So good to hear the song again! Thanks for a great interview - so glad the mix wasn't abandoned! (Also reminds me of the brilliant Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Pomplamoose 😉)
First time stopping by and I have to say I love what you've done with the place. Great guest, good questions, and fantastic example cutaways. I might just have to cozy up to that subscribe button and give sweet mama a smackeroo.
I loooooved this guy, I’m a designer and a lot of what he discussed has been so relatable to my experiences in the creative and technical process. What an amazing person and discussion. And as a Mexican the shoutout to cumbia was just pure gold. What an amazing piece full of knowledge and emotion. Thank you so much for doing this!
Man... something must be up with my algorithm because I'm subbed to y'all and have watched almost every video you've put out but I didn't come across this till just now. Anyway, looking forward to watching!
So good. Did I hear that he will go over mixing Gravity on Patreon? I also would love to have an episode with Ryan as the "guest" to hear him talk about his work on Lizzy McAlpine's album
Interesting that they didn't talk about the kick that was already in the sample on Stronger. I imagine that is what made all the layering so difficult.
No four on the floor Hip Hop beats before through the wire? I actually had the argument with older people in the 1990's that Hip Hop was actually not anything different than disco. Push It, It's Like That, You Can't Touch This, Pump up the Jam...
"Push it", "U cant touch" has no four on the floor-beat. "It's Like That" only in the RMX-Version from House DJ-Jason Nevins. And Technotronics was no HipHop.
@@loyo9771 I suppose it is your opinion about Technotronics, but everybody I know that was into Hip-Hop was into that when it dropped. Many late 80's/early 90's Hip-Hop artists had songs that sounded more like House Music. There was a lot of crossover songs before genres were so rigidly defined. Slick Rick's 2nd album, Jungle Brothers' (We're gonna house you), Queen Latifah's first 90's album. I don't think "4 on the floor" means there are no kicks that are syncopated but just that all the 1's have a kick on it. Whether those songs are 4 on the floor, or not, my point was that Manny may have perceived Kanye to be more revolutionary or original than he was because he only had a surface knowledge of the body of work produced by Hip-Hop. Kanye is unique as an artist, and a person, but the things Manny named in this interview saying Kanye was the one that started those things he was mostly wrong about. I like his mixes, though. And Kanye's earlier production work, too, but I don't have much patience for people who use ghostwriters and still act like they are emcees.
Haven’t watched one of these in a minute. Why oh why did you guys switch to headset mics? It sounds like a phone interview, that insanely compressed, no bottom end, super boxy. Please dear god switch back to lavs or fixed position condensers or something, so it sounds like an interview in a studio rather than a sportscast 😅
No Limit, Cash Money, Pastor Troy, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Lil Wyte, Goodie Mob and Outkast were popular before Nappy Roots. There are many more too.
For all those people that want to whine about Kanye, how about you focus on what Manny Marroquin is saying instead? He's one of the wisest and most humble guys in the business. And he says things here that transcend music. Personally, I don't get the current tendency to see people as totally bad based on a few actions. It seems like a juvenile and naive view of morality to me. I'm not a fan of things Kanye has said, done, or tweeted either. But that doesn't mean he's not interesting to hear about an artist and a personality. The world just isn't that fucking simple.
a few actions....as if Kanye just one day started being horrible Nazi lol that shit was somewhat persisting since....maybe 2017, that's when the crack started to show when (supposedly) Rick Rubin showed him Candice Owen videos
While what you're saying is true, the first 7 mins are just hyping a VERY problematic and antisemitic person. Many people including me are just going to turn it off at that point. I resumed a bit later and it was okay, but that first impression is just... I didn't want to be part of that.
@@r0flgal0re they're hyping someone who has legitimate reasons to be hyped. Nothing there to "not want to be a part of". Going around calling people problematic like all that matters is what you don't like about them. Lame as shit.
Ignoring a problem makes you a part of another problem. You can be indifferent instead of “picking sides”. The word ‘ignore’ stems from ignorance. Imagine if we all ignored Hitler.
