The Making Of Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Murder To Excellence" With S1

[@saxyrep1]

How cool is it to be able to say : "I'm a three time grammy-award winning producer." ?

[@Mookaron]

Must be nice! 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@siriu4k]

OOF!

[@mikemedz973]

EXACTLY

[@ke_vib3s584]

Ikr 😥

[@carlossas8228]

Is amazing. You can't say that swaaay. Sway in the morning!

[@DhirajKyawal]

Today i learnt that if your main sample is too repetitive.. pair it up with some other instrument that progresses over time..

[@questioneverything9761]

I wish this kind of knowledge was readily available 20 years ago

[@SuperLazyCat]

ypu either your low or high is the base line and the opposite is your lead.

[@Lovecore802]

How can u not figure that urself ? pitch the sample or process it differently in another section ear fatigue is something u should notice and feel while producing

[@PolymerJones]

Awesome

[@joshzilker9872]

@@Lovecore802 why you gotta be condescending about it be supportive

[@user-wm5sy8gg5l]

I swear I played this song 500 times & never really peeped that organ sounding like that.

[@rivermana]

I was just thinking that lol

[@jpricego]

💯

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

True.

[@philohmazibuko]

Same thing I thought when I heard it 😅

[@yaunkceto8393]

Same. Mind blown 🤯

[@MohammadMalan]

Never have I clicked on a video faster

[@88Doug]

I love how he talks how the samples make him feel! He is great!

[@dachopup8495]

Factz!!!

[@se7enisrael]

Me too 😂😂😂

[@enduraxnce]

TRUST ME

[@StricklyIcy]

Mannn damn near broke my thumb lol !!

[@hungrynoodlez1549]

Jay-z floated on this beat 😩

[@MicahWeston]

This beat did a lot for me when Watch The Throne first dropped.

[@emzeemusicofficial7204]

Trust me. Sonically this track hit so different.

[@Aurora-rw9lp]

Fr!!!!

[@emmyjr1231]

while topically, Ye and Jay killed it, i feel, it lacked heavy flow wise. it could've been sonically better on their delivery. Production is godly though

[@WhoaNellyJake]

Top 3 tracks on WTT for me.

[@seondewart]

I listened to it for the first time right before our first football game of Jr. year. I swear that shit is the sole reason why I got recruited and went on to play college ball 😂

[@MungzMedia]

One of the best beats of the 2010's

[@sazuknows]

S1 is one of the most creative producers in the game right now. Period. I just finished reading the S1's memories yesterday and I'm inspired & motivated by his example. Thank you, Larry. And also, thank you, Cymatics!

[@88Doug]

Yeah, he is dropping gems!

[@benja303]

So refreshing in this day and age of passionless producers making the same mediocre beat 15 times a day in hopes of getting a placement

[@KKEMP-ro2dn]

Sazú Knows 💯

[@jnny7182]

benja303 agree, very refreshing

[@larrylove1]

S1 memories?

[@DoomzDale]

God this was my favorite track off the album. Had this on repeat. 🔥🔥😤

[@jameskent2925]

You aren't alone....i was to

[@avityjunior7041]

Best track on the album

[@anti-socialprogramming2203]

Facts

[@reubensingh1430]

Factssss

[@JonathanBlandino]

My favorite track on the album sonically. It's amazing to see how layered these tracks can be.

[@tudorg2264]

Great sample and impressive result. The main sample is based on a Romanian folklore song: Fetele de la Capalna (The girls from Capalna) - a local traditional folklore band.

[@lasalpeabel]

știam eu îmi suna prea cunoscut

[@nuances6828]

Yeah sample the Romanian song

[@megamind_2222]

You're thinking of the first part with Swizz Beats. This sample is from a song made by Caiphus Semenya of South Africa and Quincy Jones.

[@nhlakaniphonxumalo902]

The sampled song was produced by the legendary Caiphus Semenya with Quincy Jones, Semenya is a South African

[@Synchronite]

Thank you!

[@MrZegez]

Wow! bendingayazi lonto. Bra Caiphus Semenya is truly an amazing producer, a legend. Letta Mbuli's music was mostly produced by him as well. This is dope.

[@Jonathan-uu6mq]

S1 is a legend whom I respect

[@dopenerd9332]

lol you and another 250k producers

[@lunaashotz]

@@dopenerd9332 i feel like your voice the type best heard on mute

[@tedwallace9828]

Samuel Ford sheesh 😂😂

[@vlogactionTV]

For real he seems like the most chill guy too

[@spoony01428]

whomst

[@ChrisTopher09]

Damn I just assumed Ye had made this beat!

[@koopapro]

ikr youtube is the truth

[@ineverswag]

Ye had the idea to merge the murder beat by swizz and excellence by S1 into one song

[@silewis9396]

Always check the credits

[@benja303]

Ye hasn’t made a beat by himself since Otis and before Otis It was the college dropout album

[@etomayk]

benja303 After the success of College Dropout and maybe a little bit of Late Registration, you can begin to notice the path Kanye took in collaborating with other artists in a production spectrum. No one can ever create true and pure art by themselves, you always need other ideas and those ideas will branch from someone else’s.

