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[@NavieD]

I am very happy with this video :) I hope you like it too, my love PS Don't believe the haters! I CAN teleport!

[@joesbama3528]

Hi Navie

[@abxtrbeats7530]

you can also time travel?? how did bro comment back 8 hours before even the release of the video

[@101iswhatsup]

😂😂😢...crazy timing again. Like Dilla said "Shake the haters"(make em NV). Great video bro. As far as teleporting, how do scenic routes fit that narrative? Safe travels 😂

[@BarsBrokeDown]

Hope you do one on BNYX one day

[@BarsBrokeDown]

And I am, I've improved in beat making tremendously watching your videos 🔝🔝God bless you brother

[@morenofranco712]

Dahi has been one of my biggest inspirations since the first time I listened to Money Trees. He has produced some of my favorite beats ever: A Lot by 21 Savage, Kendrick's LUST., Worst Behaviour by Drake and Self Care by Mac, and you can learn something different everytime you listen to one of his beats. Truly one of the greatest of this generation.

[@AlexMM98]

Damn I didnt know him at all but i’ve probably listened to those songs hundreds of times

[@lowkeymike]

you’re the only person who makes beat making tutorials that my ADHD can tolerate learnt a lot from your videos. Appreciate you so much.

[@NavieD]

ollol I got the ADHD community holding me down!

[@TheRealAntonHydenick]

You really do though brodee! I have awful adhd and your videos keep my attention like no other

[@ARDHD75]

I second that!

[@MilesReigle-ml1qv]

Same!

[@meduya]

real

[@MR_K-RO]

It's crazy how this is seen as something unique. Grime producers were doing this nearly two decades ago, before the trap sound started watering the sound of Grime down

[@PureFact]

thank you. Dahi is indeed dope tho

[@TomekZylMusic]

I remember you from the grimforum, used to bump your beats on soundcloud. bigup!

[@MR_K-RO]

@TomekZylMusic Thank you bro! Tables have turned now. I listen to your stuff on your channel now lol!

[@seanposner8884]

this just got me interested in Grime...point me in a direction?

[@michaelcucchiara]

​@@seanposner8884find anything?

[@krs-fltutorials4487]

Always loved the drums on father time, didn't know it was him.

[@NavieD]

I will admit, this is an assumption I am making

[@silencenhikes6692]

Just like DJ quik, never got the full recognition he deserved, his production was nuts. Have you ever done a video on him?

[@themoistegg]

Congrats on 200k 🫡

[@NavieD]

Bah gawwwd thank you thank you

[@Brad_Sisson]

Worst Behavior's beat is definitely my favorite by him. Haven't heard anything like that beat since.

[@johndav_iD]

He's been one of my favorites since I heard "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar. Some of my favorites of his are "Gravity" by Brent Faiyaz, "The Helium Balloon" by Wale, "Mercury" by Steve Lacy, "Deep Water" by Dr. Dre & "Power" by Baby Rose. His sound is so diverse, it's hard to keep up with him

[@nkazimulongwenya7082]

Navie doesn't miss.... Thanks for the infotainment once again

[@NavieD]

Hahah no problem boss

[@spliffsoldier]

always something to learn from your vids Navie. We appreciate you heavily

[@NavieD]

I appreciate you my spliff soldier

[@joesbama3528]

Thanks for the tips man

[@NavieD]

Thank you for watching young man

[@joesbama3528]

@@NavieD thank you for helping md make music wise man

[@G.A.M.A-]

I've been doing these things for years ... glad someone doing it is finally getting some recognition among the production world if not with the fans at times! Love experiments!

[@Fifteenkid]

Navie D you're a genious man

[@NavieD]

I am genuieyoaus

[@umamisoul]

Always great to see Dahi get some shine. Huge inspiration and a real one of one artist

[@talgy2671]

Beatmaking genius is a really specific type of genius.

[@simskullex]

This dude be mad slept on. But ain't gon lie, the bass trick he does I've heard SoundCloud producers doin since 2018. Great video tho!

[@nickgilday8946]

Bravo as always man. I really like these beat breakdowns that aren’t just “how do you copy this artist” but really more showing us why we should appreciate them. It’s inspirational as fuck!

