Great video/reconstruction, BUT pretty sure the Rose Royce bass part in the chorus sounds the way it does because it was "cut up" by a dj (maybe Hurricane) playing the actual Rose Royce record and using the crossfader. Your version is very close but has some added parts/notes in it.
Thanks! And yes, you're absolutely right. The method that I showed in the video is more of a crude imitation to create a similar sound, but it's nothing like what they would have done to create that bass.
Yes, great point! Someone else pointed out that they likely scratched the pitch shifting, which would make more sense given the technology available at the time.
Thanks! I genuinely love deconstructing these tracks because they've all been so important to me over the years. Plus, it's just mind blowing how these tracks were stitched together.
WOW! the research those Guys did to make this album... BB are really, undoubtedly THE GOATs. and it's just so cool how all those samples fit so perfectly together... thanks a lot for this reconstruction, Bro!
While the Beasties deserve their props, Shake Your Rump was already a Dust Brothers instrumental track before the Beastie Boys collaboration started. The Dust Brothers had about half of the Paul's Boutique backing tracks already in the can before they met the Beasties. They were planning on releasing them as instrumental dance / club tracks, then the Beastie Boys heard their work and wanted to rhyme over them instead... the rest is history.
Good lort! I knew this album was a sample fest but i thought some of this song they played, at least percussion wise. So amazing these were all pieced together in somebody's head to bring together for this. Thank you so much!
The Dust Brothers, who produced this album, were way ahead of their time by making this whole album with samples. So well implemented too. It almost sounds like a very creative band could have recorded the pieces.
As a teen in the 80s, we were blessed with such amazing, groundbreaking music! B Boys blew my mind then and still do! Saw them in 98 and 09. Miss them so much. Absolute icons and legends. RIP MCA🙌❤
I was just listening to this song the other day and then this video showed up on my feed, great video I was always so impressed by the amount of samples and how well they’re put together on this record
It’s the way that they make multiple drum samples on one track sound cohesive. I love it in 3‐Minute Rule where it goes back and forth between the hard hitting drums and the Sly Stone drums. 👍 great video
There is a wonderful character in the lack of refinement on Paul's Boutique and the sampling that is almost impossible to manufacture these days on modern DAWs. It really is a piece of history that can't ever be replicated.
Thanks so muuchh! Its really so good, i found a lot of new interesting music, and its so interesting how this jazzy funky and disco samoles and patterns as a final result my fav hip hop album. Thanks man!
there really are a lot of vibrant lp's driving this track and it was pretty interesting to see how the beat concoctions, like a couple of drum samples from different songs, came together in the end. cool video as always
7:26 - What do you think about Heatwave's "The Groove Line" or the the Michael Zager Band's "Let’s All Chant" as the source for the Disco Call? Also consider Tededy Pendergrass's "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose."
Great comment. After checking them all out, the closest to my ear is "Let's All Chant", but when I took a closer look, it doesn't match up. The main difference, as far as I can tell, is that the disco call in Shake Your Rump is a single voice, where as all of these are done by at least a few vocalists. If I ever get to talk to the Dust Brothers, I will solve this mystery, but in the meantime, my best guess is that it was one of the BB recording their own disco call in the studio.
Omg I always thought the sound in the background of the "it's the joint" sample was that cat that was on the turntable, lol. Now hearing the original it's just some disco chick's lol
Another gem! I always thought someone was cutting up the first Car Wash sample and not pitch shifting it in pieces. 🤯 Do you know if the "ho's ho's" they chant at the end is actually The Beasties themselves?
If I ever get to chat with the Dust Brothers about it, I will find out for sure, but my I am almost certain that the shouts at the end would have been recorded by them at the studio.
I can honestly say that I never realized how common the disco call was. This is a great example and a good find! I still stand by the side by side comparison showing that Shake Your Rump is a single person making the disco call, where as Let's All Chant sounds like a group of people. I could be wrong, but that's what I hear.