[@evergreenbranch7711]

Damn I really wish everybody did their breakdowns like this. So easy to follow and super inspiring

[@lennart1208]

Damn, this dude is so down to earth, he even introduced himself

[@bgp2k]

Probably the beat that aged the best from WTT

[@JuelzVice]

One of my favorites on that Watch The Throne album! Amazing that you guys managed to get S1 to do the break down of the full thing. Only 11 elements but that song always sounded huge to me, because of the atmosphere he creates. Simply mind blown right now.

[@eightsevenhiphop]

This type of content is priceless. Amazing yet simple composition. Shout out to S1.

[@rouevalentino]

has to be my favorite Watch The Throne instrumental. love this video, simple explanation. no crazy edits to make it look "nice" TY cymatics team

[@HEKKYEA]

Y'all need to get Swizz on here to show part 1 of the beat

[@EduardoOliveira-zx9ju]

I'm trying to see what he did. The beat sounds 98% done

[@BeatBodega]

Eduardo Oliveira laralaralala... lalalaralalalara

[@TAB1999]

Damn, please make releasing videos like that a habit!

[@ChaZe1967]

what a nostalgic feeling. august 2011

[@cameronlollollol]

Taking the low end out the break beat and adding your own drums was the most fire advice ever

[@CHUCKSANDPOLOS]

It works magic bro

[@Dillygotitbumpin]

This is awesome, would love to see this as a series

[@nextideathink]

This guy should be respected for how much he contributed to music with this. He's a genuis.

[@lorenzotheproducer]

FIREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. MUCH LOVE FOR YALL CYMATICS TEAM

[@rodthemixgod7082]

Focus, Pray, Plan, Execute brought me here! Dope book!

[@DeeAceBeats]

Damn that bass and organ is so dope!

[@psc4ever]

One of the best beats ever made

[@VeganCossack]

lol check out chase & status, they've been making a shit ton of stuff like that for ages

[@alessandroinnocenti8798]

Phillip Cohen yes

[@emmyjr1231]

yup

[@KennyLauderdale]

Break beats are dope mannn drum packs and loop packs too... The bottom line is the feel and the hit

[@Hernandez.L777]

Still this day I get chills listening to this song

[@peeediddi]

One of my favourite songs and one of Kanye’s more important ones

[@1994OBO]

To me this has always been one of or maybe the best tune of WTT, amazing to discover all these parts, especially that little organ haha

[@soundbankzmusik4749]

Got to meet S1 a few years back . Very talented and humble salute!

[@yang2382]

Watching this gave me so much joy

[@user-qp4tk8cr2p]

probably my favourite Instrumental on the Album, simply constructed and exceptionally executed, love this👊🏽

[@chinodollaz5065]

S1 is a GOAT. No Doubt About it!!! Love from Nashville!!!!!

[@jameswadejr.3836]

His mix game is crazy. The beat is dumping thru my iPad speakers. I’ve never heard a bass response like this

[@Ok-bm6ht]

One of my favorite songs ever! that beat shift in the middle is my lucky moment often in days of quarantaine

[@alysidibe8226]

Music is a higher revelation of wisdom ...🙏🏾❤️

[@sam-yk2go]

One of my favourite beats of WTT

[@SpencerCornelia]

such an excellent beat. a standout track on an album full of A+ tracks

[@0zymanndias773]

This has to be the best beast out of that entire album

[@RationalMinded]

Everything together just works perfectly.

[@Moose185]

Always loved this beat! Watch the throne is an underated album in my opinion.

[@AP-sc8hz]

So simple, but so organic.

[@warnutztheloser]

Diz wuz my Fav track on diz album cuz it wuz da most HipHop lotta ppl Jus kept Bumping da Hits and shit..Diz Joint wuz Dope loved how it wuz 2 tracks n 1!

[@yaiba7142]

One of my favourite songs! Thank You!

[@ThomasJayPointer]

3:20 idk why but that zoom in killed me

[@Orianasama]

This is my favorite song on Watch the Throne. How timely

[@mlatneyjr]

Literally one of the best beats of all time.

[@larzsmith1214]

I like how you keep it simple bro

[@tans1151]

He must’ve reworked the project file, yea? The Ableton drum buss plugin didn’t exist until Ableton 10

[@alexfvcruz]

yeah he probably got the trackouts recently and thought "aight now I can fix fucking snare"

[@sinofinance]

they don't show everything

[@dbkirklandMusic]

@@sinofinance I think this video was meant to show more of the the creative side, and less of the technical side. For me, the technical side sometimes distracts my creative side.

[@dbkirklandMusic]

My eyes are getting bad lol, did you see the drums were bussed in the video?

[@SolStateMusic]

Great reminder not to overcomplicate things. Thanks!

[@kofic6686]

this song changed my life lol

[@mindworm7689]

On god😭

[@whooiis7262]

How

[@Ksksnsjajkl]

Crazy how i just happened to be stuck on listening this song on repeat and then you upload this

[@sulemanomar]

it was just the 10 yr anniversary of MBDTF so i been bumpin that for a few days which led me to having WTT on repeat and hearing Murder To Excellence was so amazing in revisiting that time wit the album I had the track on repeat so now im here to conclude my nostalgia lol

[@the100ways6]

Masterpiece truly! One of my fav songs

[@nadaprod2]

Yo cymatics make more stuff like this

[@GeriDaBeats]

the cleanest open hats ever! great kit overall!

