Thu 3 Apr 2008
HA: Kids say the darnedest things….like Polow da Don is a Garageband producer?
Posted by Miss Info under hmmm....? , laugh at , lightbulb , new music , not good for hip hop , videos[35] Comments
I’m not a production-expert, but I get the feeling that the fact that this kid found the Polow Da Don beat for Usher’s “Love in the Club” pre-made on his Mac’s Garageband program…..is not a good look? Correct me if I’m wrong.
Maybe alot of producers make magic from those ready-made loops?
(And, all those classic “bossa nova” pre-sets on the Casio keyboards have already been sampled, right?)
(courtesy of fwmj)
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:22 am
wow… smh
i mean yeah… every producers done somethin like that but i mean from this video it dont even sound like Polow changed the pitch on the loops or anything…
straight up cut paste loop and repeat lol
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April 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 am
lol, wow technology, welcome to the cut and paste world of mordern music production.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 am
AN LOL I BET A MILLION MOFOS IS GONNA INVEST IN GARAGE BAND BY TOMMORRROW…SHIT LET THE GAMES BEGGIN, BIDDING SEASON FOR BEATS HAS ARRIVED AN JUST RIRE BEFORE SUMMER TIME , THE MOST PERFECT TIME!!!!!!!!!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:11 am
Damn … can’t relate this to food.
But, I am a Garageband producer as a hobby and I hear these loops being used everywhere – TV commercials and from some of these so-called “superproducers”.
I didn’t pick up on this one right away, but the first time I heard the song, I was not impressed at all because it sounded like a really simple two-track loop.
I’m not hatin’, though, I hope Polow charged Usher a grip for that beat.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:26 am
Cut & Paste=Sampling. Its just like taking samples from old records. And a lot of producers do use presets. It is a big surprise though because I believe Polow has a team of producers. So I didnt think they were taking presets from Garageband. Guess I’m wrong.
MELROSE
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 am
LOL, I’m surprised this wasn’t found when the song first leaked…
*waited for someone on soundclick bitchin about how “king of the white girls” sound his/her beat*
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April 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 am
Not surprising, really. Producers use presets on pretty much every machine they have ever touched. The only person hurt by this is going to be Usher, he’s gonna be pissed when he sees how much work went into the thousands he spent on that track, haha
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April 3rd, 2008 at 7:04 am
if you can make money off a simple garage band beat, all the more power to you
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
This beat is garbage, it soundz like some corny geraman pop song and this shit is going to destroy my ears for some weeks I guess, coz it’s so wack that it will deffinitely be a hit. And now I see it’s made from template loops. What kind of producer sells beat made from such loops? This is SO WACK.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
polow the donnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! to me theres no difference between sampling daft punk or using a riff off a piece of software, its not like they’re all good, he just found the heat in there. props to steve jobs!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
that’s crazy
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April 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I’ve got two here:
1) The early Ruff Ryders stuff that Swizz Beats did were clearly casio presets and/or Nokia ringtones
2) Man, I need a Mac.
gw
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April 3rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
is usher considered hip-hop? more like r&b right?
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April 3rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
swizz beats used casio presets back in the first ruff ryder era, or so they say.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
LOL @ all you who wanna cop Macs now.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
@ thegirl: is that a rhetorical question?
It makes me wonder:
Is there a double standard when it comes to our expectations of musicianship in regards to hip-hop versus R&B?
This type of “studio” fuckery gets a pass when it comes to rap, but R&B…? I dunno…I always thought crafting a good song was a process that was a bit more involved and was more of a “collaborative” affair…music-making is so “masturbatory” (read: solo) nowadays…
Info…was it something I did that prompted this post…? =)
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April 3rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
hey, does anyone remember how usher paid for a beat from lil jon but jon gave it to petey paolo (freak-a-leek), so he had to come up with something real quick (yeah)?
man, ursh can’t catch a break, huh?
oh, wait – his songs are still hits, so i guess he’s doing fine. guess i’ll take my hatin’ elsewhere…
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April 3rd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
i can only imagine how much he charged ush for the beat! DAMn i wish i wouldve paid attention in design graphics and production class!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
That ish is crazy like the homeboy said, what I want to know, what I really want to know is how much did Usher Pay for the beat????
Polow Da Done is a HUSTLA is Usher paid more than 2$ for the beat.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
OMG WOW..HE USED 2 LAYERS OFF GARAGEBAND!
DO YOU GUYS NOT KNOW WHO POLOW DA DON IS?
THIS MAN HAS PRODUCED GRAMMY WINNING SONGS! THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH USING GARAGE BAND, AND THERES ALOT MORE CREATIVE WORK THAT GOES INTO PRODUCING THAN U THINK. DONT GET IT TWISTED POLLOW DA DON MAKES HITS! HATE ALL YOU WANT, SUPERPRODUCERS LIKE POLOW GET PAID FOR THERE TRACKS AND THE RESULT IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. DO YOU REALLY CARE IF ELEMENTS OF THE SONG WAS FROM GARAGE BAND? OR DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A BANGER THE SONG IS!?!
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April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
LoL busted.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Word to MELROSE … Polow probably got a team of ghost producers. I’m sure all the other “Super Producers” got teams also. Puffy’s Hitmen, Dre had Scott Storch, Timbaland had Danjah, Kanye talks about how he ghost-produced for D-Dot and other producers. Kanye even admits he didn’t produce “Down and Out”.
And for the record, this beat is wack. Nothing wrong with Garageband
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April 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Ha, never would of thought they would use obvious presets like that. I never liked this song from day one. It is sad that it’s a chart topper, because it is a very sub-par song. I thought it was gay robot techno when I first heard it. Usher keeping it hood, don’t you have a baby to attend to and a succubus? But what do I know, I’m just a consumer.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
2 things:
i wonder where mac stands on all this…should be used in a commercial for Garage Band…recoup sucka
it really is just sampling…he did only use 2 presets, the drums are where the talent mostly lies in that joint, and id be surprised if GB had anything close to those preset. On the other hand, its nice when producers take time to chop and lay samples.
Usher’s gotta feel somewhat chumpy
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
G…lol@ chumpy….
well as for the garageband drums…they must be pretty good because I hear a rumor that another big big huge rnb hit used garage band drums in it
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April 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Garageband drums are pretty decent
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April 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
where’s dj premier when u need him………………
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April 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
This kid is great- here’s another video where he breaks down auto-tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BWEpEvixME
I see him repping Power 106 on his wall- Info can help get this dude on the radio (or at least their site) in LA?
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April 4th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Wow .. lmfaOo thats like 50,000 usher spent on that beat.
On da otha hand. Miss Info , u need to listen to these artists caled “The Cool Kids” they make really dope music since you like 80’s sounding hip hop. they also made a song wit Lil Wayne. Im Officially Putting you On. Beleive me , yOu Shudnt b dissapointed…
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April 4th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Yo Dream and Tricky Stewart did the same thing for Rihanna’s umbrella so who cares
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April 4th, 2008 at 6:29 am
“G…lol@ chumpy….
well as for the garageband drums…they must be pretty good because I hear a rumor that another big big huge rnb hit used garage band drums in it”
Umbrella by Rihanna?
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April 4th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
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April 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I just thinked of something: i’ve seen comments on youtube for this video and people were saying that they dont have these loops in their garageband library, even though they supposed to be bundled with this soft. Is it possible that this video is just april fools?
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April 8th, 2008 at 4:36 am
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April 10th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Best hip hop producers
DJ Preimer
Hi-Tek
DJ Quik
Easy Mo Bee
NO ID
RZA
If one of those men did not produce at least one of your top ten songs, YOU ARE SLIPPING
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