Seeing that "A Milli" beat breakdown at 6:05 blew my mind. It's one of my favorite mainstream beats. Thought it was way more complex than that! Seeing how most of these beats are done in a single pattern (essentially) is a good reminder to not to overthink or overcomplicate.
All you need is a vibe. Let the artist do their thing. Also artists will add to your beat. That eee-yeah on Fukumean by Gunna was added by him and his crew
@@Phosphor_Sco honestly the bar has only gotten higher now the market is saturated, back then it was more about if you had connections and could make something half decent
@ScottThePisces the part of the market that is saturated only makes mid beats that we've all heard over and over again. To make something unique but still inspire an artist is the balance we need to find. My opinion at least
For a second there, I thought we were getting that Mannie Fresh breakdown video! We didn't, but this works just as well! Pay your producers! Thanks, Navie.
Damn that is a super f****** shame now it explains why whenever people ask me if there was one person I would have to say influenced me wanting to make my own music that gave me the idea while Kobe is going to give me a perfect down time and they'll be tons of resources probably not available usually and next thing you know I mean it's not like I'm a complete noob I spent three years always getting pulled in on my brother and his buddies projects to help pick samples tell him what's wrong basically so I didn't blindly just jump off a cliff saying I have no clue if I can make good music and hear whether it is
I tell you man it gets to be so bad with how much I love once you get under 115 BPM almost anything I make I have to change things after an export I always go that way
His beats resonate far more on a guttural level than the beats of many of those producers, he just doesn't serve artists who are considered "high art" in hip hop, but how well the Cash Money music traveled speaks for itself.
Awesome to hear at one point Mannie only used 8 tracks! I'm still using Ableton lite (8 tracks/2 returns) - that's really all you need for a solid beat I think
I 100% agree that 8 tracks are enough. I use Ableton lite (8 tracks) or Polyend tracker which also has only 8 tracks and a lot of limitations, fortunately
In my personal opinion, I’m not all that crazy about the “A Milli” beat. I’ll find it hard to believe that people would care about that beat if Wayne didn’t have a legendary verse on it. It’s good to have simple beats. It’s good to have not too much going on. I’m just not feeling that beat. When I think of “A Milli,” I think of “I’m a young money millionaire, tougher than Nigerian hair.” But that’s just me.
I remember this when it happened. Mannie Fresh lost out on even more Millions$$$ because other artist and records Labels where reaching out to Cash Money for him to produce for them. Mannie Fresh found this out years later when seeing all these people at different events. Cash Money never told him anything.
You could see how he instantly became a hitmaker when he left Cashmoney too, making the flagship singles for both Jeezy's Thug Motivation and TI's King.
So many of the best beats, are some of the simplest! And, yes, treat the producers right! In the long run, building solid relationships will only help.
This was a very dope very. I was a big Cash Money and No Limit fan back in the 99-2000. Can you do a video on Beats by the Pound (Medicine Men) that used to be with No Limit. Btw they didnt get paid properly either.
Do "beats by the pound" from....NOLIMIT RECORD'S lol - and mannie fresh had help on them beats of cash money by a ghost PRODUCER that help him name BAREWOLF 😂🔥💸💯🤣
If every artist and every rapper that came through their said it wa money issues then. They doing it on purpose. Like bruh. Smoke don’t always mean fire. But CONSISTENT SMOKE FOR DECADES????
If it wasn't stated clearly enough, the guilty parties for this "tom-foolery" were/are Mr. Birdman, and his brother "Slim"; founders and CEOs of Cash Money Records, and, although their clout in the South, during the '90s was like that of Master P, they're both very slimey owners, and businessmen.
5:25 😂yea Cash Money don’t pay nobody! 😂 but crazy butterfly effect, if there’s Mannie and other “hit maker” producers around, there’s no Carter 2 (there is a Mannie Fresh produced version floating around), but yea, other lesser producers got to shine. Carter 2 is a classic by most standards, and Carter 3 is not possible without Cash money burning bridges. Just saying.
