The Making Of Drake's "Blue Tint" With Supah Mario | Deconstructed

Despite not being promoted as a single from Drake’s most recent album ‘Scorpion,’ “Blue Tint” still reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features an uncredited appearance from Drake’s frequent collaborator Future and production by Supah Mario, who previously worked with the OVO rapper on his ‘More Life’ track “Ice Melts.” According to the South Carolina producer, the beat is built around several guitar samples.
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Executive Producer: Felicia Kelley
Creative Director: Andrew Oppeneer
Producer: Ndeye Thioubou
Director: Justin Hogan
Shooter: Joe Marine
Shooter: Luis Ferra
Editor: Zach Cooper
Production Assistant: Dave Bohack
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[@abbey_orjay]

Sad how producers wouldn’t know they made a hit until they hear their beat on someone’s album

[@youngmike9011]

How can you tell?

[@jjbing3]

That’s what happens when they give beats to a bunch of artists 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jerardogarcia4337]

jjbing3 mhm

[@Gregtoquesbeats]

Fr, artists gotta tell the producer if they using the beat otherwise it's going to someone else

[@danthomas529]

Yeah rap game fucked up

[@LeBeautiful]

Swear probably the most overlooked song in Scorpion ❄💨

[@surgeonso4345]

LeBeautiful what you doing here? This ain’t a basketball video 😂

[@fish1207]

A lot of people can't be bothered to look through 25 songs when so many are boring

[@Lucas.BrazukaSP]

True say my gg

[@211MakinHits]

facts lol nobody likes this song

[@Red_615]

Off rip

[@DatDaDatty]

this is one of the few songs i still listen to from scorpion

[@sadsadfrank]

Same and Cant Take A Joke

[@calebbrowne488]

And nonstop but yeah the rest of it is meh...

[@Dave-ho9bf]

songs i like on scorpion ,blue tint , elevate, in my feelings, nice for what, Gods plan, mob ties, im upset, survival, nonstop, emotionless, 8 out of 10 everything else meh.

[@rawwyurr]

Nonstop, survival, can’t take a joke, blue tint, don’t matter to me, summer games, Sandra’s rose, emotionless, 8 out of 10, gods plan, finesse, nice for what, after dark, March 14, is there more. All good songs

[@hunchovari]

Pusher Player what about talk up?

[@bigbootyfish]

THIS BEAT SLAPS. THE SONG SLAPS. DO MOB TIES NEXT

[@richzilla08]

Lotta Ties, Lotta Ties!

[@kunbifusion]

Boi-1da produced that, Hopefully they can get him

[@xidropkillzx3246]

S class g class lotta class

[@baqirsyed232]

Adekunbi salako they already had him for diplomatic immunity, but I hope they do this track too, the vocal sample was crazy on it. Not sure if used a run from a singer or a vocal engine like exhale

[@yourboy2867]

Dario De Los Santos mob ties is a rly simple beat. The guitar is sampled and the drums aren’t that complicated. I would rather see a more complicated beat odeconstructed

[@bgallagrr]

Like how he's honest about using samples/loops. It's what you create not if you play instruments and create all from scratch. Music is music.

[@ikeaman7247]

Yeah and it’s a define plus when you use them creatively like he did.

[@MujjOMusic]

But for being a good producer u need to learn instrument that help u to save ur time and make a beat faster and more different kind of vibe in same time

[@hiddenoasisprod]

flipping the phase/polarity to get the bass tracks sitting nice was really dope.

[@abbey_orjay]

Hidden Oasis had me shook he understand sounds

[@concreteoak6137]

can you explain this to me, I didn't understand

[@teunvandalen7529]

yeah what does he mean by that, sounds smart

[@HeyMcFli]

@@teunvandalen7529 flipped the waveform essentially so when the sub bass waveform goes up the 808 waveform goes down

[@garrettnoteboom1674]

Shiv B ooooooookay dude

[@jaydot9825]

Like if Blue Tint is Underrated

[@reeloveofficial]

Bread still is

[@chaosbeats8751]

as fuck

[@arza0932]

Remember hearing it randomly, i was like oooh shit. Straight to the playlist.