There are so many incredible artists, inventors, philosophers who can teach us so much, who have provided us with so much... if all we do is break them down to their flaws, we'd gain nothing.... In regards to Kanye, dude, this song was made in 2007, he wasn't saying the things he did in 2022 back then. Different person and there's nothing wrong with admiring his work.
Edwin Birdsong's Cola Bottle Shaped Girl is the Kanye Song and the Daft Punk song. Like other people didn't write Kanye's lyrics? I'm not saying he is not a good producer, but making the distinction like writing lyrics is the difference btw him and Dre and Timbaland is ridiculous. What about RZA? Pete Rock? J-Dilla? Large Professor? Diamond D? Eric Sermon? Basically, every member of Heiro, Daz, Warren G? Manny may be legendary as a mixer but if you don't know Hip-Hop, mixing an album for Kanye doesn't make you an expert in that. Kanye was not the first successful rapper who makes beats by any stretch of the imagination. To call him a rapper is actually a stretch, in my opinion.
Thank you Manny for the GEMS and thank you Dead Wax for the great interview. So many b*tthurt people in the comment section about Kanye when so many gems were dropped by Manny lol, it's so sad how soft people got on the internet...
Gotta say guys, i love the hour long format like this! Keep it up!!
what a gem of a video
Off the jump, it really is 👌
I'm French and I understand English, but please can you put subtitles to spread the knowledge around the world !!! this is gold content 👏🙏
So glad to have a new Dead Wax offering!!!
Manny is the most down to earth mixer from the top mixers...what a great guy!
You guys are killing it with this content. Thanks for all the terminology breakdowns too! Learning a ton from these videos.
Wow, I've never seen a channel handle educating us with such ease. What an incredible episode and channel!
So good to hear the song again! Thanks for a great interview - so glad the mix wasn't abandoned! (Also reminds me of the brilliant Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Pomplamoose 😉)
So happy - this video was great, and I missed you guys
Soo Soo valuable, just riffin of each other and inviting the wisdom to the forefront, could use more of that...THANKS guys!!
it's good to have you back guys
Best podcast episode on mixing ive probably ever heard
Agreed
First time stopping by and I have to say I love what you've done with the place. Great guest, good questions, and fantastic example cutaways. I might just have to cozy up to that subscribe button and give sweet mama a smackeroo.
Aw man it's way too early in the morning to make popcorn .... you guys fucked up my day dropping this video. xo
Facts!!!
Kanye being the kick pusherman is crazy
Not really surprising though lol
Great questions, fantastic interview
Thanks for going into excruciatingly detail on the "four on the floor" def 👌
Ok Ok I get it now, Yall needed to take a break so Ryan could grow that sick stache!
🥸
Dang...stumbled on this channel. Fantastic interview!! Subbed
I loooooved this guy, I’m a designer and a lot of what he discussed has been so relatable to my experiences in the creative and technical process. What an amazing person and discussion. And as a Mexican the shoutout to cumbia was just pure gold. What an amazing piece full of knowledge and emotion. Thank you so much for doing this!
brilliant interview! kudos to you
Man... something must be up with my algorithm because I'm subbed to y'all and have watched almost every video you've put out but I didn't come across this till just now. Anyway, looking forward to watching!
dude I love you guys, thank you so much for the content
Dead Wax is back! 🔥
It's a new school year miracle!
Thank God for you guys. We've missed you 😊
Thank them for them...
Omg they are back! I love professional musicians react so much!
so good!
great questions and conversation
This is amazing! I always learn so much! THANKS
Great great talk! Thank you guys ❤🔥👍
Im so glad this in an hour
Shocked this video has less than 30k views. Very informative and interesting ! Excited to see more 🤙🏼
So good. Did I hear that he will go over mixing Gravity on Patreon? I also would love to have an episode with Ryan as the "guest" to hear him talk about his work on Lizzy McAlpine's album
yes! join us on Patreon! patreon.com/scarypockets
really loved this!
It's crazy how many times Marroquin's profile made me think of Joe Rogan during this interview. Very good interview by the way, thank you!