I remember Bangladesh saying he never got paid for the A Milli beat. Thats terrible considering how that song was the hottest song in 2008, was all over the airwaves and won Wayne a Grammy. Hell even R&B artists did remixes to it. Shows how shady the industry is with producers.
That's all Birdman. He wasnt paying his own artists right lol. Turk left. Juve left. BG left. Wayne stuck it out until he wanted to leave in like 2015 because Birdman was stealing millions from him whom he called his son. Birdman is a snake
Grew up with that joint, that was the go-to song to show off your car stereo and sub. I remember all my older cousins blasting that era of Wayne, shit is dirty.
2:26 the clap placement you say is “really unusual” but if you know New Orleans, it’s based on bounce and booty music. I see where you’re coming from in terms of Mannie Fresh’s greatness, but yea, not unusual for the region at all.
He was really the first person I can think of that I can always identify a song Manny fresh did I mean there's so many but I really loved how he would genre bend two things sample wise that you shouldn't believe would go together like mariachi band trumpets with operatic elements
Fresh should be one of the greats right now. Baby f'd all of them out on their deal by design. He's an evil genious that don't care about anybody but himself and money.
I remember listening to hot97 and ciphasounds said how he sent Wayne a beat, that he loved but Wayne wrote president Carter to it and had someone else make the same exact beat so they never gave cipha his credit (or money)
There’s nothing unusual about the clap placement. It’s called swing. If you don’t want your beat to sound terrible; it’s one of the things you can use to make it sound better.
Well being from New Orleans Mannie didn’t leave over money he left because he wanted to do more work actually in R&B and not Hip hop but not getting paid by Birdman made it even easier for him to go out their by himself and leave. Now probably one you should do a deep dive is KLC which produced for No limit than whole bunch of Atlanta, Memphis,Texas rappers. Cool thing about Mannie back in the 90’s during all my underground hip hop days Mannie was coming to underground shows to check out what was gone on a lot of us were friends with one of Mannie Cousins who did underground hip hop and also punk rock music he would get Mannie to come out.
wow, didnt know they where like this and then you have guts to call yourself "Cash Money Millionaires" and then cant pay the b ills. Birdman always was a lil sus
Had no idea about any of this, thanks for the consistent hip hop 101 courses, brother! And the beat recreations of course. Great format and concise, entertaining result, my dude. You're def in a group of like maybe 7 people I click on every time I see thier thumbnail pop up.
Another layer to the Milli drama - the beat was actually produced by Chal-lo who was signed at the time to Shondre (bang) Thats why milli dosent sound like any other Bangladesh beat but that was Cha-lo's whole minimal sound - he also produced the drop for rich boy for polow da don.
I’m still amazed that cash money made it that big. You can tell those beats were simple. It was subpar work that got top notch attention. Then add the lack of payments to the producers other than manny fresh. Cash Money sucks bro.
3:16 the tone here is based on the early chirp Nextel phones. And the drums with the reverb where Chads weapon of choice. Listen to any early Neptunes production.
Drag em the River was This Shit that open that door! And Dj Jubilee's song "Back That Ass Up" was Stolen! I heard it and he won! But u is Absolutely Right!!! About a lot what u said!!
I love your videos, but I have a problem with hearing stuffy nose voices.... I realize this is my problem, but just sayin. It's like scratching a chalk board for me
Man you started late in the Cash Money game you skipped UNLV as a whole who really put Cash Money on tbe map before it was a HotBoy$ then you skipped Soulja Rags and True Story(BGz First Album) Ms Tee (Famale Baller)
Peja of Slums attack put it best, "Weź podziękuj producentom no bo sam byś zrobił pasztet" which would losely translate to "So go thank the producers cause you'd just make shit"
It's crazy how many billboard hits in hip hop literally had 5 sounds or less in them! It's not that shocking to me though. Lord knows out of the thousands of instrumentals I've produced over the years many of my best beats follow this same (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID) logic! Producers really need to do a better job with asking themselves.. "does this instrumental need MORE than just vocals added to it at this point?" If you can't confidently say YES and you keep trying to add other elements that just don't seem to be working, often times you'll realize the only thing it's missing is the vocals!
lots of people in hip hop do shit business (i can say this i’ve worked in hip hop for half a decade now). it’s more rare to see someone who doesn’t do shit like this
Typical corporate restructuring. Smart creatives make the business work and create value, then the administrators take over and force out the creatives - because they're dull and boring whatever their IQ.
