I Tried Remaking Q-Tip’s “Illmatic” Pause Tape | NEVER AGAIN
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Today we’re diving into the Nas song “One Love”, which was produced by Q Tip, recreating the beat entirely from scratch - seriously I’ve got the vinyl and I’m gonna try my hand at pause taping it - and seeing how this roster of incredible producers influenced each other to make their own songs better.
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Q-Tip's Red Bull Academy where he plays the alternate version of "Memory Lane" - www.redbullmusicacademy.com/l...
Some history on the Pause Tape: hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.34...
The Public Enemy Pause Tape: www.npr.org/sections/micropho...
DJ Premier talking about the Q-Tip Pause Tape: • Exclusive: DJ Premier ...
More:
www.xxlmag.com/news/2014/04/ma...
• Nas - VEVO News Interv...
• Nas - The story behind...
DJ Premier breaking down "Represent" on his channel: • So Wassup? Episode 6 |...
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TOPICS COVERED
Nas
Illmatic
Q-Tip
One Love
Represent
DJ Premier
Pete Rock
Memory Lane
Pause Tape
Beat Tape
Cassette Tape
Heath Brothers
Music Production
Hip Hop
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@15twoe Жыл бұрын
I'm a 50 year old " tape loop mechanic" and there's a very easy way to loop the sample! You first have to record the complete song on a tape and then break out the plugs! You then take that tape as the original source and sample from that tape onto another blank tape to record the loops. There are some recording tricks that can be done including overdubs that sound more authentic than using todays technology. This method is the same as using reel to reel without the splicing. If you have a great dual cassette tape recorder you have some added effects like stab, echo and reverse. I still use this method to make beats and mixes today. Other producers like California's BinGrim uses this method as well! It's not hard it just takes patience, practice and progression on counting to stay on tempo.
@Joe90Production Жыл бұрын
I assumed that's what he was actually gonna do. Retriggering it from the exact same spot on the vinyl at the exact right time seems like a nightmare, whereas recording the sample from one tape deck to an identical tape deck in the same machine makes way more sense, especially if it's good quality tape recorder that spins up instantly.
@keenkingjames Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t seem like he knows the proper equipment. You gotta have a studio quality tape deck. The speed off the pause is the key.
@RinostarGames Жыл бұрын
I had a tape deck for awhile where you could sync up the master tape and then hit pause and record on the other tape and when you hit play on the master tape it would start recording immediately. I made a ton of beat tapes that way.
@Joe90Production Жыл бұрын
@@RinostarGames there you go. I'd bet money Q-Tip was using something very similar.
@clintpartie7369 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, for one, ya can't do it on a digital cassette deck.
@mpelle15 11 ай бұрын
I used to make these back in the day. The key is that you need a dual tape deck with mechanical pause switches. The tape deck you’re using has electronically controlled switches which create an undesired lag. All tape decks in the 80s used to be mechanical, but in the 90s they got fancy and started making electronically controlled buttons, which inserted unwanted gaps when using this technique. Damn, i wish i still had my old pause tapes, the little kid version of me made some creative magic.
@northerncup 9 ай бұрын
Brother you hit it on the nail the mechanical ones are the ones that are very accurate the cassette deck he's using those powerconnect backstage you're not good for it soon as I seen the video and I seen the deck he was using I knew right then and there I knew he wasn't going to get it right he's better off doing with those old-school double tape deck radios the portable ones record the first one on a high-quality TDK tape you know the TDK Chrome cassettes 4 sound quality and use the other one for the pause dub
@skeezix8156 8 ай бұрын
Also used to use headphones in the mic jack for intros
@roderickmcintosh5641 7 ай бұрын
This just explained my reply. I know I'm late! 🤪
@GPow69 Жыл бұрын
Q-Tip is a legend man, untouchable. I dunno what the original beat for represent sounded like, but I'm glad Preemo landed on what we've got now cause that's one of the hardest tracks EVER
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Go check Premier's channel! Link in the description for his Represent breakdown - incredible
@xoloitsquintli Жыл бұрын
@@diggingthegreats I think I discovered your channel because I was watching Preemo's breakdowns. The algorithm know what's up lol
@GPow69 Жыл бұрын
@@diggingthegreats I watch so wassup religiously but somehow missed that one, thank you for spreading the word brother!
