Just Blaze Unpacks His Samples For Beyoncé and Jay-Z | The Formula, S1E1

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In the first installment of our new video series The Formula, producer Just Blaze unpacks the drum-centric samples he created for Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Whether he's tapping out sampled drums or incorporating live drummers in the studio, his ability to harness energy is what makes his sound so dynamic.
Watch the second season early at npr.org/theformula
READ THE COMPANION ESSAY
"'I Hate You, Man': Questlove On Just Blaze's Maddening Genius" by Questlove
The Roots' drummer and Tonight Show bandleader picks apart exactly why fellow producer Just Blaze's talent for finding and flipping samples in unexpected combinations is both inspiring and infuriating. That essay is here: n.pr/39vDSWa
FULL SERIES PLAYLIST HERE
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CREDITS
Host: Rodney Carmichael; Producers: Nick Michael, CJ Riculan; Animator: CJ Riculan; Assistant Producer: Ben Naddaff-Hafrey; Director of Photography: Colin Marshall; Editors: Annabel Edwards, Nick Michael; Videographers: Annabel Edwards, Nickolai Hammar, Colin Marshall; Audio Recording Engineer: Nickolai Hammar; Audio Mix Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Supervising Producer: Nick Michael; Senior Producer: Abby O'Neill; Consulting Editor: Jacob Ganz; Managing Editor: Becky Lettenberger; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins, Lauren Onkey
MUSIC
"Hovi Baby," Jay-Z, The Blueprint 2 (2002)
"Shaft In Africa (Addis)," Johnny Pate, Shaft in Africa (1973)
"Show Me What You Got," Jay-Z, Kingdom Come (2006)
"Let Me Try," Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope (1969)
"Freedom," Beyoncé, Lemonade (2016)
"Rose Water", DJ Face [series theme track]
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  • @moneyman2200
    @moneyman22004 жыл бұрын

    Yea this is not a 5min type program here folk......these need to be 30 mins at minimum.

  • @nerdlarge4691

    @nerdlarge4691

    4 жыл бұрын

    moneyman2200 Well it’s a sample after all.

  • @beneaththesound

    @beneaththesound

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell em bro! I’m trying to learn!

  • @josephpullium5026

    @josephpullium5026

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't mind. It gets to the point.

  • @mikatteba225

    @mikatteba225

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @magbobskie3768

    @magbobskie3768

    4 жыл бұрын

    As someone whose producing and idolize some of the greatest to ever do, I can mos def say it's not a 5 minute process. Sometimes you create the idea and come back and have a whole day of idea making. Other days your creating like 6-13 beats a day. If I have the full thing in head, I put it down. Usually takes like 15 minutes. But thats like maybe 10% finished. Depending on how you start and the complexity of the beat.

  • @mikeberb
    @mikeberb4 жыл бұрын

    The drums on “Show me what you got” My Godddd 🔥🔥

  • @wesleysnipes8554

    @wesleysnipes8554

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tony Royster jr.

  • @iamLexxKelsey

    @iamLexxKelsey

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@wesleysnipes8554 Bam Alexander played it 1500 or nothing

  • @tinaamariee832

    @tinaamariee832

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sickening

  • @dirtiesontheleft8024

    @dirtiesontheleft8024

    3 жыл бұрын

    The best to ever do it. Hands down.

  • @fariatheg

    @fariatheg

    3 жыл бұрын

    20 years of pure goosebumps

  • @VConley
    @VConley4 жыл бұрын

    “Show me what you got” is one of my all time favorite tracks! I got chills when I first heard it. Blaze killed it! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @afarongordon
    @afarongordon4 жыл бұрын

    This video is dope more videos of music producers like this. Ryan Leslie, Timbaland, kaytranda etc ...

  • @RobertSlover

    @RobertSlover

    4 жыл бұрын

    programming software is not musicianship. ringing ears and calloused hands are good signs.....

