it was trash tbh yes you can use offbeat elements but a pinch is enough for it did not like the whole beat with the basic piano playing for 3minutes with no development not hating but thats just what i felt
The thing Mustard do with leaving gaps (sample stops then drums play for a bit) is something i always found interesting when DJ Premier did it. Example : Nas is like
I feel you but all of Premiers beats are pleasurable. I could listen to his entire discography even if I don’t love the rapper on every track. I’ve hardly been able to listen to Kendrick after Good Kid. This album sounds like the shi* you play in your music course and everyone awkwardly claps but no one ever brings it up to you. $2O Casio keys boards have better preset beats. Man had Ghostface on his album and cut the beat because his verse was too good and then had Beth Gibbons sing one shi* line just to try and look cool like when Kanye sampled King Crimson terribly. Are we supposed to credit Kendrick for buying beats by 2,OOO producers? There’s a lot of smoke in the credit being given
@@stalwartzero7001 That's a lot of gas for I don't like the new music. Rappers remove verses b'se of many reasons. It doesn't have to be the verse being dope.
@@lugebeatzz8747 I like bits and pieces but section 8O and good kid the only ones I really go back to again and again. Still think cutting Ghosts beat was atrocious and that Beth Gibbons feature was a literal joke. Probably the worst feature or recording of her in her entire discography. What I said still stands this albums sounds like it was made on a dated Privia. I’ve been composing, recording, producing, engineering, manufacturing and distributing music for over 2O years and every things I’ve printed sold out. It’s just an opinion. I don’t find anything on this album particularly unique or impressive. It’s not Kendrick’s lyric ability that’s turning me off. It’s the production.
To be fair one of the big reasons these work is that Kendrick is able to ride them. I wonder if it'd be hard to find a rapper or vocalist who could utilize them well
6:04 If you listen to Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” the drum and the chords follow that song almost exactly the same. The same with the song Luther. You can play Luther Vandross “If the World Were Mine” on top of Luther it follows the same chord progression almost exactly for the entirety of the song.
Fun Fact: Phil Collins made "In the Air Tonight" All off of his Nasty Divorce he was going through at the time. He mentioned all the words were the Pain that he went through.
It sounds just like In The Air Tonight because it’s based on the Nas Song ‘One Mic’ which was inspired by that song. Nas himself said "I'm a huge fan of Phil Collins and I just wanted to take the vibe from 'In the Air Tonight'."
Like the car, the album sounds are Experimental, as you described. When released, the Buick Grand National eXperimental (GNX) was unique for its time with the turbo inline 6-cylinder engine. Most cars at the time were inline 4, V6s, and V8s.
@@synsyre4549 No it's definitely an attempt at Pac's Staring Through My Rearview given the West Coast affiliation and he already used Pac's beat for the song Reincarnated
Most tracks were produced by Jack Antonoff. I think what stood out to me was the album’s overall simplicity and crispy production. Felt different and a standout from Kendrick’s typical releases (not saying that’s good or bad, just different). It all felt cohesive to me as a project. The only tracks I really liked though were squabble up, hey now, and dodger blue.
Bingo. The majority of this album was actually produced by Sounwave as well. But you can hear Jack's experience in pop production come out when you notice how detailed and crisp much of the production is compared to prior albums. Especially on Luther and Gloria. Those bits of guitar inn the beginning of these tracks are wonderful.
Fun fact: man at the garden actually uses the same or a very similar midi to Nas's "One Mic." If you go listen to that song, you'll probably hear it. May be different sounds but the midi itself it almost a one-to-one recreation of that song's midi
I wish you actually talked about the stems of the Heart part 6 , cuz if i’m not mistaken that’s not a direct sample it’s actually a recreation & it’s sooo fucking gorgeous . Best one to me
I think they used stem separation and added effect and possibly layers, when I turn up the volume I can hear the stem separation artefacts: parts of the vocals are still hearable when they’re not supposed to be, and parts of the instrumental sound a bit muffled at times
One thing that's crucial to analyze in my opinion, is that all of this particular choices made by the producers of the album were possible because kendrick was rapping over them. With vocals that carry so many concepts and such an incredible delivery, your role as a producer is to emphasize the performance of the artist, which is already giving through his performance the bounce, melody and the emotions of the song.
I fell in love with gnx song first time I heard it. My face literally was 😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨 I looped the song million times Ig. I wanted to understand the beat sm, thanks for the video.
