How to Play Better Old School Hip Hop Beats

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @8020drummer
    @8020drummer  3 года назад +41

    Guys if you're wondering why I didn't teach the *exact* beat Chris played with Lupe, it's because I was going from memory, and trying to show you an "average" hip hop beat, and thought of that song as an example of that type of beat. Hindsight 80/20, I would've reviewed the recording a little before shooting 🤷‍♂️

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex 3 года назад

      should've*

    • @8020drummer
      @8020drummer  3 года назад +6

      @@andredeketeleastutecomplex I stand by "would have". Let history judge us both 😜

    • @mauricenitro
      @mauricenitro 3 года назад

      What are the cymbals you use for your hi hat

    • @guypiechoczek880
      @guypiechoczek880 3 года назад +3

      don't cross yourself man, it was a stellar vid - keep up the good battery beatage!

    • @kkthedrummer8999
      @kkthedrummer8999 3 года назад +1

      Hip Hop where I come from in the Bronx cedar park my brother icon the late Dj Kojack when I did my first recording and not know about copyright and credit I drum on many of hip hop albums that is why I about to make noise I getting my lawyer to get my credit for the track I play in the 80'z

  • @RobBeatdownBrown
    @RobBeatdownBrown 3 года назад +89

    PROOOOPER lesson, bruh 🏆 Dilla beats been butchered out here mo’ times than whole cows! 🐮

    • @blakenunndrums
      @blakenunndrums 3 года назад +1

      Hahaha! I absolutely love you, your sense of humor, your passion, and support of others. You're a FANTASTIC player and educator! Someone to strive to be as a proper drummer! Much respect and love!

    • @8020drummer
      @8020drummer  3 года назад +5

      Thanks Rob!

    • @blakenunndrums
      @blakenunndrums 3 года назад +4

      @@8020drummer Same goes for you, brother! I highly respect and appreciate you, as well as Rob, as my top online educators. You're both not only great players and educators; but great human beings as well! Thanks for all you do! Happy drumming!

    • @Juline1221
      @Juline1221 3 года назад +1

      Def gonna check your channel out

    • @dadecountyboos
      @dadecountyboos 2 года назад

      keys jingle, thats why they call it the change
      Time folds, thats why most musicians are broke.

  • @rosiemurray2611
    @rosiemurray2611 3 года назад +9

    10:07 hey look it's the intro!

  • @robsteele8689
    @robsteele8689 3 года назад +2

    The man did his homework and gave a respectful nod to the roots of it all.. knows where HE came from as well as THE GROOVE.
    It's just a shame that even as recent as the late 80s , when I was fortunate enough to record LIVE DRUM SESSIONS to be sampled for DEF JAM RECORDS at the legendary Chung King Studios with Genius Producer POSITIVE K at the controls... it was considered "JUST" a DRUM BEAT .. not given the creative respect it deserves until very creative producer/ artists like TIMBALAND started getting a million dollars per beat ...
    Now don't get me wrong, I'm not bitching and moaning and placing myself in some high-up category I knew my place and I was paid for 4 MI time I'm talkin about the unsung heroes back in the day drummers that had no idea of the impact they were going to make in the future... those groundbreakers that were being sampled like crazy and not getting any Financial compensation in the whole Rebirth / Resurgence of the heart and soul contribution to Timeless Grooves. At best if anybody made money it the person holding the publishing rights which were probably swindled from the original artists in the first place

  • @milocero
    @milocero Год назад

    you nailed the swing man, awesome job

  • @ben5660-k8t
    @ben5660-k8t 3 года назад +5

    YES! YES! YES! Exactly what im looking for. Stay hip Nate.

  • @blakenunndrums
    @blakenunndrums 3 года назад +2

    INCREDIBLE lesson! SO many good aspects to consider in this episode. Demonstrated and explained flawlessly! This will be one that will age well, and ppl will be studying for years to come. Excellent work, brother! Much respect!

  • @jeffwaters2470
    @jeffwaters2470 3 года назад +2

    Hey nate - thank you, the better i get the more you teach me. Locking into some nate smith and dj scratch. I got a lot out of your lesson. Thank you!

