“F*** The Music Industry” - Alchemist on Why He “Bailed on the industry” ‼️

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Жыл бұрын

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@battlevain Жыл бұрын

A man that of integrity and principles. What a talent. Love his sounds.

@user-ku4io6vh5z 7 ай бұрын

He’s a clown 🤡

@godscience7821 7 ай бұрын

Definitely killing it right now from Boldy James to Sweatshirt gots to be my favorite producer right now

@zechs5079 6 ай бұрын

Except for when he released the new Earl album as an NFT

@williammilestone5386 6 ай бұрын

He’s a plant 🪴

@Euoplocephalus2003. 6 ай бұрын

@@williammilestone5386 How so???

@jeffreybeddoe3089 6 ай бұрын

Alchemist a living legend in this hip hop.

@BulgBeats 6 ай бұрын

Facts 💎

@nolanthomas503 6 ай бұрын

I’m not an industry artist, I’m an artist in an industry. -DMX

@benscootin4329 6 ай бұрын

His collaborations with Earl Sweatshirt are a beautiful middle finger to the industry. ❤

@RJNumber45 5 ай бұрын

Word...VOIR DIRE is AMAZING

@johnwerner69 2 ай бұрын

Wasn't that like an nft thingy or did they actually release it?

@antifreeze. 2 ай бұрын

listen to some of his stuff with Larry June, too.🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

@legm5298 2 ай бұрын

@@johnwerner69It's an actual album the name is Voir Dire

@oliros8924 2 ай бұрын

Wdym? Void dire is released via Warner

@lizl5239 Жыл бұрын

Yes, just like Prince in the 90’s. Props to all who follow this.

@IsaiahJohnsoncocoinc 10 ай бұрын

Never thought of it that way. Prince was decades ahead of his time.

@osas5211 8 ай бұрын

Facts

@marcusnelson3780 6 ай бұрын

Love this dude..!!!!!

@gentlemanrated 6 ай бұрын

2000 too

@enilsonbarahona-fm5hc 6 ай бұрын

Thats top notch production

@yomelo 7 ай бұрын

Alchemist releases gems every year. Keep that going forever, Al.

@MattDustyParker 8 ай бұрын

One of my top 5 producers of all time for sure

@kwesiferinioferiniokwesi8722 5 ай бұрын

Agreed 100%

@benisraelbenisrael6434 7 ай бұрын

Prodigy brother... R.I.P

@nerazzurro191 6 ай бұрын

He sold P out. Don't trust this man!

@mosthighchosen614 6 ай бұрын

@@nerazzurro191 What did he do; what happened?

@draines9237 6 ай бұрын

@@mosthighchosen614just another conspiracy theory nut. Don't mind his comment 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

@Noyoudidnt8304 5 ай бұрын

@@nerazzurro191 Shut up 😂

@mafiagang20 2 ай бұрын

That’s all you gotta say 💯

@fatmanofdeathGaming Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest to bless a track!!!!

@colincrotty3479 6 ай бұрын

"Keep It Thoro" "The Realest" "Hold You Down" "Tik Tok" "FEAR"

@reddevil039 21 күн бұрын

@@colincrotty3479 "Worst Comes to Worst" "We Gonna Make It" "Surgical Gloves" "Black Cocaine" "Not High Enough" "meet the grahams"

@MrZaetiggy 6 ай бұрын

Alchemist and Currensy are god tier together. They make outstanding music together

@andrewcampbell-young8426 5 ай бұрын

👍💯

@RonaldJames-eo2hc 4 ай бұрын

Boldy James to

@kbjpj8249 3 ай бұрын

Larry june

@darrenbryant1077 6 ай бұрын

He knows the truth about prodigy that was his bro them two(Alchemist/Prodigy)gave us hits 🔥🎼🎵🎶🎤that is timeless

@jasondejesus3319 6 ай бұрын

Took the words out my mouth.

@blackjoker1097 6 ай бұрын

Frfr

@Liltoxicfoo 6 ай бұрын

The Illuminati made him choke on an apple

@nerazzurro191 6 ай бұрын

He sold P out. Don't trust this man!