@KardiFan2000 Жыл бұрын
@@GPow69 The original version of represent is available here on youtube
@mfnuke7839 Жыл бұрын
@@KardiFan2000heard it on so wassup episode but it's not full
@williamgeorge2580 Жыл бұрын
Tip is such a good MC everyone forgets his producing skills. Quite a talent.
@ri067953 Жыл бұрын
His drums sound so big. Crooklyn Dodgers is my favorite track that he did
@Nelson_Swamp 11 ай бұрын
@@ri067953 Word up. One of the illest instrumentals ever.
@bagelssmellgreat Жыл бұрын
The amount of sheer WORK and finesse pause tapes required should inspire anyone with the tools we have today to go make something, anything, and put it out there.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥
@79Glitch Жыл бұрын
It wasn’t nearly as hard as this video portrays it-this guy is comical in how hard he tries to represent the authentic methods while sometimes being clueless. We made pause tapes off dual cassette tape decks, the kind that were found on most consumer boom boxes and home stereo units. When CD’s became popular, it made it even easier because you could pause the exact second of the break you want on the CD, while the pause and record function on tape machine were already pressed down, simultaneously. There was no lag on any standard tape machine. Even the cheapest of cheap tape recorders didn’t lag, from Fischer Price to those flat one deck joints with built-in speaker from the 70’s and 80’s. I don’t know where he got the tape machine he’s using in this video, but I’ve never heard of a “lag” while making a pause tape, unless he’s actually pressing the record button every time as well? This ish is ridiculous! Most hip hop heads made their own customized mixtapes with cool edits back in the day, like splicing the remix and original version of a song together, or mixing bpm’s like you would with vinyl. There was some skill and timing involved, but it wasn’t that hard for people who had some basic musical inclination?
@legendsflashback Жыл бұрын
@@diggingthegreats great video
@gurpaful 11 ай бұрын
@@79Glitchthis tripped me up because he looks like he'd be the age where he had analog cassette decks to play around with as a kid and would know the immediacy of analog buttons vs the laggy hifi stuff with digital buttons that's being used here. like that looks impossible and no one for sure succesfully did this using those
@phat-kid 10 ай бұрын
yeah this made me feel old. im only 41 but this guy made me feel like i'm from another eon.@@79Glitch
@make1thappen267 Жыл бұрын
Illmatic wasn’t just an album, it was a producer’s seminar💯
@creechmixtapes-ux7dh 10 ай бұрын
I sold the album for a dollar a few days ago. It was somewhere in my closet, collecting dust...
@regret9423 8 ай бұрын
@@creechmixtapes-ux7dhokay?
@BuiltbyF Жыл бұрын
His needle drop technique is crazy shit too. Q managed to innovate mad shit out of pure necessity, and nobody does that quite like he does
@anon-guy-dude Жыл бұрын
He's so good at needle dropping, I bet that is what he was doing
@user_unknown1488 Жыл бұрын
@@anon-guy-dude you are over thinking what he done. it's just tools, timing and tenacity! its how things could only happen back in the day.
@kidgrebo1 10 ай бұрын
That's the essence of hip hop, no money for instruments so the turntable became the instrument.
@shamsta19 10 ай бұрын
im thinking thats how he made that original loop not the pause tape method.. Ive seen qtip loop a record needle droppin before
@torrancenorwood1349 10 ай бұрын
Crazy!!!
@Raucey Жыл бұрын
"It works, that was terrible!" Great video, really enjoyed this one. Nice job showing the process of these old school methods.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
This was a really fun one for me. Took a very long time, but man... new appreciation after doing it myself 😂
@Drrolfski Жыл бұрын
As a teenager in the mid-eighties, I played around with pause taping. What I found out then is that you need a 2-head cassette deck with old-fashioned mechanical pause switches, otherwise, your timing will be off and you will hear a pause between two recordings. Judging from your video you might have used the wrong cassette deck as the transport buttons look electronically controlled., not mechanical.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Seems like it, yeah haha - definitely a big pause in between each loop
@MLHunt Жыл бұрын
Yeah has to be the really basic purely mechanical pause mechanism, not the technically more advanced electromechanical type that used a solenoid. Impossible to time those lol
@dusteddevilapparel Жыл бұрын
Exactly. We found a way to make a way. My deck was my grandfather's throwaway. It worked perfectly.
