Jay -Z, Where I'm From. The making of the track, by Ron Amen RA Lawrence

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
  • Ron "AMEN-RA" Lawrence gives a brief tutorial on how Jay-Z's "Where I'm From" track was created. This song was resampled and inspired the hit single, "Angels" and "Angels Remix"- by Diddy & Dirty Money, Featuring Rick Ross.

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  • @BruklynGam3r
    @BruklynGam3r 4 месяца назад +8

    Still bump’n this in 2024!!! Klassik!!

  • @TonyMahoneybeats
    @TonyMahoneybeats 10 лет назад +294

    one of the hardest beats ever

    • @Cryptic23
      @Cryptic23 6 лет назад +17

      UNHOLY PRIEST i think he meant as one of the grimiest toughest beats

    • @mariodayon5744
      @mariodayon5744 5 лет назад

      Yessssssssss

    • @Kaustic410
      @Kaustic410 4 года назад +3

      Underground Chamber Muzik that doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the hardest beats ever come on now

    • @Dj_rueboi
      @Dj_rueboi 4 года назад +2

      Company flow- 8 steps to perfection is the hardest beat ever

    • @EffDinero8
      @EffDinero8 3 года назад +2

      @Underground Chamber Muzik Hard in OUR culture means bitter beer face beat. #CultureVultures just don't get it... SMFH

  • @1977Playmate
    @1977Playmate 5 лет назад +74

    is and forever will be my favorite Jay-z song. I'm a beat girl. I can go back as for as 1920. This just gets in my fucking bones. Play it at my funeral and watch my corps jump!

    • @AdamBuzzard
      @AdamBuzzard 3 года назад +1

      I'm obsessed with tracking this energy down.....who was before Yvonne Fair?

    • @AdamBuzzard
      @AdamBuzzard 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/FLAvp6HtXf0/видео.html

    • @HIPHOPANTIFA
      @HIPHOPANTIFA Год назад

      wich is the original sample?

    • @johndoe6189
      @johndoe6189 Год назад

      @@HIPHOPANTIFA ruclips.net/video/iIJypeXFePw/видео.html

    • @johndoe6189
      @johndoe6189 Год назад +1

      The real question is how did he remove th get at the end of the sample (the "a" of 4 if u count 16 notes 4-e-and-a)

  • @awgatsheni6598
    @awgatsheni6598 4 года назад +49

    It's one of the cold meanest beats ever, to give authority to the hip hop game.

  • @mookeychase0907
    @mookeychase0907 10 лет назад +59

    "When the blue vans would come we'd throw our work in the can and run'...I remember them blue vans

  • @jonmanos1116
    @jonmanos1116 5 лет назад +105

    To the 3 people that disliked......"Where you from"????.......

  • @Macmittens411
    @Macmittens411 5 лет назад +21

    "How real is... THIS. How real is... THIS."

  • @WillieMeze
    @WillieMeze 5 лет назад +34

    YO THIS BEAT IS SOOO HARD MY GAWD!

  • @thekidrobb
    @thekidrobb 11 месяцев назад +2

    Salute to Amen-RA for the knowledge and generosity of sharing.

  • @seanmcaloon131
    @seanmcaloon131 3 года назад +9

    This is amazing! 16 levels! I always used to listen to the sample and wonder how he manipulated it to get that half step up and down. Plus the way he laced the kick with the drums already in the sample. Hard AF. One of the greatest songs ever.

  • @jayfiya5230
    @jayfiya5230 3 года назад +6

    till this day... the best jay-z song.... he repped the hood he was from, i'm from queens and this hit home back then and still today.

  • @coreybendolph4103
    @coreybendolph4103 6 лет назад +28

    Definitely a Classic along with vol 1 being one of if not the most slept on Jay album besides bp 2

  • @marcy-brooklyn161
    @marcy-brooklyn161 2 года назад +2

    Marcy Anthem...Word Up I'm standing behind Jigga in the red jacket....one of the dopest memories being in Marcy 🔥

  • @Brazconj
    @Brazconj 5 лет назад +8

    My Fav song from Jay by far 2019

  • @Ronamenralawrence
    @Ronamenralawrence  13 лет назад +26

    Correction, Diamond who is a friend of mine, is not the first to use this sample. My inspiration came from Marley marley and Biz Markie who is actually first to discover it. I just used it differently than they did.