@NYCHeavyHitz212 6 ай бұрын

@@nerazzurro191get a life

@user-sb7yh9bm6h 6 ай бұрын

I knew, this guy was real. Since, noticing him back in the late 90s and early 2000s. He was making tracks for Mob Deep and many more. Your the best,, at what u do and your still independent. 💯

@barronasi_4737 6 ай бұрын

Did he make Shook Ones?

@epicchanges1072 6 ай бұрын

@@barronasi_4737nah that was Havoc I believe

@kentekuzan 6 ай бұрын

i believe his first Mobb Deep beat was "The Realest" with Kool G Rap @@barronasi_4737

@kuraudo9700 6 ай бұрын

Alchemist was a kid rapper first.

@ashconbeats8414 Жыл бұрын

The goat of hip hop producers

@CowboyPat 10 ай бұрын

That’s a fxcking fact!!!

@ebn128 8 ай бұрын

Better than madlib? Dilla? Neptunes at their peak? Timbo at his peak? No chance

@seanyoung9014 8 ай бұрын

@@mackinshizzaveli4202You sound crazy. He BEEN passed their spots on the list. Fake ass Dre especially. Dude uses ghost producers, foh.

@seanyoung9014 8 ай бұрын

@@ebn128Al has been producing at a peak level for 25 years. I think Dilla, Tim and Madlib are all technically better producers than Al (he said he would lose a versus against Madlib) but his ear for crowd pleasing music and his consistency totally destroys everyone you named, even Tim who had a crazy output at his peak.

@mackinshizzaveli4202 8 ай бұрын

@@seanyoung9014 What has Alchemist produced that surpasses 36 Chambers? OB4CL? Liquid Swords? Tical? These are entire classic albums and I can name more. I’ve been a fan of Al since Keep It Thoro but there’s a level above him. Doesn’t mean he isn’t good it just means other people have a better catalogue.

@janiniawilson8051 7 ай бұрын

Alchemist is 1 of my favorite producers

@kylebroussard5952 8 ай бұрын

*One of the greatest ever AND he kept his soul.*

@beverlyx9546 8 ай бұрын

Right ✅️

@curtiszyr 6 ай бұрын

You don’t know this man 😂

@curtiszyr 6 ай бұрын

@v-mp2ir that’s even worse because that’s a symptom of insanity lmao

@yungwill9179 6 ай бұрын

Except when he sold Ras’s beat to Kiss. Sucker move

@sleeperino3054 6 ай бұрын

Give me solid evidence that he didn’t sell his soul or that souls even exist

@Djbiginf 8 ай бұрын

That should be the goal of every artist 💯👏👏👏👏

@richiecalif4716 6 ай бұрын

No their first goal should be to either retain their masters or get them back if they lost them early in their career

@Mar-a-LagoSpectrum 6 ай бұрын

This plant contradicted himself multiple times in this one little clip “I don’t feel like I’m in the industry“ while he then proceeds to tell you how sure the lawyers come in and do that thing to immediately pivot and tell you that he “doesn’t feel like he’s in the industry“ Guys like this are the reason why we all have to….. F the music industry

@dadadam1710 6 ай бұрын

@@Mar-a-LagoSpectrumNah you got it wrong. He’s gotta do music, it’s his thing. And if you wanna do it as a pro and make a living out of it, you have to be in the industry one way or another. That doesn’t mean he like it, that doesn’t mean the industry is not toxic. But if you wanna make a living out of music you defo gonna have to navigate between all that.

@divideandmultiply 6 ай бұрын

@@Mar-a-LagoSpectrumstop copypasting this garbage everywhere ya goofy.

@TheDumontShow 5 ай бұрын

That should be the goal for everybody period. Work for yourself. Working for someone else is a lifetime of suffering and difficulty

@kickheavy8982 Жыл бұрын

Endless respect for Al

@kriss12loverap 7 ай бұрын

Thought u said A.i

@kriss12loverap 7 ай бұрын

Better say AL

@Gunn27 2 ай бұрын

Even A.I gotta practice cloning Kendrick

@AmbassadorofSalem Жыл бұрын

Ransom and alchemist did some wonderful wonderful things together.