Was thinking exactly the same thing
Great conversations. Watched the whole thing
I drop everything when I see that Dead Wax notification
This was such an interesting episode from a mix point of view
Eyyyy an hour of Dead Wax!👌👌👌
Love Dead Wax. So awesome
Love the longer video! A video on Justice would be sweet!
Fantastic interview with Manny! I left hearing about how much he emphasizes emotion and authenticity over the technical side of mixing!
Imagine complaining about Manny talking about Kanye West, when YOU clicked on a video with Kanye West's name in the title. 😂
So you think it’s not good practice to actually watch a video before criticizing it? You are perfect for social media.
You are so off the intial comment we can't even argue about what you said cause It doesn't click with what he said.
fantastic, fantastic video, thank you
Interesting that they didn't talk about the kick that was already in the sample on Stronger. I imagine that is what made all the layering so difficult.
Just found this page, and I'm happy I did
Manny was great to listen to, would love to see him more
The Brian McKnight song he’s referring to is “never felt this way“ I loved the Alicia Keys version as a kid!
What a great interview, what a legend.
I learned something here. It’s OK to have 3 to 5 different versions of a mix. Just save the song as mix one, mix two, mix three etc.
U freakin' nerds! I love U!!
No four on the floor Hip Hop beats before through the wire? I actually had the argument with older people in the 1990's that Hip Hop was actually not anything different than disco. Push It, It's Like That, You Can't Touch This, Pump up the Jam...
"Push it", "U cant touch" has no four on the floor-beat. "It's Like That" only in the RMX-Version from House DJ-Jason Nevins. And Technotronics was no HipHop.
@@loyo9771 I suppose it is your opinion about Technotronics, but everybody I know that was into Hip-Hop was into that when it dropped. Many late 80's/early 90's Hip-Hop artists had songs that sounded more like House Music. There was a lot of crossover songs before genres were so rigidly defined. Slick Rick's 2nd album, Jungle Brothers' (We're gonna house you), Queen Latifah's first 90's album. I don't think "4 on the floor" means there are no kicks that are syncopated but just that all the 1's have a kick on it. Whether those songs are 4 on the floor, or not, my point was that Manny may have perceived Kanye to be more revolutionary or original than he was because he only had a surface knowledge of the body of work produced by Hip-Hop. Kanye is unique as an artist, and a person, but the things Manny named in this interview saying Kanye was the one that started those things he was mostly wrong about. I like his mixes, though. And Kanye's earlier production work, too, but I don't have much patience for people who use ghostwriters and still act like they are emcees.
Not before through the wire, before stronger *
Finally!!
Muy simpático Manny! Me encantó la entrevista
That PL on the floor is killing me
I remember Nappy Roots well, was dope
Quite remarkable to hear those stories of early Kanye years
DEAD WAX IS BAX
Yes! More dead wax!!!!
No southern hip-hop before Nappy Roots?! Love Nappy, don't get me wrong. But Ghetto Boys and Scarface? UGK? Devin da Dude?
I think by southern, he means "country" hip hop.
19:34 the perfect LUF was walking in the room?
Just to let you know….. the moment you broke down what 4 on the floor was i subscribed
This is my first time tuning in thank you
Floor on the four 👁️ 👄 👁️
He needs to write a book about it
How does he clock his hours and make sure he gets paid accordingly ?
A DEAD WAX EPISODEEEE!!!!!!!
Haven’t watched one of these in a minute. Why oh why did you guys switch to headset mics? It sounds like a phone interview, that insanely compressed, no bottom end, super boxy. Please dear god switch back to lavs or fixed position condensers or something, so it sounds like an interview in a studio rather than a sportscast 😅
this is cinema
Love it
this is so fire. but the mic you recorded this on is like blasphemy for an interview with a mix engineer 😂 forgive me
Such a good video
No Limit, Cash Money, Pastor Troy, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Lil Wyte, Goodie Mob and Outkast were popular before Nappy Roots. There are many more too.
This was fucking wonderful
If he's getting his mix to -9 LUFS, then he's essentially mastering it. There is no headroom left....
Teezio sends his at -7 to mastering.