  • @addradz
    @addradz 3 года назад +1

    Sliced and diced! So sharp, loved that dissection with so many answers to many so questions we all had. Thank you!

  • @poserp
    @poserp 3 года назад +1

    The pick-up kick (generally notated as two sixteenths) is important for many of the old-school beats, which sampled stuff like "Impeach The President", "It's A New Day", various Kool And The Gang songs, "Synthetic Substitution", and other stuff from that period when those were a central part of many funk beats. For example, Otis Redding's "Too Hard To Handle" -- ruclips.net/video/xk7Y0W-AI7U/видео.html

    • @poserp
      @poserp 3 года назад +1

      Er, I mean, "Hard To Handle"...

    • @poserp
      @poserp 3 года назад +1

      Oh, and, the pick-up triplet on the hi-hat leading into the "one" -- basically three sixteenths where the third sixteenth lands on the "one".

    • @poserp
      @poserp 3 года назад +1

      A good example of that one is "God Made Me Funky" by the Headhunters.

  • @lajeanette33
    @lajeanette33 3 года назад +2

    Hi, it as absolutely nothing to do with this lesson, but i wanted to thank from the bottom of my heart for making me discover Hiatus Kayote (on a another video about hip hop i think) and i’ve been in love ever since. The new album made me think about you, so again a huge thanks 😊👍
    Cheers from Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • @Juline1221
    @Juline1221 3 года назад +1

    I don't even play drums but this helps with my production tons thanks. Def need to get better with my drums

  • @smacksalad
    @smacksalad 3 года назад +7

    Always giving me ideas for my drum programming, thanks man!

  • @Doublebasist
    @Doublebasist 3 года назад

    Great show Nate thanks. I love playing hip hop beats so I have some things to try tomorrow everyone goes out the house.

  • @dikbeats2720
    @dikbeats2720 3 года назад +1

    Nate.. seriously cool lesson man.. peace.. keep it up man, I love how u keep heavy theory light hearted and amusing! U r a good teacher.

  • @A.ChristopherJohnson
    @A.ChristopherJohnson Год назад

    Great lesson B.

  • @stakesishigh577
    @stakesishigh577 Год назад

    remember playing these beats on a drum set will never be the same. The beats are coming from a drum machine that are programmed to sound a unique way.

  • @Matthew-e3u7r
    @Matthew-e3u7r 3 года назад +12

    My name is Nate / My drumming's really great / No need for click bait /
    With a groove that's pretty as f... [ Shoulder Angel Nate: "Whoa! Dude, keep it clean!" ]

  • @simonrobinson4392
    @simonrobinson4392 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic lesson, thanks

    • @babyyb0i
      @babyyb0i 2 месяца назад

      yo who is the dude in the middle on the thumbnail? i forgot his name

  • @MrTisjeboy
    @MrTisjeboy 3 года назад

    Really like the off beat quarter triplet HH. Transcription was also very useful!

  • @donnieolaughlin1758
    @donnieolaughlin1758 Год назад

    I don't even really particularly care for hip hop I mean well okay I'll tell you this good music is good music I have a little bit of different preferences but I did watch this whole video because I like the way that Nate explains nuances and next level advice in his videos.

  • @mark52111
    @mark52111 2 года назад

    Hey Nate, excellent video! Would also be great to hear you analyze and break down some of the New Orleans drummers and grooves like Zigaboo Modeliste on “Cissy Strut”.

  • @aguy65656
    @aguy65656 3 года назад +1

    Great vid Nate! Would be cool to see you breakdown some of Billy Cobham’s stuff sometime.

  • @InYourDreams-Andia
    @InYourDreams-Andia 3 года назад

    The best, re visited! The orig is one of my all time faves, but this is ...beastly :)

  • @jasdog
    @jasdog 3 года назад

    I love your videos even more, you have made a great improvement in production quality, content is extremely helpful like always :)

  • @aldofloresesq
    @aldofloresesq Год назад

    Excellent.