@Hawktgk 7 ай бұрын

One of the realest! He knows what that place really is!!!

@forrestwhittakerseye 6 ай бұрын

One of theeeeeee fucking GREATEST produces that does and will EVER exist. So much respect for this man’s art. He can’t lose.

@sangredeindio3103 6 ай бұрын

"Hold you down" Ft. Prodigy remains one of favorite tracks 🔥 real ones know

@AShots-fu8mi 10 ай бұрын

Nothing but love for the alchemist

@pf3305 6 ай бұрын

This is exactly why I always rocked with this guy, it feels even better to see him winning at this rate too

@pablinkz 6 ай бұрын

Alchemist one of the best producers hip hop has ever seen 💯

@neilledejongh1290 6 ай бұрын

Stop It 😂

@pablinkz 6 ай бұрын

@neilledejongh1290 what are you smoking? My statement was correct.

@calebanderson1527 Ай бұрын

@@neilledejongh1290 whos one of the best to you?

@bigshizhr1 7 ай бұрын

We love you bro. Don't stop....Shout to Griselda

@epicprose185 2 ай бұрын

Who here after Meet the Grahams

@toxic_myth3520 2 ай бұрын

Been here way before meet the grahams 😭 look into the underground game rn won’t disappoint. Look into boldy james, Rj Payne,Mickey diamond

@Elsolocup 2 ай бұрын

Wuuuuuut .-. Aint no way bruh

@apexone5502 2 ай бұрын

If you're new to Alc, you got a lot of work in your hands when it comes to digging into his catalog. You gotta go all the way back to when he was a rapper in the early '90s (The Whooliganz) and his stuff with Mobb Deep, Nas, etc.

@toxic_myth3520 2 ай бұрын

@@apexone5502 fr tho alc is a fuckin legend I love the position he is in rn he doesn’t fw that mainstream shit he only fw true artist

@apexone5502 2 ай бұрын

@@toxic_myth3520 if I was in the professional music world, I'd want to be in Alc's kind of space where I'm not stuck on a major label, I can make the kind of music I want, I can work with both mainstream and underground artists, and I can work on my own schedule.

@diallocooper5037 9 ай бұрын

This man is a living LEGEND. HE IS A MASTERMIND!!!!

@robluv2799 6 ай бұрын

The industry hates icons who find their way out of the matrix… Big up to my man Alchemist and teach the up and comers to run the opposite direction from “The Offer”… 💯 👍🏾

@longhairdntcare 8 ай бұрын

Best producer out today hands down

@kennethwilliams8240 5 ай бұрын

That's your opinion nimrod

@longhairdntcare 5 ай бұрын

@@kennethwilliams8240 I feel sorry for ya mother

@RonaldJames-eo2hc 4 ай бұрын

Him, DJ Muggs & DJ Premier are my top 3

@longhairdntcare 4 ай бұрын

@@RonaldJames-eo2hc Rza & Dr Dre definitely up there

@gaboonjah 11 ай бұрын

You know when you out when fans will wait and are equally excited everyday if not more😊

@darellgrayson6189 7 ай бұрын

One if the goats of Beatmaking

@xtintit 8 ай бұрын

Well said ALC. You don't need to bow down to anyone. You're in a class of your own. I've been listening to your production for atleast 25 years. Hats off to you.

@miltonclark1526 Жыл бұрын

Nobody like Al. He's surpassed everyone!

@JblazeMostDope 10 ай бұрын

Madlib, Q-tip from tribe, Pete rock, rza?? What about them Don't get me wrong tho, fuckin love and respect AL

@BrocktaviusKingofNFC 10 ай бұрын

Yes madlib ,kanye, pete, q tip yes surpassed to top 2 or 3

@sanejam7 8 ай бұрын

@BrocktaviusKingofNFC definitely his work is ridiculous cant knock him top 3 imo

@oholm09 Жыл бұрын

Go independent

@Ouzzel 8 ай бұрын

I hope we get more producers like alchemist. Which seems to slowly be happening. Ive noticed theres finally becoming a bigger focus in producers for finding music now.