@@KarlBoltzmann I'm doing good. Not fully DJ shadow, Gorillaz, Chemical Brothers and the like we're always around but I fell more in to industrial and rock and metal.
The Rose Royce moog sample is actually scratched, not pitch shiftet.
Yeah, I didn't know that, thanks! It would be a similar effect either way, but that's good to know.
@@KarlBoltzmann yes, it's a transformer scratch of the Rose Royce song
Great video/reconstruction, BUT pretty sure the Rose Royce bass part in the chorus sounds the way it does because it was "cut up" by a dj (maybe Hurricane) playing the actual Rose Royce record and using the crossfader. Your version is very close but has some added parts/notes in it.
Thanks! And yes, you're absolutely right. The method that I showed in the video is more of a crude imitation to create a similar sound, but it's nothing like what they would have done to create that bass.
This is the greatest freaking video ever made!! Even though I'know all this already! Can so appreciate this!
you should deconstructing The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Yes I should! That might be a very long video
Excellent suggestion!
The entire album "Since I Left You" is a smorgasbord of dope samples
@@jonathanrandall4140 Would LOVE to see any/all reconstructions from that album.
Ha! Just bought the Harvey Scales & Drum Sessions albums. That Ronnie Laws was 1 of the first Jazz albums I ever bought.
I think you're right about the disco call! To me it sounds like MCA is doing it by himself.
Excellent breakdown. This album is an absolute masterclass in sampling.
My favorite band! ♥ BEASTIE BOYS ♥
Cool cool cool! I love it!
Great vid!!! Not sure that pitch shifting was possible in 1989? Was just basic samplers connected to midi software (Likely Atari/Cubase)
Yes, great point! Someone else pointed out that they likely scratched the pitch shifting, which would make more sense given the technology available at the time.
Life long fan of Beastie Boys. And this is only the first track. This could never be made today. Dust Brothers 1988-89. Unbelievable.
Great content. Very well done.
So many funky samples - I want to go back and listen to each track individually.
Another fun, impeccably done reconstruction.
Thanks again man!
Thanks! I genuinely love deconstructing these tracks because they've all been so important to me over the years. Plus, it's just mind blowing how these tracks were stitched together.
@@KarlBoltzmann
Totally agree - the amount of creativity and work put into them is so underappreciated.
WOW! the research those Guys did to make this album... BB are really, undoubtedly THE GOATs. and it's just so cool how all those samples fit so perfectly together... thanks a lot for this reconstruction, Bro!
While the Beasties deserve their props, Shake Your Rump was already a Dust Brothers instrumental track before the Beastie Boys collaboration started. The Dust Brothers had about half of the Paul's Boutique backing tracks already in the can before they met the Beasties. They were planning on releasing them as instrumental dance / club tracks, then the Beastie Boys heard their work and wanted to rhyme over them instead... the rest is history.
Good lort! I knew this album was a sample fest but i thought some of this song they played, at least percussion wise. So amazing these were all pieced together in somebody's head to bring together for this. Thank you so much!
The Dust Brothers, who produced this album, were way ahead of their time by making this whole album with samples. So well implemented too. It almost sounds like a very creative band could have recorded the pieces.
As a teen in the 80s, we were blessed with such amazing, groundbreaking music! B Boys blew my mind then and still do! Saw them in 98 and 09. Miss them so much. Absolute icons and legends. RIP MCA🙌❤
I was just listening to this song the other day and then this video showed up on my feed, great video I was always so impressed by the amount of samples and how well they’re put together on this record
Thanks for dropping in. I agree, the Dust Brothers really did an amazing job on this record. It thrives on its relative simplicity and quick changes.
One of my favorite groups, one of my favorite songs. You did such a great job here!!!
Thanks Mix!
It’s the way that they make multiple drum samples on one track sound cohesive. I love it in 3‐Minute Rule where it goes back and forth between the hard hitting drums and the Sly Stone drums.