@dogsandyoga1743 Жыл бұрын
@@dusteddevilapparel My VERY first couple of pause tapes were boombox to boombox 😂
@vap8978 Жыл бұрын
this 💯
@officialonyxobsidian Жыл бұрын
All of this should be taught in classes. Hip Hop would be more appreciated by young people if they saw what my generations producers and artists went through to create artistry.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Agreed - It truly is an art form, and needs to be taught - so much respect for methods like this
@kadu51044 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said it better myself.
@Bati_ Жыл бұрын
When they tried to teach methods in jazz in conservatoires, it faced the risk of instituionalization. These are oral traditions so I have complicated feelings towards this.
@beatsbeercigarettes Жыл бұрын
I think you’re on a different page of the book.
@yotaiji012 Жыл бұрын
It is! Right here. Who goes to classes? Haha
@esahm373 Жыл бұрын
I used this technique in the 90s as a 11 year old looping a sequence without vocals from the first Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince LP. The loop I created was pretty flawless. Very proud of my 11yo self.
@Sajid_A829 Жыл бұрын
Care to share? I'm real intrigued.
@phat-kid 10 ай бұрын
lol yeah let's all go back to 1991 and find those old tapes from middle school. will get right on that.@@Sajid_A829
@leofranken7225 Жыл бұрын
I really respect how you treat hip hop like art - your reverence shines through in your videos - I watch every one of them, keep up the great work (Could you do a video on how the Pharcyde made their first album with J-Swift)
@BeatsByRouph Жыл бұрын
Q-Tip is and will always be my favourite producer oat. The things he did for the rap game is insane
@lowlowseesee Жыл бұрын
OAT. yes. particularly when he didnt even take credit for tribe beats til waaaay later lol
@manatarmsslaps Жыл бұрын
man crazy part is that I never knew what a "pause tape" was and lived in the midwest (St. Louis) but also used to do this.. I knew what i wanted to hear and so I made what I wanted to hear.. I used to call them comedy tapes because mixed this with comedy from richard prior, eddie murphy, mixed with beat cuts and snippets from hiphop songs and skits.. I have no idea what I was on back then man.. was like in 8th grade, and in HS.. was trippin lol.
@dusteddevilapparel Жыл бұрын
Old School DJ here... I'm going back to 1989 fresh out of high school. Pause tapes weren't always made from tape to tape. Sometimes we had one deck and only the vinyl. I made some of my first loops using one Technics 1200 and a tape deck. The trick was not hitting the pause button early or you would have to replay the previous pass. But... the beauty was having a few minor, barely noticeable glitches here and there. Most of the time the vocals covered any slightly early or late sections. Once I got my hands on a Tascam 4-Track it made everything much easier... I could alternate tracks for the loop and get each take perfect. Also some early Ibanez digital delays had enough time to be able to do an indefinite loop of a beat.
@TimWrightDJ Жыл бұрын
Talking about pause taping, my old man only told me after I'd been making music on our family PC for about 2 years that he used to edit and loop his favourite tracks using reel to reel, slicing the tape and sellotaping it in. I was amazed! I have my father to thank for a lot!
@steve_santiago Жыл бұрын
Q-tip’s signature banging drums and super crisp snares are an underrated part of this beat
@B-Nice Жыл бұрын
you need a tape deck that has buttons that push down like piano keys. it's damn near impossible with those tactile type buttons on the deck you have. you eventually figure out the rhythm of your tape deck as you get into making pause tapes more.
@TheRealNativeSun Жыл бұрын
I was about to say that. Not the soft solenoid deck that he used but a old solid state tape deck with the vu meters and spring diving board looking transport buttons. Lol. The old Teac and Panasonic decks were good got pause tape loops.
@maccagrabme Жыл бұрын
Yes that's the difference, its the piano key buttons that felt like you were stretching the tape when pushing them down and the tape started recording immediately once you took your finger off pause, it was easy getting it on beat with the right tape deck. Those new decks have a delay, its like using a belt drive turntable, useless for pause tapes.
@CT-ho6si Жыл бұрын
100% this, came to the comments to say the same thing. No way you can make a pause tape on one of those tactile button tape decks -- or at least I've not met anyone who could or even wanted to try lol.