[@dakehami]

Navie D thd GOAT

[@NavieD]

🐃 I couldnt find the goat emoji

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

💪🏽 support is always good. Motivation bro. 💯 blessings to ya my guy

[@FalloutskyyBeats]

DJ Dahi is indeed a underated GOAT Producer. Def in my Top 10. Tried to send him some samples a couple of times already :D One additional info that i want to point out about Dahi is that he also knows when to keep it simple. As you showed in his video he has a very unique production style, but for some beats like Money Trees he kept it very simple and basic with the drum pattern and also just reversed the sample (i'd even say reversing samples is one of Dahis signature sounds as well)

[@NavieD]

Hmm. It's hard to say. With a beat like Drug Dealers Anonymous, I would say that beat is anything but simple. I have no idea what the hell is going on in that beat, it's so complicated

[@rileyp1506]

Conductor Williams definitely deserves some shine, he produced the intro track to Call me if You Get Lost. originally a Westside Gunn track called Michael Irvin

[@crimson6323]

yess someone knows him finnanly

[@johndav_iD]

He doesn't do much outside of the convention. Maybe sample selection but everything else is standard

[@SamFocused]

The deconstruction of his drumm Game was mind blowing 💯💯💯 Great Job Navie, for Sharing this Amazing Video and give DJ dahi his Flowers while he is still here 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@yungesco2267]

been a fan of Dahi since I heard Money Trees... I'm glad you shed some light on him 🙏

[@andrymystere]

YESSSSSS!!! I absolutely love this approach! I have made so many beats that seem "out of timing" or with an odd rhythm, but this video gives me reassurance that I was onto something! Thank you so much Navie!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BROSANCHEZTVOFFICIAL]

Great vids as usual! I don't see a lot of content makers speaking on Swizz Beatz style and a tutorial on Swizz Beatz. His style was just as recognizable as Timbaland or Alchemist. He had a very unique style that is hard to imitate. I would love to see a Swizz Beatz video and how he achieved that old Ruff Ryders sound. Thanks you the GOAT!

[@Rossini_Celestin_El]

Great video! .... it's the the added context of your videos that i find really helpful. Appreciate u

[@zaydkhfr]

If y’all tryna learn how to do this look up “backbeat”. When the snare hits on the 2 and 4 and is emphasized

[@hoorash]

i learn many things from many music producing channels but this channel is the only one that makes me feel like i gained inspiration to move forward.

[@red0ctane19]

Amazing video my friend! My drum patterns are the thing I've been focusing on a lot lately to try and expand my grooves and give a different bounce to my beats. It can be extremely difficult to pull off as you mentioned. Especially when getting into changing stuff like the snare. Usually that I still keep on the 2 and 4/3 and 7 and just play with the timing of my kick, bass, and hats. Almost never add toms either. Lol. So much inspiration from this vid, thank you! 🙏🏻 Also 200k?!? Lets goooo! Congrats man.

[@michipe6712]

I love your videos bro

[@uvogin3267]

You have no idea how long I had been waiting for a breakdown of dangerous it’s one of my fav song !! Underrated album for sure

[@ashtonthornton912]

If you’re able to I’d love to see you do a video on Kenny Segal and the work he’s done with Billy Woods. I feel like if anyone can do tutorials on unconventional production styles it would be you

[@saladedecevante943]

I love this kind of format, gives so much info while being well edited

[@seyiolusanya2805]

Been waiting for this.

[@user-ze4kp9ue3d]

Finally someone talks about Dangerous by Schoolboy Q. Honestly one of the songs that got me into producing along with like We Cry Together by Kendrick & Alchemist

[@dreaddysky7667]

Can you please do Monte Booker next? One of my all time favorite producers.

[@MvnStn]

I hadn't heard of him before, bc I'm a small droplet in a big pond, but I have heard that Krit song and it absolutely goes in. Praise delivered!

[@NavieD]

That beat blew my mind and it still does

[@MvnStn]

@@NavieD Indeed! I actually just went a little while ago and re-listened to it, to make sure I knew what I was talking about, and was re-captivated all over again. lol I even shouted Dahi out in a comment. Cheers!

[@cheeseballs9579]

tbh most of my beats the past few years are like this, i just got tired of hi hats tbh and after years of producing trap drums just felt like they weren't hard to make anymore. i started by cutting out alot of hi hats and adding double open hats in weird places, then it led to taking out some snares and then adding them back in at weird places. Then the use of percs as snares in alot of drake songs from that time inspired me to start adding percs and switching percs and snares in weird places and next thing you know im making beats that dont make any sense and i cant explain at all how i made them but all my homies wanted them!!! basically what im saying is that it takes time, you have to change the way you make/understand beats, you can't just wake up and make a DJ Dahi type beat one day!! IMO you have to be a very very high level of producer to consistently make beats like this.

[@keejay12]

You taught me something about DJ Dahi. I appreciate him more now

[@supermborio7627]

After that teleportation thingie I had to subscribe dawg🤣

[@drcross]

well that song with schoolboy is one of my favorite songs sooo ^^ yeah. Great Producer

[@superhobo500]

On one hand his beats are pretty cool...on the other hand its hilarious how little of a change is needed in popular music to be considered revolutionary...some off kilter drums and boom...He's a genius lol

[@Canderson_Beats]

That's because they don't teach music in school anymore. If you can read sheet music people think your genius now.

