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YouTube tutorials will have you spending so much time trying to find the perfect vocal chain that you will completely forget how far you can get with just an EQ and a compressor.

Knee deep in mixing this new illogic album and it’s going well so far.

Some people never take chances because they want a guarantee that it’s gonna work out before they start, but life doesn’t work that way. You don’t get the benefits if you don’t show up.

Make it first, then make it better.

No matter how many beats I make, there will always be a certain part of sampling that amazes me. The way songs and genres of music that people would never think about can be transformed into hip-hop when a hip-hop producer gets ahold of them. Just messing around with a gospel sample. Hope y'all dig it. On Tour: 12/12/2026 - Oakland, CA 01/14/2027 - Green Bay, WI 01/15/2027 - Madison, WI 01/16/2027 - Des Moines, IA 01/17/2027 - Omaha, NE 01/19/2027 - Fort Collins, CO 01/20/2027 - Grand Junction, CO 01/22/2027 - Boise, ID 01/23/2027 - Bozeman, MT 01/24/2027 - Spokane, WA 01/26/2027 - Vancouver, BC 01/28/2027 - Eugene, OR 01/29/2027 - Reno, NV 01/30/2027 - Park City, UT 02/01/2027 - Tucson, AZ 02/04/2027 - Kansas City, MO 02/05/2027 - Joliet, IL 02/06/2027 - Rockford, IL 02/07/2027 - Minneapolis, MN Hit the linktree on my profile for tickets! #beatmaker #akaimpcsample #boombaphiphop

If you ever stop feeling the love and spark for something that used to bring you joy, the first thing you need to do is go back to doing it how you did it at the beginning. There’s a reason you fell in love with it.

I needed a change from sampling rock and soundtracks and decided to grab a stack of gospel records that I hadn't listened to in a very long time. Oddly enough, I found this sample on a record that I've had forever, but didn't really hear it the first time around. It's funny how as time passes, our ears change. Records that used to grab me don't grab me anymore, while records that never grabbed me before grab me now. Last week, I fell into real beat-making groove, so I'm getting more confident that I'll get to 100 total beats by the end of the year. At any rate, this is MPC Sample beat #51. Let me know if y'all dig it in the comments. On Tour: 12/12/26 Oakland, CA 1/14/2027 - Green Bay, WI 1/15/2027 - Madison, WI 1/16/2027 - Des Moines, IA 1/17/2027 - Omaha, NE 1/19/2027 - Fort Collins, CO 1/20/2027 - Grand Junction, CO 1/26/2027 - Vancouver, BC 1/28/2027 - Eugene, OR 1/29/2027 - Reno, NV 1/30/2027 - Park City, UT 2/07/2027 - Minneapolis, MN Hit the linktree on my profile for tickets! . . . #beatmaker #akaimpcsample #boombaphiphop

Thank you🙏🏿🙏🏿

Messing with this MPC sample so much lately has really made me revisit and appreciate DJ Premier’s work even more. He made so much classic material with machines like this and his ear was crazy.

I feel like once I started paying for Zoom the quality of the product went downhill immediately.

Oakland, CA - I'm coming your way on Saturday, December 12th! Get your tickets asap and I will see y'all there! Y'all ready?! Tickets: bit.ly/bpoakland

Me and @illogic614's discussing the difference between the Akai MPC Sample and the Roland SP-404 MK2. They're similar in many ways but I think the biggest difference is what each machine was intended to do. I am curious about what any other producers think about this topic, so hit me in the comments with your thoughts. Shot by @visionaire_4d , , , #beatmaker #boombaphiphop #akaimpcsample #beatmakerlife #sp404mk2

Killed it on punchline academy without a curse word or a punchline.

Album mode has officially been activated. See y’all in 2027!

When you sign up to be one of the twelve openers on show, you are setting yourself up to play in front of a wack crowd. Just seeing the flyer makes the ppl who do come out, less receptive because all the openers.

MPC Sample Beat #44 - A few days ago, I had my guys @illogic614 and @visionaire_4d over the house and got to show them the basic features of the MPC Sample. We all have SP-404's so I was trying to point out the major differences between both machines, which in may ways have the same functions. But in my opinion, the biggest difference between these two machines is their intent. In my opinion, the SP-404 mk2 is a standalone beat performance instrument that is in a class of it's own when it comes to performing your music. You can make beats on it, and many producers make great beats on it, but I never felt like it was optimized for that as much as it being a beat performance instrument. The MPC Sample, in my opinion, is a stripped-down and highly optimized sample-based beat machine. The workflow is super easy that it gets you from idea to execution really quickly, but it isn't really made for beat sets or performing your beats like the 404. You could probably play a live set with it, but it's not for that. This is why I don't think producers with the 404 should try to "replace it" with the MPC Sample--they are for two different things and are excellent when used as they were intended. Many producers will disagree with me and i look forward to hearing your opinion in the comments. As far as beat-making workflow, the MPC Sample is the better machine to me. But as far as beat sets and performances, the 404 is in its own class. Just my two cents. What do y'all think? This was the beat I played for my guys when they stopped by to talk about this. Let me know what y'all think of the beat. Winter Carnival Tour dates (Atmosphere, Soul of Mischief, Mac Lethal, Blueprint): 1/14/2027 - Green Bay, WI 1/15/2027 - Madison, WI 1/16/2027 - Des Moines, IA 1/17/2027 - Omaha, NE 1/19/2027 - Fort Collins, CO 1/20/2027 - Grand Junction, CO 1/26/2027 - Vancouver, BC 1/28/2027 - Eugene, OR 1/29/2027 - Reno, NV (* no Souls of Mischief) 1/30/2027 - Park City, UT 2/07/2027 - Minneapolis, MN Tickets at laylo.com/rhymesayers/m/uF3L… . . . #boombap #akaimpcsample #beatmakerlife #boombaphiphop

Dope. I think I've only played in Des Moines once or twice and it was back in the mid-2000's so this will pretty much be like my first visit there! Will see you there!