@@moxictasculinity-7 is mastered
Hes on about lufs…
If you listen to alot of the top newer hip hop tracks, they don't care and neither does the listener tbh no one notices unless it's really bad
@@moxictasculinity -7 DB, not lufs lmao, also that's likely when he's pushing into his limiter, which he takes off before sending to mastering
Where did you get that laptop table? I need like 3 of those asap
dope Hip Hop artists/producers: Diamond D, Havoc, Large Professor, Kool Keith and most of all: Q-TIP
There were 26 mixes of this track done (by a variety of mixers) iirc...
Stronger sounds like its from an alien planet and were just getting the frequency transcribed through us through the antenna of kanye
For all those people that want to whine about Kanye, how about you focus on what Manny Marroquin is saying instead? He's one of the wisest and most humble guys in the business. And he says things here that transcend music.
Personally, I don't get the current tendency to see people as totally bad based on a few actions. It seems like a juvenile and naive view of morality to me. I'm not a fan of things Kanye has said, done, or tweeted either. But that doesn't mean he's not interesting to hear about an artist and a personality. The world just isn't that fucking simple.
a few actions....as if Kanye just one day started being horrible Nazi lol that shit was somewhat persisting since....maybe 2017, that's when the crack started to show when (supposedly) Rick Rubin showed him Candice Owen videos
While what you're saying is true, the first 7 mins are just hyping a VERY problematic and antisemitic person. Many people including me are just going to turn it off at that point.
I resumed a bit later and it was okay, but that first impression is just... I didn't want to be part of that.
@@r0flgal0re they're hyping someone who has legitimate reasons to be hyped. Nothing there to "not want to be a part of". Going around calling people problematic like all that matters is what you don't like about them. Lame as shit.
Ignoring a problem makes you a part of another problem. You can be indifferent instead of “picking sides”. The word ‘ignore’ stems from ignorance. Imagine if we all ignored Hitler.
There are so many incredible artists, inventors, philosophers who can teach us so much, who have provided us with so much... if all we do is break them down to their flaws, we'd gain nothing.... In regards to Kanye, dude, this song was made in 2007, he wasn't saying the things he did in 2022 back then. Different person and there's nothing wrong with admiring his work.
MID-AIR THIEF YESSSSS
Speaking of some cool Korean bands,,, check out Silicagel, Hyukoh & parannoul! They’re in the middle of what Korean culture is calling the band boom.
Hyukoh!
manny my new hero
te amo manny marroquin
yeaaaahhhhhh
Amazing.
oh, it's pronounced "marrokwinn"! damn, thanx
I am so incredibly early right now
lit
I miss the professor in the educational moments. (No offence, Jack. lol)
gem
Larson Trafficway
Awesome
Could you please add subtitles?
Who's the guys with the moustache? 🕵️
Damn! my Goat was really HIM
Love this interview. Hate the way his mic sounds.
kanye wasn't 19 during blueprint lol he was 23.
He didn’t say the black album he said during blueprint 1 sessions
@@thedozenclub yeah fair
Guys, this is a channel on music production and y'all's mic setup is wack. But otherwise dig the content. Thanks.
Timbaland mixed the final version stronger to make it knock more
Edwin Birdsong's Cola Bottle Shaped Girl is the Kanye Song and the Daft Punk song. Like other people didn't write Kanye's lyrics? I'm not saying he is not a good producer, but making the distinction like writing lyrics is the difference btw him and Dre and Timbaland is ridiculous. What about RZA? Pete Rock? J-Dilla? Large Professor? Diamond D? Eric Sermon? Basically, every member of Heiro, Daz, Warren G? Manny may be legendary as a mixer but if you don't know Hip-Hop, mixing an album for Kanye doesn't make you an expert in that. Kanye was not the first successful rapper who makes beats by any stretch of the imagination. To call him a rapper is actually a stretch, in my opinion.
Thank you Manny for the GEMS and thank you Dead Wax for the great interview. So many b*tthurt people in the comment section about Kanye when so many gems were dropped by Manny lol, it's so sad how soft people got on the internet...