    • @GianoCotto
      @GianoCotto 6 лет назад

      FOUNDING FATHERS #Truth

    • @mikeofdc
      @mikeofdc 5 лет назад

      Da Biz Markie version is slower

    • @michaelglazier9932
      @michaelglazier9932 4 года назад

      FOUNDING FATHERS Does it also have an open high hat over the snare?? Great beat by the way...

    • @chriztianknewz7776
      @chriztianknewz7776 4 года назад

      Why they remove the official instrumental? I saved it in my feed and it was removed twice now I can't find it😱

    • @RoseLandRaised
      @RoseLandRaised 5 месяцев назад +1

      It’s an amazing how producers come up with samples. That small sample came from “Let Your Hair Down” by Yvonne Fair :55 sec mark

  • @YOUTUBEMEMPHIS
    @YOUTUBEMEMPHIS 5 лет назад +6

    I'm from the south n that was my shit back in the day

  • @FacetiousUniqueness
    @FacetiousUniqueness 11 лет назад +13

    Big up to Amen RA... CLASSIC BANGER!

  • @jimspoolroom
    @jimspoolroom 3 года назад +6

    Love these Videos. Pure Hip Hop... Nothing too crazy, just a sample and a beat flipped in a dope way.

  • @Jackson-mi3dr
    @Jackson-mi3dr 4 года назад +8

    This beat is extremely tough 🔥🔥

  • @NateFred
    @NateFred 3 года назад +5

    the way he just held the platinum plaque at the end killed me loool

  • @TinoFiumaraBeats
    @TinoFiumaraBeats 3 года назад +12

    One of my favorite Jay-Z songs 🔥

  • @Deepbluecat
    @Deepbluecat 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for making this video Ron! It's a timeless classic beat

  • @giovannibatz2836
    @giovannibatz2836 2 года назад +3

    LEGENDARY…. GREAT TIMES TO BE ALIVE … AMEN RA 🙏🏽🆙🖤❤️💯

  • @jboone7570
    @jboone7570 2 года назад +5

    This beat is amazing 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥❗

  • @alextinajero6394
    @alextinajero6394 Год назад +2

    He threw shots at Prodigy from Mobb Deep in the second line. And he wore a jersey like on their video. Back then those shots were subliminal. Love this song! Rap was so cool back then, now not so much.

    • @deboman81
      @deboman81 5 месяцев назад

      I wow I didn’t realize he did that.

  • @nocxloayak7164
    @nocxloayak7164 11 лет назад +5

    Classic Material Ron, one of my favorite beats ever. I also remember 2 Kings in a cypher, for the brothers who aint here video, i think i still may have it on VHS.

  • @tinikadavis6931
    @tinikadavis6931 5 месяцев назад +1

    so simple and genius as both an instrumental and with the lyrics!!!

  • @mkfourgli1
    @mkfourgli1 4 года назад +3

    That shit is fire always will be one of my favorite beats

  • @Ronamenralawrence
    @Ronamenralawrence  13 лет назад +18

    velocity can mean to speed up or slow down. In that case I showed you how I altered the pitch of the sample in speed.

    • @MrBlueHaze
      @MrBlueHaze 4 года назад +4

      FOUNDING FATHERS He meant pitch under the 16 level settings. He corrected himself later in the video. Velocity using 16 levels he used for the hi hats.

    • @AmazonCrime
      @AmazonCrime 3 года назад

      Yeah you can tell it's a lapsus.

  • @michaeldane75
    @michaeldane75 5 лет назад +19

    THE hardest Jay-Z/most others has ever done.

    • @zachmorris3017
      @zachmorris3017 5 лет назад +1

      History in the making........ To define this song it's like infinity........

