88-Keys Talk Beats, ATCQ, Young Kanye West, Ralph Lauren

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 106 minutes

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On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down Grammy-winning producer, rapper, and very close friend of Kweli -- 88-Keys. In this comprehensive discussion, we get to hear the timeline of how 88 carved out his niche in the game, becoming one of the most sought after hip-hop producers in the industry. The trio discusses 88's upbringing in the Bronx, New York, and move to Long Island, where he attended high school. The producer/rapper details the huge influence that the Native Tongues movement had on him with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul deeply inspiring his love for hip-hop culture. He talks about how he met record dealer John Carrero, who gave him his first job cleaning records, and eventually became the ear to find all the best beats for sampling -- which John would then market at record shows to legends like Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Large Professor, and others. This would lead to 88 meeting Q-Tip who showed him how to work a beat machine. 88 also gets into the difference between looping and chopping when making beats, his production on Black Star's 'Thieves In The Night', his methods and motivations for sending his works out as demos, and the importance of trusting your ears.

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0:00.0	What's up party people it's Tyler quality to be came see the MCO
0:03.4	I love the fact that y'all checking out the people's party and showing us a lot of love
0:07.2	You know what we do we bringing you all the live guests we bringing you the best podcasts on the internet
0:12.2	Just make sure you subscribe and leave a review people's party. Tell it quality. Let's go
0:30.0	What's up party people in the place to be you now rocket with Tyler quality to be came see this is the people's party
0:36.0	Welcome back to another fantastic episode and edition give it up to my lovely co-host Jasmine Lee in the place to be
0:45.8	Jazz what's going on? I'm double thinking the spinks I put on that's what's going on
0:50.8	T M I
0:53.8	This episode is not about your spanks
0:56.0	This episode is featuring another friend of mine. I love having friends with people's party
1:04.2	This is a guy I've known for 20 years plus
1:06.7	This is a guy that when I first started my career before I was famous as an artist
1:10.5	I was running the street to New York City with this young man
1:14.0	He has worked with some of the biggest names in hip hop and is responsible for some of the biggest and best records of
1:20.8	Hip hop but not just records that were like hits records that defined an error
1:26.0	He has made error defining classics from Kanye West to Blackstar to kick cutty to the far side
1:34.2	Man, this guy has worked with like some of my favorite artists
1:37.8	He was there when my children were born. He was there when I first learned how to DJ
1:42.6	He was in the crib dancing at my parties ladies and gentlemen give it up for 88 keys
1:51.0	I
1:55.0	Thought the back with this coming see I was I was thinking about it, but I was like man, let me now completely play myself
2:02.1	We do a contest for best walk-ons and we don't tell everybody. He's got to be natural
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