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Human nature is written by Steve Porcaro, dug up by Quincy Jones and retexted by John Bettis and sung by Michael Jackson. Toto was the backing group. But that is just a detail.
"It Ain't Hard to Tell" was my first lesson in timing. I considered "Human Nature" a slow song because the kick and snare happen on the 1 and 3 respectively. Then Large Pro flips it and I'm like, "Oh, it's actually mid-tempo."
The perfect outro to the perfect album. I love the progression of this record: it goes from dark, dour, gritty (NY State of Mind) to light, playful, maybe even a little optimistic (It Ain’t Hard to Tell). I genuinely think it’s the best hip-hop album ever recorded and it actually gets *better* with time. 10/10
When it came out, I couldn’t get any of my friends into that album. I don’t know what it was. But several years after it came out, I started to notice people listening to it. Maybe it was just ahead of its time or it took a bit to settle in with people or something.
@@Mr.Dobalina113it was Mature Grown Up East Coast Rap Music when it dropped. So Proud to Say I Loved and Respected. There Sound when Breaking Atoms Dropped. Looking At The Front 🚪 ✨…..is Crazy, and One of the Best Rap Songs ever Made✅
Large Professor is the foundation of the New York Boom Bap sound, you can hear it in his earlier production for Rakim, which sadly he was never officially credited for.
When I first heard this I was 16 painting fences outside. It was middle of the whole pandemic and I make it sound like a long time ago but to me listening to this with sweat off my back in a really bad neighborhood it felt like the music was speaking to me. Forever grateful for Illmatic and ofc Digging The Greats 🙏🏼
"Human Nature" was produced by Quincy Jones, who produced the albums "Off the Wall", "Thriller" and "Bad". "Right Here" was produced by Teddy Riley, who was one of the main producers on "Dangerous".
FYI Nas & Michael Jackson weren't labelmates they were on 2 different labels under Sony music & still it was easy to make it possible to clear the sample.
I love videos like this. 😅 Like, I know all the trivia, all the samples and everything. But the way you tie it all together - the “Chopped” analogy is brilliant! Dare I say, it’s “chef’s kiss!”👨🏾🍳🤌🏾 Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Always liked the SWV remix but didn’t realize it‘s role in this classic. Both beats ended up on the songs they belonged to. The It Ain’t Hard to Tell beat is timeless.
For Millennials/Gen Z that are wondering: The EQing to get single sounds out of a sample is called, "Multing". It's our version of stems before you could use AI to lift them cleaner. Which--isn't necessarily better. Multing gave you the extra seasoning with some leakage from the surrounding sounds/frequencies with the option to add a little more, paprika so to speak if you needed it.
I look forward to seeing your videos and I get hyped every time you drop a new one! I thought I was well informed about music but you always dig deep for real and I always learn something new from you. Even if I happen to know everything you’re talking about, your metaphors and analogies are top tier! I always use analogies when I talk to people about music to help streamline the information to them but your analogies make me go “WOW…..that summed it up perfectly!” And side note, I actually liked when you would freeze pose and point to another video. The way you would connect one topic to a previous video you did was a brilliant way to keep people engaged with your videos. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewatched videos of yours just because it was connected to the latest upload you posted. You created a fun rabbit hole of binge watching your videos. Keep up the great work, you are hands down one of the best content creators on RUclips!
*"When I was 12, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus"* was one of the most epic lyrics in Hip-Hop history. It had everyone in NYC, hearing it for the first time, slapping, then holding thier cheeks like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. 😂😂😂😂
I said the same thing for years on end. Nas delivering lines like that and “my thoughts react like Stephen Spielberg” in 1990-91 was a staple in Hip Hop. The God was always Bold and confident.
I was always partial to “…slamming MCs on cement… ‘cause verbally, I'm iller than a AIDS patient”. It was like, ‘daaaaaamn! No he didn’t!’. Nas’s whole part in Live at the Barbecue is just untouchable. Listening to it back in the day with my boy’s was like receiving sacrament to us… it was a religious experience!
Pac actually did a really good sample of Human Nature, which was supposed to be on his Makaveli album but I’m guessing they couldn’t clear it? Not sure. But it’s called “N*ggaz Nature”. Hits really hard. I love it.