@michaels_madness 6 ай бұрын

RIP Prodigy.. you two made absolute history together 🎉

@WOGs-fj6zw Жыл бұрын

Ok he did the work so he deserves to get paid. He has some wisdom about him too 😊

@Hunter-yn1vd Жыл бұрын

Respect

@a.k.a.theruggedmanchild9685 2 ай бұрын

Alchemist don't need the industry, the industry needs Alchemist!

@amancalledhawk5575 6 ай бұрын

I like that microbrewery analogy

@benjaman21rottens 10 ай бұрын

That's the way to do it🔥 Tips from a legend

@jean-francoishuc1439 Жыл бұрын

One of the best to do it.

@CDLCigarandGolfClub 6 ай бұрын

Extremely underrated producer...definitely one of my favorite

@hoodpimp1519 6 ай бұрын

Why people like love to say the word underrated so much even when it doesnt fit ? Alchemist aint underrated at all he a legendary hip hop producer

@CDLCigarandGolfClub 6 ай бұрын

@hoodpimp1519 he's underrated cause he's not the 1st name that's thought of when talking production in hip hop. The artists he's produced for the most aren't necessarily mainstream dudes. Of course he's legendary, We know that..he's just not generally in the conversation when you discuss or debate the best in the business...underrated definitely fits

@draines9237 6 ай бұрын

@@CDLCigarandGolfClubthank you. Even till this day you ask the average person about Alchemist and they still won't know who he is as opposed to a Dr. Dre

@CDLCigarandGolfClub 6 ай бұрын

@draines9237 it's a real thing fam...the average person doesn't know who dude is...that's just the reality of it...

@Superman30970 2 ай бұрын

Here from meet the grahams

@ChocolateDon929 11 ай бұрын

I pray I get to work with this genius please 🙏🏿

@mrkeitt 10 ай бұрын

I love Al like family lol. Sooooooooooooooooooooo much heat on his resume. ESPECIALLY nowadays 🔥

@SantoMan777 6 ай бұрын

@NoreagaMan 7 ай бұрын

I don't think there's any beats that give me the level of nostalgia that his classics do. There will never be another Alchemist and I'm so glad he never became a sell out

@wastedwifi Жыл бұрын

My idol

@kbjpj8249 3 ай бұрын

Alchemist and Freddie Gibbs Alchemisf and Ross Alchemist and Earl Sweatshirt Alchemist and Mobb Deep Alchemist n Boldy James Alchemist n Larry June Man i diidnt know Where have i been Top 5 alive

@mattcromer6544 Ай бұрын

You can talk about all his collabs with the highest respect but his shit with roc Marci is legendary

@adamgordon2572 6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite producers 🔥🔥 Alchemist more than deserves his 💐💐 and he’s totally right about the industry, that tells me he knows what really happened to Prodigy 😏 R.I.P. Bandana P. ✊🏾

@tylerburnett_ 11 ай бұрын

Tom Brady of producers. All timer.

@VincentWhite-zp4xn 7 ай бұрын

He's never cheated or wined like Brady tho😂😂

@DNT87 11 ай бұрын

LEGEND

@TheVanexel23 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Alchemist for producing "Smile", with Twista...one of my favorite tracks👌✌️

@MrBoomie00 4 ай бұрын

This man is so dope. Been damn near three decades been listening to him since i was a teenager. Crazy his growth and staying power.

@The_Traveling_Man Жыл бұрын

Legend

@warnutztheloser 8 ай бұрын

The Greatest Producer of All-Time. Nobody can touch em

@mrlofi333 7 ай бұрын

Nah Pete rock can Dr Dre could even Kanye still

@trppstar 6 ай бұрын

Nah

@deebaker4671 19 күн бұрын

Stop the cap. he is dope, but not the Greatest of all time. He will even tell you that.