[@duc3r_prod]

Finally, you re talking about dahi, and now I'm completely shore that I came to the right place, over and over again. You ll be one day on this spots Navie, ty man, aaand meanwhile you teleported here, I saw you!

[@disastervillain]

props for doing this - Dahi is so underrated and deserves all his flowers!

[@slackstarfish8133]

I mean that’s a fairly standard snare pattern as well it’s just used less often. Kaytranada uses that pattern on letstalkaboutit

[@luakspudaus8016]

Omg 😱 i do some of this shit in my Last beats... some is gonna drop soon, thanks navie and wish me some luck

[@tracksphantom540]

I never knew this producer man until today thanks for putting me up to par🎉 I liked and subscribed.❤

[@Kosmosboss666]

Honestly... The most beats from DJ Dahi you showed in this vid sounded very straining for me. But mad respect for your beat example, Navie. Sounds smooth👍

[@stevie9047]

Money trees got me following the man, legendary! And lemme know by Vince staples from summertime 06 as well.

[@101iswhatsup]

I appreciate the timing of the overall theme. Not being that it's non-existent, just rarely recognized for what it is. Thanks for noting Dj Dahi, I need to check him out more. Thanks for the slick therapy session too 😂. I'm kinda broke, but I'll pay attention and share with my producer friends. Peace.

[@Closedeyewilly]

You're a great teacher. Thank you for this video.

[@JoeeKickass99]

Ive been literally watching vids on him all week now seeing this 😮

[@lzrbmz]

dope video! didn’t know about DJ Dahi before (i prob don’t know bout most producers tbf) now i do… i think w guys like this and Dilla they aren’t being diff just for the sake of it, it’s just what sounds good to them while they’re cooking and they’re secure in who they are to just go w it, when others may be afraid to “dare to be different”. i.e. they just doin what feels right to them, so do what feels right to you, don’t do this just bc DJ Dahi does it

[@KNICKONES]

"Then I'll do a bunch of other stuff, while pretending like I'm building this on the spot. When in fact I actually spent hours working on this beforehand." Lmfao, you're the man bro.

[@grimrichman]

Navie D is an inspiration and I will produce a song for him one day

[@NavieD]

Hahah but I don't rap

[@grimrichman]

We gon make somethin shake one day Navie mark my words

[@Instrumentals001]

@@NavieD The beat speaks for itself

[@DocKaosBeats]

​@@NavieDComputerized bot comment I see this comment everywhere on videos when an artist drops a new track just ignore it 😂

[@grimrichman]

@@DocKaosBeats yeah I’m not a bot. I’m an artist that wants to collab with Navie

[@Tfw.raidyn]

Bro Navie helped my beat making so much over the course of 3 months its wild

[@BaKimura03]

This channel is so dope

[@FMDedits]

DJ Dahi finally getting his flowers 💯💯💯 The beat for Worst behaviour honestly kinda changed my life I don’t think I even liked rap that much before that tbh I always use toms lol What you said about the delicacy of overdoing it is so beyond true Dahi is a monster He’s basically OVO era timbaland

[@NavieD]

That beat also blew my mind

[@OGPeanutbutter]

BRO DAHI IS MY GUY BRO!!!! We doin a Dahi case study!! This shxt crazy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheWorkzBeatZ]

Very seldom is a rapper going to choose a beat with unconventional/off grid drums. By watching Dahl interviews, I suspect he does the drum changes during the session or in post production, after the vocals are already tracked.

[@neilraphael707]

Respect! Thx for sharing this inspirational prod 🔥

[@bmbpets4861]

Great video!

[@masternayeem8961]

informational video about DJ Dahi .....thanks Navia D

[@hv2623]

Nice. Dahi is so talented. I loved watching him cookup on fliko channel. I even downloaded twitch and made an account just to see him cook! Lol. He also has a good energy about him.

[@DMR_MAK]

“this is absolutely insane.” Ok.

[@idesel]

Never heard of him, he's a genius indeed. He obviously understands rhythm very well, which most of us treat it as an afterthought.

[@YayRaven]

I enjoy your videos! This one is among my best!

[@worscohli]

i feel like he's inverting the fundamentals. kinda flipping them upside down, or using the down beats instead of the up beats. and also using the lesser used sounds in replace of the common ones. nice

[@manatee_flips6811]

We changed song writing in 1995, then we changed hip hop in the early 2000’s, unfortunately most people just listen to what’s hot, so it goes unnoticed...until it’s discovered 20-30:years later....

