the key thing here, is that Al was born rich. That's the main diference, of course he loves to make money out of the music, but the love for it is what really makes him such a talented dude
Alchemist is a pure genius when it comes to the real sound of REAL Hip-hop.....he is in the same cloth with Dj Premier, Pete Rock, Madlib, DOOM, JDilla (RIP), 9th Wonder.....and......COOKIN SOUL
0:04 Prodigy, Grafh, and Papoose - Two Step & Untouchables by Prodigy and Raekwon 0:31 Mobb Deep - Whole Lotta Thug 1:16 Prodigy - My Priorities 1:37 Prodigy and Alchemist - Respect My Gangster 2:43 Unreleased 3:18 Capone - Ride 4 Em 3:43 Unreleased 4:38 Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo - Gang Bang and Tony Yayo later expanded on it for a joint called Guns Is Razors 5:10 Obie Trice - I'm Back and Raze also used it for a joint called Bosses 5:18 Prodigy and 50 Cent - Straight Murder
0:50 lol u can see the cases full of cd on top of the table. Man I just bought a pack of 25 CD recently to put stuff on...I love the old stuff, the analog, these types of videos. Very inspirational
2:12 that room gives such an old school vibe, like that nyc vibe kinda mixed with gta3 and true crime nyc vibe lol, idk it just feels warm and gives you that classic beatmaking vibe that these days is sometimes missing..
@@nikjarun7056 no internet, no social media, no comparing to anyone else. Just being in a moment, doing your thing and feeling like you're the only one. Damn :D
My all time favorite producer... Even though I don't really sample anymore I still try to incorporate my own style. AL's an inspiration, his beats just knock different.
Like Pete premier Dre havoc and rza, the alchemist should be on every persons favorite producer list. Alchemist had that 🔥 since day one, and will always be one of the best.
Right? Yeah he's had a few really significant "sounds." 1998-2002. 2003-2010. 2011-present. Every now and then he does some beats that sound like throw backs to his older sound, but he's definitely heavy into the collage style that he's been doing for most of this decade.
A lot breh. Unfortunately too there are some legal issues with Prodigy's estate. RIP. For example P's solo catalogue is not on any streaming platforms, minus Return of the Mac and Albert Einstein. Hopefully they get cleared up so we can get the Hegelian Dialectic parts 2 and 3, which both have Al production on them. I miss Prodigy a lot. He was the only person that passed away that I never met whose death actually upset me. P and Al were as perfect together as any producer/emcee combo in hip-hop. :(
@@WhtMike2006 dunn....Im a mobb deep fanatic....Ye P's death still hurts man...may he R.I.P...didn't know they were issues regarding his estate...waiting for some undercover Prodigy music
@@WhtMike2006 Same here bro, regarding the only emcee's death where I was actually upset. I had the pleasure of doing business and meeting P a couple times. He was the only emcee/celeb I've met, where I found myself HAVING TO get personal on em for a second. Thanking him for the influence he and his music had on my life since I was 11 years old. He was mad humble, and you could tell, genuinely appreciated what I had said to him. Not a day goes by where I do not listen to, or quote a Mobb Deep or Prodigy song. The game took a big hit losing him. RIP P!!!!.......one of the greatest emcees to ever do it.
One of my favorite producers. He's a monster on the ASR 10. I respect him a lot for still using it. I wish I would've kept mine's. It was the first piece of equipment that I got. Bought the 6 channel expander with it. Went on to get a SP1200, MPC 2000, 4000, 2500, Korg Triton, Roland XP, ASR Turbo, Emu Turbo Phat. I had a bunch of effects and processing units in my rack, and a few pair of decent passive and powered monitors. Not bragging believe me, and never had all this at the same time. Some people smoke, drink, and party, all I did for fun was go down the basement into my studio. Lost a lot of equipment when my basement flooded. Close to 10,000 albums were damaged. Insurance cut a nice check for most of the equipment, but not my records. I bought a MacBook, Pro Tools and Reason, then I switched to PC (more comfortable). I still use PC, but I run Ableton with Kontakt and close to 50 different sound packs. I dont need anything else, just pc running Ableton and Kontakt (with libraries). Amazing how far music production has come.