@Trizzy4shizzy 10 ай бұрын
I kept watching as if something differently would've happened 😆. I knew those decks couldn't handle it
@xavierramos1270 7 ай бұрын
Exactly
@ThatsMistaTwistToYou Жыл бұрын
I remember making mixtapes like this, end making re-edits of tracks - so frustrating, but if you messed it up, you could always rewind a little, play it back until you got to the error, pause again, then record silence to erase it if you didn't want to overdub and risk the dreaded double hit. The slowest "undo" ever lol. You know, at one point there were tape decks with pitch control and crossfaders built onto the front? discovered one at a party once and sat there most of the time mixing up music from people's tape collections haha :) BTW, pause tapes were way easer to make on the older models, as the buttons were spring-mounted, so you could hold down the pause button, play the record, then release on the "1" of the sample. I promise you it's easier than I make it sound!
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
I gotta upgrade, or... downgrade I guess 😂
@MrBlueHaze Жыл бұрын
Co sign❤
@mresilient1641 Жыл бұрын
You were using a more modern tape deck. We used to do this with the lever button tape players. Your finger is in control of the actual tape, that's how he was able to do the chops in the pause tape.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
I gotta retry 🔥
@ObsydyanInkTV Жыл бұрын
This is the key. We were too broke for that tape deck he’s using. 😅
@dreskills2k Жыл бұрын
Exactly there was no delay when unpausing the tape on the old tape decks. Plus he keeps trying to start the record right where the sample starts he needs to start the record before the sample
@Counterpoint Жыл бұрын
Yeah came to say this when I saw the tape deck he was using. Because the lever activated ones were all mechanical you could press in the pause button to 'unlatch' it, as such, and then you're holding the mechanism with your finger, in total control of when it releases.
@djgarybmixesit Жыл бұрын
You had to use your ear to know when to unpause the tape, and you couldn't release the button on the one you had to listen back to the tape before the actual edit and as soon as you heard the part coming up then you released the pause button on the one to catch the part, you also had to do the same with the tape you're recording on rewind it listen back to it and pause it just before the one so when you're ready to record you would catch the one and get the loop perfect, haven't done this since the 70's so now I'm showing my age lol
@dogsandyoga1743 Жыл бұрын
The crazy thing to me, is that I was pause mixing as far back as 1985. 9 years old, without being taught. It was just one of those things that logically made sense.. it was a trip when you meet other folks who we at home doing the exact same thing....
@maccagrabme Жыл бұрын
Surely you hit play/rec and pause then drop the beat in sync with taking your finger off pause. This guy doesn't seem to be doing that or maybe doesn't have a suitable tape deck so is getting random results, that's how I remember doing pause tapes in the 80s and they were in time.
@dogsandyoga1743 Жыл бұрын
@@maccagrabme I think he had an automatic tapedeck, I'm familiar with those, there was a bit of a gap before the mechanism started. But yeah, there were even workarounds, for some of them at least.
@peterpiper0815 11 ай бұрын
@@dogsandyoga1743 Yes, with the mechanism on 80s tape decks looping was much easier because the pause was a right-at-your-fingertip-instant-pause-control. I loved tape looping back then. Funny thing: At that time I didn't even know any hip hip tracks. My intension was to make extra long versions of the (pop/rock) songs I liked. Like the extended versions on 12" vinyls. I took different parts of the song, put it together in different order/looped some parts etc. Genesis - Tonight tonight and Billy Ocean - Get outta my dreams are two songs I remember. I think I'll go thru my old tapes tomorrow. Hope to find some of this extended stuff 😄
@PuffinPass 10 ай бұрын
Same here except I got into splicing tape which I couldn't do today if I tried. I think I saw it in a movie where they were splicing a tape for some nefarious purpose or other and I remember asking my mom what they were doing and she gave me a general idea of the process. Armed with a razor blade and a roll of scotch tape I locked myself in my room for a few months. Not sure I made anything of note but for the time it wasn't bad.
