Why Carti's Production Is Changing The Sound of Rap

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In this video I break down why Cardo's new Production for Playboi Carti is so amazing.
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[@prodkxvi]

Lmk your fav new carti song ⬇ and check out the kit for the sounds I used! sonix.audio/pages/elements-of-trap

[@porpolhell]

my favorite new carti song is hoodbyair

[@Coastyiii]

Hey man I love your style and you inspire me creatively. 🌊🌗🌊🌗 if you have the time check my stuff out and lemme know what you think fr

[@uzi831]

You not a mid. I'm from discord you not better than me

[@uzi831]

You not a producer 😞

[@aceshigh2784]

This beat style is Cardo got Wings if anybody care. The snare placement ls inspired by older Memphis beats and Three 6 mafia

[@bluedog7497]

I wish producers would move past the old Memphis and three six sounds and patterns. Everyone being influenced by them all sounds the same

[@0piumaeternum]

@@bluedog7497ppl just gotta do it right they do it lazy

[@angelocityy]

more like d rich

[@EisforExcellence12]

I think carti is doing his own version of glo beats, cardo puts his touch on it with the cowbell but the dark melodies mixed with the choppy snares and crashes/open hates are glo inspired and mansion musik by trippie redd feat carti is a spot on glo beat and it was cartis first song with the deep voice so i think glo beats are what he's going for imo

[@C0MB00]

you can always tell it's a Cardo beat from those iconic cowbells

[@prodkxvi]

fr, i love cowbells 🔥

[@g6nesis_]

the snare too

[@jurassicthunder]

bruh cowbells don't belong to anybody 😂

[@seitheartist]

cardo been doing this w keem and tanna leone as well as hella underground acts for years

[@nateweeks4094]

Those hi hat triplets in hoodbyair stand out so much to me, hardly ever hear somewhat uniquely syncopated trap beats

[@nalisten]

Dope video, alotta Gems to unpack here🔥🔥🔥

[@Mallownade]

Good job man! Thanks for sharing your knowledge im subscribing!

[@blank1933]

Carti defo gets carried by his beats. His beat selection is insane, he's got an elite ear

[@4lexflp]

Id say his producer got the ear 😂

[@lilsyrup]

his vocals are fire bro

[@justagge2272]

Nah his new dark voice tuff asl

[@yurmomsboifrend]

90% of your favorite rappers are carried by their producers 😂

[@bootlegpete7984]

@@4lexflp a lot of rappers pick whack beats though coz they don't have an ear. Look at 7 minute drill for latest example, whack af beat but Cole carried it.

[@ProdDamu]

I remember cardo, johhny juliano, and yung exclusive from Soundclick days 🔥💪🏽 Glad to see he still in the game

[@thebigwilly123]

fire vid as always youre genuinely helping me learn sm about producing so thank you🤞

[@salamandr4111]

really good video and reaaaaally good timing for it

[@tbj4855]

The editing goes hard

[@KingZaire808]

Yea this beat hard. Good work👏🏾

[@Sazonov_beats]

damn these vocals and openhats are sauce

[@nemobeats_997]

Bro I love the style of tutorials you make 💪🏽

[@orsix9]

fire af🔥

[@nittinit]

Hi! Could you tell what program you use for video editing? Great chain for these vocal samples :O Big Up!

[@Boofski]

Remove the cowbell and switch up the 808 pattern on the B section and u got a hit

[@copyc4t539]

ya it sounds too much like a random sample as is

[@xanax17]

fire video!!

[@ExtraPainful]

I already switched up my drum bounce since 2024 Carti.

[@013TV-je6ty]

Best beat tutorial ever

[@colton7373]

"unique" is definitely the biggest throw around word in producing lol. great video tho

[@Sholuhu]

There is nothing new about this sound. ATL underground has been making beats like this for years now

[@tourneytike13]

The key is to get your beats out there asap. Todays rap sounds like they stole my college macbook.

[@tonymagick]

Bro I felt this in my soul. I know everyone say shit like this but I was REALLY doing shit like this back in 2009-2012 lol smh

[@JBot2]

U a genius

[@kinmyname]

great video

[@ashritvela6422]

what did u do to transition from the a drums to the b drums

[@user-je8kh2uz9h]

The key thing is mix....

[@se7enmr]

@prodkxvi That laser sound......what drum machine had that laser sound?

[@SpydrXIII]

6:51 signature?! drift phonk is calling.

[@tonymagick]

They got it from the 90s underground Memphis sound

[@Shnomanima]

okay

[@maldon_]

hardd

[@maskiri9638]

bro make a video about mixing melodies

[@Canale_Chiuso]

Tuff beat brooo

[@DJ_SECRET_863]

🔥🔥🔥

[@hamishtayl0r]

what program is this

[@quincydavaughn]

These are lowkey those baby keem beats from a couple leaks

[@prodkxvi]

hell yea cardo produces a lot for baby keem

[@quincydavaughn]

@@prodkxvi hell yea in all, the three of them have a great ear for the eerie shit and its cool that keem and carti do they own unique songs to these

[@zjayzjayzjay]

bra its just d rich drums on a dark melody

[@aryanpathaniamusic]

💪🏻

[@Siphon.]