@R'shawn Santiago That's really f'd up to read man! In The Netherlands we lived all our lives with to much water surrounding us. We all build our studio's in the attics (If we have one of course, else build above water level). Power to you.
Never forget.. Havoc almost deleted Quiet storm and almost recorded over shook ones beat. I would die to hear all mobb, alc songs, instrumentals they thought wasn't making the cut.
Al can scare me, but the man is a genius in a way that no average person can see just by the 00s finesse of appearance. Most likely only through a perspective of HipHop head can you really appreciate this sort of work and his style. Despite that Recently I’ve seen his lighter side when he’s not strictly in the passion of his work but rather hanging around Action even though they compose together. I get taking the craft serious. That is understandable and that’s just the creative process for the artist, as dope as he is he’s still just a really relaxed laid back man I know . I’m just being excessive apologetically. Although, in the studio where he utilizes his instruments of death, I’d say he’s still a rap reaper.
@McFlickers I agree with you forgo but I think the reason why Al looks so tense is cuz he a was still relatively new to the game whereas now hes a legend in the game
@@JEFFMAN90 Fl wasn't all that popping though. Not in 2003. I used to work for 9th Wonder and at the time a lot of people were still giving him shit for using FL. It wasn't until Threat in November 2003 for Jay-Z until the stigma of FL started to go away. And even then it took a little while before FL became more mainstream and acceptable among some die hard beatmakers.
2:43 - Absolutely grimy !! That's why I listen to Alchemist. He always knows when to bring that grime into his tracks. I'll listen to the artist on the best here and there but I'm mostly about the instrumentals. Respect from Los Angeles. Where Alchemist originally from. - Trajik Habit !
casually plays some of the dopest beats ive ever heard. call me boomer but alot of modern commercial rap music sounds like flat soulless mechanical shit in comparison. this guy is giving me the bounce as if someone is kicking me in the back and is slappin the back of my head afterwards with his 2003 stuff
looking back at old videos its goofy af how baggy clothes were. Fashion trends are always pretty wack in general tho especially looking back at them.. I think a lot of people nowadays wearing overly tight fitting clothes are weird looking too though lol
Same sample used almost the same way, but by a different producer. It's not the same beat that Alchemist made though. If you want to hear to song that Al did there, look up Whole Lotta Thug by Mobb Deep. It was a leftover from Amerikka's Nightmare.
Always wondered what boombox he used as a reference monitor. I remeber a video in the lab(mtv) where he mentioned he always brings that speaker to the mastering studio because he know how it sounded on there
I remember accidentally ordering 2 copies of the chemistry files dvd, and I got one of the few signed by ALC. Yeah.. dont touch that. I used to study those j armz tapes lol
@@nicholasborg2279 Dr. Dre, Timbaland, DJ Quik, Scott Storch, Pharrel Duo, Swizz Beats have Produced BETTER music. His stuff is 2003 sounding and not timeless.
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Glad to see Pro Tools hasn't upgraded their interface one bit since 2003
Pro tools is trash. I stopped using them a long time ago.
funguy29 I like studio one
@@auralplex agreed I'm using studio one and cubase now protools is ass
I started on tape but been using Pro Tools since 98. I like the cheesy look of it. It's very nostalgic for me.
@@blahblah606 Use what works for you! that is the secret, whatever you are comfortable and know inside&out, that is important.
