Alex Tumay on Young Thug, Travis Scott and Kanye West | Red Bull Music Academy

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Nobody knows prolific and mercurial Atlanta rapper Young Thug quite like audio engineer Alex Tumay. The Queens, NY, native has been the only professional able to keep up with the talented rapper, harnessing his abilities on the Slime Season trilogy of mixtapes, I’m Up and JEFFERY.
In his lecture at the 2016 Red Bull Music Academy, Young Thug's engineer Alex Tumay discussed how he stumbled into engineering, working with one of the brightest and weirdest talents in rap, and how Atlanta’s new generation achieved a unique sound.
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3:45 - Starting out
20:46 - Young Thug
51:29 - Travis Scott
1:26:32 - Good Times
1:32:08 - Kanye West
1:44:54 - Getting credit
An unheralded yet essential presence on a number of pivotal Atlanta hip-hop albums, Tumay has also worked with Travis Scott on Rodeo and lent his ear to the track “Highlights” from Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo.
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[@barneylenihan9856]

It's insane how far cla vocals can get you

[@pablolemus5003]

Stop using CLA, I make all producers take cla plug-ins off before I even touch it.

[@FlaxikPlayscz]

came here for this type of a comment

[@mixedbyziggy3513]

I'm happy i checked the comments lmao

[@OdysseyBeats]

CLA wooooo

[@tyrellturner5602]

Pablo Lemus Everyone keeps saying CLA Vocals sucks but nobody is saying WHY!!! What’s wrong with the plugin? Cuz I use it all the time and it VASTLY improves my mixes

[@__tino__]

his story is amazing from making a song with thug w/o even seeing him to the leaks which where you can see Alex tearing up and then to Jeffery it's just been incredible. thank you redbull for this

[@youexchange1885]

"I met Alex, I met Jimmy, he got racks" Tumay a legend

[@TheDropOfTheDay]

it's I make Ellis, I know Jimmy, he got racks

[@thedoc2994]

+Sain Laurent no, that's what they say on genius but if ur a true thugger fan u know him & u know it's I met Alex, I know Jimmy, he got racks, there is also logic behind: meeting someone & then saying knowing someone? Get it?

[@hibobbywoody]

So happy for Alex. Power to the engineer. This is an amazing interview

[@pramey]

WHAT AN INTERVIEW! Props to redbull for identifying people like him and letting them speak.

[@carrillobeats1336]

props to the interviewer. Followed his timeline and brought out the engineer in Alex. Thank you

[@prxda]

Bro he said young thug punched in every single line on Danny glover , he dropping some good ass knowledge on this vid

[@djdstarofficial]

heard he used CLA vocals on these tracks

[@SamHigo]

Yeah me to.. the word on the street is he also puts it on all his master tracks

[@LKit63]

@@SamHigo CLA VOCALS WOOO

[@bananaboat5218]

he does not. you can watch him live

[@djdstarofficial]

@@bananaboat5218 i saw it on his master even

[@arcanist3]

There should be time stamps for when he talks about certain things

[@jbuck302]

Time To Get Off My Ass. Inspirational

[@senatormendoza18]

this guy has been in some nerve-wracking situations lol big ups alex!

[@Narokx]

1:38:45 why that hit me so hard?? "I've traced before, it is way easier than to draw "

[@ifyouknowthenews]

I learned way more from this then the beatmakers roundtable

[@DenignigLOL]

the interviewers were trash at the beatmakers roundtable

[@ifyouknowthenews]

True I wish I could be his apprentice I would sell my soul to him

[@MattStacks9001]

this man is literally a legend. I'm tryna make all my music come together myself and to see him do this so flawlessly is amazing

[@Jacoby_T08]

Inspiration. Alex is the blueprint.

[@defoperator7993]

this dude is fucking intense. admirable work ethic and passion. you can tell he really lives this shit 24/7 he even has that mad genius/ computer burnt eyeballs stare lmao!!

[@jentaro]

Alex is that one quiet friend in the crew who you want to protect with your life when shit goes down.