@dogsandyoga1743 10 ай бұрын
@@PuffinPass Yeah, I wasn't nearly that advanced. At most, I was fixing tapes that broke with scotch tape 😂
@danwg3368 Жыл бұрын
Love seeing a new video from you pop up in my notifications. You make some of the highest-quality music content on KZfaq, and your enthusiasm makes it 10x better. It's obvious that you love what you're talking about. Thanks for all the great content man 🤘
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 having too much fun 🔥
@hectorvalle323 Жыл бұрын
Spot on, totally agreed!
@djdrwatson Жыл бұрын
I know all about pause tape editing as I used to do this on a Sharp SG-280E music centre from about 1982 onwards ( *OVER* 40 years ago!! 😱). I was a kid about 12 or 13 just messing about. This is how I started mixing, editing and DJing. 8:57 Yes, you're right. There are two types of cassette decks - manual/mechanical ones (with piano keys) and logic control ones with touch buttons. The manual/mechanical ones are the best for pause tape editing as they react the fastest. Logic controlled cassette decks just aren't fast enough. They take too long to react and start recording, as you've found out. When using a manual/mechanical cassette deck, the trick is to push the pause button down and *HOLD* it down (armed and ready) then release it precisely at the right time. Then press the pause button again exactly in time at the end of the piece you want to record. With practice it's possible to chop beats and samples exactly in time accurately, capturing samples even as short as a secord. Lots of happy accidents happen using this method. I had lots of fun making pause tape edits mixes back in the day. It's primitive but I learned a lot just messing about and experimenting when I was a kid all those years ago.
@igloososa Жыл бұрын
Bruh, my brother and I used to pause tape only the coolest instrumental parts on every rap cassette we owned so we could spit our own verses. Dad had that same Pioneer double cassette deck too HAHA! Thanks for reviving those great memories! Love your content and share it with friends frequently. Keep up the stellar work!🏆
@grittyshaker Жыл бұрын
The knowledge you bring and the production of your vids is incredible. I watch every time you drop something. Thank you and keep doing what you’re doing
@camronstudenka9377 Жыл бұрын
dude your seriously one of the best youtubers for a young producer to start watching. you actually care about the subject matter and actually teaching hip hop history. Keep going bro …. 🤞🏼
@TranzparentMethods Жыл бұрын
I might sound like an old-head, but the 90's was the best time for music. Several different genres reaching their peak, new production being introduced, Grunge, Horrorcore... Just a crazy time for music!
@zoppe_5062 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for everything you do, I'm a big hip hop fan from Italy and I'm learning a lot with your videos. Keep it real!!
@steve_santiago Жыл бұрын
Yes! Q-tip is as good as any producer of any genre ever. I know you would struggle trying to do the pause tape beat like he did. lol. He’s such a genius is unfair. Have you ever seen him needle drop?!?
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Yes! He's absolutely insane
@lowlowseesee Жыл бұрын
dude plays bass for nas, he definitely has seen q tip needle drop lol
@sharptrickster Жыл бұрын
From the awesome research and captivating presentation, to the hands-on aproach of recreating the things you talk about to demo the techinique, you are a legend, Sir. Thank you for everything.
@CDMESD Жыл бұрын
A plus content. Phenomenal! This is so cool. I still have my pause button tapes. This is how we made music in college back in 93 and 94.
@eddiethetruhead Жыл бұрын
I have the same Technics dual tape deck. For all of us who grew up making tapes thank you for demonstrating this lost art. Q Tip is master craftsman. Definitely one of the greatest beatsmiths ever. Peace to anyone who is still showing love to cassette tapes. One Love.☝️🔊
@juniornlondock Жыл бұрын
Dopest channel on YT for producers & music enthusiasts
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏
@jaschakutzky3169 Жыл бұрын
I simply love how much respect you’re giving, by showing how hard this technique is in reality…
@256k_ Ай бұрын
dude ive been binge watching your videos. you got me with the justice one and now im on a hip hop binge. this ia top tier quality stuff! thank you for all the great info and explanations
@elijahconstantinescu1995 Жыл бұрын
Dude this video is amazingly well done! Respect!!!
@theDutton Жыл бұрын
Your videos are a masterclass in writing, editing and communication. A phenom! Love the topics so far, keep making videos about what you're passionate about and we'll all keep watching. But I know us nerds would love some insight into how Madlib made/makes beats!
@im2dirty4u Жыл бұрын
Like Q-tip, bshaw is on one for doing the pause tape this long LOL. I had no idea this was a thing in hip hop! To know that some of the best beats were made this way is incredible. Great video man keep it up!!
