The Golden Era of Hip Hop – 10 Boom Bap Production Tricks

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Want to learn how to produce boom bap? Rapper/producer duo Barrows and Sun talk about their favorite albums from Hip Hop’s Golden Age and make a full 90s-inspired track from start-to-finish. Along the way, they serve up 10 mixing and production tricks so you can unlock the secrets of boom bap.

0:00 Intro
0:42 Top 5 Boom Bap Albums
1:42 #1 Chopping the Break
3:36 #2 Layering the Drums
6:55 #3 Choosing the Sample
10:31 #4 The Bassline
12:22 #5 Vocals pt. 1— Leads
16:06 #6 Vocals pt. 2—Punching In
17:32 #7 Creating Textures
19:43 #8 Vocal Sample
21:06 #9 Rear Bus Technique
22:45 #10 Checking the Mix
25:21 Outro

Waves Plugins used in this video:
StudioRack: https://www.waves.com/plugins/studiorack
CR8 Creative Sampler: https://www.waves.com/plugins/cr8-creative-sampler
Cosmos Sampler Finder: https://www.waves.com/plugins/cosmos-sample-finder
Q-10 Equalizer: https://www.waves.com/plugins/q10-equalizer
Nx Germano Studios New York: https://www.waves.com/plugins/nx-germano-studios-new-york
Electric 88 Piano: https://www.waves.com/plugins/electric-88-piano
Smack Attack: https://www.waves.com/plugins/smack-attack-transient-shaper
Magma BB Tubes: https://www.waves.com/plugins/bb-tubes
Magma Lil Tube: https://www.waves.com/plugins/lil-tube
Retro Fi: https://www.waves.com/plugins/retro-fi
H-Delay Hybrid Delay: https://www.waves.com/plugins/h-delay-hybrid-delay
CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter: https://www.waves.com/plugins/cla-76-compressor-limiter
PuigTec EQs: https://www.waves.com/plugins/puigtec-eqs
CLA Epic: https://www.waves.com/plugins/cla-epic
SSL EV2 Channel: https://www.waves.com/plugins/ssl-ev2-channel
Element 2.0 Virtual Analog Synth: https://www.waves.com/plugins/element
SSL G Master Buss Compressor: https://www.waves.com/plugins/ssl-g-master-buss-compressor
Abbey Road Vinyl: https://www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-road-vinyl
F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ: https://www.waves.com/plugins/f6-floating-band-dynamic-eq

Music by Barrows and Sun: https://fanlink.to/eVwg

Listen to the playlist of Barrows and Sun’s favorite Golden-era Hip Hop albums:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dWG7qxMdhaUHVlnvjNsv9?si=a39c83c924274010&nd=1

Check out the Passive Hues Sample Pack by Pelham & Junior here:
https://pelhamandjunior.com/collections/sample-packs/products/passive-hues-sample-pack

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