dedicated midi controller with parameters displayed, which can limit the user to a certain sound that is produced, which is why I think most music nowadays is based around Quantized Grid based music. A vast amount of producers are limited by the resources available to them. A mouse and generic midi keyboard controller.

[@ILaxative]

I saw him on maschine too..as far as everyone else talking about cults and daws and it doesn't matter, I own every program and run them well..I just like knowing what routed the journey along the way to try a new daw. If they are all the same no need in switching. Yes I know every program can get the job done but going from one daw to the next has a certain value that may help others that may spark creativity or workflow..

[@ILaxative]

mindalteringfx I understand that they don't discriminate..that's why I love ableton..never spoke on limiting my ability to learn I have mastered every daw out there besides bitwig cause I don't own it but each daw offers a certain taste that the other doesn't..doesn't make it better just different.

[@tomorrowishere11215]

I havr been lookubg for his interview from SCRATCH magazine fromn the now discontinued harris publishibg company.i have been looking for it for over a decade!! He talks about organization in the interview

[@b00i00d]

Mayne! Love this guys philosophy! Surprised he ain't an aquarian! :)

[@GoodxJ]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@savagelychill2858]

I had this dudes album when he was rappin. 🔥always thought he was dope. As a producer and emcee.

[@ninety_three_93]

🔥🔥🔥

[@MarloStringerBell]

Interview & content 🆓📚

[@DjRickeyRicardo]

Same here we're jus alike mr No I.D.

[@gregc7699]

Very knowledgeable

[@btntetatainment]

Humble people are usually great!

[@slr-d]

He's a philosopher

[@BuiltbyF]

Genius

[@barzmccartney5330]

"My Big brother was Bigs brother, No ID my mentor now let the story begin". How will Ye return to the game? His mentor and his big brother created a masterpiece together and he wasnt involved. If this dont inspire Kanye nothing will.

[@isaiahclayton8178]

❤

[@Hvaskjerra]

#TheRealWeight !

[@3VLN]

Where is the full version of this?

[@damayne9715]

The channel icon is the Diemon logo backwards who else saw that

[@LBoogie1223]

Alot of interesting comments on Dion schooling Kanye, the question you should be asking is who schooled Dion??? Like he said in this Vid, He started as a DJ... In a crew called U.A.C.!!! Twilight Tone, Dion, Common... and this kid no one gives credit too, outside of the Chi... and this Kid name was Race!!! who did the majority of the BEATS in them days and MC'd!!! Now add that ish up, 1+1=2, Lolbvs... Just putting ish in a Lil bit of perspective, on the real, about things!!! No hate towards Dion... but the real question should be, who schooled Dion... and then got kicked to the curb, when Relativity came calling??? Loyalty... whats that huh... No I.D.???

[@aaa-mg8me]

Where's the whole video?

[@noirzillagamer]

wheres the audio?

[@RADIOACTIVEYOUTH]

No ID looks like Kanyes dad

[@hibobbywoody]

Is this full interview posted somewhere?

[@calvinlanz7046]

I would also be interested in this! He is very interesting to listen to.

[@Ableton]

Hi Bobby, we will only release those two clips with No I.D. form Loop 2016. You can find all the interviews here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j525aICEbKisq6s Hope it helps!

[@benja303]

So what is the point of only releasing 2? A lot of us want to watch the whole thing. I would be grateful if you could upload the whole thing.

[@JEFFMAN90]

Ableton Why not just upload the full interview?

[@klickj26]

upload the whole thing u idiots

[@djpirano787]

wOW

[@Elijahtorrence1]

4:05 someone's hip to Simon Sinek

[@lugo730]

No I.D. Common 1st album I believe.

[@jaywu_chakra9919]

lugo730 1st and 2nd. Can I barrow a dolla and Resurrection. 2 of my favorite albums.

[@louismichael3571]

And 3rd album One day itll all make sense

[@GoodxJ]

First three Common albums as well as The Dreamer/The Believer whole thing too!

[@theobuniel9643]

@@GoodxJ Nobody's Smiling, that was all No I.D. as well.

[@Blackuno3]

Dam what on his pant he was focus on that particular spot for a good min

[@MaineOFresh]

No ID has enough knowledge to be teach music class at Colleges

[@jklaw20]

This man though.

[@christophercruzadrian4494]

:D

[@aristidemurwanashyaka7355]

he spend too much time with ye..kinda look alike

[@LuhPlu2o]

John Bana you're just used to seeing Kanye talk like no I'd, no I'd was Kanyes mentor

[@age-ben4910]

+John Bana +VEX Well, they are both from Chicago & No ID started mentoring/working with Ye I believe when he was still in his teens while No ID was a serious producer in 1990's Chicago for the likes of Common.

[@Kickdrum00]

No i.d uses Logic Pro x and a mpc

[@CH1EFBL1TZ]

illijah009 what's the benefits of logic vs Ableton

[@LuhPlu2o]

He uses ableton push 2, he made all of 4:44 with it

[@GoodxJ]

Ableton!

[@DoloSupreme]

use a different mic next time. we don't want to hear saliva