4XL White T's were really Hittin back then.
the outfit of a soldier
thats 3XL at the biggest. I would kno cuz i still be wearin that shit and fuck u if u aint
Yup
Miss them days
Zip drives too
Imagine being so talented and dedicated that you can be rich living making beats for rappers. Must be the best feeling ever
It is
the key thing here, is that Al was born rich. That's the main diference, of course he loves to make money out of the music, but the love for it is what really makes him such a talented dude
@@MM-cr4le damn he was a rich kid? how you know lol
@@PlatinumHustle He grew up in Beverly Hills
@@disgustika damn
Alchemist is a pure genius when it comes to the real sound of REAL Hip-hop.....he is in the same cloth with Dj Premier, Pete Rock, Madlib, DOOM, JDilla (RIP), 9th Wonder.....and......COOKIN SOUL
I agree with you! 100 percent.
RIP DOOM.
Gotta add Darringer from Griselda there to. He's definitely cut from that cloth
A scientist
Don’t forget Kankick
alchemist a legend, i remember downloading this video off of Kazaa lol
People dont even know kazaa nowadays hahaha
Jesus Kazaaa 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kazaa, bearshare, limewire, Soulseek.. I was on all that shit.
lmao man I remember kazaa whatever happened to that
lmaoo man I forgot about Kazaa
0:04 Prodigy, Grafh, and Papoose - Two Step & Untouchables by Prodigy and Raekwon
0:31 Mobb Deep - Whole Lotta Thug
1:16 Prodigy - My Priorities
1:37 Prodigy and Alchemist - Respect My Gangster
2:43 Unreleased
3:18 Capone - Ride 4 Em
3:43 Unreleased
4:38 Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo - Gang Bang and Tony Yayo later expanded on it for a joint called Guns Is Razors
5:10 Obie Trice - I'm Back and Raze also used it for a joint called Bosses
5:18 Prodigy and 50 Cent - Straight Murder
That first unreleased is ridiculous
👏✊🏿
I cant find these songs on spotify
@@MeroPlata duh what are you under 21
The Richest Bum A lot of these songs appeared as mix tapes, or on b-sides, white labels, etc. You should be able to find any of them on RUclips though
I love how Al was feeling himself listening to his beat in the car. I love this guy
There’s a video of Alchemist and Mobb Deep making ‘hold you down’. Absolute classic
RIP Dunny!
That tracks a Fucking banger
Alchemist definitely a legend, it’s crazy how long he’s been in the game for
Considering he's garbage
@@jehkjshrfk why is he so garbage?
@@jehkjshrfk stfu
jehkjshrfk 😂whats ova troll shit u be sayin online
IS a legend
0:50 lol u can see the cases full of cd on top of the table. Man I just bought a pack of 25 CD recently to put stuff on...I love the old stuff, the analog, these types of videos. Very inspirational
2:12 that room gives such an old school vibe, like that nyc vibe kinda mixed with gta3 and true crime nyc vibe lol, idk it just feels warm and gives you that classic beatmaking vibe that these days is sometimes missing..
I know EXACTLY What u mean
@@nikjarun7056 no internet, no social media, no comparing to anyone else. Just being in a moment, doing your thing and feeling like you're the only one. Damn :D
@@johnnycaper_ yeah bro on god im tryna make my own room feel like dis😂 peace yo
It could be the fish-eye lens.
Alchemist actually 3ft tall and wearing a size medium
underrated comment
We all know he's 4 feet tall you hated
Prodigy & ALC wrote the Soundtrack to my Adolescence and early adulthood! RIP DUNNY 🙏......
Early 2000, forces 80 , jeans 40 , crispy white T 5 dollars
DaGreat King Still rock the crispy white T only now I actually buy my size and not 2 sizes too big.
Take me back
20 years ago i saw this vid online..can't believe the time went by so fast
My all time favorite producer... Even though I don't really sample anymore I still try to incorporate my own style. AL's an inspiration, his beats just knock different.
Where your beats gang we need to heard them !!!
Love seeing footage like this. Such an inside scoop on what it was really like.
3:18 that Capone instrumental so raw🤧
alchemist is an all-time legend.. havoc is an all-time legend
this what I want my life to be
Me too
The hardest part is having beats this hot.
@@andrewsk8man i’d say it’s the connections that’s harder, and having a group that’s all got similar motives
@@mosblntit’s hard to find and maintain but it’s not impossible to find and life is long, you can definitely do all this.