  • @missgigip

    @missgigip

    4 жыл бұрын

    I vote for kaytranada

  • @missgigip

    @missgigip

    4 жыл бұрын

    rob slover dude are u going to comment this everywhere? U go do it and be better than all those mentioned above and just and then come back and critique

  • @RobertSlover

    @RobertSlover

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@missgigip repetition is a good learning tool. a lot of mouth breathers around....like people who make makeup tutorials....

  • @MrsCrazyrange

    @MrsCrazyrange

    4 жыл бұрын

    rob slover watch the 9th Wonder one

  • @nangosyahtom
    @nangosyahtom4 жыл бұрын

    They needed to give Just Blaze a whole Hour, he is really a beast

  • @StephenLee529
    @StephenLee5294 жыл бұрын

    He’s a genius...misunderstood a lot but that’s the price for greatness. I would pay for that show Just Blaze....

  • @sorawbeats
    @sorawbeats4 жыл бұрын

    Show me what you got still give me chills!! Them drums INSANE

  • @AdrianDunevein
    @AdrianDunevein4 жыл бұрын

    Love the way he makes his beats sound so human and natural, so you just cant tell there automation behind

  • @kwasigachie9374
    @kwasigachie93744 жыл бұрын

    Whoever does the visualizations for these... well done!

  • @donnytheflow
    @donnytheflow4 жыл бұрын

    I love everything Just Blaze has put out but without a doubt his most meaningful work to me comes from his collaboration on NBA Streets Vol. 2. Nothing but pure, raw sonic energy the entire play through. The level 2 game-breaker beat still gives me chills. No other video game experience gives me the feel that that one does and it's been 17 years! Much love and respect big homie JB!

  • @reggiethefather22

    @reggiethefather22

    2 жыл бұрын

    FACTS 💯💯💯

  • @naomiifly
    @naomiifly4 жыл бұрын

    Jussssstttt blazzzeeee

  • @RobertSlover

    @RobertSlover

    4 жыл бұрын

    no.

  • @laaa7833

    @laaa7833

    4 жыл бұрын

    rob slover lol 26 likes for that

  • @06pramodbhat

    @06pramodbhat

    4 жыл бұрын

    More like "Just Blaaaayze"

  • @wolfboy20

    @wolfboy20

    4 жыл бұрын

    Was hearing this even back in the early 2000s when i was still a kid! Dude is a beast on the mpcs!!

  • @yojimbe1980
    @yojimbe19804 жыл бұрын

    I like Jay Electronica's new album, but it would have been amazing if Just Blaze had some heat on it.

  • @andreswallace6706

    @andreswallace6706

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love that album also. I was so disappointed not to see Blaze on there.

  • @johnmickns

    @johnmickns

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah these cats aint workin for fishheads and rice no more and that mighta been what it came down to...

  • @MichaelBrown-ti1un

    @MichaelBrown-ti1un

    4 жыл бұрын

    Album needed a batter mix as well. Just Blaze and Young Guru, engineer, could've took that project to another level sonically. That project sounds like a glorified mixtape, as far as quality of beats and mixing.

  • @BaltzerBoy

    @BaltzerBoy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Michael Brown Young Guru did engineer it

  • @dr.strawberry5773

    @dr.strawberry5773

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BaltzerBoy yup. the mix is fine imo, typical grimy lo fi hip hop. i could have done without some of the jay electricity beats though

  • @goldplatnium
    @goldplatnium4 жыл бұрын

    So we just gonna pretend that hat brim isn’t extra large...