[@ameenaldallal3697]

@@arza0932 same that shit hit hard

[@CaapriceTube1]

This track should’ve been a single. One of the better ones on the album.

[@devonwaters9032]

CaapriceTube every time I hear it, it’s like it’s made for the radio

[@CaapriceTube1]

@@devonwaters9032 yup, definitely had commercial appeal

[@LBAW]

I would never think about reversing polarity to get a synth bass and 808 together. Good stuff!

[@MIYIAUQ]

Yup that’s the gem I took from this breakdown

[@producedbytragik3200]

Big facts. My face instantly went 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@jimjoe4309]

KHagoodMusic that's really the key to making certain sounds stands out. When you change the polarity of a sound so it doesn't match the rest of the polarity of the song it makes it stand out, and If you want it to fit in you make the polarity fit the wave of the rest of the song. I found this out on my own, but it's very useful especially on your kicks and 808's

[@KencisClay]

yeah that's the first basic thing you should do when to sounds on the same frequency and spectrum dont fit and cancel themselves out..but what he said about it fits under it's not really correct..the polarity is the direction of the wave..if one sound is going up and another is going down the cancel each other so if you flip one of them it matches and they sound together..thats how you record a drum kit because the mic of kick in for example its at a different distance then the kick out mic so they hear things at different times and the wave wont be matching..so you can change the polarity not only by reversing wich is 180 degrees but 1 degree at a time for better conection between sounds

[@MrDamojak]

Kencis Clay How does reversing polarity exactly modify the wave shape?

[@ComanderdotDan]

Thank you Supah Mario. One of the hardest songs on the album.

[@pijayar]

"prolly cuttin' grass or somethin'"

[@nicktheavatar_]

Hey even producers need to do their chores lol

[@grumpent]

😂🌊

[@VybeBeatz]

My dawg kilt that, one of my favorite Genius episodes by far

[@PericoViews]

Collabe maybe? I know you guys would make some hits forsure

[@kid5042]

Dam man you've been making beats for years, you are so much better than so many people who blew up. You are nice asf my dude, I know you will blow up.

[@ThisIsPhami]

I was waiting for some soundclick producers to show up lol

[@BabyBoyAzzure]

Ayyyyye

[@A_Class216]

🐐

[@mrwavez9940]

Supahmario deserves a beat placement on every drake album. And the best thing about this song was the fact that there was only a little future in it. Just enough to give the track some diversity but not enough for him to ruin it. Good job drake

[@kamarwashington]

Fax he did good on more life too

[@theycallmeGUN]

It's true. I've always praised Ice Melts as one of the best songs off More Life and now it makes sense since he produced that one too.

[@yuppy5956]

I guess i do too.

[@cruzgomes5660]

Good way of putting it

[@ginfork]

thats not future in the song. It's Drake doing a very convincing future impression.

[@Lenikatze10]

A HOUSTONFORNICATION with Sevn Thomas would be great🔥🔥🔥

[@catwearingshades]

Philipp any beat from that album tbh

[@JtheNomadProductions]

Beat TOO hard. One of my favorites off Astro!

[@peejay2052]

Highly agree

[@jmbridges1780]

Philipp also rip screw or astrothunder

[@Lenikatze10]

John Bridges these are so fire too

[@ChrisPunsalanTV]

This was dope and definitely my favorite song off the album. Shout out taz and jrhitmaker too!

[@dannybeatz8173]

Never clicked faster in my life!

[@ReeMcLean]

fax

[@Bighotwheelhunter]

@@ReeMcLean for real idk y I did

[@ohsosaucy]

honest

[@vaughnamir.6457]

deadass as soon as I saw it

[@brad2416]

Coz Blue Tint is my fav song on the album😂

[@darazahrai3901]

To find all these samples that fit perfectly together is a talent in itself. Good shit. 🔥

[@LiamSatnick]

One of the coolest things in the Deconstructed videos in when the producers really know what they're talking about and are confident. Shit makes the whole video that much better, great stuff!