Much respect to your work bruh! You truly get it in!! I always look forward to your videos!! This was another solid upload!! This was one of MJ's hottest songs & my favorite Producer's have done it justice!! Incredible work!! We the hip hop, boom bap & beat maker sample heads truly enjoy it! 🔥🔥🔥👊🏾💯
Salute to you brother. You are literally breaking it down for real. Respectfully request a break down of song if possible? New York State of mind remix by Nas.
Definitely signing up for the Patreon asap, so tired of the RUclips copyright nonsense. Kudos to you for trimming these videos just right to fly under the algorithms radar 😂 Wow Illmatic was 30 years ago so crazy! I have a question on 'New York State of Mind' in one of the bars Nas has a line where he says 'I'm an addict for sneakers' ... I wondered if that was the lyric that spurned Raekwon's track 'Sneakers' from the 1999 'Immobilarity' album? Anyway these are just crazy curiosities that enter my brain sometimes years later. 😅 Guess we would have to ask the Chef ... in keeping with your cooking analogy 😊
Dude. I agree with you about how you end your videos. Walking off is so much better than you freezing waiting for us to click on the video. “Drop the mic” 🎤 😂
I don’t know Mayne,that 5 second freeze pose was kind of cool. Now if it went to a minute, now we’re entering Doctor Evil awkward villain laughing scene territory.☕️🤭
This style of sampling was so much better. Nowadays every song is just using the exact same beat as an old classic, but adding a bunch of awful autotune and actually making the song worse.
Biggie‘s „Ready to Die“ is also celebrating it‘s 30th anniversary this year. I‘d love to see a video on one of it‘s songs, that would be awesome dude. Thanks for the great work!
The one version I got on a Columbia sampler cd it was sampling the Great Biz Markie from" Nobody beats the Biz" produced by the sampler master mind Marley Marl 🎤🎧💽💾🎹📀💿
I must have CTE because I also hear the drums from "Vibrant Thing" sampled from NT. I hear a lot of songs just buried in my mind from these samples mentioned 🥺
Theres actually another version of It Aint Hard To Tell from 1993 with different drums and slightly different verse/hook structure with a spoken outro too.
I know at first this may sound a little bit cringe, but large professor and Nas, it seems like they could be little and bigger brother, father and son, & /or dare I say a gay couple. Now why would I say this because it seems like when those two go into the studio they seem to read each other's minds very well and these projects come more effortlessly than working with anyone else, even DJ premier.
Rumor has it the Neptunes actually made the beat while they were mentoring under Teddy Riley. You can hear Pharrell on the intro and he actually has a writing credit for the song.
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That video is twice as long and has things that can't make this cut.
Have you listened to The Brand New Heavies album Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol 1? It's got Main Source, Gang Starr, Black Sheep, Pharcyde, and others.
I swear CHOPPED must be sponsored by jordan almonds, which is a shame because I thought reality TV was the most ethical genre
That Michael Jackson flip is one of my favorite sample flips of all time. Can’t believe this album is 30 and still sounds so fresh
The first time I heard "It Ain't Hard to Tell" was like the first time I heard "Sucker MCs" or "My Melody." It was one of those moments.
@@KtotheGListening to this album for the first time in 94 gave me goosebumps.
Human nature is written by Steve Porcaro, dug up by Quincy Jones and retexted by John Bettis and sung by Michael Jackson. Toto was the backing group. But that is just a detail.
"It Ain't Hard to Tell" was my first lesson in timing. I considered "Human Nature" a slow song because the kick and snare happen on the 1 and 3 respectively. Then Large Pro flips it and I'm like, "Oh, it's actually mid-tempo."
This is the song that made me fall in love with this album and ultimately call it the Greatest Album of All Times.
Dj premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Large professor, and LES one hell of a production team for a debut album
@aaronconner6562: Some would say his album was the first that prioritized "super producers".
