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  1. M

    Question About The Basics Of Sampling?????

    That is exactly how i started, just finding loops. Then later I chopped the loops up so I could change the melody. Now I'm at a point where I hear a stab there and a hit there and I know how to use them to make a beat. But dont chop for the sake of chopping. finding and using good loops is...
  2. M

    Digging: Crap/Jewel ratio.....

    I agree. I have used every record i have. Sometimes you listent o a record the first time and you dont hear anything worth using. Then you listen to it again two months later and you find yourself making 10 beats of that record. Digging is a beautiful thang.
  3. M

    Who u think Is The Greatest Hip Hop Producer

    1) Pete rock - His use of samples is too nice 2) Primo - No one can chop samples like him + his very consistant 3) Dre - pure artistic vision 4) Prince Paul - He came with some revolutionary stuff on De la souls' Three Feet High and Rising 5) Rjd2 + Madlib - For plain creativity and pushing...
  4. M

    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    Thanx. Nuff said.
  5. M

    Does anyone actually rate Dizze Rascals beats?

    What I have heard sucks. Plus that video for the "he's just a rasacal , dizzie rascal" is just bad.
  6. M

    How many producers here used to rhyme?

    A lot of the producers I know used to be emcees who wanted more control over their work, like they wanted to make dope beats for themselves to rhyme to. Funny thing is , they all stopped rhyming.
  7. M

    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    I am a mix. Half Tswana, Half Xhosa. The Xhosa are the second largest nation, second only to the Zulu nation. Mandela is Xhosa. I speak Xhosa, mostly. Anyway , there are 11 official languages including english. Most black poeple are fluent in 4 or five languages and can understand most of the...
  8. M

    How many producers here used to rhyme?

    I used to rhyme a lot. I even won a redbull freestyle comp in my city. I stopped when I got in to beats. But I still write though.
  9. M

    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    Yes I am ( Africasgateway.com). It is a nice site, I check it out often. A pet lion would be cool.
  10. M

    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    I hear you. There was a time (long long long ago ) when I thought that America was like NWA music videos. Like, I thought that there was scattered ass, blunts and 40s everywhere. (lol) You said that The African countries look up to us. Well The whole world looks up to America. I mean I know...
  11. M

    50 Cents trip to Africa wasn't fun as Classic's

    Not to diss my American brothas and sistas , but when the likes of 50 cents come to Africa ( specifically South Africa) they always cause shi. e.g : Jarule almost got his ass kicked cause he dissed a south african rapper + his show was lame. But on the other hand some of Americans really...
  12. M

    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    Damn classic I am very impressed. Most the American guys I know think that out here we live in huts and that every kid has a pet lion. Its great to know that some poeple aren't so inexcusably ignorant. I hope you can make it here in june, I know you'll dig it. ( Check out Cape town) Peace...
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    Illmuzik hitting us all the way in Africa

    Wassup,my name is Mello (mellow). Illmuzik a very entertaining and informative site. My computer is not connected to the internet, I use my girls' one . So as long as her and I are cool, me and Illmuzik will be cool. I plan to post some of my beats up for feedback. but for now I would really...
  14. M

    What kind of Instruments do you use?

    sampled horns are too nice. plus some traditional african instruments for percusion. Oh... and if the human voice can be classified as an instrument then vocal samples are nice ( not sped up though, I'm just not good at that shi) I play guitar but, like shadeed, I dont really sample myself...
  15. M

    Question About The Basics Of Sampling?????

    1)I find a loop and cut it out using cool edit pro 2) Chop it up in acid and arrange it so it sounds the way I like ( 90 bpm) 3) Then add snares 4)Then add kicks 5) then bassline, coz I llike the kicks and the bass to go together if youKnowwhatImean. 6) Then Hats and any other percussion...
  16. M

    What Do You Do for a Living???

    Used to work at Mcdonalds, got fired! Now I draw comics, and do covers, posters , story boards for ads etc.
  17. M

    Im going to Africa

    I'm glad you enjoyed it here. I love Uganda, love all of Africa. But dont go sampling something from here and then try sell it back to us. You know that song " The lion sleeps tonight, Well some tourist jacked that of a South African dude, the tourist got rich and the South African guy died poor...
  18. M

    What Song Made You Want To Create Beats

    T.R.O.Y. - pete rock
  19. M

    Single Hits Needed!

    for sure. i hear you hoppa
  20. M

    Finding the notes to a sample....

    I use Acid pro to sequence. so what I do is I collect a whole lot of pure long bass notes, either I play them myself on my guitar or i sample them. The I listen to the (melody) sample a few times to find the bassline , then I reinforce it or make a bassline that complements it by taking the...
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