    • @JerzeyPrince23
      @JerzeyPrince23 3 года назад

      Fat Joe song too. Bad Bad Man from the album Represent

  • @buddymaxwell
    @buddymaxwell 13 лет назад +12

    He forgot the part where he gives a shout to Diamond for using the same loop first on Fat Joe's first lp. D.I.T.C., son!!!

  • @CPZBLH
    @CPZBLH 4 года назад +2

    Amen Ra been a True Master since TKO! #RespectTheArchitects

  • @Nokitron
    @Nokitron 7 лет назад +26

    7 years and still no dislike. Amazing.

  • @AdamO.
    @AdamO. 2 года назад +3

    Genius, my favorite beat from Jay-Z albums

  • @kidjupiter1755
    @kidjupiter1755 6 лет назад +2

    forever a classic

  • @rapgamepapi
    @rapgamepapi 5 месяцев назад

    This was actually a game changer for Jay-Z. When he released the music video at the beginning of his movie people actually realized he was a real project dude from Brooklyn

  • @twinnsoniq
    @twinnsoniq 6 лет назад +2

    One of my top ten favorite hip hop instrumentals. #salute

  • @terrellwills1000
    @terrellwills1000 3 года назад +3

    This is one of my favorite jay z songs straight classic

  • @jg109426
    @jg109426 5 лет назад +1

    Genius for one of the illest beats

  • @tigerpause444
    @tigerpause444 10 месяцев назад

    So much love and respect for your craft. Thank you for sharing.

  • @caribana2003
    @caribana2003 Год назад +2

    He Killed it on this song!!!!

  • @bosshova23
    @bosshova23 3 года назад +1

    One of the best beats ever my man

  • @mrogers412
    @mrogers412 4 года назад +1

    Amazing... I was just listening to this song the other day...Its still potent today as though it just came out..Great Work....

  • @jonathanfindlater
    @jonathanfindlater 3 года назад +3

    Definitely one of the hardest beats ever

  • @TheReal12
    @TheReal12 7 лет назад +5

    Amazing.

  • @DATEK3CIVIC
    @DATEK3CIVIC Год назад

    Such a gritty beat 🤌🏿

  • @DL-1
    @DL-1 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is dope. I wish that he would start making beat tutorials. Thank you for this video.

  • @wendell7173
    @wendell7173 3 года назад

    One of my favorite beats🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @onemusicgroup8249
    @onemusicgroup8249 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for sharing..a masterpiece

  • @mikec52284
    @mikec52284 13 лет назад +6

    Best Video Ive seen on here in a while! Def one of the illest Jigga songs ever! This shit goes hard.

  • @Suave_TheArtKartel
    @Suave_TheArtKartel 6 лет назад +8

    First time i ever herd Biz Markie Use this sample on "check em out" i was like .. "Oooooo I love Hip-Hop" ...

    • @ENDUBMEXI253
      @ENDUBMEXI253 2 года назад

      what's the name of the sample? 🙏

    • @Suave_TheArtKartel
      @Suave_TheArtKartel 2 года назад +1

      @@ENDUBMEXI253 Im sorry King i didnt see you responded
      Here you go: Yvonne Fair "let your hair down" - ruclips.net/video/116RZRf2wNE/видео.html

    • @ENDUBMEXI253
      @ENDUBMEXI253 2 года назад +1

      @@Suave_TheArtKartel thank you so much! It's crazy how that little part made a big effect on the world

  • @anthonyb9755
    @anthonyb9755 5 лет назад +4

    One of the hardest by far

  • @blizle2015
    @blizle2015 4 года назад +1

    Perfect beat

  • @moochiehixx3658
    @moochiehixx3658 4 года назад +4

    The original producer for this beat was diamond shell which is biz markie little brother.

  • @benitahecker4221
    @benitahecker4221 6 лет назад +2

    Nice... This reminds me of when Marley Mar broke down how he produced LL's "Mama said knock u out"

  • @empowermph
    @empowermph 11 лет назад +1

    and Mario, and Chucky, etc. there were like 10 members of the Hitmen, but this one is clearly a Ron solo track, so chill.