Simply just use trap drums on a close to drill beat

[@prodprxnceallen]

Eh

[@tbj4855]

😂😂😂

[@ProdLucio]

what

[@prodjignesh]

No?

[@bluedog7497]

Sounds nothing close to drill lol

[@prodhux]

ts is so hard

[@lovesol3865]

You nailed the drums, but i think the synths need a bit more boldness. More unique sounds, faster attack/release, it kinda reminded me more of drill. Still very educational and good

[@prodkxvi]

hell yea, first time i ever made a vibe like this hahaha, gotta work on sound selection a bit for sure

[@majes2778]

This beat is lit, you should give it to us :P

[@HenrysPokeCorner]

Good tutorial but there’s not enough synths in your example

[@albertobalsalm3473]

The "genius" idea of having an A and B pattern in the beat, truly revolutionary. Only cardo does this. And only on these new carti tracks.

[@prodkxvi]

I love the part of the video where I claimed he was the only person to do it 😂 you mfs got nothin better to do than hate

[@albertobalsalm3473]

You Said its "genius" and "changing the Sound of Rap" literally all of this stuff has been done for years. Its a new direction for carti for Sure but compared to smth like WLR its actually all rather Classic Trap production choices. I Hope you dont really mean to Tell me that having A and B parts in music/Beats is new or can even be considered a technique.

[@prodkxvi]

@@albertobalsalm3473 I’m not saying that technique is changing rap 😂 carti has a ton of copycats and working in the industry I keep getting asked by big artists for that new carti sound. Think about how many people hopped on that WLR sound, now this new sound he’s on is catching, so my guess is a lot of people are gonna hop on this wave to. Y’all take everything too literally 😂 it’s just a tutorial video

[@albertobalsalm3473]

@@prodkxvi im begging you to Look at the title of youre Video. It should have been: "Trap production 101"

[@jatkns]

bnyx been doing the offset snare shit for like two years, listen to wat it feel lyke by yeat

[@NorkDork]

mega glazing 😭🙏

[@ooo-jv3zt]

seeyuh

[@Burger14]

what's that back round music tho😭

[@Notellu]

It's 1 semitone KXVI come on man lol

[@pizzadecadaver]

come on, no one is changing the sound of rap bruh... any kid with fl studio can do it ngl 😂

[@henrx.]

let me see you do it😂😂😂

[@Lee-ue5bd]

MPC Gang

[@GoulaLegamer]

the melody u made sounds more like a UK Drill type beat 😅🤣

[@alexanderbytes]

W video

[@dualpistolmusic]

Bruh Dis is basically a darker chief keef type beat still fire tho

[@JackDanielRaps]

I think you were on the right track with the rhythm part, the part you called theelody because you have no idea wtf You're talking about, but anyways.... 😳... Using a stuttering phaser, adding digital distortion and reverb with the room too big but the volume almost off are the big trucks to getting the sound you were after. THEN, you have to use panning techniques (I prefer pancake 2 cuz it's free) to make the different parts move around a little bit. Idk how your daw works, but in reason, on the hats in most presets, you can set it to bend the pitch based on velocity. Then when you lay down the hats, they are pressure sensitive and the lighter you tap, the more they detune. Drying the snare helps too. The hats should have accents on the 'ands' and on the 'e's meaning when you count it: 1 e and e 2 e and e 3 e and e... Or on the 'uh's of the triplet like: 1 e uh 2 e uh 3 e uh 4 e uh... That's another thing, triplets and 3/4 time get used to create the bounce with paradiddles

[@RealSwagZhit]

It lacks more vampire flow

[@joemomma6317]

Cardio is this generation’s goat

[@Btgoincrazy]

Who's down to work and collab

[@ECPCOFFICIAL]

Seeyuh

[@Phaseish]

idk the sycnopation is cool for these tracks, but not every rapper that raps in 1/4, and then goes to 1/8 and then triplets will be able to do that and sound good in pocket. shot out to minor 2nds, you trap producers love. sampling the wrong shit, should start sampling/ figuring out classical music thats half the melodies you all love.

[@sahibsamv8105]

CARDOTI

[@y19resonate67]

For a second I thought he said gross beat for black people 💀

[@prodkxvi]

that would've been wild 😂

[@BXLLETBEATS]

He listen to some newer Icytwat and decided to fuck with the beats

[@t-roybeats]

The drum style he’s doing is inspired by d.rich

[@apersononurphone920]

suicideboys been had this sound but good work

[@m.warthan]

lmao yea they got bit by hella producers recently n no credits to em 😭😭

[@Nolimitanshbeats]

Make a video on why rappers love wheezy’s beats

[@prodkxvi]

Low keyyyy great idea

[@goobstersroom]

The biggest reason is just that everybody’s always bit Cartis sound since the beginning lol

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

You realize carti bit thug, future, and rocky right

[@mryeast104]

​@@dolphinitely_bro3944All he did was be influenced by em, the real person he bit was Unotheactivist, stole his whole swag , flow , and sound

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

@@mryeast104 you are right about that also.