Squabble up is just too good. I think you forgot to mention the FX drop on every 16 bars which keeps you locked in, and the bass is just so alien somehow😅
Yeah i agree with this one. I hear the first part of the piano riff as a pickup bar. For example the (triplet) piano rhythm would be 4-e-a 1, a-2-e-a. The three is empty for sure, but the ones are all landed by a kick
its easy to make creative changes to the structure of your beats when you already have a platform. Most producers would input these beats in their daws and say this is trash why am i reinventing the wheel, people will say the beat is trash, or the classic "off beat". Sad
Note grabber needs to record without needing to press record. Needs graph measuring where bar hits. And auto quantizing with quantize measure change. And lastly thank you so much! I always said if wave candy could just push settings further. And scale up the bottom end more it would be perfect. Forget about anything over c5 after we full zoom! Haha
The lengths producers go to literally code an entire app which turns chords into midi notes, all to avoid learning music theory 😂 I feel you though I've been fucking around with music for 20 years and I'm really learning the rules of harmony this year. It's funny how far you can get with an attentive pair of ears though.
That drum technique is similar to a style of Reggae you know reggae has many drum patterns. At first i remember thinking Kick and Snare hitting at the same time and the kick is on the second beat sub beat 3?? The way it was used in Reggae is that space at the start is left for the skank and sub bass they hit first then the snare and kick follow.
Love this. Also notegrabber. I wanted something like it since I saw the FL Studio plug-in it’s based on in a series of tutorials on uhe's zebra 2 synth.
Notegrabber is good, but I think it would be alot better if it had a export midi option where you can jsut export all the midi by clicking and dragging, going one by one highlighting the notes can be tedious. If it had this option I would buy it, i just finished my trial version of it.
Don't know where all the hate for this album coming from. This is some of the best rapping and music production coming out currently. Only comp to what Kendrick has done this year is Tyler the Creators new album. As always, thanks Navie D for putting the specs out there for the rest of us.
@@tHEbELLVILLEaDDITION I don’t think it’s hate- I think Kendrick is not as good as he once was. It seems like all the over praising has over inflated his ego to think anything he does is Great- it’s not though. This album does not sound good to many hiphop fans.
He's pissed at people that are talking about him without knowing shit.. Not caring about perfect enunciation because he's pissed.. It's not every song he's doing it.
What you're describing with Mustard's production, the space between the sample drops carried by the beat, is just pure DJ shit. That's how a DJ would mix and chop music live, so that's the sensibility carried over here.
What was your favorite tune off the album?
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Reincarnated
TV Off
Or squabble up
GNX.
None smh... the Heart part 6 is the only bearable....
Didn’t like the GNX beat when I first heard it, then I HEARD it. I was able to appreciate it once I figured out the “1” was on the “2”😅
@@chunkadelic1 that’s what I’m saying bro ! People like “the beat simple” but did y’all actually HEAR it tho
@enigma9590 I think this beat is worse because it's complex. It's doing too much
Its a fire beat
it was trash tbh yes you can use offbeat elements but a pinch is enough for it did not like the whole beat with the basic piano playing for 3minutes with no development not hating but thats just what i felt
@@Lavanyapatil7454 oh thank God, we were all dying to know what you felt. Thanks for not leaving us in suspense. I can sleep peacefully now
Warning to BWB: You better not steal this video idea. We see you!
Yesssss.
He's stealing every video idea
I'm stealing as we speak
He's coming 😂
😂
I legit didn’t want this video to ever end
Yea it’s well done
The thing Mustard do with leaving gaps (sample stops then drums play for a bit) is something i always found interesting when DJ Premier did it. Example : Nas is like
tell em premier did it
uhhh... i don't really hear the gaps except in the sample, but thats common sense artistry
I feel you but all of Premiers beats are pleasurable. I could listen to his entire discography even if I don’t love the rapper on every track. I’ve hardly been able to listen to Kendrick after Good Kid. This album sounds like the shi* you play in your music course and everyone awkwardly claps but no one ever brings it up to you. $2O Casio keys boards have better preset beats. Man had Ghostface on his album and cut the beat because his verse was too good and then had Beth Gibbons sing one shi* line just to try and look cool like when Kanye sampled King Crimson terribly. Are we supposed to credit Kendrick for buying beats by 2,OOO producers? There’s a lot of smoke in the credit being given
@@stalwartzero7001 That's a lot of gas for I don't like the new music.