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏
@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists Жыл бұрын
it was the backbone of underground "beat making" back in the days actually
@alexposilkin9683 Жыл бұрын
Great video to shine a light on those classic production techniques. I’ve never heard of pause taping before. It also made me think of countless engineers/editors who have had to edit songs with tape cutting/splicing in the pre digital age.
@PrAnG2000 Жыл бұрын
I was an expert at pause button looping back in the day. My Mum's 80s Amstrad Tower hi-fi was superb for that. It had an instant stop so wouldn't move forward a bit when paused. I used to even do double notes to delay the start of the next loop. Used this formula to put together my ideas before booking a recording studio. Those were the days
@alexsim225 Жыл бұрын
insane stuff - and i feel like the "simplicity" in the beauty of Tip's early productions make it all the more impressive. the pause tapes don't have much to hide behind, but they STILL sound immaculate
@AKiEM. Жыл бұрын
Couple other people mentioned. But you absolutely need a deck with mechanical pause rather than an electronic servo mechanism. The way to do it is record further than the edit. Then listen back and find the new pause location and hit pause. You always have to record further than the edit, rewind and pause on the one. The good thing is the mechanics will always pause slightly after 1 so its not messing up the bass drum on the 1. Chances One Love was actually a pause mix is slim for various reasons, the demo with no drums - sure.
@VACAYJAYTV 11 ай бұрын
I can appreciate you breaking this down and giving pause break recording a shot. I was doing it in the 80’s. Takes a lot of patience and timing. It was the bootcamp of sampling. Then after the sample and looping for at least 5 minutes then try dropping a beat on it live with no sequencer like a SP or Akai. This took all day to do… today Producers have no idea of the pain agony and patience you had to have with pause breaking. It was fun especially getting the results you want then having an emcee rap over it. Much appreciation to you on this one. Salute 🫡
@jalocin Жыл бұрын
Your best video yet! I really love that song and actually didn’t know about the pause tape technique. Thanks a lot
@customjohnny Жыл бұрын
That tiny pause before the beat comes back in again is actually sooo sick man!! 11:08 Great work.
@emmanuelfrancis3142 Жыл бұрын
Man I love these videos. Keep it up bro
@charlessantos419 Жыл бұрын
Bro,,,the patience Q had for pause sampe is crazy,,,i could just imagine him being up all night for just one sample,,,it goes to show the ocd that goes into making gems ❤
@grassenjoyer8470 Жыл бұрын
love the video, thumbs up for the effort man
@edwardthayer9386 7 ай бұрын
It's amazing how good at this you are!👑
@kevs8225 Жыл бұрын
I've always heard about the concept of pause tapes but never seen it done so props for doing an actual live demonstration !!
@BBMP7 Жыл бұрын
A golden nugget. There is a special type of tape player used for pausing back in the day. Its portable player and the release on the pause button makes it a lot easier to catch the loop. I'm sure Q Tip probably used one of those.
@WillD0021 Жыл бұрын
Just want to say thank you man! This channel is a gem🙏🏼
@jive5964 10 ай бұрын
Yo I just found your channel fam, and I love it here. Just went through about 10+ videos. Got yourself a new fan
@lucasduncan8952 Жыл бұрын
Your channel is so fantastic man! Please keep going -- incredible content!
@saintdenis11 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, KZfaq algorithm for this recommendation. I’ve never heard of this channel but sampling is my passion. Amazing video, now I got to see the rest of your catalog!
@Steely_Fran Жыл бұрын
My grandfather's stereo was excellent for making pause tapes. It would start recording instantly when unpaused. What's funny is that I didn't even know that pause tapes were a thing until years later. I had a few ideas for beats when I was in high school, tried it, and it worked. I also used to add things by playing my loop on one stereo, playing what I wanted to add on another, and recording it all on a third. I used to double track vocals like that too. This brings back so many memories.