[@QCSkits]

yung migo yung migo yung migo yung thugga yung migo yung thugga yung thugga I can't be the only person leaving the video to listen to the songs he mentions

[@motillabeats9401]

QC Skits every one lol

[@dredog6778]

Him & Thug was destined to meet,thanks to Metro we got Barter 6,Slime Season 1,2,3,& Jeffrey.....Thug haters avoid these type of uploads 😂

[@dredog6778]

If you not a female,Then Why?

[@dredog6778]

002brooklyn you one of those's

[@002brooklyn]

Dre Dog. Si

[@sammybwoy]

Alex Tumay is David Blaine's long lost twin

[@SergeantTurnip]

damn this is the first one of these lectures i've watched but holy shit this is just so inspirational and shows you what it takes to make it and really how lucky you have to be

[@BeatzByJones]

luck doesn't exist..talent and hard work DOES.

[@BeatzByJones]

HSOJZK HSOJZK NO..ITS DESTINY.

[@BeatzByJones]

AND BLESSINGS.

[@4RM4NDO]

I was expecting a short ass interview. This is a good ass surprise

[@DavidHager1]

Yeah same, I'm glad I got to hear his story

[@lucasgarcezxyz]

The host is great. So is Tumay, obviously. Great content!

[@ForeignHeat]

Legend!

[@TBaron-cd3pe]

kudos to the interviewer for being very well prepared! great interview I just wished they had talked about 21 and savage mode, I wanna hear some 21 savage studio stories lol

[@tripled_8146]

Tyler B He Didn't Record 21 Savage He Just Mixed The Music

[@Boissinova]

Thanks for working so hard Alex. You a phenomenal human. Thank you for pushing the culture forward.

[@sizzle3207]

alex is reading these comments, so say something nice

[@AsapzBeatsTheWave]

lol

[@VanIsleBC]

SHRIEKING

[@ANPHKI]

The interviewer has a rather sultry gaze pointed towards this Tumay dude.

[@marvindavisjr.543]

ANPHKI 😂😂😂

[@LaLion]

This is a great interview.

[@MadeleineXNow]

Bravo Alex! 🙌🙌 Thanks for an insightful and inspiring interview 👀

[@kbruh7289]

great interview! loved hearing everything

[@salembeats1875]

its like everything happend by accident lol

[@BRADLEY808]

I would love and watch the shit out of a show where Rollie just toured around and talked to artists, authors and musicians. Great call getting him to host. Also, engineering going "post-console" s is pretty interesting. This is my fav interview from this years RBMA. Thanks!

[@JBreezzBeatz]

This was great! I follow Alex on instagram and these stories were great to hear!

[@vaio3677]

55:34 Dude asks a question regarding the Animal Collective record and then gets lost in Alex's answer and thinks they're talking about Travis Scott

[@h.j.w2783]

lol

[@mattbogenschultz9771]

Low key pissed me off. “I feel like it really changed everything. This was a totally new sound for rap.”

[@ale-sw2br]

Nah he didn't get lost. 56:32 is when Alex switches to talking about Skyfall. He doesn’t explicitly say “Skyfall.” He just calls it “that track” and he gestures towards the gear on the table where they had just played Skyfall. Start watching from 54:37 to get the bigger picture.

[@charliekeys8734]

@@ale-sw2br yep, mentions dropping h-delays and a bunch of cracked plugins on each track, whereas the Animal Collective mixing process used an actual h3000. He also points briefly at the mixer on the table, referring to Skyfall which had just played. I had to watch back to realize lol seemed confusing at first

[@stragrkinic]

awesome interview really bravo for all

[@quanathan]

truly enjoyed this

[@Cartman-Official]

Imagine being in the studio with Alex, and he be like. Nah dont mix your kicks like that, let me show you

[@002brooklyn]

What does mix kicks mean

[@elyayers5993]

002brooklyn kick drums

[@EliYoung]

Little did he know two years later baby and gunna would come out of ATL sounding the same lmao

[@MattLadner]

This was amazing, thanks.

[@yungbrunnen]

what a great interview! one of my faves so far

[@fupm4531]

this deserves millions of views

[@djsjdh-hoahdi]

RIP Seth firkins 😭

[@QCSkits]

HHH we out here. Shouts out Alex; keep up the good work.

[@instrumentalpalace6760]

Having to work fast like that has its ups and downs. You can definitely tell some of those tunes are rushed. Especially earlier Thug. But as a producer myself. I under the importance of A.) getting ideas out as quickly as possible before they vanish. B.) Actually finishing projects to move on to the next one. C.) Keeping up with the speed of the new market.