  • @tojafato
    @tojafato 3 года назад

    I always learn something from these videos...🎼💯🥁 thanks man 👍🤓

  • @TonesT4
    @TonesT4 2 года назад

    This video is super helpful mah man! 😊❤

  • @benjaminleach8582
    @benjaminleach8582 3 года назад

    ThanksMan, this was really helpful.

  • @teilzeittrommler
    @teilzeittrommler 3 года назад

    this lesson is as excellent as the snare sound. which snare-model and which drumhead did you play in the video? thanks a lot

  • @TheStudioDrummer
    @TheStudioDrummer 3 года назад

    That skip note beat is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @rockstarjazzcat
    @rockstarjazzcat 3 года назад

    Drum Nate ACTIVATED! Helpful. Thanks Drum Nate!

  • @push_palo
    @push_palo 3 года назад

    he played my playlist. mentioned my favorite drummers, Justin Tyson *Glasper
    subscribedddddd

  • @123unhooked
    @123unhooked 3 года назад

    This is THE video. Thank you!

  • @bjlindelieff3834
    @bjlindelieff3834 3 года назад

    Very nice!!!!!!!!!!

  • @tavismaplesden
    @tavismaplesden 3 года назад +13

    Hip hop guys just have a different feel. Hard to learn

  • @facksvillain2296
    @facksvillain2296 3 года назад

    This video is super dope!!!

  • @aRnBStar
    @aRnBStar 8 месяцев назад

    3:48 to 3:52 is the thang we wanna listen

  • @alexeyvlasov8790
    @alexeyvlasov8790 3 года назад

    Cool stuff! Really;) Thanks!

  • @bobbyborg
    @bobbyborg 3 года назад

    Hey Eldon, cool video

  • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
    @dmgsoultogetherness6667 3 года назад

    Come back dave 🤗🤗

  • @WollSockenTraeger
    @WollSockenTraeger 3 года назад +8

    For more nerd credit - say „boombap“ (90‘s hiphop) instead of „old school“ (run dmc and other 80‘s stuff). Keep it up :) greetings from berlin

    • @genderfluids6448
      @genderfluids6448 3 года назад +1

      It's fine. As long he's not calling it "lofi".

    • @MarkQuick0411
      @MarkQuick0411 3 года назад

      Or East Coast 90s era Hip Hop has jazzy samples
      Southern Hip Hop has a lot of Trap Hi Hat style club
      West Coast is align with Funk samples

  • @_beatslayer_
    @_beatslayer_ 3 года назад

    Killer Nate! Is it fair to say the offset 1/4 note triplet is between the sextuplet? If so, then you could diddle the 1/4 note triplet then get comfortable with just hitting the second note of the diddle (which would be helpful for guys like me who need some sort of referential algorithm and not just "feel" - at least as the starting point).

  • @elijah1110
    @elijah1110 3 года назад

    awesome vid

  • @Emirimol
    @Emirimol 3 года назад

    Great video! Thanks! Just a Q: what do you think about Anomalie beats? I hear them as Dilla beats (somtheing like Chris Dave), but more cuantiziced (as in 5plets swing)...

  • @jcbozich
    @jcbozich 3 года назад

    Percussion success = Dynamics Dynamics Dynamics

  • @BenjaminGoude
    @BenjaminGoude 3 года назад +1

    A good Dilla beat is right after the first chorus in Return To Me by Reign of Kindo.

  • @ajk1989
    @ajk1989 3 года назад

    Thanks for posting this - really cleared some things up for me!

  • @t3hgir
    @t3hgir 3 года назад

    nice pocket here!

  • @thejula3695
    @thejula3695 3 года назад +1

    What snare do you play ?

  • @peterpiper0815
    @peterpiper0815 3 года назад

    superdope! Thanks.

  • @thomasnichol4138
    @thomasnichol4138 2 года назад

    I'm stealing all of this.

  • @leonardoziche6816
    @leonardoziche6816 3 года назад

    13:14
    Kinda like jd beckward
    Genius

  • @larrylar2112
    @larrylar2112 3 года назад

    I can see why you broke out the nice hats for this. Bravo!