👍 great video
There is a wonderful character in the lack of refinement on Paul's Boutique and the sampling that is almost impossible to manufacture these days on modern DAWs. It really is a piece of history that can't ever be replicated.
Mind blowing!!!
Thanks so muuchh! Its really so good, i found a lot of new interesting music, and its so interesting how this jazzy funky and disco samoles and patterns as a final result my fav hip hop album. Thanks man!
there really are a lot of vibrant lp's driving this track and it was pretty interesting to see how the beat concoctions, like a couple of drum samples from different songs, came together in the end. cool video as always
I've always loved drum layering and to hear it done so well in the chorus of Shake Your Rump was pretty cool to discover!
7:26 - What do you think about Heatwave's "The Groove Line" or the the Michael Zager Band's "Let’s All Chant" as the source for the Disco Call? Also consider Tededy Pendergrass's "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose."
Great comment. After checking them all out, the closest to my ear is "Let's All Chant", but when I took a closer look, it doesn't match up. The main difference, as far as I can tell, is that the disco call in Shake Your Rump is a single voice, where as all of these are done by at least a few vocalists. If I ever get to talk to the Dust Brothers, I will solve this mystery, but in the meantime, my best guess is that it was one of the BB recording their own disco call in the studio.
Omg I always thought the sound in the background of the "it's the joint" sample was that cat that was on the turntable, lol. Now hearing the original it's just some disco chick's lol
haha, that's great.
anybody have any insight into the drum fill under the "Got more rhymes than Jamaica's got mangoes" line? I can't find it.
Never mind. I realized it’s from “Super Mellow”
Another gem! I always thought someone was cutting up the first Car Wash sample and not pitch shifting it in pieces. 🤯 Do you know if the "ho's ho's" they chant at the end is actually The Beasties themselves?
If I ever get to chat with the Dust Brothers about it, I will find out for sure, but my I am almost certain that the shouts at the end would have been recorded by them at the studio.
Couldn't click fast enough!!
Thanks man 😊
Great video. What software are you using?
Ableton Live. I think they have a free version (of course with limited options) if you want to try it out.
Love it ! I also made on my own a Shake Your Rump remake, I love this album.
My favorites tracks would be Car Thief and Shadrach personally !
Cool! You have it posted anywhere? Good choices. I'll be doing some more Beastie Boys deconstructions in the near future.
@@KarlBoltzmann I didn't yet, but I could do it in the few weeks ! Why not ?
I also made a Shadrach remake and a Hey Ladies remake as well...
amazing vid karl, more paul's boutique would be sick!!
I'll definitely be doing more!
my god, the amount of work BB put in just one song ...
Thanks Karl finally the beastie boys get your treatment 👍 Keep it up mate
Thanks as always James! More BB to come.
Wow, can you break down the entire album and how they changed each pitch and effect on the samples?
This video is incredible. Subscribed.
Thanks Paul! I will definitely be doing a deep dive into this album as well as other BB tracks that I love.
Dope as always. Waiting 4 the next video!
I appreciate that, thanks!
Dude that was AWSOME!!!!! I am truly enrapt.
Thank you!
I found out where the disco call actually comes from let's all chant
I can honestly say that I never realized how common the disco call was. This is a great example and a good find!
I still stand by the side by side comparison showing that Shake Your Rump is a single person making the disco call, where as Let's All Chant sounds like a group of people. I could be wrong, but that's what I hear.
@@KarlBoltzmann the disco call on shake your rump is by Mike D
Got to thank you for introducing me to Beatsie Boys way back in the day.
Hey Jon! How are you? Did you also get into the triphop tracks back in the day? What are you listening to these days?
@@KarlBoltzmann I'm doing good. Not fully DJ shadow, Gorillaz, Chemical Brothers and the like we're always around but I fell more in to industrial and rock and metal.