@gerardolopez9368 Ай бұрын

The big hit album just changed the course of the industry. I will be tapping in with your brewery 💯💯🎧

@akira_3432 Ай бұрын

I love how much recognition the younger/newer generation gave him, such as myself, I didn’t know Alan at first until action Bronson pmo and oh my my what a legend this man is he will forever go down in hip hop history

@cupidsoul_ Жыл бұрын

❤ His Authenticity

@kyray9332 Жыл бұрын

That old boy knows that the industry is satanic and he don't want nothing to do with it cuz he's already had his bout with it you can tell

@mast3rNate 10 ай бұрын

“you can tell” can you explain to us where in the video he lets us know that he encountered anything satanic in the music industry or is that just a feeling you get when you see this youtube short? lol

@mazuma7127 9 ай бұрын

It’s capitalism not satanism my brother Al doesn’t want to work in the “music” industry when he knows they care more about profits than art

@lee_drifting 9 ай бұрын

@mazuma7127 corporations are using capitalism in the wrong way. plus, there are A LOT of satanic occult weirdos in the industry. john todd exposed it back in the late 70s

@Jess-yp9fo 8 ай бұрын

@@mazuma7127 The way y'all took 'satanic' literally has me shaking my head LOL wow. 'caring more about profit than art' same difference as selling ones soul. Once y'all get past these terms then you'll understand why people call it 'demonic' aka low vibrational af

@mazuma7127 8 ай бұрын

Words have meaning boss Choose the ones you actually mean next time @@Jess-yp9fo

@Aaron-dk1rf Ай бұрын

I’m glad Al is getting the recognition he deserves. He is a walking legend who stayed humble, paid respects to those before him and carved a huge niche in the great genre of Hip Hop.

@hialeahchico2828 4 ай бұрын

The way he put that together was dope and on point

@michaelglazier9932 6 ай бұрын

Todays best hip hop producer hands down… I wish DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Showbiz, Diamond D, Large Professor etc would still produce like they used to. Then Alchemist might have some competition… (Edit: Oh… I wish Prince Paul would produce like his old shit too… He is so ridiculously underrated… Especially in the 90’s)

@genesisone9942 6 ай бұрын

He imitates everybody you named...them guys were light-years ahead of him...stop acting like he's an original..he formulates after other producers.

@subzu2733 5 ай бұрын

@genesisone9942 and yea those producers probably formulate from other producers too, so? Art is all about copying, alchemist might not be unique but that doesn't mean it's not original, the thing he samples are original

@genesisone9942 5 ай бұрын

@@subzu2733 nothing about him is original

@subzu2733 5 ай бұрын

@genesisone9942 that's subjective

@michaelglazier9932 5 ай бұрын

@@genesisone9942 He might’ve imitated a little early on with the old stuff he did, but today he’s his own man and very original. Go listen to Rare Chandeliers, the album he did with Action Bronson! It is fuckin’ amazing from start to finish and very original…!!!

@ryankellz 10 ай бұрын

BEST AND MOST BUSY PRODUCER IN RAP. RECENT PROJECTS HE PRODUCED FOR: EARL SWEATSHIRT ROC MARCIANO LARRY JUNE ARMAND HAMMER BOLDY JAMES

@SfGamergg 8 ай бұрын

Madlib

@ryankellz 8 ай бұрын

@@SfGamergg Alchemist.....

@DhaHostileScow 6 ай бұрын

Simply one of one. There will never be another alchemist.

@tupapa7230 8 ай бұрын

RESPECT! 👊🏻💯🙏🏻

@i.m.2bizee569 10 ай бұрын

He probably knew who was in on P’s death

@jevonlloyd3058 6 ай бұрын

🎯🎯

@traj_mahal300 6 ай бұрын

Sad Reality 😞

@eliyarrows2456 8 ай бұрын

Calling himself a microbrewery is such a good comparison, because he’s basically calling the people on top of the industry (drake, lil baby, people like that) the bud light and natty ice of rap 😂