[@AlloyedFrequencies]

Definitely some genius ideas. Thank you sir

[@boidwinvevo]

No homo bro but i love you ❤ I’ve learnt a lot from your teachings ❤

[@flowerponyrecord]

It’s feels more natural to make percussive choices like this when you’re tapping drums out like him as opposed to quantizing them on FL.

[@AYALI444]

I think one of the problems is when you make music on a grid and not buy feel you don’t get a real groove

[@sumdoodgotbeats232]

I been peeping his work forever. Didn't know he wasn't well known.

[@DaemunRaps]

Navi, I have a request can you do a video for constructing beats in abnormal time signatures?

[@silencenhikes6692]

Buddy, when you teleported to France, we could see your arm dangling on the right, but the Eiffel tower vanished.

[@user-fk7dg9qs4b]

give thank bro

[@BlakeSuperior_Beats]

The first Dahi beat that made me take notice was Money Trees. Instant classic!

[@maurtislonel8306]

6:28 The bassline in Witchblades (by Lil' Peep) also has those slow moving slides.

[@KingFyyah]

Can you do one for "Shawty Lo - Deh know"

[@NavieD]

I remember this song

[@qobomasuku5951]

Drake's worst behavior is my favourite beat from Dahi!🔥🔥🔥

[@ernie8419]

ok. lemme gove yall a hint... if u put the kick on the one you can fill in the rest of it however you want. this is something i learned from dj shadow years ago. like the nineties. if you go far enough you can hear it in old funk/soul drummers as well.

[@sumplous]

There is a polish producer DJ Steez that goes hand in hand with this

[@jugalrajbhandari7193]

Hello Navie can you breakdown the sound of phantogram. especially the song fall in love which samples barbara mason. i know they do their own instruments on top of the sample but phantogram has also been hugely influenced by j dilla.i would love to see the breakdown of fall in love

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

I am the MUSIC 🎶 MAKER you never knew.

[@mdptg1990]

DJ Dahi made the most iconic beat of the 2010s.

[@lorddpablo9651]

Bro just put me on game because I was a fan of all these songs but never looked up the producer

[@sash_xx-vip]

NICE

[@NavieD]

Noicczzee

[@jerzuz7463]

Can I throw 6ix (Logic's primary producer) in the mix of criminally underrated producers. Hes been making great beats consistently for decades

[@humphrey9174]

I like DJ Dahi’s beat (the first one, in case there are shown more than one in the video, I just paused), it’s not unusual though. Regarding hip hop, I would agree to you, but it’s not unusual when it comes to other genres like jazzier stuff e.g. This beat reminds me some of the Radiohead-style drum beats (Phil Selway)

[@JorgeCastro-ui3pi]

That chopper beat is crazy

[@OnyinyechukwuBoma]

Definitely has to be money trees that's the first ever song I know and listened to from Dahi.

[@jjjaguar2666]

You have to know that Dahi its not from this Age, his too far to catch it

[@NavieD]

He is from the future

[@AceMuziq]

Hate to admit it, haven’t heard of him.. definitely going down a rabbit hole next

[@Pear_slingshot]

This that underground sound. ❤️

[@zaydkhfr]

Yep him and sounwave the 2 best producers in the generation rn

[@Prod.Xerxes]

Navie u should do a video editing tutorial 😭🥶

[@seigemonstracity]

Thats a drum loop from my kit Patterns Vol. 3

[@stickmanwill]

Hey I just started learning FL studio so this might be a stupid question but how do you get your kicks, snares and so on into the piano roll to make your pattern like that?

[@peraelawey]

Upvote

[@jobach]

so first of all go to "options > file settings" and in the table there, put the file location to the folder with all your drum kits.(on the left) and put a name you want to show it as( on the right). after savinq and restarting fl, that folder should be added to the browser(at the left of the fl studio ui) right click a sound and click open in new sampler.

[@Benji_808]

if u look closely u can see he's using FPC which is a plugin u can drag and drop ur drumkits there and then start using the piano roll like he did

[@stickmanwill]

@@Benji_808 Thanks, I've had a look at FPC before but stopped trying to use it when I couldn't bind my computer keyboard keys to each of the buttons in a square pattern. This definitely looks cool thought, thanks again.

[@Dubbudha]

​​​​@@stickmanwillRegarding the FPC matching your keyboard. Use the "learn" function on the top right corner where you set the notes. Once done, save it as a FPC preset. There is also another method using a layer channel. Maybe you want to check that out too..

[@andreashley6084]

I haven’t made a beat in 13 years but I just felt something awaken 6:53