Legendry footage
Like Pete premier Dre havoc and rza, the alchemist should be on every persons favorite producer list. Alchemist had that 🔥 since day one, and will always be one of the best.
"Alpamist is crazy" 😆
I love all this footage alc gave us around this time.. Not many producers did that in 2000s.. He was the goat then till now.
Man Al changed up his style like crazy.
Right? Yeah he's had a few really significant "sounds." 1998-2002. 2003-2010. 2011-present. Every now and then he does some beats that sound like throw backs to his older sound, but he's definitely heavy into the collage style that he's been doing for most of this decade.
I def miss the heavy Havoc influence in his earlier days. Those older joints just make you want to snuff someone for no reason haha
God i bet Al has so much unreleased mobb music
A lot breh. Unfortunately too there are some legal issues with Prodigy's estate. RIP. For example P's solo catalogue is not on any streaming platforms, minus Return of the Mac and Albert Einstein. Hopefully they get cleared up so we can get the Hegelian Dialectic parts 2 and 3, which both have Al production on them. I miss Prodigy a lot. He was the only person that passed away that I never met whose death actually upset me. P and Al were as perfect together as any producer/emcee combo in hip-hop. :(
In the vault ..
@@WhtMike2006 dunn....Im a mobb deep fanatic....Ye P's death still hurts man...may he R.I.P...didn't know they were issues regarding his estate...waiting for some undercover Prodigy music
@@WhtMike2006 Same here bro, regarding the only emcee's death where I was actually upset. I had the pleasure of doing business and meeting P a couple times. He was the only emcee/celeb I've met, where I found myself HAVING TO get personal on em for a second. Thanking him for the influence he and his music had on my life since I was 11 years old. He was mad humble, and you could tell, genuinely appreciated what I had said to him.
Not a day goes by where I do not listen to, or quote a Mobb Deep or Prodigy song. The game took a big hit losing him. RIP P!!!!.......one of the greatest emcees to ever do it.
@@WhtMike2006 H.N.I.C came back
One of my favorite producers. He's a monster on the ASR 10. I respect him a lot for still using it. I wish I would've kept mine's. It was the first piece of equipment that I got. Bought the 6 channel expander with it. Went on to get a SP1200, MPC 2000, 4000, 2500, Korg Triton, Roland XP, ASR Turbo, Emu Turbo Phat. I had a bunch of effects and processing units in my rack, and a few pair of decent passive and powered monitors. Not bragging believe me, and never had all this at the same time. Some people smoke, drink, and party, all I did for fun was go down the basement into my studio. Lost a lot of equipment when my basement flooded. Close to 10,000 albums were damaged. Insurance cut a nice check for most of the equipment, but not my records. I bought a MacBook, Pro Tools and Reason, then I switched to PC (more comfortable). I still use PC, but I run Ableton with Kontakt and close to 50 different sound packs. I dont need anything else, just pc running Ableton and Kontakt (with libraries). Amazing how far music production has come.
that sucks about the flood
Noone cares dog!
@melekey 13 people do as of right now, but no one asked for your opinion
@R'shawn Santiago That's really f'd up to read man! In The Netherlands we lived all our lives with to much water surrounding us. We all build our studio's in the attics (If we have one of course, else build above water level). Power to you.
With all of what you used to have, if you had any skill at all you had to make some crazy heat. From your perspective honestly did you?
The stack of CDS are probaly half a shit ton of mixes. You had to press it onto something back then to even listen to the current mix in a car.
That Gunz is Razors beat NEVER gets old to me. One of my favorite beats ever.
This was the last year of the golden era of hip hop
This guy make type of dark underground beats just how I like it. Thats why I enjoy listening mobb deep
So do I
that original fetti song with currensy and gibbs got me hooked
3:19 ride 4 em by capone off the dj whoo kid and stretch armstrong murda mixtape pt 4
Never forget.. Havoc almost deleted Quiet storm and almost recorded over shook ones beat. I would die to hear all mobb, alc songs, instrumentals they thought wasn't making the cut.
i have to revisit these videos for inspiration
Peace - He was blessed to have DJ Muggs as a mentor. Respect ALC
Al can scare me, but the man is a genius in a way that no average person can see just by the 00s finesse of appearance.