[@SanFordBeats]

This song will always be my favorite song!!!!! Love it & reasons why I gotten into producing and studying about production

[@jackfrost6463]

I feel like WTT has become super underrated. The production by itself is GOAT level, not to mention Kanye and Jay brought it on each track as well.

[@NXLFilms]

Thanks for sharing your process fam.

[@zappep]

Murder to Excellence is such a great dynamic song And still to this day has it's continuess relevance. Greatness!

[@SoulN1]

" WHENEVER I SKEET SKEET SUCCSESS NEVER SMELLED SO SWEET""

[@jameskent2925]

Dis nigga actually rapped sprayin cologne

[@hugoholmquist2974]

I STINK OF SUCCSES

[@hugoholmquist2974]

THE NEW BLACK ELITE

[@hugoholmquist2974]

THEY SAY THE MY BLACK CARD IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST

[@cyriaquesache9627]

@@hugoholmquist2974 I repeat my religion is the beat the verse like church my Jesus piece

[@welcomehomecolumbia4131]

Tbh it takes to get the bop wit drums n sample like that

[@burnercomented]

How cool this dude is a Legend on the low...been putting in work for years...consistently

[@TheFrito23]

lookin at this for inspo def works

[@julianm3337]

Please please please more content from s1

[@sisekomaposa3857]

This must be the best produced beat in the last 15 years ☄️☄️☄️

[@jrazemusic9985]

This beat is perfection

[@dachopup8495]

I can watch vids like this all day

[@larrylove1]

Where's ur chop up

[@ceb-onit-music]

My brother S1 once again I love it fam the descriptive video.

[@nigeltsopomusic]

God bless S1 for this Golden song

[@nixononthetrack]

that reason tambourine loop i've been abusing since 06 hahahaha

[@BlackEagleUSA]

Literally best song on Watch the Throne. Hands down

[@xchrysantha]

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing these tips!!! I just got into producing, and I've found it to be pretty difficult. This really helped lay out what the process is and giving me a place to start. Thank you thank you thank you for your incredible history of AMAZING music, and for your generocity in sharing your process with us!!!

[@theinfamousches1258]

Maaaaan!! This is dope AF!!! More of this!!! Thank you!

[@AnonymeExtra]

the best track of the project for me !! thank you

[@stefaneichholz5551]

Oh man! WHAT A BEAT! Where do I find the HIGH QUALITY instrumental??? I need to listen to this instrumental in full quality! PLLLLLEEEEESEEE and keep on this great work

[@marcleroux3426]

the unknown stars behind the music. good work

[@CymaticsFM]

Download the S1 Sample Pack: cymatics.fm/pages/s1 Get a copy of S1's new book here: www.s1kits.com/products/pray-focus-plan-execute-a-memoir-by-s1 If you buy a copy of his book, send us your receipt to [e-mail] and we will send you a $20 Cymatics gift card!

[@mefee4423]

For some reason I don't remember a drumbreak pattern in this when I heard it years ago but I was listening to it on a shitty 1992 Honda Accord speaker system so......

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Perfection...this creative space is my heaven...

[@kannon3979]

Meet S1 3 times in person. Very humble dude and gave me some career advice.

[@jamesgulland]

Loved this video, thanks! Biggups to S1, what an inspiration. Keeping it simple but effective!

[@FavrrYT]

Maannnn I have been waiting on this for like ever! Thank you for the upload!

[@Andrey_SamZnaeshKakoi]

Top content! Great beat, thank you. Respect to S1.

[@coryhunt3412]

bodied the beat then bodied the break down! this is gold!

[@calixvss]

One thing kanye thought me is never make a beat alone , the more contribution you have the better .

[@radarinfinite1032]

@kaybronson100 genius!!

[@klevdavful]

Exactly I used to mess around with FL Studio a lot and felt that I had really good sounds and beets but I was the only one that was really hearing them I need it at least two more opinions on Deck now I have to get back to this Music Creation stuff cuz it's very interesting with all of the d a w software out there that are free and the ones that you have to pay for that I'm really good at like Ableton Reaper and others.

[@calixvss]

@kaybronson100 hahah . i was gonna edit the comment but i like this exchange better

[@Pedrosantadj]

This beat is firee, thx for the breakdown learnt a couple things🔥💯

[@ndumisomlokoti7645]

His keyboard and hoody match

[@Joe_DaDon]

This is art...played this song a mil times.

[@vibesbyta2254]

Great explanation, thank you for sharing your craft!

[@Gmeproductions1]

Dope Breakdown, Dope Video!!

[@DevonBlair]

This shit is beautiful!!! I've always loved this record

[@gs.e7567]

one of my favorite tracks

[@koolhitman1]

Swiss beats did the first part, damn mighty impressive

[@santimaida9131]

This is SO important. Thank you guys