That's nowhere near the answer. Cash money has survived long after not paying producers. The real reason they feel of is they have no talent over there. Wayne left, drake left, and nicki left. All they have over there is NBA young boy who is the product of machine and his numbers aren't real.
You gotta stop talking from your nose. Reduce the mouth breathing and work on diaphragm breathing. Remind yourself to put your tongue against the roof of your mouth when your mouth is at rest.
All of us producers don't get enough credit at allim sick of it i know a few rappers told me they don't pay for beats i don't understand but i do know this been happening before My time
Absolutely criminal how Mannie Fresh was treated. He should have been able to retire off that 4 year run alone!
That was insane when I looked it up. Had no idea he was THAT prolific
If he ain’t got it today. Then he was just there
@@TheNumbasign2watchu on bout
4 year run lol 😂
Nah this a FACT
The "only 8 Sounds" Shows again why Simplicity is 🔑
And your Remakes with Visuals are legendary gave me straight the Vibe 💯💯💯
Thank you Sam!
FACTS!
@@NavieD yeah you are the remake king. You and Aiden Kenway
And you can STAY at that plateau.
Seeing that "A Milli" beat breakdown at 6:05 blew my mind. It's one of my favorite mainstream beats. Thought it was way more complex than that! Seeing how most of these beats are done in a single pattern (essentially) is a good reminder to not to overthink or overcomplicate.
I never thought about how simple some of these legendary beats are
Yeah I would recommend watching that video I mentioned on that subject. It is pretty amazing
It's kind of disturbing 😂
I need to start working with acapellas so I know when enough is enough
All you need is a vibe. Let the artist do their thing. Also artists will add to your beat. That eee-yeah on Fukumean by Gunna was added by him and his crew
@@Phosphor_Sco honestly the bar has only gotten higher now the market is saturated, back then it was more about if you had connections and could make something half decent
@ScottThePisces the part of the market that is saturated only makes mid beats that we've all heard over and over again. To make something unique but still inspire an artist is the balance we need to find. My opinion at least
For a second there, I thought we were getting that Mannie Fresh breakdown video! We didn't, but this works just as well! Pay your producers! Thanks, Navie.
Perhaps one day!
@@NavieD A man can dream! Cheers!
Manny started before 97. You forgot about UNLV, pimp daddy & others
Mannie fresh was really the glue nobody wants to talk about
Damn that is a super f****** shame now it explains why whenever people ask me if there was one person I would have to say influenced me wanting to make my own music that gave me the idea while Kobe is going to give me a perfect down time and they'll be tons of resources probably not available usually and next thing you know I mean it's not like I'm a complete noob I spent three years always getting pulled in on my brother and his buddies projects to help pick samples tell him what's wrong basically so I didn't blindly just jump off a cliff saying I have no clue if I can make good music and hear whether it is
I tell you man it gets to be so bad with how much I love once you get under 115 BPM almost anything I make I have to change things after an export I always go that way
He was the only reason I listened.
I had to call Ed Grauer’s office every day for 4-5 months to get the royalties for producing “two shots” on the Carter 4
yo wait bro how did u do that laser thing at the start where it slow down
@@yna418 sylenth
how hard is it to get paid as a producer? how much did you even get?
You sir are a legend
Mannie a legend. Yet, nobody has him in their top 10. Not even when us southern rap fans are ranking southern producers. I'm guilty of this as well.
His beat are Whack.. He's not in the same league as Pete Rock,Dilla, Rza,Kanye...he's just that dude from Trash Money
His beats resonate far more on a guttural level than the beats of many of those producers, he just doesn't serve artists who are considered "high art" in hip hop, but how well the Cash Money music traveled speaks for itself.