@RobertoGinsburg 2 ай бұрын
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@doupard Жыл бұрын
Thank you for being the best content on this app
@georgeclark5813 10 ай бұрын
The beauty of making music The beautiful headaches Keep doing what you doing this is awesome
@nolanthornton9851 10 ай бұрын
All around great video, love the demo, love the story
@Sgtgee Жыл бұрын
For those Hiphop enthusiasts, fans and connoisseurs who are old enough to remember when Illmatic debuted and dropped in the spring of 94’ and had to either cop the vinyl album at Record Explosion here in the NYC or the cassette & CD at Nobody beats the wiz or HMV …..I salute you! 👊🏽 the best memories of Pause taping for me was doing this off of the Marley Marl and mister magic rap attack show, the Future flavors show and Stretch and Bobito shows on my moms Kenwood twin cassette deck floor model stereo system. It was a great time to be a young hiphop disciple in the golden era of Hip Hop history. Salute to all the producers rappers and DJs! rapper Nas on top, it seems we gonna rock it, queens represent buy the album when I drop it. - Extra P keep it rollin.
@albertm9298 11 ай бұрын
Loving what you’re doing, I used to pause tape sample back in the day. The best way to do it from tape to tape. Tape decks with soft buttons with a lot of travel are best.
@slik_p Жыл бұрын
One of the best channels on the platform. Easily. Happy that you got to meet Questlove. All the best! And keep bringing the 🔥🔥
@austinragusin5533 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this!!! Thanks for messing around with these techniques for us who don’t have the gear!!!🎉🎉🎉
@Hype2k23 Жыл бұрын
Amazing soo amazing wow those producers back then deserve so much praise
@djbrd8641 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making these videos. A gift to the world.
@metronohm808_6 Жыл бұрын
Great insight into the process. Props for having a stab at it yourself man! Can't beat authentic hip hop production
@CEE-ji5rx 10 ай бұрын
This blew my mind. never knew about pause tape. So rad
@robinkwakman9934 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Very cool to watch. I was just reading the “Dilla Time” book this morning where Dilla described to Amp Fiddler that he uses tape loops to make beats; I was wondering if I should look it up on KZfaq how that process would go. And BAM, without even searching for it this video popped up. Love your content bro! Biggup.
@cratesdeep Жыл бұрын
In the TV mini series Station Eleven, there is a episode that includes a tip of the hat (pun intended) to Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest. One of the characters makes a sort of a pause tape and it all culminates in a great scene later in the episode. It's episode 7, Goodbye My Damaged Home. Highly recommended! (Hint: includes upright bass) Also, great episode, Brandon! Respect!
@RiverKia 7 ай бұрын
Digg’n the montage.. YOU ARE A JOY! I’m sure recording to tape is humbling.😂 You did a great job remaking this beat!
@adrienrassat1965 Жыл бұрын
This was an incredibly interesting and fun video to watch. New sub.
@XavierCoolDude Жыл бұрын
Awesome video-Nas, Tribe, Pete Rock & CL, Gang Starr all some my favorite artists of all time. Hip hop was my life in 94-Illmatic songs were incredible
@moresnqp Жыл бұрын
thanks, i really never heard of pause taping before now. i knew of using two vinyls at once, and of course samplers. never heard the inbetween though. incredibly skilled, insanely respectable since these days even i could recreate this in ableton in a minute flat
@MaxFung Жыл бұрын
this gave me a new appreciation for the origin of sampling in hip hop. well done.
@suryasen8046 Жыл бұрын
bro Qtip pause taping one love is one of the best stories ever cant believe u made this vid! 10/10
@evangilmore3964 Жыл бұрын
we need a video about all the jazz samples on The Infamous
@ingmarvanderhoek6314 Жыл бұрын
Once again a very entertaining video!
@ProducerKeylo 9 ай бұрын
I was watching this on the TV but I had to grab the phone to comment and say, this video was awesome. You did a great job my G
@jonfriktion07 Жыл бұрын
Been waiting for another illmatic video
@gwopin1 4 ай бұрын
And salute I've been a member since you had 2000 followers see how fast that goes
@MrBigjay00 Жыл бұрын
Love this video! I remember being a kid in the early 80s making my own "remixes" "pause-tape" style...
@mikeb3936 Жыл бұрын
Man you need to start a hiphop history podcast with this type of content. You have the voice for it.