Rappers remove verses b'se of many reasons. It doesn't have to be the verse being dope.
@@lugebeatzz8747 I like bits and pieces but section 8O and good kid the only ones I really go back to again and again. Still think cutting Ghosts beat was atrocious and that Beth Gibbons feature was a literal joke. Probably the worst feature or recording of her in her entire discography. What I said still stands this albums sounds like it was made on a dated Privia. I’ve been composing, recording, producing, engineering, manufacturing and distributing music for over 2O years and every things I’ve printed sold out. It’s just an opinion. I don’t find anything on this album particularly unique or impressive. It’s not Kendrick’s lyric ability that’s turning me off. It’s the production.
These patterns and structures are similar to the loops I would be making until 5am, then delete then next day, on reflection, 10 years ago. WHY!
Hahah that's funny
@@NavieD ...but completed loops on my channel!
Because they're trash.
That’s a “Why!” did I delete them. Great album
To be fair one of the big reasons these work is that Kendrick is able to ride them. I wonder if it'd be hard to find a rapper or vocalist who could utilize them well
Crazy good video, being able to SEE what the producers did visually is gonna help me a ton man, thanks a whole lot 🙏🏽
6:04 If you listen to Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” the drum and the chords follow that song almost exactly the same. The same with the song Luther. You can play Luther Vandross “If the World Were Mine” on top of Luther it follows the same chord progression almost exactly for the entirety of the song.
Fun Fact: Phil Collins made "In the Air Tonight" All off of his Nasty Divorce he was going through at the time. He mentioned all the words were the Pain that he went through.
Well luther is a sample of that song
The man in in the garden is def inspired by phil song & the progression of one mic
Maybe because he sampled it 🤯
It sounds just like In The Air Tonight because it’s based on the Nas Song ‘One Mic’ which was inspired by that song. Nas himself said "I'm a huge fan of Phil Collins and I just wanted to take the vibe from 'In the Air Tonight'."
4:18 I was secretly hoping You'd Mention/Notice how Reminiscent "Man At The Garden" sounds to Nas's "One Mic"
Great Analysis All The Same, Love It!
Like the car, the album sounds are Experimental, as you described. When released, the Buick Grand National eXperimental (GNX) was unique for its time with the turbo inline 6-cylinder engine. Most cars at the time were inline 4, V6s, and V8s.
Bro, GNX had a V6, turbo V6 in fact, which was uncommon
Man at the Garden is just Kendrick’s version of Nas -One Mic
They both interpolate in the air tonight by Phil Collin’s
It’s most likely his take on starring at the world through my rear view. Which also samples Phil Collin’s.
@@Syckwun no its most likely an interpolation attempt for nas given the context of the rest of the song
@@synsyre4549 No it's definitely an attempt at Pac's Staring Through My Rearview given the West Coast affiliation and he already used Pac's beat for the song Reincarnated
noteGRABBER was difficult at first, but once I got used to it, it was a lot of fun.
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@@NavieD ‼This makes me happy.
@@NavieDI’d say maybe just add a lil manual pdf. I know I’d read tf outta it. Been a big help for bass lines and lead rhythms for me 🫡
I can’t even get it to work on S1. I installed it twice but it just don’t show up. I’m not even gonna get the free trial I guess
Most tracks were produced by Jack Antonoff. I think what stood out to me was the album’s overall simplicity and crispy production. Felt different and a standout from Kendrick’s typical releases (not saying that’s good or bad, just different). It all felt cohesive to me as a project. The only tracks I really liked though were squabble up, hey now, and dodger blue.
Bingo. The majority of this album was actually produced by Sounwave as well. But you can hear Jack's experience in pop production come out when you notice how detailed and crisp much of the production is compared to prior albums. Especially on Luther and Gloria. Those bits of guitar inn the beginning of these tracks are wonderful.
What’s crazy is I’ve been doing most of these lately. This gives me even more hope for my music production
The sequencing of tracks on this album is fantastic. The way the bangers balance the vibe cuts balance the deep cuts is peerless.
Fun fact: man at the garden actually uses the same or a very similar midi to Nas's "One Mic." If you go listen to that song, you'll probably hear it. May be different sounds but the midi itself it almost a one-to-one recreation of that song's midi
yeah I caught it right away. Nice to see Kendrick giving some props to Pac and Nas throughout the album
I wish you actually talked about the stems of the Heart part 6 , cuz if i’m not mistaken that’s not a direct sample it’s actually a recreation & it’s sooo fucking gorgeous . Best one to me
I think they used stem separation and added effect and possibly layers, when I turn up the volume I can hear the stem separation artefacts: parts of the vocals are still hearable when they’re not supposed to be, and parts of the instrumental sound a bit muffled at times
@ Still amazingly clear given the original record mixing nonetheless .