@michaeldelf6534 6 ай бұрын

Keep VIBRATING AL!!!! Love & Respect BRUDDA 🙏😎💯

@guero.wrlddd Жыл бұрын

if only people knew what politicians athlete’s & celebrities had to do to get to where they are i think they wouldnt be praised as if there god i never understood why people put them above others & run up with a camera they bleed too

@kirkleslie7694 6 ай бұрын

Alchemist is in the right room he was never gonna stick wit the industry... fucking wit a person like prodigy will always keep u tapped in and this is the result... much respect bro 😎

@Peaceandblessing07 6 ай бұрын

I never forget the day heard alchemist rap on hold you down with mob deep as a shorty. He killed it and I thought he was a rapper back then. It blew my mind when I found out he was a producer and all the bangers he put out as I got older.

@Tat2ist_Chris 4 ай бұрын

Favorite producer, he had me at the first infantry the essence track with the lox that beat is crazzyyy also can’t forget “ keep it thoro 🔥🔥🔥

@dxytona 2 ай бұрын

And you kept your soul 💯

@nicolelatta1392 6 ай бұрын

Happy for you much Blessings!!❤

@SouthPaw909 5 ай бұрын

Mad love to Al … Been listening since the 90’s ! definitely gotta respect anyone not wanting to sell their soul for fame and fortune.

@JimDee885 4 ай бұрын

'Essence' still jam to this day 🔥

@Aftonu 6 ай бұрын

I love dude and he’s. Been a major staple in hip hop for a long time 🙏🏾🎯💯

@thaiboxing67 5 ай бұрын

and he is coming out with bangers on his own terms!!!Salute!!!

@officialdoctv 6 ай бұрын

Keep doing it the BEST way big dawg! I still listen to your old beats and songs you've produced in the 90s

@andyhill2876 6 ай бұрын

Some of his instrumentals are over the top crazy good!

@JasonMcDaniel-xt9dl 5 ай бұрын

One of my favs since 99....heard "Mobb Deeps" the Realest which he produced n I became a fan...n definitely now that he produces all the 🔥 Upstate NY rapperz I listen 👂 too,Al's a legend

@gannibalof21st 6 ай бұрын

Good for Alchemist. There's still people out there with self awareness and not willing to die in that hill.

@MalabarTheGreat 5 ай бұрын

Makes me perk up when i realize that more and more musicians and recording artists are adopting this platitude over the industry.

@Libra-nv2rn 6 ай бұрын

This called humility....Much love TRAKASSO

@xN8GZx 6 ай бұрын

That “Hold You Down” w/Nina Sky LEGENDARY!!!🔥🔥🔥

@denisbu7055 6 ай бұрын

got luv 4 a legend,peace and love for alchemist

@Cash99923 6 ай бұрын

Bro you have a fan in me for life! Music is nice!

@williambrown8374 6 ай бұрын

"Hollldd yoouuu ddoowwnnn.." One of the greatest producers.

@ChrissClutch 5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! This is the way if you want to keep your sanity. Send Earl more beats!

@louieo.2633 8 ай бұрын

That beat with the lox and Snoop go so hard

@user-cw1ur7oj2t 8 ай бұрын

Ooowee!!! Respect Always for your get down Loveone R.I.P. Prodigy

@horacioorellana9519 6 ай бұрын

I love your work alc!!! One of the best producers to make beats!!

@bobbybk1965 6 ай бұрын

DAMN AL!!!! IS STILL THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME....

@jahfus 6 ай бұрын

Met him over 20 years ago in Hipposonic studio in Vancouver BC with busya Rhymes and Mobb deep. Super chill dude right here fr

@DontDissTheProgram 6 ай бұрын

Uncle Al never lie n he the goat👌🏿🔥

@npa2468 6 ай бұрын

Meet him one time in Vegas at a crap table. He is a real one.Thats the vibe I got.

@danburkhardt8261 6 ай бұрын

Love it. The best thing about is you are doing you. Keep it up!

@Flight.G.Sanford 6 ай бұрын

That Prodigy Album was Hard🙏🏿💪🏿🫡🏆Al is Legend