  • @CrossSM

    @CrossSM

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bruh that is true duck bill 😂💀

  • @madcep

    @madcep

    4 жыл бұрын

    The yankee with too much brim

  • @loopseeker

    @loopseeker

    4 жыл бұрын

    killed me

  • @TheParamedics1

    @TheParamedics1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Wurk__ beat me too it loool, you got a fireplace blaze? Throw that hat in there man 😂

  • @KennethBrownComics

    @KennethBrownComics

    4 жыл бұрын

    When I started watching this video I was hoping this comment would be in the comment section thank you for not letting me down

  • @RJNumber45
    @RJNumber454 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze is in my opinion, the greatest hiphop beatmaker of ALL time... his joints are timeless and have endless replay value..."What We Do" is IMO the greatest sounding hiphop recording ever made.. JustBlaze cooked up amazing joints for JayZ, Kanye West, Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Cam'ron, Saigon, Jay Electronica, Memphis Bleek, Dipset, Joe Budden, Fabolous, Maino, Eminem, Beyonce, T.I., etc..he's produced some of the greatest artists greatest songs...

  • @ApolloThyrteen
    @ApolloThyrteen4 жыл бұрын

    “Show me what you got” is speeding music.

  • @pjetrs
    @pjetrs4 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze productions are so organic and feel like there is a marching band playing it live. Bombastic.

  • @MichaelBrown-ti1un
    @MichaelBrown-ti1un4 жыл бұрын

    Segment's cool, but they forgot or omitted the fact that TLC's "Diggin on You" is the sample used for "Hovi Baby." That's a great flip by Just Blaze, and Hov's rhyme schemes on that joint are next level. Btw, never knew 1500 or Nothin' played the instruments on "Show Me What You Got." That whole production/musician squad is so dope.

  • @whagaman
    @whagaman4 жыл бұрын

    He says "last but not least" after the second track....give us all the tracks NPR! This one should be 10x longer

  • @blakelip3
    @blakelip34 жыл бұрын

    Madlib next

  • @imerflores1167

    @imerflores1167

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, Madlib! Man, this show is making me miss Dilla, R.I.P. Would have love to seen him on this.

  • @Bal2oTheOne

    @Bal2oTheOne

    4 жыл бұрын

    Madlib in this kind of video? I mean he already don't like to listen to his own stuff so...

  • @MateChocolate94

    @MateChocolate94

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you can even get a hold of him lol. Plus I think he's the type of magician to not reveal his secrets

  • @nightvisiontv1847

    @nightvisiontv1847

    4 жыл бұрын

    Madlib lib isn’t a real person. He’s an alien who only appears every blood moon.

  • @PPullMusic
    @PPullMusic4 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze is a GOAT and the visualisations in the video are immense.

  • @Angld003

    @Angld003

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Phillip The GOAT of what? Sampling? No sir...The Goats of that belongs to J. Dilla and Madlib!

  • @urinetrouble4999

    @urinetrouble4999

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Angld003 came here to say this. People throw around the term GOAT for everything now. It has lost meaning

  • @lakeithia7
    @lakeithia74 жыл бұрын

    “Show me what you got,” by far is one of the greatest Jay Z song’s I’ve ever heard

  • @GrandPrizeFitnesAJAY
    @GrandPrizeFitnesAJAY4 жыл бұрын

    The age of the creator. Our new focus on production is what waves we're on from here on. Deliberation and procedures matter. God bless these creative geniuses.

  • @imerflores1167
    @imerflores11674 жыл бұрын

    Love this NPR!!! Thank you. JUST BLAZE FOREVER!

  • @meunomeerique
    @meunomeerique4 жыл бұрын

    I loved this!! Wish it was a longer video, thanks NPR

  • @pattilightmayo
    @pattilightmayo3 жыл бұрын

    “What we do” is still my favorite Just Blaze junt.

  • @iwillmaceyou
    @iwillmaceyou3 жыл бұрын

    I love this series, but they need to be longer. I could watch hours of this.

  • @AmazingJayB51
    @AmazingJayB514 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze and the Blazettes would be incredible!

  • @thablackkat9905
    @thablackkat99054 жыл бұрын

    I love this series that NPR Music is doing. Please keep it coming!

  • @3STEEZ
    @3STEEZ4 жыл бұрын

    So dope, all three are personal fav tracks too! We need more of this! more producers breaking down the beats

  • @shanemckoy6123
    @shanemckoy61234 жыл бұрын

    Yea I definitely need more of his. Just blaze bring on the concert. Too legendary. has to happen.