One thing that's crucial to analyze in my opinion, is that all of this particular choices made by the producers of the album were possible because kendrick was rapping over them. With vocals that carry so many concepts and such an incredible delivery, your role as a producer is to emphasize the performance of the artist, which is already giving through his performance the bounce, melody and the emotions of the song.
I fell in love with gnx song first time I heard it. My face literally was 😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨
I looped the song million times Ig.
I wanted to understand the beat sm, thanks for the video.
I love Hey Now so much for it's uniqueness
Hey now is also my favorite, love that bouncy mustard beat!
Just one technicality, the GNX pattern starts on the 4th beat so the beat without drums is the last one
As if the pattern was being played in reversed right?
man that debbie deb genre is just Freestyle! so many great artist who are still touring today.
I already like the album but after this video I enjoy even more
Smart move with note grabber
getting us hooked on the lesson of a current hot topic and plugging your plug in 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤣
Squabble up is just too good. I think you forgot to mention the FX drop on every 16 bars which keeps you locked in, and the bass is just so alien somehow😅
all that and i’m amazed at the note grabber lol good shit
2:19 the first beat isnt empty, it's the last beat. you put the 1 in the wrong place. its pretty obvious when listening to the track
2:00*
Yep different start points
Yhh true
You not knowing music theory is sooo surprising
Yeah i agree with this one. I hear the first part of the piano riff as a pickup bar. For example the (triplet) piano rhythm would be 4-e-a 1, a-2-e-a. The three is empty for sure, but the ones are all landed by a kick
Karim Benzema always keeping me inspired come on now🙌
his producers need more credit damn !!!
It's crazy how streamlined rap music has become to have an album like gnx be examined and stated to have "uncommon ideas".
Agreed
Live musicians was used on gnx to complement the samples
its easy to make creative changes to the structure of your beats when you already have a platform. Most producers would input these beats in their daws and say this is trash why am i reinventing the wheel, people will say the beat is trash, or the classic "off beat". Sad
I dunno if I would agree. Look at someone like JPEGMAFIA. He was pushing the envelope even before he became popular.
dunning kruger much?
@@NavieD all I'm saying is it rarely ever works out that way that people succeed breaking the norm
@@michaelbaz3867 fame bias much?
Agree. Imagine if ALC or CONDUCTOR were not famous and just upload their 8bar beats to youtube. No views and people will say boring beats.
I love the title track that mf go crazy😂 I never thought it sounded bad just simple
You don’t see kick rolls unless of course you listen to baby keem where he does it CONSTANTLY
This album is the perfect mix of The Bay and LA production styles.
Wesley Willis had better beats
Been waiting for this vid since the album dropped let's go
I got it ready for you sir!
GNX title track sounds like when you’re making a beat in your dreams
Note grabber needs to record without needing to press record.
Needs graph measuring where bar hits. And auto quantizing with quantize measure change.
And lastly thank you so much! I always said if wave candy could just push settings further. And scale up the bottom end more it would be perfect. Forget about anything over c5 after we full zoom! Haha
i love you so much (no diddy) cuz you basicly taught me how to make beats thank you man
I love you too (yes diddy)
@@NavieD 💀
what did you think the "D" stood for?😄
Damn u made it mad ghey sayin no diddy
The third beat is literally ‘One Mic’ by Nas 🔥
dropping the 1 incredibly innovative
That Meds in squable up 😊😊
thanks for this video, one of, if not my favorite song off the GNX album is 'gnx'
You are a blessing brother! Thank you for putting us on some serious game
4:50 wait until this guy finds out he made a whole new plugin when he could have just used wave candy
Wave candy is an FL exclusive plugin. His was made so people using other daws can have a similar tool.
I cannot wait to purchase note grabber. You the man, Navie!
Been looking for this video !!!
5:34 are drum patterns from Nas song “one mic”
So much of these beats reminded me of Devin Malik’s production
Great work bro
That's the Nas "one mic" beat pretty much
Awesome video like alaways. Kendrick is my favourite rapper so this video is coming at a great time !
Mustard has always been amazing but the stuff that's come out this year cements him as one of the GOATs
moment you post im watching - love your stuff!
