I imagine drums first is easier if you’re working with an MPC?

I do Kik and snare/perc/clap etc first, then everything else comes later.

Some times i do all the drums right there but sometimes i gotta lay down a melody/ flip before i go further wit the drums.

Do you use a metronome?

Because he has an amazing ear for samples I thought he just kinda builds the drums over them

For sure you right

Drums are weird like I can’t imagine in my head how the song will sound like with just the drums but I can with the melody

Lol having an amazing ear doesn’t change the order tho.

For guys like that it usually goes they’ll dig through the crates and find an amazing sample. And then before chopping it they’ll play out some drums so they can chop the sample over those drums

But I can link an interview about his process if you want

Now that I think about it you can just watch Rhythm Roulette and see how they work

The legend doing drums first

I think I got it it’s drums first if you working with MPC

When you MPC you mean beatpad? Cus 9th using a Maschine in that video

redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/madlib-king-of-the-beats

Madlib discusses his process and doing drums first always

Great find btw. This essentially the process for most sample based producer

They dig through vinyls til they find the one

They set up the drums to get the groove

Then they chop the sample over the drums

That’s what I mean

I learned a lot about producing from this series

Weirdest I’ve seen was Oh No who chose to sample cassettes and said it’s what he prefers

if the melody not fire it’s not gonna hit for me

Bassline first

Sample/Melody

Depends. I think that the drums are more essential than anything when it comes to Trap beats because they usually don't have much of a melody. Everything else should start with the melody and go from there

You say that tho as if most sample/boom bap producers don’t do drums first.

Lol there’s no rules bruh

For those of you who swear you know more than the actual artist making careers out of music.

@5 min mark
“I start with the music first before the drum programming which is very unorthodox because most hip hop producers start with the drum programming first”

Obviously there’s no rules to making music but I’m highly surprised by how many of y’all are saying s*** like “doing drums first makes no sense” “you should only do drums first if it’s trap only that”

It’s like y’all sit here and invent your own rules of what you think is the “correct way” even tho it contradicts what most professionals are doing. Doing things your way is perfectly fine but stop acting like it’s a rule and any other way is pointless

No you’re just not creative / talented