Most likely only through a perspective of HipHop head can you really appreciate this sort of work and his style.
Despite that Recently I’ve seen his lighter side when he’s not strictly in the passion of his work but rather hanging around Action even though they compose together. I get taking the craft serious. That is understandable and that’s just the creative process for the artist, as dope as he is he’s still just a really relaxed laid back man I know . I’m just being excessive apologetically.
Although, in the studio where he utilizes his instruments of death, I’d say he’s still a rap reaper.
@McFlickers I agree with you forgo but I think the reason why Al looks so tense is cuz he a was still relatively new to the game whereas now hes a legend in the game
chill
wtf are you talking about
0:36 when someone get love for flipping the same sample as you
The white tee with the high tip adidas tho...that was the vibe back then
1st song in the studio with Hav and P is "Whole Lotta Thug" RIP Prodigy
RIP Dunny!
ASR-10 with the zip drive and a mix desk. wow. That's real hip hop shit from before the FL Studio era.
Chase Boogie word up!! I use 2 have the same setup!! The golden era of hip hop. Hardware and analog gear is the best tools for making music!!
nope 9th was already making beats with FL back then
lol FL was popping at the time. Just ask 9th Wonder.
@@Breakbeat90s Yeah 9th was making beats with FL but I think @Chase Boogie is trying to say that FL wasn't all that popular yet
@@JEFFMAN90 Fl wasn't all that popping though. Not in 2003. I used to work for 9th Wonder and at the time a lot of people were still giving him shit for using FL. It wasn't until Threat in November 2003 for Jay-Z until the stigma of FL started to go away. And even then it took a little while before FL became more mainstream and acceptable among some die hard beatmakers.
I have this on dvd at the crizzib
AL has been one of my favorite for long time now... That man cooks up
ALCHEMIST IS CRAZY, YO!
The making of a legend.
Alchemist is so fucking sick
One of my fav producers!!!
2:43 - Absolutely grimy !!
That's why I listen to Alchemist. He always knows when to bring that grime into his tracks. I'll listen to the artist on the best here and there but I'm mostly about the instrumentals.
Respect from Los Angeles. Where Alchemist originally from.
- Trajik Habit !
The hip hop industry has agents making beats now!
-Prodigy
0:18 i wonder what alc was talking about he looks hyped lol
One of the GOATS in Hip Hop Music has blessed us without a doubt once again, thank you. I got to go purchase this.
the sample flip from the persuaders goes crazy
DJ Toomp flipped the same sample from the beat around 5:00 for young jeezy - the recession
ZakiToure - Cam’ron also samples it on one of his albums. Either purple haze or killa season ... I think that it’s the latter
That last cut... freestyle fellowship... seasons... dope
ASR 10 quality
god damn WE NEED MORE FOOTAGE!
casually plays some of the dopest beats ive ever heard. call me boomer but alot of modern commercial rap music sounds like flat soulless mechanical shit in comparison. this guy is giving me the bounce as if someone is kicking me in the back and is slappin the back of my head afterwards with his 2003 stuff
Not a boomer, just good tastes
Yo I thought it was funny when dudes we're wearing them T-shirts aka Curtains. Alchemist is a Beast.
looking back at old videos its goofy af how baggy clothes were. Fashion trends are always pretty wack in general tho especially looking back at them.. I think a lot of people nowadays wearing overly tight fitting clothes are weird looking too though lol
@David Singleton Yikes! Homie.
@@0oidiedinatimemachineo024 Facts 💯 Skinny jeans are for females.
That Obie trice joint always been one my favorite ALC productions
Same. He did a couple other joints for Obie, but I'm Back has always been my favorite one.
