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I'm a huge Smokey Robinson fan, but most of the records I have are old and pretty scratched up and crackly, so I was quite excited when I heard this isolated bassline with Smokey crooning over it and no big crackles or skips.
This was definitely something I could only do in Ableton. I sliced the bassline up and stared finding little grooves within the groove and played a pattern I liked. Since it was kinda this bouncy up-tempo kinda thing, I made my snares hit hard but with much more reverb than I usually do. I guess it was kind of a Timbaland and Neptunes influenced vibe. I could definitely hear Missy or Busta over this one.
I actually recreated this with just Ableton and a controller for a live beat set once and blew everyone away, since I learned to play the drum pattern and the sample pattern at the same time with no sequencing. This version is sequenced though.I had to practice a lot to pull that off

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from 52 Beat Pickup 3: TRIPS Part 3 "The River", released March 7, 2019
Produced by Spread

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Spread Chicago, Illinois

Spread is a producer, DJ, MC, mixing engineer, and overall musical maniac.
He has DJ'd for legendary MCs and has been producing his own brand of unique hip hop for almost 20 years now.
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Spread lived in Oakland, California for 15 years and now resides in Chicago, Illinois, performing there and all over the universe. ... more

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