[@danialxx]

This shit is so legendary.

[@IssaAzad]

Travis Scott 51:35

[@danielelwart8515]

Mad proud of you Alex, congrats man

[@danklinkz4422]

learnt a lot. thank u

[@QCSkits]

take or keep on danny glover that's wild

[@realisrare-s3o]

These people in the crowd don't even know they are in the presence of a modern day legend

[@JakeAdams27]

How in the world do you go to this and not have a question for alex tumay??? Hard to believe smh

[@dormaettu302]

15:15 The face that people living for the music make when they are like " i don t know already if i will have babies " lmfao

[@eddydusa9808]

Peep Zane Lowe in the crowd 10:05

[@artzimmer6347]

damnnn that kanye moment he had almost made me tear up

[@jasp42]

time stamp?

[@pepbeats7673]

Very inspiring

[@sharrybaythompson1935]

i goto full sail right now..crazy

[@chancellorpettifordii5749]

Mortin would you want to mix and master my music then😂😂?

[@AGOnTheBeat]

his three backups comes from the tech world, you need two copies of backups and the third is always off site

[@Derfmurc]

can someone pls tell me why he's not using a real ssl g bus compressor? i think there's a ssl console in most every studio he's working..

[@tomrao4]

DJ CRUM he said in another lecture he tries to stay in the box as much as possible because he mixes alot of work on his laptop at home

[@BRBcupcakes]

i hope everyone took breaks along with the show to listen to the Thugger songs

[@inthecutMD]

my guy alex a legend

[@BlitzyCobain]

I always think about my house-burning too😂😂

[@tpbaby2000]

preciate dis

[@tanneryadig4451]

Alex Tumay's probably a beast poker player

[@DennisTristan]

This is dope as hell

[@QCSkits]

no idea you worked on rodeo

[@lunastudios5968]

Inspiring!!!!That's all I can Say

[@hoodsculptures]

watched this 5times now. HONDASUCCES

[@akhilchandrashekar1725]

CLA VOCALS!!!!

[@el.blanco552]

You guys should really name the songs you play in the description

[@performa1]

wait holdup Luke Bryan engineers too? homie is versatile

[@elvibora6218]

hello. new here, what's wrong with CLA vocals

[@trevorrich9587]

Where do I get that hat? someone please help me out

[@HighFlown]

Super dope

[@HeliosH]

The Interviewer's Energy Is Whack.

[@ravenlotus]

When does he start talking about Travis

[@GeorgeB514]

Who's the interviewer?

[@RBMA]

Rollie Pemberton, AKA Cadence Weapon

[@GeorgeB514]

Great interview!

[@GeorgeB514]

yeah rapper/producer from Edmonton, now lives in Montreal.

[@mazin9119]

George B

[@elyayers5993]

Love this shit

[@GYoungSauceKeeper]

t 59:20

[@Jmd809]

33:22 “you visually saw him”

[@thulaniskosana3065]

Them Boyz though FT Shad The GOD

[@MMARavid]

There should be a “like” count at the bottom of this video

[@RemikxBeats]

This is legendary!!

[@ehmazin]

VOCAL FRY B2B

[@adamnope4577]

someones high as fuck, and Alex is doing his best to help him interview himself lmao

[@nolancao2878]

Ducking legend dude

[@chris8651]

Get a pen and paper before watching this...👌🏿

[@noguano]

i knew the interviewer looked familiar

[@rmani9383]

Smart Man

[@TheoldRoss4]

dane cook?

[@DnTw82cRee8]

1:55:05

[@twikhozay]

👌

[@donnxio]

Dane cook quit stand up comedy and started making hip hop music 😂

[@got0die]

GOAT

[@thulaniskosana3065]

A.T The G/O/A/T

[@Austindfell]

I wish I had like a dollar for every time he says like

[@BigL3Z]

We need an episode with Kenny Beats!!

[@ikezodo9199]

51:36

[@Corporate_Desecration]

Does the interviewer really think it’s atypical to switch majors a lot? Lmao. It’s more atypical for someone to know EXACTLY what they wanna go into in college