The perfect outro to the perfect album. I love the progression of this record: it goes from dark, dour, gritty (NY State of Mind) to light, playful, maybe even a little optimistic (It Ain’t Hard to Tell). I genuinely think it’s the best hip-hop album ever recorded and it actually gets *better* with time. 10/10
East Coast hip hop hits different on cloudy days for some reason… ☁️🔥🔥🔥
You in a New York State of Mind.
😂😂@@paperbagbrown1326
Frrr. Like as ur listening to a beat coming from the East Coast, its like ur in whole different zone. The Vibe and everything.
Facts...I always play the purple tape on rainy dayz
Dam I thought only I thought like that. Crazy.
Happy 30 to Illmatic. The Hip-Hop Bible.
Large Pro is so underrated. Breaking Atoms is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. It’s aged so well over the years
When it came out, I couldn’t get any of my friends into that album. I don’t know what it was. But several years after it came out, I started to notice people listening to it. Maybe it was just ahead of its time or it took a bit to settle in with people or something.
@@Mr.Dobalina113it was Mature Grown Up East Coast Rap Music when it dropped. So Proud to Say I Loved and Respected. There Sound when Breaking Atoms Dropped.
Looking At The Front 🚪 ✨…..is Crazy, and One of the Best Rap Songs ever Made✅
Large Professor is the foundation of the New York Boom Bap sound, you can hear it in his earlier production for Rakim, which sadly he was never officially credited for.
Gotta give a shout out to the Large Professor. Thought I lost his number but I left it on my dresser.
When I first heard this I was 16 painting fences outside. It was middle of the whole pandemic and I make it sound like a long time ago but to me listening to this with sweat off my back in a really bad neighborhood it felt like the music was speaking to me. Forever grateful for Illmatic and ofc Digging The Greats 🙏🏼
Been in my Nas bag all day, you're right on time! 30 year anniversary + a new Nas and Preemo track today + a digging the greats Nas drop?! LFG!
The way Large Pro flipped that MJ beat… maaaannnnnn!! He was definitely on another level when he made that beat 🙌🏼🙌🏼
The remix has the greatest vocal sample of ALL TIME! Extra P made Biz Markie saying "recognized" sound like he's saying "Nas"!
That was DJ Premier scratching that into Nas is Like, right
@IAuMatu there is 4 versions, demo, rough, lp, remix
Man, I just finished listening to the album, and I can’t believe it’s 30 years old today.
Large Professor was definitely inspired by Grandmaster Vic (veteran and creator of the blend tape) when he made this beat.
Happy 30th Illmatic 💐
Kool G Rap also has that horn break sample in his song "Truly Yours".
"Human Nature" was produced by Quincy Jones, who produced the albums "Off the Wall", "Thriller" and "Bad". "Right Here" was produced by Teddy Riley, who was one of the main producers on "Dangerous".
Just got my Illmatic Cd in the mail. Gonna watch this and bump it. Happy 30th🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Best rap album ever. Period
FYI Nas & Michael Jackson weren't labelmates they were on 2 different labels under Sony music & still it was easy to make it possible to clear the sample.
4:29 Teddy Riley did the remix, The actual producer is Brian Alexander Morgan
Yes, and actually, as someone corrected in another comment - Teddy Riley is credited, but he didn't actually do it!
I love videos like this. 😅 Like, I know all the trivia, all the samples and everything. But the way you tie it all together - the “Chopped” analogy is brilliant! Dare I say, it’s “chef’s kiss!”👨🏾🍳🤌🏾 Great video. Thanks for sharing!
common digging the greats w
G'morning my friend 🔥
@@diggingthegreats salutations
The stories you tell are entertaining. Thanks for the work you do. ❤
Incredible song-had both the original and the Biz Mark sample remix taped off radio early 94. Illmatic is timeless. Another great video
Shout out to everyone who had the cassette single like I did.
Man I’ve always loved the creativity of real hip hop and this is why it’ll never die.
Always liked the SWV remix but didn’t realize it‘s role in this classic. Both beats ended up on the songs they belonged to. The It Ain’t Hard to Tell beat is timeless.
For Millennials/Gen Z that are wondering: The EQing to get single sounds out of a sample is called, "Multing". It's our version of stems before you could use AI to lift them cleaner. Which--isn't necessarily better. Multing gave you the extra seasoning with some leakage from the surrounding sounds/frequencies with the option to add a little more, paprika so to speak if you needed it.