[@bluedog7497]

@@dolphinitely_bro3944facts 💯

[@Dakuza3]

this sound is around since 2000 lol this is actually a D-Rich / Shawty Redd type beat nothing else.... it's not new!

[@noclippro7760]

W

[@AbzDeen]

The melody was more of a drill melody

[@Notrllythtguy]

i swear he use to use FL😭

[@9120FARI]

Send me the beat 💥💥

[@1.saintlove]

you are a monster

[@emmanuelclark171]

ChaseTheMoney started this whole wave of beats

[@tbj4855]

These cardo beats generic fr. They aren’t as interesting as the Larry June beats

[@CyberBullyBeatmaker]

Alchemist is. fkin beast hard to be that good

[@bananamane666]

but on hoodbyair they did this...

[@prodkxvi]

take a shot every time i say h00dbyair 😂

[@thenukdevendra1902]

140-150 BPM is the sweet spot for sure

[@sdtgvfc8759]

ad vocals

[@willallegro8935]

i like the video but i don't really like how this was said "if you use both of those half notes at the same time you're gonna be maximizing the dark, evil kind of energy". i just feel like it's generalizing a bit and a bit of inaccurate explanation of what's taking place w the half steps/ harmonies that could be dangerous for people trying to learn imo no hate tho frfr

[@prodkxvi]

i can see that 100% , it's hard as fuck to put it into words in a short enough sentence that people don't get bored but also get it across well 😂 , ill try to work on explaining more clear

[@Playdohparti]

so swamp izzo is fake?

[@1pkskiii]

i just swear youtube producers do wayyy to much. no disrespect y’all. music has no rules tho. they made what they liked and was confident in what they did. even the “cardo” inspired beat u just made in this video still sounds like u trying to make a cardo beat. every producer should be as unique asf so we can all truly expand our genre.

[@gregorywilliams2962]

Today's rap all sounds exactly the same. All of the beats sound like the same song. The sonics are so techno-ish in my opinion. 90's boom bap beats are by far the best.

[@bigboijarmo]

If playboi carti has 100,000 fans, then I am one of them. If playboi carti has 1,000 fans, then I am one of them. If playboi carti has 100 fans, then I am one of them. If playboi carti has 1 fan, then it is me. And if playboi carti has 0 fans, then I am not longer alive…

[@quifesco3635]

ehh they are ok carti doesnt really go for trap

[@flockEDTZZZZ]

the perc is good but the vocals kinda ruin it no hate

[@stonerbeatsza9701]

Lame beat

[@prodkxvi]

im crying 😢

[@descart_wav]

bro doesn't know how to level his drums xD

[@prodkxvi]

Send your best beat

[@poseidon9511]

Cardo>Pierre 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@inhe5540]

No way

[@tbj4855]

Nah

[@BobTheMan283]

word

[@capsuallz]

Terrible take

[@aronhundt5481]

Bro always makes good vidoes, but cardis music is just trash.

[@capsuallz]

Generic as hell ppl just glazin

[@kocikkosmosik]

I think crarti is not a rapper

[@iithax01]

All that work for carti to just half ass his wordplay and lyrics i miss the Xtentacion era when songs went hard but you can actually understand it

[@darkskinwhite]

bro none of this is anywhere near new or inventive lol

[@kczuei]

Are we not gonna say cardo is the worst producer carti ever worked with. Not saying he trash but definitely his other production was way better

[@thevidkoproductions]

by changing you mean making it worse

[@ecksem]

Im ngl cartis new beats are corny asf people are glazing

[@bengaliavenezia5564]

Yeah man so generic

[@andrw1979]

i agree but corny lost all meaning

[@nateweeks4094]

Hoodbyair is crazy beat the percussion is so unorthodox for trap beats I like to hear variation

[@G-O-N-x]

Fr

[@nateweeks4094]

@@G-O-N-x dissing producers is corny yall got no musical talent, shut it

[@G-O-N-x]

Nah Carti without Pierre isn't the same...this is bad

[@thinkink972]

i my entyre life i never hurt this b... you talk about rap now is you make a bull.. beat bruh you thew biggest lyer ever

[@prodkxvi]

Wut?

[@morristheorphan2849]

Mid

[@user-kr7sh1up1y]

Like your music

[@Big-yh8wz]

sounds like a normal beat

[@pizzadecadaver]

yeah idk why it's "changing rap"... it's just a regular generic trap beat

[@yirwango]

Type shit

[@bluedog7497]

Fr😂 saying it’s unique to get views

[@9120FARI]

Haha