  • @babyyb0i
    @babyyb0i 2 месяца назад

    yo who is the dude in the middle on the thumbnail? i forgot his name

  • @jean-pierremarinalonzo3204
    @jean-pierremarinalonzo3204 3 года назад

    Cool 🤩

  • @jcbozich
    @jcbozich 3 года назад

    Probably obvious to most, just not me. What IS the opening theme song?

  • @jessyruel3006
    @jessyruel3006 3 года назад

    Eric B. and Rakim
    *drop the mic

  • @rafaelcarvalho3928
    @rafaelcarvalho3928 3 года назад

    Bom demais!

  • @tmmyt2005
    @tmmyt2005 3 года назад

    Hey Nate when you play the offbeat quarter-note triplets at the end are you pushing the snare forward slightly, like an eighth-note triplet or something? Because normally the snare would line right up with the hats on those on 2 & 4 a la Everybody Wants To Rule The World, correct? Not sure what I’m missing.

    • @8020drummer
      @8020drummer  3 года назад +2

      It lines up with the snare when it begins on the last triplet of the phrase, but it comes one sextuplet after the snare when it begins on the last sextuplet of the phrase.

    • @tmmyt2005
      @tmmyt2005 3 года назад

      That’s exactly what my drummer friend told me. Thanks Nate! Love your channel even though I’m not a drummer.

  • @mikehawk9461
    @mikehawk9461 3 года назад +1

    Where can I get get these esp shirts?

    • @8020drummer
      @8020drummer  3 года назад

      I'd message these guys - facebook.com/Electronic-Sound-Percussion-112904718748693/

  • @rAdam1980
    @rAdam1980 3 года назад

    Thanks :)

  • @neilhiggins1755
    @neilhiggins1755 3 года назад

    Quantization artifact????

  • @alsv83
    @alsv83 3 года назад +3

    The problem playing with "musicians" is they all wanna stand out. The best thing about playing with musicians is, what they all want is for the music to be heard. Someone probably said that, I don't give hoot who. Serve the music, not yourself people. EDIT: If you like sports. It's a team effort, even if you're the star. Play together, because thats that your musicians have to to do if you're the star. You're a team, stop doing stupid stuff.

  • @jessyruel3006
    @jessyruel3006 3 года назад

    i don't think shuffle is more or less the first and last stroke of a triplet, it's Exactly it, period.

    • @debnlinda
      @debnlinda 3 года назад

      Not really, septuplet swing is what a lot of people are looking for so it depends.

  • @mancavemusician
    @mancavemusician 3 года назад +2

    Or, get an 808 / RD8 😉

  • @RCorinti
    @RCorinti 3 года назад

    🙏🏿

  • @timekeep3r
    @timekeep3r 3 года назад

    What a hunkkk

  • @jackbrown3270
    @jackbrown3270 3 года назад

    that off beat shit is hard for my brain to compute lol

  • @donnieolaughlin1758
    @donnieolaughlin1758 Год назад

    Smash that like button

  • @Heathensrule
    @Heathensrule 3 года назад

    You’re just flossin! Lol. Dang

  • @jonblachley1911
    @jonblachley1911 Год назад

    Fix your Hip Hop: find another jb

  • @Aande40
    @Aande40 3 года назад

    Ey

  • @starduststereo
    @starduststereo 3 года назад

    googles ableton beat repeat effect

  • @thomasfrost1352
    @thomasfrost1352 3 года назад +3

    Good video. I feel like the Dilla interpretation has become so popular and somewhat appropriated these days what with the quintuplet interp and what-not. This was a good video with good research and you refrained from saying “drunk.” THANK YOU that shit makes me cringe.

    • @gcharocks
      @gcharocks 3 года назад

      Why is being inspired by something without necessarily knowing the history a bad thing?