  • @BryceRogers_
    @BryceRogers_4 жыл бұрын

    NPR knows exactly what I need at 4 AM. The prodigy Just Blaze

  • @MarvillousBeats
    @MarvillousBeats4 жыл бұрын

    still one of the most amazing beats ever yo! once you hear a band play this live.... it's unforgettable.

  • @Jonpoo1
    @Jonpoo14 жыл бұрын

    Great video effects on this

  • @henryojgoodwin
    @henryojgoodwin4 жыл бұрын

    man the visualiser thing on the screen was popping off

  • @davedub4013
    @davedub40134 жыл бұрын

    Show Me What You Got. Is one of my all time favorites. The drums always amazed me. I always wanted to know how Just Blaze made it.🔥🔥🔥

  • @geeman4576
    @geeman45764 жыл бұрын

    When I met him at Webster Hall He was humble as can be

  • @theabrahamherrera
    @theabrahamherrera4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for bringing this kind of content to NPR

  • @88PLR
    @88PLR4 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze is one of my favorite producers of Alltime and I’m from Oakland!

  • @BrentLane1
    @BrentLane14 жыл бұрын

    Please do more of these! I love this!

  • @Jay-pu2pd
    @Jay-pu2pd4 жыл бұрын

    Should've been at least an hour long

  • @darkskinwhite

    @darkskinwhite

    4 жыл бұрын

    word

  • @DiabolicKal646

    @DiabolicKal646

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just blaze isn’t a fan of showing his skills off...im surprised he even sat down for 5 mins

  • @sprb4725

    @sprb4725

    4 жыл бұрын

    vel mula bruh he did a whole tv special last year of studio sessions....

  • @pascaldeshayes5459
    @pascaldeshayes54594 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. Thanks a lot for putting this together

  • @Theonlychild1988
    @Theonlychild19884 жыл бұрын

    WOW! I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LIVE DRUMMER! I was trying to get into the game in NYC as a producer at the time when Hovy Baby came out. Just Blaze and Bink Or Bink and Just Blaze, WERE REALLY LIKE THE PROGENITORS OF THE CRAZY DRUMS, TOMS, WILD CYMBALS, HIP HOP PRODUCER RECORDS. I have a track that's DIRECTLY INSPIRED BY JUST BLAZE! Kinda off kilter like Hovy Baby, Wild Drumming/Cymbals, ETC. BIG UP TO JB! ONE OF THE GREATEST!

  • @chelseafc2009able
    @chelseafc2009able4 жыл бұрын

    I thought we'd hear PSA. That's one of my favorite beat drops in hip-hop!

  • @BryceRogers_
    @BryceRogers_4 жыл бұрын

    WE NEED THAT JUST BLAZE AND THE BLAZETTES SHOW ASAP (NO FERG)

  • @yosephog5509

    @yosephog5509

    4 жыл бұрын

    No rocky either

  • @smellsfishi

    @smellsfishi

    4 жыл бұрын

    no nast aswell

  • @Dante-444

    @Dante-444

    4 жыл бұрын

    no twelvy ong

  • @salmanem.6017

    @salmanem.6017

    4 жыл бұрын

    No asap mobb periodt.

  • @staciabelcher28
    @staciabelcher284 жыл бұрын

    Yes NPR keep it real! Love y’all!!!

  • @maeetrix
    @maeetrix2 ай бұрын

    So much love & respect for this man

  • @alJaZz
    @alJaZz4 жыл бұрын

    easy TOP 10 all time favorite! JB 💥💜

  • @jackl9117
    @jackl91174 жыл бұрын

    LOVE THESE!

  • @DannyGrc
    @DannyGrc4 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite producers man,

  • @TheTrueTeknician
    @TheTrueTeknician4 жыл бұрын

    Here from the 9th wonder episode! Loving these series.