Large pro also used that NT horn sample in "just hangin out"...I think..I'm pretty sure...I feel like it's in there somewhere
10/10 video! Q-tip also used N.T. on his remix of the world is yours
Another chef cooking 🔥
“Nas will prevail” is my favorite song of his
fav channel of all time
I look forward to seeing your videos and I get hyped every time you drop a new one! I thought I was well informed about music but you always dig deep for real and I always learn something new from you. Even if I happen to know everything you’re talking about, your metaphors and analogies are top tier! I always use analogies when I talk to people about music to help streamline the information to them but your analogies make me go “WOW…..that summed it up perfectly!” And side note, I actually liked when you would freeze pose and point to another video. The way you would connect one topic to a previous video you did was a brilliant way to keep people engaged with your videos. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewatched videos of yours just because it was connected to the latest upload you posted. You created a fun rabbit hole of binge watching your videos. Keep up the great work, you are hands down one of the best content creators on RUclips!
My favourite Nas song of All Time.
The first time I ever heard this beat was like a lightning bolt struck me. One of the best of all time
You’re the man! Thanks for sharing your insight on what these geniuses created. Really makes me appreciate the craft on a deeper level
*"When I was 12, I went to hell for snuffing Jesus"* was one of the most epic lyrics in Hip-Hop history. It had everyone in NYC, hearing it for the first time, slapping, then holding thier cheeks like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. 😂😂😂😂
I said the same thing for years on end. Nas delivering lines like that and “my thoughts react like Stephen Spielberg” in 1990-91 was a staple in Hip Hop. The God was always Bold and confident.
I was always partial to “…slamming MCs on cement… ‘cause verbally, I'm iller than a AIDS patient”. It was like, ‘daaaaaamn! No he didn’t!’. Nas’s whole part in Live at the Barbecue is just untouchable. Listening to it back in the day with my boy’s was like receiving sacrament to us… it was a religious experience!
Pac actually did a really good sample of Human Nature, which was supposed to be on his Makaveli album but I’m guessing they couldn’t clear it? Not sure. But it’s called “N*ggaz Nature”. Hits really hard. I love it.
Illmatic is so good my man literally needs to make a whole video per song lmao
Much respect to your work bruh! You truly get it in!! I always look forward to your videos!! This was another solid upload!! This was one of MJ's hottest songs & my favorite Producer's have done it justice!! Incredible work!! We the hip hop, boom bap & beat maker sample heads truly enjoy it!
🔥🔥🔥👊🏾💯
I’m so happy you talk about how you used to freeze, that was so weird 😂. But, every RUclipsr does something offbeat when they’re just starting.
😂😂😂
It was great hearing the samples broken down, great job
Good shit man! Always love what you're doing on the channel. Can't wait for some Outkast breakdowns😁
My favorite channel for hip-hop songs breakdown
30 years is crazy 😮
haven't finished the video yet but I know it's gonna be dope.
Excellent presentation. Guys like you are doing great work in the art.
Nas got that title from a Main Source track off "Breaking Atoms". I forget what track but in it theres a part where LP says "it ain't hard to tell".
Salute to you brother. You are literally breaking it down for real.
Respectfully request a break down of song if possible?
New York State of mind remix by Nas.
SWV’s Right Here was produced by Brian Alexander Morgan and Allen Gordon Jr. AKA Allstar. Teddy Riley added additional Keys.
THE GOAT HAS POSTED
Definitely signing up for the Patreon asap, so tired of the RUclips copyright nonsense. Kudos to you for trimming these videos just right to fly under the algorithms radar 😂
Wow Illmatic was 30 years ago so crazy!
I have a question on 'New York State of Mind' in one of the bars Nas has a line where he says 'I'm an addict for sneakers' ... I wondered if that was the lyric that spurned Raekwon's track 'Sneakers' from the 1999 'Immobilarity' album? Anyway these are just crazy curiosities that enter my brain sometimes years later. 😅 Guess we would have to ask the Chef ... in keeping with your cooking analogy 😊
Nas will prevail is great
Dude. I agree with you about how you end your videos. Walking off is so much better than you freezing waiting for us to click on the video. “Drop the mic” 🎤 😂
Yoooooooo, you made me laugh at the very end. Props!