    • @t3hgir
      @t3hgir 3 года назад

      @@gcharocks ignorance is never bliss

    • @brendonmasters
      @brendonmasters 3 года назад +1

      A year of two tall cans a day DID NKTHJNF FKR MY DILLA BEATS

    • @gcharocks
      @gcharocks 3 года назад

      @@t3hgir lol

  • @leandrosinco
    @leandrosinco 3 года назад

    Would love to see you go in depth with these types of grooves and unpack them more instead of just glossing over

  • @warpedmetalhead
    @warpedmetalhead 3 года назад +1

    Hah! I caught you, you actually can play like a human afterall!!

  • @williamstrist9300
    @williamstrist9300 3 года назад

    Hey interesting music !!! Maybe you should sing on a Instrumental by #WETHEDAWQS! Me and my friends think you would sound amazing together.

  • @maksimusthedrummer6236
    @maksimusthedrummer6236 3 года назад

    6:40 couldn't you just play the hi hat with your left hand?

    • @Sundaydrumday
      @Sundaydrumday 3 года назад +2

      Ya we all know your trolling the interwebs looking for any reason to complain...about anything...maybe he can or maybe he can't? Either way why not just support him or don't say nothing at all?
      I mean what are you lookin for him to profess his ambidextrous troubles just for you to feel better about yourself? If he even has them to begin with maybe he just likes the tambourine in that part and feels better

    • @maksimusthedrummer6236
      @maksimusthedrummer6236 3 года назад

      @@Sundaydrumday Fair point, my friend, fair point

  • @lecapitole5663
    @lecapitole5663 3 года назад

    hi hehehe

  • @DanSharpDrummingChannel
    @DanSharpDrummingChannel 3 года назад

    yeah cause hip hop beats are drum machines...

    • @AfferbeckBeats
      @AfferbeckBeats 3 года назад

      Few styles of hip hop use drum machine sounds, none of which are discussed in this video. With sampled and sequenced hip hop beats there's a huge range of variety in tone and feel depending on how it's sampled and how it's sequenced and processed.

  • @JoeGriertkjjlolCC
    @JoeGriertkjjlolCC 2 года назад

    Playing hip hop is a feel, it's just not Playing a beat. It has to move and that's something that can't be taught. I can hear your Playing but I can't feel the groove.

  • @StuBotNYC
    @StuBotNYC 3 года назад

    You use stakes is high as the first example? That was De La Souls worst album from that time, and the last album of theirs I bought. Jeez, there's so many better examples by them or others

  • @_blueboy95_
    @_blueboy95_ 3 года назад

    Put some natural stank on it bruhh
    U look too serious and focused

  • @pissilwhippa
    @pissilwhippa 3 года назад

    second lol

  • @georgebirddrums
    @georgebirddrums 3 года назад

    SMH

  • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
    @andredeketeleastutecomplex 3 года назад +2

    Hip Hop is just a slow funk beat with the emphasis on the snare/clap.

    • @MarkQuick0411
      @MarkQuick0411 3 года назад +1

      I’d say hip hop has differing styles
      Some have no drums and straight sample
      South has more emphasis on club trap hi hats

  • @jessyruel3006
    @jessyruel3006 3 года назад +1

    There's pretty much no dynamic at all in hip hop beats, everything is at the same level...hence jazz drummers struggle 😂

  • @nonamedelaplaya83
    @nonamedelaplaya83 3 года назад

    You talk too Much

  • @j.d.7208
    @j.d.7208 3 года назад

    No thanks hip hop is complete trash

    • @AfferbeckBeats
      @AfferbeckBeats 3 года назад +2

      An entire broad-ranging 40+ year old genre that can pull from any other genre is complete trash? Any drummer should be able to appreciate hip hop and the funk, soul and jazz that it's intertwined with. Any drummer that doesn't... is complete trash.

  • @kkthedrummer8999
    @kkthedrummer8999 3 года назад +1

    I think you should do more research on hip hop because you not playing hip hop at all I don't hear James Brown I hear jazz yes but spankly or Chris dill not hip hop

    • @AfferbeckBeats
      @AfferbeckBeats 3 года назад +1

      He's talking about the 90s jazzy boom bap era of hip hop beats, and the kind of 'neo jazz hop' or whatever silly name people want to use for the modern style of J Dilla inspired drumming.