Awesome to hear at one point Mannie only used 8 tracks! I'm still using Ableton lite (8 tracks/2 returns) - that's really all you need for a solid beat I think
Yeah, that kind of imposed limitation can really help you focus and be more creative
I 100% agree that 8 tracks are enough. I use Ableton lite (8 tracks) or Polyend tracker which also has only 8 tracks and a lot of limitations, fortunately
@@yetidlt2073My thoughts exactly, or a Digitakt
In my personal opinion, I’m not all that crazy about the “A Milli” beat. I’ll find it hard to believe that people would care about that beat if Wayne didn’t have a legendary verse on it.
It’s good to have simple beats. It’s good to have not too much going on. I’m just not feeling that beat. When I think of “A Milli,” I think of “I’m a young money millionaire, tougher than Nigerian hair.”
But that’s just me.
I remember this when it happened. Mannie Fresh lost out on even more Millions$$$ because other artist and records Labels where reaching out to Cash Money for him to produce for them. Mannie Fresh found this out years later when seeing all these people at different events. Cash Money never told him anything.
You could see how he instantly became a hitmaker when he left Cashmoney too, making the flagship singles for both Jeezy's Thug Motivation and TI's King.
So many of the best beats, are some of the simplest! And, yes, treat the producers right! In the long run, building solid relationships will only help.
Trueeee
the beat for Ha! was what made me buy 400 Degreez. Cash Money was on smash in 98/99
Cash Money did every artist dirty especially Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne
Even Bangladesh
Keep in mind about 95% of Mannie Fresh’s production are beats from scratch and not samples. Splits should’ve been no issue
This was a very dope very. I was a big Cash Money and No Limit fan back in the 99-2000. Can you do a video on Beats by the Pound (Medicine Men) that used to be with No Limit. Btw they didnt get paid properly either.
that vox of A Milli was a Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim)’s remix of ATCQ actually came from a sample CD he did called Skip to My Loops
Word....gotta credit the right version of re the song and not just show the title of the album version
Do "beats by the pound" from....NOLIMIT RECORD'S lol - and mannie fresh had help on them beats of cash money by a ghost PRODUCER that help him name BAREWOLF 😂🔥💸💯🤣
Ironic their caleld CashMoney. P.S. Hope the cold gets better, mate
Thank you my dear
Ohh Navie sick 👏🏾
:'(
6:04 this best single handedly changed the game. Even Beyonce had to get in on it with that diva song
the irony of a label named 'cash money' not paying anyone :(
get better Navi #godspeed
I hope I make it
Birdman had the audacity to stiff PHARREAL?????????? this game is cold blooded
If every artist and every rapper that came through their said it wa money issues then. They doing it on purpose. Like bruh. Smoke don’t always mean fire. But CONSISTENT SMOKE FOR DECADES????
If it wasn't stated clearly enough, the guilty parties for this "tom-foolery" were/are Mr. Birdman, and his brother "Slim"; founders and CEOs of Cash Money Records, and, although their clout in the South, during the '90s was like that of Master P, they're both very slimey owners, and businessmen.
5:25 😂yea Cash Money don’t pay nobody! 😂 but crazy butterfly effect, if there’s Mannie and other “hit maker” producers around, there’s no Carter 2 (there is a Mannie Fresh produced version floating around), but yea, other lesser producers got to shine. Carter 2 is a classic by most standards, and Carter 3 is not possible without Cash money burning bridges. Just saying.
I remember Bangladesh saying he never got paid for the A Milli beat. Thats terrible considering how that song was the hottest song in 2008, was all over the airwaves and won Wayne a Grammy. Hell even R&B artists did remixes to it. Shows how shady the industry is with producers.
That's all Birdman. He wasnt paying his own artists right lol. Turk left. Juve left. BG left. Wayne stuck it out until he wanted to leave in like 2015 because Birdman was stealing millions from him whom he called his son. Birdman is a snake
Grew up with that joint, that was the go-to song to show off your car stereo and sub. I remember all my older cousins blasting that era of Wayne, shit is dirty.