Those kicks and snares combo are common for Caribbean/jamaican instrumentals
The heart 6 for me its the dopest
gnx: 00:50
hey now: 03:05
man at the garden 04:13
tv off: 06:52
reincarnated: 09:06
heart pt6: 09:27
squabble up: 09:51
Sounwave’s production was top tier on this album.
The lengths producers go to literally code an entire app which turns chords into midi notes, all to avoid learning music theory 😂
I feel you though I've been fucking around with music for 20 years and I'm really learning the rules of harmony this year. It's funny how far you can get with an attentive pair of ears though.
very informativ, one little thing: nowadays the generic producer would put 32tel hihat not 16tel.
High quality vid, gained a sub
For the song GNX, interpreted the empty part to be at the end of the bar instead of the start
What shocked me most in this vodeo was finding out you pretty much made WaveCandy 3.0 😂😂 that's dope definitely have to get that
I'd love to know what every producer can learn from GNX by Kendrick Lamar, I guess I'll have to wait for a BWB video on the topic
excellent work thank you!
This is a very well made vid
3:50 almost said DAMN BABY
I genuinely thought you would say the name of the song 9:20
5:31 is it me or does it sound like it was inspired by Nas- One Mic?
Never thought Karim Benzema will start a youtube channel. Legend❤
That drum technique is similar to a style of Reggae you know reggae has many drum patterns. At first i remember thinking Kick and Snare hitting at the same time and the kick is on the second beat sub beat 3?? The way it was used in Reggae is that space at the start is left for the skank and sub bass they hit first then the snare and kick follow.
Love this. Also notegrabber. I wanted something like it since I saw the FL Studio plug-in it’s based on in a series of tutorials on uhe's zebra 2 synth.
Scott bridgeway produced squabble up
Thanks friend!
Say bro I love your content. Keep up the good work.❤
Thank you my friend :)
MUSTAAAAAAAAARRRRRRD 🔥
Favorite condiment?
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Notegrabber is good, but I think it would be alot better if it had a export midi option where you can jsut export all the midi by clicking and dragging, going one by one highlighting the notes can be tedious. If it had this option I would buy it, i just finished my trial version of it.
are you planning on making a separate video about Mustard and/or his work with YG?
Nah, not at the moment
I'm surprised Navie didn't mention that "Man At The Garden" was an homage to Nas' "One Mic"
Don't know where all the hate for this album coming from. This is some of the best rapping and music production coming out currently. Only comp to what Kendrick has done this year is Tyler the Creators new album.
As always, thanks Navie D for putting the specs out there for the rest of us.
@@tHEbELLVILLEaDDITION I don’t think it’s hate- I think Kendrick is not as good as he once was. It seems like all the over praising has over inflated his ego to think anything he does is Great- it’s not though. This album does not sound good to many hiphop fans.
@@yeahWhatever301 Respect
He's pissed at people that are talking about him without knowing shit.. Not caring about perfect enunciation because he's pissed.. It's not every song he's doing it.
Album is just bland and boring; it oftentimes sounds like a parody of older rap.
Swimming pools was my only song I truly loved by Kendrick but this album every beat is so good. Idk why I’m not feeling his voice on them. 😬
its like a edm trick i rmemebr doing this
Well done on this video
This was great could you do a video like this for Schoolboy Q Blue Lips please that album also has wild production
Makes me think of an old music quote...; Music is the space between the notes. Leaving space is something new music makers are afraid to do.
Gnx beats sounds like a regular show cartoon 🔥
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Jp good video bro🙌🏾‼️
In The Air Tonight- Phil Collins is what it is ❤
Amazing video Navie!
video suggestion: "what every producer can learn from danger mouse"
When I first heard the gnx beat, I thought the drums were done by a scratch dj. It sounds like some turntablist inspired stuff.
I never knew Karim Benzema was a producer.
I ain't no benzema a music producer now
What you're describing with Mustard's production, the space between the sample drops carried by the beat, is just pure DJ shit. That's how a DJ would mix and chop music live, so that's the sensibility carried over here.
This is normal west coast beat production. FUNK
I love this album. The Squabble Up was actually foreshadowed in the Not Like Us video as a brief snippet.
The only other beat i recall where the kick didn't start off on the 1 was Hustle Hard by Ace Hood.
The gnx piano doesn't start on the 1. The 1 is on the fourth note
Finally hey now getting some love