  • @5uper_Breezy
    @5uper_Breezy 4 года назад +2

    Ayyy!! The 2 finger hi hat death trap lol 😆 u killed this bruh

  • @skywatcher9076
    @skywatcher9076 3 года назад +1

    All time fav salute

  • @beatz04
    @beatz04 13 лет назад +2

    LOL - right when i was thinking "..and that made him a fortune" he showed the platinum award.

  • @chi-townlowend1812
    @chi-townlowend1812 2 года назад

    This song and beat was 🔥 🔥🔥

  • @sgpenterprise
    @sgpenterprise 4 года назад +1

    GREAT VISION, HOTTEST EVER! MUCH RESPECT............! SGP ENTERPRISE

  • @RayzorBlade
    @RayzorBlade 2 года назад +2

    Even tho Fat Joe flipped it first, Jay-Z brought that Brooklyn flava to it. That beat remind u of chillin out in front of the projects in Brooklyn.

  • @arseneremy
    @arseneremy 5 лет назад +3

    Top 10 beats of all time.
    Selling a brownstone on marcy and quincy for $1.9M. Rented a new development luxury building on tompkins and Lexington. Rented 2 1 bedroom apartment on quincy and marcy. The projects are going to be gone within 20 years.

  • @relentlesseducator
    @relentlesseducator 11 месяцев назад

    So basic but sooo tough. Absolute banger

  • @AIRJAVITUBE
    @AIRJAVITUBE 4 года назад +1

    Inspirational fr!

  • @germanguzman8521
    @germanguzman8521 6 лет назад +2

    respect saw the video on complex about how your best hits were made

  • @BoomSkwad47
    @BoomSkwad47 3 года назад +1

    One of the most villainous beats. Tufffff

  • @onlypimpseattacoswiththeir3017
    @onlypimpseattacoswiththeir3017 5 лет назад +1

    Classic dope💯💪

  • @siyakwitshana3885
    @siyakwitshana3885 5 лет назад +2

    This is Fire 🔥

  • @essex0926
    @essex0926 7 месяцев назад

    An fine tune that catches the essence of the hood. He made a dope beat from a small sample. Crazy.
    What instrument is makes that first pitch.

  • @algernonfranklin3193
    @algernonfranklin3193 3 года назад

    Legal Dope. I love this tracc and song.

  • @Takeitinnblood
    @Takeitinnblood 4 года назад +1

    “This song was resampled and inspired the hit single, "Angels" and "Angels Remix"- by Diddy & Dirty Money, Featuring Rick Ross.“ - This beat itself is sampled from Biz Markie’s, “Check It Out”, though.

    • @ENDUBMEXI253
      @ENDUBMEXI253 2 года назад

      do you know the name of the original song sample?

    • @870mac
      @870mac 2 года назад +2

      @@ENDUBMEXI253 Yvonne Fair -Let Your Hair Down

    • @ENDUBMEXI253
      @ENDUBMEXI253 2 года назад

      @@870mac THANK YOU FAM

  • @Coachxxxl
    @Coachxxxl 5 лет назад +11

    Biz used this first in 1989

    • @lewdiggz
      @lewdiggz 5 лет назад

      Word "check it out"

    • @BigTrisStreams
      @BigTrisStreams 3 года назад

      Why tf are you announcing that here yo?

    • @closedfiles
      @closedfiles 3 года назад +1

      @@BigTrisStreams What, Biz shouldn't get props for using it first?

    • @layzboy9857
      @layzboy9857 3 года назад +1

      @@BigTrisStreams because 90% of the people in the comments don’t know the Biz Markie Song.. that’s why

    • @DuckAlertBeats
      @DuckAlertBeats Год назад

      @@BigTrisStreams Wasn't that strange to mention it was it?

  • @iamdjtab
    @iamdjtab 2 года назад +1

    Simplicity is king!