@@Aethelvlad facts. 2008-2011 was Lil Wayne's best years
2:26 the clap placement you say is “really unusual” but if you know New Orleans, it’s based on bounce and booty music. I see where you’re coming from in terms of Mannie Fresh’s greatness, but yea, not unusual for the region at all.
Birdman owns 51% of Young Money 😳 how Wayne let him pimp him like that
Damn so this long lasting beef with Pusha T and Lil Wayne/Drake all stems back to What Happened To That Boy
You can tell bros nose was blocked
He was really the first person I can think of that I can always identify a song Manny fresh did I mean there's so many but I really loved how he would genre bend two things sample wise that you shouldn't believe would go together like mariachi band trumpets with operatic elements
Fresh should be one of the greats right now. Baby f'd all of them out on their deal by design. He's an evil genious that don't care about anybody but himself and money.
That’s funny man ever since I was a kid I always really liked the cover of 400 degrees too haha
I remember listening to hot97 and ciphasounds said how he sent Wayne a beat, that he loved but Wayne wrote president Carter to it and had someone else make the same exact beat so they never gave cipha his credit (or money)
Manny produced more albums than that. What put them on frfr in the streets was "chopper city" 1996
Thos guy ways off, Choppa City, Dirty world
Ha still bangs over 25 years later. That song put me on to southern rap back then.
There’s nothing unusual about the clap placement.
It’s called swing.
If you don’t want your beat to sound terrible; it’s one of the things you can use to make it sound better.
The irony of calling your labl cash money whe you can't pay your producers is wild
Mannie Fresh was the core of Cash Money. He should have been a millionaire off those beats and their loyalties alone.
Well being from New Orleans Mannie didn’t leave over money he left because he wanted to do more work actually in R&B and not Hip hop but not getting paid by Birdman made it even easier for him to go out their by himself and leave. Now probably one you should do a deep dive is KLC which produced for No limit than whole bunch of Atlanta, Memphis,Texas rappers. Cool thing about Mannie back in the 90’s during all my underground hip hop days Mannie was coming to underground shows to check out what was gone on a lot of us were friends with one of Mannie Cousins who did underground hip hop and also punk rock music he would get Mannie to come out.
🙄Birdman need his ass kick for not paying people frfr
You know all these years I thought that was a Shabba Ranks sample
👍
Ironically the company was called "Cash Money"
wow, A Milli gotta be the simplest beat I've ever heard
I’m glad someone said it Mannie fresh was cash money not baby
wow, didnt know they where like this and then you have guts to call yourself "Cash Money Millionaires" and then cant pay the b ills. Birdman always was a lil sus
Manny is that dude he and Juvie the only two from cash money i rock with ..
Can u make a video about Wutang?
Really appreciate that you made a video on this side of late 90s - early/mid 2000s production. Great job!
Had no idea about any of this, thanks for the consistent hip hop 101 courses, brother!
And the beat recreations of course. Great format and concise, entertaining result, my dude. You're def in a group of like maybe 7 people I click on every time I see thier thumbnail pop up.
Another layer to the Milli drama - the beat was actually produced by Chal-lo who was signed at the time to Shondre (bang) Thats why milli dosent sound like any other Bangladesh beat but that was Cha-lo's whole minimal sound - he also produced the drop for rich boy for polow da don.
I'm still amazed how your able to get all the elements of these beats into Fruity. Lol
I’m still amazed that cash money made it that big. You can tell those beats were simple. It was subpar work that got top notch attention. Then add the lack of payments to the producers other than manny fresh. Cash Money sucks bro.
First video of yours ive ever seen and its an instant sub. Love how you analyze the beats.
Cash Deficit Records 😂😂😂
this video showed me how simple life can be
I got an ad for you after watching your video 😂 that's so cool
The Bling Years was Cute 😅
I hope you are feeling better! Sounds like a little cold.
3:16 the tone here is based on the early chirp Nextel phones. And the drums with the reverb where Chads weapon of choice. Listen to any early Neptunes production.