  • @thejocordero
    @thejocordero4 жыл бұрын

    animations in the background are KILLER!

  • @slsmith9411
    @slsmith94114 жыл бұрын

    🔥 samples after in hip hop sounds 90's wise made me more in love with movies comedy action drama also music before my time to look back at the real roots ex. rhythm and blues jazz r&b soul etc etc.. 💯

  • @JenDoe1

    @JenDoe1

    4 жыл бұрын

    SL Smith check out The Meters - incredible New Orleans group who has been together for a LONG time. Very well known to us in the music industry. The rhythm section is out of this world! The tone is to die for. Which is why The Meters (and Leo Nocentelli on drums, then Russell Batiste, Jr. in the later incarnation) get sampled so heavily! The one live album they have, Life on the Queen Mary - that’s a great place to start. 😊

  • @musiclover-cn7tb

    @musiclover-cn7tb

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JenDoe1 r&b singer amerie used samples from them I think beyoncé used a sample from them.

  • @dafingaz
    @dafingaz4 жыл бұрын

    Dope! Some of my favorites drum programming is Just Blaze!!!

  • @Juline1221
    @Juline12213 жыл бұрын

    Best drum roll ever perid. I remeber running that part back on a cd player

  • @volcaniadread
    @volcaniadread4 жыл бұрын

    Very clean 💎

  • @sweetteacurls
    @sweetteacurls4 жыл бұрын

    A genius.

  • @Goatchild90

    @Goatchild90

    4 жыл бұрын

    A TRUE genius

  • @jimmigordon5498
    @jimmigordon54984 жыл бұрын

    The power of the 1 and the downbeat in Freedom is so strong. That’s that forward motion 💯

  • @kcblack4989
    @kcblack49893 жыл бұрын

    Suuuuper underrated! Definitely one of the goats🙌🏿💯

  • @adalbertobeats
    @adalbertobeats4 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze is amazing Producer

  • @nolancao2878
    @nolancao28784 жыл бұрын

    More of these videos need to be made ASAP

  • @RandomBlueJays
    @RandomBlueJays4 жыл бұрын

    Bink! needs his just due on here

  • @MichaelBrown-ti1un

    @MichaelBrown-ti1un

    4 жыл бұрын

    Some say Just Blaze jacked his whole style 🤔🤔🤔. I can't call it tho. Bink's an underrated legend tho. That much I know.

  • @ProfecyTV

    @ProfecyTV

    4 жыл бұрын

    Legend!

  • @thabanitrevor1390

    @thabanitrevor1390

    4 жыл бұрын

    The rulers back beats is 🔥🔥🔥

  • @CHICAGOWIND1981

    @CHICAGOWIND1981

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bink Dogg! Real Talk! Those 3 joints he did for Rick Ross on the "Rather You Than Me" album was straight 🔥 among other joints he done overall like Freeway's "All My Life" and Amerie's "Paint Me Over"

  • @uhadibenga5639

    @uhadibenga5639

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bruh 1-900-HUSTLE my fav beat of all time, would love to watch a breakdown of that

  • @Theonlychild1988
    @Theonlychild19884 жыл бұрын

    ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRODUCERS since like Marley Marl and Pete Pete Rock after Marley.

  • @davehorton1486
    @davehorton14869 ай бұрын

    Glad John is still around and keepin it in the Family.

  • @evelyntaylor4470
    @evelyntaylor4470 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!!💯🔥

  • @AlyseAK
    @AlyseAK4 жыл бұрын

    One of my fav producers!