[@matthewkelly5099]

i’ve been waiting for this 🙏🙏🙏

[@middeko]

been waiting on this

[@dreraines6753]

I’ve been waiting on this one!

[@DJPhanaticWorld]

Amazing video💪🏾 love these & big congrats to Supah Mario!!🙌🏾 Dope Beat

[@adamocollective6092]

Been looking forward to this so much

[@adrieljordan]

been waiting for this ever since!!!

[@trenton8998]

Humble dude. Like how he gave homage to those he got the cuts from. This beat is HARD, too

[@coletadlock4323]

I love the Ice Melts vibe. These two songs are so underrated.

[@ezny1690]

Y’all sleeping on this and mob ties

[@fazdrop24]

fax mob ties is FIRE

[@michaelchacon4784]

I like watching these and see the little details and go back to the song and listen to the details.

[@calebkai4243]

i like how he explains shit. very precise & simple.

[@KikiCollene]

This was definitley one of my favorites on the album. The production, the lyrics, the whole feel of it was just good.

[@Dumblitstudios]

Just wondered when genius would drop another deconstructed, u real ones for this genius 🔥

[@donovansingh8506]

Drake should be telling YOU thank you

[@marcomarkproductions]

Donovan Singh drake will always have producer lining up with fire beats

[@user-mz3ni8yu4v]

They should be thanking drake for the bag they about to receive lmao

[@QuayeTheProducer]

we needed this 💯

[@benjamin-qn7nf]

Broooo please you either gotta do Deconstructed: No Tellin’ or Know Yourself

[@hobosdominecraft1]

I'm so glad this album came out when I was working. I would play the whole album once everyday and Survival, Mob Ties, Is There More, Blue Tint, Final Fantasy, March 14 and After Dark stick with me the most because of their unique sounds and style and plus I felt like I was one of the very few that appreciated their art before it ever came to the public eye.

[@giulianodipaolo_]

These videos are fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@ksleaks5197]

I Benn waiting on this

[@swaygfx]

Nice as usual!

[@brandon3591]

Dope producer it’s good to know he’s from Sc as well! Ready to hear more from ya

[@FCTHETRUTH]

blue tint one of my favorite songs off the album... really dope to see the process

[@kazomims3874]

This sounds better then in my feelings💪💪⛽💨🔥

[@AndyfBaby319]

KAZO MIMZ *than

[@henryjimenez204]

In my feelings was too overplayed

[@christianebuniel3703]

We need all of Scorpion’s B-side please.

[@logancutler6267]

This beat is fucking amazing he really killed it. When I first listened to scorpion I put blue tint on loop for like an hour

[@SuperObvious]

Yo man you taught me a trick or two on FL. Your the man!!!!

[@kcjackson2018]

Never heard of bruh but he's hard like a southern hit-boy... Keep em coming

[@TavisMoore]

One of my favorite producers. Great song that underrated!

[@4DoloTv]

Well done

[@weclutch]

He explained it so well. Very simple and catchy vibe from the start to end. I think he has great potential in the industry being a big producer name.

[@lavandrababy]

Love the guitar sound

[@kelvinbauti6405]

This top 100 beats in hip hop history

[@carlos-by5nk]

it definitely is

[@ayushm4323]

The polarity idea was so lit and different💥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kalandemumba4970]

Never thought of reversing the polarities. Mario a real one giving us the sauce on that one 🙏🙏

[@rennellreed9]

Love this song!!

[@savareze8138]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@mars0966]

One of my all time favourites. Drakes a beast. Respect mario

[@TihomRecords]

Video editor is awesome 🔥🔥

[@bmoremademr.c]

Let’s go favorite song on the album

[@malibongweignitiousmakhaye8575]

Dope and lot of creative

[@Plutooo1]

One of my fav songs tbh !

[@elneva3657]

This beat is both simple, and really complex at the same time! So fire!