@camodeano3003 Жыл бұрын
Wow man, the difficulty of the execution of all these beats is mind blowing
@chemafernandez654 Жыл бұрын
This channel is AWESOME❤
@petsounds3612 Жыл бұрын
Digging the Greats, I always look forward to see the topics you cover. Your knowledge is impressive, yes, but for me it's your passion and positivity that bring me back. Annyway I'd love to see a video covering what you think of modern rappers/producerrs...Lil' Ugly Mane comes to mind. There is so much incredible hip-hop that continues to be made and your approach to modern production techniques/songwriting would be fascinating to see! Thanks!
@user-xj6yu6li8h Жыл бұрын
All this time, I had no idea that any *legitimate* music was made using "pause mix" beats. When I was in early high school, I would make beats using pause mixes, and didn't even know it was a real thing until The Nonce "Mixtapes" and Dred Scott "Back in the Day" mentioned it. Two, in particular, that I remember (and I can tell ya EXACTLY why I remember): I had a whole song worked out using the breakdown and the horns from Average White Band "I'm The One" and another whole song worked out with the opening bars of Kool & The Gang "Too Hot." I had to scrap both when I heard Brand Nubian "Word is Bond" and Miilkbone "Where'z Da' Party At?" because they used the same samples. Thanks for the videos! I'm enjoying the content!
@nyonsmith6621 Жыл бұрын
I've heard pause tapes described numerous times by multiple artists. Thank you for demonstrating the method.
@morkmies Жыл бұрын
You are so detailed in this video and so few views... man I wish this picks up. great stuff!
@tobbetobster9930 Жыл бұрын
Banger video like usual
@shawncharles6077 Жыл бұрын
Bruh thank you for showing the difficulty of pause tapes. As some one who did them when I was a child, you appreciate modern technology. Salute.
@amendes6410 Жыл бұрын
Love it. Good upload
@EtherealLifeRecords 10 ай бұрын
Your videos are awesome: great tracks, good overall presentation, story-telling, funny, informative. Personally, I really like the deep dives into the older music that not many know (at least, in this day and age) but was the foundation for much more well known songs. I'm glad you covered one of these older techniques, partly because I didn't know there were 2 types of tape decks. It just goes to show what it took to make good music in earlier days: doing more with less. I commend you on your (1st time?) effort! At least your "Ba Humbug"-esque shout at 12:10 was pretty good...(consolation, maybe?) Anyway, keep up your great videos!
@blackboxsounds Жыл бұрын
Great breakdown!
@silfrido1768 Жыл бұрын
Chopping parts up to cassette is why that man is a beast. Needle dropping on vinyl to hit exactly where you want it to hit is insane
@peoplecallmepeechez Жыл бұрын
These videos are so awesome, you're like the bill Nye of hip hop. I learn so much from these
@magicspiral3323 Жыл бұрын
There was a discount GLP cassette I bought in my teens that had this dope beat I wanted to make longer, so I came up with the idea of using my dual cassette deck to inexplicably make a pause tape. It was quite jagged, but a few cuts were seamless. It was years later when I heard Adrock talk about making “pause tapes” that I realized I’d attempted that myself. What a crude and meticulous way of making a loop. I didn’t know some actual tracks were done using that technique. Thanks for highlighting it in such detail! 🔥
@clementinelives Жыл бұрын
the process of 'Pause-Tape' seems so infuriating
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Compared to today's methods, it's definitely not efficient - but this actually was a ton of fun
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
Though maybe I should publish the unedited footage of me pause taping 😂
@advaittdeshmukh3023 Жыл бұрын
@@diggingthegreats pls do it
@RobertoGinsburg 2 ай бұрын
Is because don't use the appropiate Tape recorder: Instead the digital recorder with "Logical buttons", *must be use "one with Mechanical/Manual buttons* 😊, and pre recorded the part on another casette.
@roberttyson6146 9 ай бұрын
This brings back sooo many memories... I used to make pause tapes in elementary/jhs and would repeat certain verses as if the dj played the part back.. your "ear" has to be precise💯💪🏾💪🏾
@tempeff8670 Жыл бұрын
I used to make pause tape intros for my mix tapes back in the day. It was super fun.
@diggingthegreats Жыл бұрын
This process was incredibly fun for me, especially since I've never done it before. Ableton would be faster, but not as fun
@NLDspotter 9 ай бұрын
That's an amazing fact! I had a somewhat similar sony digital tape-deck and i remember it's not easy timing pause and record.
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