Bro sound sick lol. Get well soon!
That "clap" is a signature of New Orleans as a whole
Wow Never Knew This. 🙏 🐐
I hate how this story has no resolution.
This video is dope man. Keep up the good work 👏 ❤👍🏽
Ayy thank you my friend
It birdman fault
love your content all the way from Zimbabwe. 🔥
you got a cold? get well soon Navie. 🙏🏽
The new death row
MY FAVORITE PRODUCER MANNIE FRESH!
Drag em the River was This Shit that open that door! And Dj Jubilee's song "Back That Ass Up" was Stolen! I heard it and he won! But u is Absolutely Right!!! About a lot what u said!!
hope you're alright, sounds like your nose is stuffed :(
I love your videos, but I have a problem with hearing stuffy nose voices.... I realize this is my problem, but just sayin. It's like scratching a chalk board for me
Man you started late in the Cash Money game you skipped UNLV as a whole who really put Cash Money on tbe map before it was a HotBoy$ then you skipped Soulja Rags and True Story(BGz First Album) Ms Tee (Famale Baller)
Peja of Slums attack put it best, "Weź podziękuj producentom no bo sam byś zrobił pasztet" which would losely translate to "So go thank the producers cause you'd just make shit"
When you do your remakes are you using Ai to find sounds , finding close instruments by ear , or what? The replays are crazy!
Karim Benzena telling stories about hhop producer, love this channel!
😂😂😂
It's crazy how many billboard hits in hip hop literally had 5 sounds or less in them! It's not that shocking to me though. Lord knows out of the thousands of instrumentals I've produced over the years many of my best beats follow this same (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID) logic! Producers really need to do a better job with asking themselves.. "does this instrumental need MORE than just vocals added to it at this point?" If you can't confidently say YES and you keep trying to add other elements that just don't seem to be working, often times you'll realize the only thing it's missing is the vocals!
im from new orleans...2 guys: BEOWOLF and FUNKY FINGERS. once they left it went down
6:39 but Bangladesh worked with Wayne again after A Milli "6 foot 7 foot" for example
day 17 of asking navie d to listen to my album OPUS
I have been wondering casually for years what happened to Mannie Fresh. Makes sense. Thanks for the video.
lots of people in hip hop do shit business (i can say this i’ve worked in hip hop for half a decade now).
it’s more rare to see someone who doesn’t do shit like this
Typical corporate restructuring. Smart creatives make the business work and create value, then the administrators take over and force out the creatives - because they're dull and boring whatever their IQ.
WOW GREAT CONTENT DUDE. THUS KIND OF EXPLAINS PHARRELLS MENTIONS IN THE KENDRICK/DRAKE BEEF
That's nowhere near the answer. Cash money has survived long after not paying producers. The real reason they feel of is they have no talent over there. Wayne left, drake left, and nicki left. All they have over there is NBA young boy who is the product of machine and his numbers aren't real.
Man you know your history
to bring these arrangements back to the drawing board is
great for the topic no click bait,
beats were the lifeblood of hits
You gotta stop talking from your nose. Reduce the mouth breathing and work on diaphragm breathing. Remind yourself to put your tongue against the roof of your mouth when your mouth is at rest.
By some chance, if you are not feeling well, get well soon @Navie D
Pharrell said he would’ve loved to hear drake and pusha on a song. 😂 I would’ve loved to hear Wayne and pusha
All of us producers don't get enough credit at allim sick of it i know a few rappers told me they don't pay for beats i don't understand but i do know this been happening before My time
You gotta do wayne specifically. His beats have always been different & since tha Carter 2 the guitar has been a huge staple in his craft and beats.
dint know A MILLI has some ATCQ up in dere 😮❤🙏🏾
Mannie Fresh could not miss back then. Shame they did him dirty.
We all gonna ignore this man wearing lipstick 🤷♀️
If birdman pays to pharell, we never about drake has a son 😅😅
You clearly have the flu, but you still out here giving us great content. Respect
Witchcraft only going to get you so far. So you better save every dime