I don’t know Mayne,that 5 second freeze pose was kind of cool.
Now if it went to a minute, now we’re entering Doctor Evil awkward villain laughing scene territory.☕️🤭
😂😂
Another fantastic video as always, thanks!! 🎶🎹🥁🎷🎺🪇😊
Honestly as a massive Toto lover i always love anything that samples Human Nature
coincidentally premo and nas just dropped a song to tease their new album today
I used to hysterically laugh whenever you froze at the end of videos. It was a guilty pleasure. Simpler times lol
Do American'a call the main meal the entrée and the entrée the appetizer?
Love the video man, just that appetizer entrée thing tripped me out
This style of sampling was so much better. Nowadays every song is just using the exact same beat as an old classic, but adding a bunch of awful autotune and actually making the song worse.
there's lots of amazing music that keeps the spirit, try The Alchemist 👍
30 Years Later !! #illmatic the best album in hip hop history !! No debate 📖
Large Pro content, yes please ❤️❤️❤️
I love this channel
Biggie‘s „Ready to Die“ is also celebrating it‘s 30th anniversary this year. I‘d love to see a video on one of it‘s songs, that would be awesome dude. Thanks for the great work!
Thanks for the Video and thanks for the link to the extended version! 👍👍🎁🎁
What song is played in the background from 2:17 to 2:46???
4:23 to 4:29 Brandon the song was produced by Pharrell Williams here the four count at the beginning of the song.
The one version I got on a Columbia sampler cd it was sampling the Great Biz Markie from" Nobody beats the Biz" produced by the sampler master mind Marley Marl 🎤🎧💽💾🎹📀💿
I must have CTE because I also hear the drums from "Vibrant Thing" sampled from NT. I hear a lot of songs just buried in my mind from these samples mentioned 🥺
I can't say I expected a Chopped reference in an Illmatic video, but fuck me I guess.
IT AIN'T HARD TO TELL
that Digging the Greats is the GOAT
You gotta do a breakdown on ‘Memory Lane’. Now THAT track went hard!
Theres actually another version of It Aint Hard To Tell from 1993 with different drums and slightly different verse/hook structure with a spoken outro too.
I love this shit. Just found this channel. New subscriber indeed
If im not mistaken the sample you had in purple, L.P. used for one of their own songs for main source.
Greatest album of all time.
amazing dude
Love the metaphor 🔥
this is still my favorite Nas song of all time.
"We're getting into the weeds of the show"
A kitchen and 420 joke in the same line, you dog.
This song is crazy good! 🔥
I know at first this may sound a little bit cringe, but large professor and Nas, it seems like they could be little and bigger brother, father and son, & /or dare I say a gay couple. Now why would I say this because it seems like when those two go into the studio they seem to read each other's minds very well and these projects come more effortlessly than working with anyone else, even DJ premier.
Happy 30th to Illmatic 🔥🔥
I noticed Chris Brown on "She ain't you" used this same sample. One of the most satisfying sounds to sample in music
your youtube page is amazing brother.
Babe wake up dig dropped another banger
Theres 3 versions. 4 if you count remix
Teddy Riley didn’t really do that remix per Brian Alexander Morgan on the R&B Money podcast.
Rumor has it the Neptunes actually made the beat while they were mentoring under Teddy Riley. You can hear Pharrell on the intro and he actually has a writing credit for the song.
Great catch! Thank you for the correction - he is credited but it wasn't actually him
Why didnt you talk about 2nd version
This 30th Anniversary celebration is a good time to shout out Elzhi’s tribute mixtape, Elmatic, released in 2011. Treat your sound holes!
Hi! Fan of your channel!
Does anyone by any chance remenber a french hip Hop Song from the nineties where „for what it‘s worth“ was sampled?
It Ain’t Hard to Tell is also a song that belongs on any 420 playlists. Happy 4/20!
ITS ILLMATIC’S 30 YEARS BIRTHDAY TODAY