  • @bryanluis9445
    @bryanluis94454 жыл бұрын

    Some of those drum things he’s doing you’d need a neal Peart level drummer for... Rip Neal Kudos to just blaze

  • @volcaniadread
    @volcaniadread4 жыл бұрын

    Dude i love this bit

  • @rocamike
    @rocamike4 жыл бұрын

    More videos like this please NPR 🙏

  • @lauramartin2198
    @lauramartin21984 жыл бұрын

    It’s such a fresh vibe

  • @whatwhat9004
    @whatwhat90043 ай бұрын

    His drums be going crazy. That Hovi Baby beat is so nice. He did the Lord Knows beat for Drake too which is so good

  • @nocapken
    @nocapken4 жыл бұрын

    🙌Good series🔝

  • @UKLeonie
    @UKLeonie4 жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite producers

  • @The51wayz
    @The51wayz3 күн бұрын

    Love this

  • @kirill76kuzmin
    @kirill76kuzmin4 жыл бұрын

    Unexpected and so very cool

  • @tambarr33
    @tambarr334 жыл бұрын

    You need to do that show!!!

  • @J.Artistry
    @J.Artistry4 жыл бұрын

    @nprmusic please keep this goin 💯❗️❗️❗️

  • @thjohn1987
    @thjohn19874 жыл бұрын

    One of my fav producer

  • @MrMarceloll
    @MrMarceloll4 жыл бұрын

    Man Thats a great video .

  • @SirPierreSe
    @SirPierreSe4 жыл бұрын

    Living Legend! So underrated!

  • @whomadethatbeat91
    @whomadethatbeat914 жыл бұрын

    Just blaze make the best out of a simple sample

  • @graffitijr926
    @graffitijr9264 жыл бұрын

    I like how Just couldn't help but hit the air drums when Show Me What You Got was on and I can 't blame him. I was hittin em too.

  • @jbchen3175
    @jbchen31754 жыл бұрын

    MadLibs, Swizz Beatz, 9th Wonder. 30 mins at least. Lets go!

  • @Jenn_E
    @Jenn_E4 жыл бұрын

    The Freedom beat is soo DOPE!

  • @brown3460
    @brown34604 жыл бұрын

    Wow ....dope he played the drums on the mpc that hovi baby record....dope tlc sample

  • @oxresident
    @oxresident4 жыл бұрын

    That Kaleidoscope samples DOPE!! Raw as Fujj!!

  • @AbouTto_
    @AbouTto_4 жыл бұрын

    dope always

  • @yosephog5509
    @yosephog55094 жыл бұрын

    Put oddisee on this

  • @tsamaj

    @tsamaj

    4 жыл бұрын

    yoseph og Underrated

  • @simbalesliechoto8663

    @simbalesliechoto8663

    4 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @jwizdum2103

    @jwizdum2103

    4 жыл бұрын

    Apollo Brown first, his chops are INCREDIBLY underrated

  • @OMNEONE
    @OMNEONE4 жыл бұрын

    Good samples, good Polo 🏇 Amazing beats!!!

  • @seanscott1043
    @seanscott10438 ай бұрын

    He really likes horns. It’s like a signature in his beats.

  • @fl3xy_b3atz
    @fl3xy_b3atz Жыл бұрын

    I wish this was longer super cool video

  • @ShonTolliverMusic
    @ShonTolliverMusic4 жыл бұрын

    Give the editor some, MY GAWD!

  • @bjr816
    @bjr8164 жыл бұрын

    LEGEND!!!!

  • @simstander5471
    @simstander54714 жыл бұрын

    His cat remix on that meow the jewels was dope, so so dope

  • @demondray
    @demondray4 жыл бұрын

    Goose bumps

  • @can-can9
    @can-can94 жыл бұрын

    I I lovvvveeee these!!!!!!!

  • @DjMaBonzo
    @DjMaBonzo4 жыл бұрын

    I would def go see that tour

  • @azemazigilles6230
    @azemazigilles62304 жыл бұрын

    Just Blaze.. 🔥🔥🙌🙌

  • @IndustrySoundz
    @IndustrySoundz4 жыл бұрын

    S/o to NPR and Just Blaze for this one!

  • @lauramartin2198
    @lauramartin21984 жыл бұрын

    I really admire this

  • @richmckinney4109
    @richmckinney41094 жыл бұрын

    My FAVORITE producer.

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