[@zayuh1896]

Favorite song from the 2nd disc

[@redzzer2012]

top a da chartz bak in de hartz nigguh he strikes agen woah!!

[@perioduhhh2835]

Sound so soulful don’t you agree?

[@saucyahh6707]

Soul food was sampled if your talking about logic

[@baqirsyed232]

i am supreme fam how you not know that line... go listen to Otis.

[@allyxfootball]

😂😂😂😂Jay-Z shit

[@perioduhhh2835]

Baqir Syed exactly he in left field 😭

[@baqirsyed232]

WhoTf isCed I'm still confused as to where logics biracial ass can from 😭

[@freddieg.454]

The way he layed it out 🔥🔥.. dope mind

[@TheBradley1025]

That bassline had me since the album dropped. Definitely got some inspiration for the next couple days

[@SuperH00dlum]

One of my favorite

[@marow278]

Amazing production from an underrated producer. 🔥🔥

[@yungbizzle84]

The man made a BANGER ... the whole time on Daddy Duty!!! #Savage 🔥🔥🔥

[@AlexPerez-ig8yd]

Yesss! I love this track

[@jaredlehrer9213]

Yesssssss

[@GNovaSound]

🔥 Incredible Record

[@cheesygrits3393]

My favorite song and the most underrated song on the whole album

[@BrotherMalMusic]

I swear this series is so inspirational

[@ItzGraffitiSBMG]

This my fav beat and song on that

[@NahhGeee]

My favorite song man

[@HoodWil]

He lowkey dropped some gems. And shoutout everyone out 🔥

[@MichaelAshe]

Thank you Supah Mario!

[@walker308]

solid dude

[@lxngshot]

SUPAH MARIO is so legit and this is dope insight as a producer. Congrats legend

[@Jacoby_T08]

The way he conducted those samples is dope

[@AnThir0XMoDz]

Song spreads positive vibes only, thx Genius for deconstructing the beat

[@keith8561]

Instant hit song. Just like that Set for Life.

[@migueltejeda4376]

I love this

[@VAVIBEATS]

supahmario is one of the most talented, humble and genuine producers in the industry atm

[@ivannamba1]

Good job 👏 👍🏻

[@greenEyezAZ]

I like what he said about the hi hats

[@jalenalexander460]

Don’t u love how these producers have all those buttons and boards in front of them but all they use is their laptop 😂

[@imDonDiestro]

Boards a mainly for engineers.

[@ZZ-bi3kt]

So dumb because they’re in the studio setting for the genius DECONSTRUCTED video, would you rather they film it at restaurant??

[@benjaminclark995]

Because that’s for mixing

[@splshorty18]

Jalen Alexander i thought the exact same thing

[@decalcifying]

Laptop has built in boards to mess with as well. It's just in reach and easier to change what you want. Rather than having to move around and mess with knobs. It's all right on your screen. 💯 Audio engineers will master it with those physical boards to get the right sound you want throughout the whole studio. Always wear headphones when making your beats.

[@rapEncyclopidia]

YES

[@SpaceBoyDanny]

Reversing the polarity to make the low ends not clash is a major key

[@Duni4ever22]

This beat is fucking fire 🔥🔥 I’m happy this dude made the cut

[@gemsound]

It's good 2 see that somebody is utilizing these dope ass sample packs out here, instead of saying tha clichéd phrase, "Oh, so & so sent me an exclusive pack of samples."

[@matthewdam7500]

One of the many bops from Scorpion.

[@rondariusjohnson3037]

This is one of my favorite tracks on the album!

[@DalvinderK0]

this tracks a banger🔥🔥🔥

[@falloutskyy]

4:41 who also thought he was talking about busy works beats lmao

[@daft9097]

I'm glad Supah Mario getting recognition!

[@jess.5667]

Honestly one of the best songs and beats on the entire project. Shoutout Marioooo

[@DieLikeThis]

Top of the charts, back in their hearts

[@arcode4246]

This go hard

[@daquandodson]

this one of the hardest songs on the album 🔥🔥🔥 this sound just like ice melts too