Alchemist is crazy!
You gotta respect the king!
Capone "ride 4 em" i never heard it so clear and so dope in my life! does it exist without a dj?
lmao! Right!
Is this epic?
@@Chemistryfiles Po?!
@@wrldonwill you know it!!
@@Chemistryfiles Yo bro, you still got the same email?
3:19 FIRE
I didn't know he had that Moog way back when. Al always bring the heat
Alchemist is a real one.
Alchemist one of the best ever for sure!
damn. didn't know Al was using Waves plugins 4:45
That’s crazy I use those same monitors today
Love the 2003 vibes... those computers they were using tho, not so much haha
Yoo some of my fav Alc joints were featured in this video!
Soundtrack to my Adolescence!
Slanted video angles is so 2000’s lmao
Yo Deck just used that beat. It's nuts how well Al's production ages.
Same sample used almost the same way, but by a different producer. It's not the same beat that Alchemist made though. If you want to hear to song that Al did there, look up Whole Lotta Thug by Mobb Deep. It was a leftover from Amerikka's Nightmare.
@@WhtMike2006 @ 00:48 "Game Don't Change" is built around the same sample.
looks like an ASR-10 amazing!
This guy is a BEAST
Always wondered what boombox he used as a reference monitor. I remeber a video in the lab(mtv) where he mentioned he always brings that speaker to the mastering studio because he know how it sounded on there
Damn I remember that ASR 10 better save ya shit because at any time it's gone like 😱
Is 2003 and my mama is telling me, "U seem a ghost with that T-Shirt... love you mom!
Men thats amazing!! SUPER NOSTALGIC!!
Alchemist is crazy.. top 3 all time.. behind Preemo and Timbo
Al’s a Legend.
super long crispy white tee yeah them was the days
DAT BOYYYYYY ALLLLL.... EVERYBODY'S PAL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@2:10 please somebody tell me what hes sampling, beautiful piece of music
if u find it let me know plzzzzzz
Looking for it aswell.
I know but I ain't no beat snitch
i believe it is The Beatles Eleanor Rigby. Its a masterful composition.
Thats a killer bong.
I remember accidentally ordering 2 copies of the chemistry files dvd, and I got one of the few signed by ALC. Yeah.. dont touch that.
I used to study those j armz tapes lol
j armzzzzz.. wowwww, that's memories
ALCHEMIST BEST PRODUCER ON THE PLANET TRUST ME ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
no.
mwasie TELL ME WHO THEN
mwasie am talking alchemist 2019 not 1992 fool
@@nicholasborg2279 Dr. Dre, Timbaland, DJ Quik, Scott Storch, Pharrel Duo, Swizz Beats have Produced BETTER music. His stuff is 2003 sounding and not timeless.
those beats at 3:19 and 3:41 though 🔥🔥
Pretty sure the sample at 3:41 is from one of the Dionne-Bregent records, can't remember which off the top my head.
Baggy shoe with chicken legs, classic 2003 lmao
alchemist drum kit its so hot bro
damn. mad work ethic
Wish Al would put up the video of him and the Asian King Of Diggin dude.
I got that shits crazy old
what a life...................................
Straight bumps!
Dude had a fresh fade since 2003
3:21 Al said he was giving that beat to Fat Joe... somehow Capone got his grubby hands on it...haha.
Right? It does remind me of something Joe would've murked. It sounds like it could be a follow-up to Definition of a Don, which Al produced for Joe.
@@WhtMike2006 what's the Capone song? I need that instrumental
Yall better record videos like this to a dvd or something, these are rare!
Yo my man you just woke up from a coma or something haha the year is 2019 and it’s on RUclips it ain’t going anywhere 🤘😂
I was using reason and fl or fruity loops as it was called back in 2003
ALCHEMIST IS CRAZY YO💪🏾 INFAMOUS.....ITS DA REEEEEEEAAAAAAAAL!!!!!
0:04 Prodigy & Raekwon - “The Untouchables”