  • @ericlifee7485
    @ericlifee7485 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 beats

  • @loislane4358
    @loislane4358 5 месяцев назад

    Sampled From Let Ya Hair Down by Yvonne Fair

  • @socialproof3620
    @socialproof3620 2 года назад +1

    Straight fire

  • @djfingersflores
    @djfingersflores 11 лет назад +2

    dope sounds my man.. peace

  • @sgpenterprise
    @sgpenterprise 2 года назад +1

    NICE!!!

  • @spoonbred
    @spoonbred 8 месяцев назад

    Let You Hair Down by Yvonne Fair is the sample...

  • @Carlostheyankeefan
    @Carlostheyankeefan Час назад

    Hardest Jay Z song

  • @canibusnj
    @canibusnj 13 лет назад +1

    Ron "Amen Ra" Lawrence AND DERIC "D-DOT" ANGELETTIE MIND IT!!!!!!
    It wasn't ONE king in a cypher
    IT WAS TWO KINGS IN A CYPHER!!!! ;)

  • @industryrule-4080
    @industryrule-4080 5 месяцев назад

    I hope this man got paid well for this beat.

  • @godschild7964
    @godschild7964 4 года назад +3

    i just learned alot in that little bit of time. i think i missed my calling.

    • @thecouchpotato09
      @thecouchpotato09 3 года назад

      It's never too late.

    • @godschild7964
      @godschild7964 3 года назад

      @@thecouchpotato09 maybe your right, i suffer from having low vision. so bad vision good hearing. i listen and hear things very well.

  • @yoKentucky
    @yoKentucky Год назад

    Just the hardest rap song of all time, nbd.

  • @Chris_Styles
    @Chris_Styles 4 года назад +1

    Dope Let your hair down by: Yvonne Fair

  • @dandrelewis2938
    @dandrelewis2938 6 лет назад +2

    DOPE.

  • @Culturd
    @Culturd 2 года назад

    Definitely my top jawn ever

  • @UzzielLewi
    @UzzielLewi 2 года назад

    Domestic part when he showed that platinum plaque.

  • @user-go5zw2jq7z
    @user-go5zw2jq7z 6 месяцев назад

    🔥🔥

  • @antonpalmer-smith4829
    @antonpalmer-smith4829 4 года назад +1

    iiiight!!!

  • @daoppgrvyrd777
    @daoppgrvyrd777 3 года назад

    My second favorite Jay z joint behind can I live I let it be go so hard

  • @neverknownsofmetronome9184
    @neverknownsofmetronome9184 3 года назад

    Biz used this first but, AMEN-RA version is COLD!!!!!!!!

  • @ecksfromva
    @ecksfromva 12 лет назад +2

    What about the triangle(bells)? That's the signature of that era.

    • @noahmack_12
      @noahmack_12 5 лет назад

      Right that’s hard to miss

  • @quincyvatikan127
    @quincyvatikan127 3 года назад

    They don’t make ‘em like this no more

  • @ducatinyc
    @ducatinyc 3 года назад

    Love it

  • @alp6181
    @alp6181 2 года назад

    Seems like a nice and a down to earth guy

  • @TheTRUNLIVIN
    @TheTRUNLIVIN 8 месяцев назад

    Why everybody forgot about Bad Bad Man By Fat Joe D that they completely ripped the beat from

  • @corleonejr2159
    @corleonejr2159 3 года назад +5

    What synth is that for the bass??

    • @tenslider6722
      @tenslider6722 2 года назад +2

      sounds like the normal bass patch the JV2080, famously used by Swizz Beat.

    • @dylanlopez9961
      @dylanlopez9961 Год назад

      @@tenslider6722 so would it be an electric bass sampled onto the synth?

    • @tenslider6722
      @tenslider6722 Год назад

      @@dylanlopez9961 If I remember correctly, the Jv2080 didn't have a sampler although it has a memory card slot to save patches. that's an electric bass patch mixed with an extra low end to compliment the kick.

  • @Thedestroyer-wb5xl
    @Thedestroyer-wb5xl 2 месяца назад

    Me coming through slow motion in my drop top. 1998