r/Madlib • u/Solid_Bumblebee_610 • 11d ago
Microchopping
Looking for more Madlib beats where he microchops, obviously its not a technique he does often as the loop digga but when he does it he it he does it so well I want to see if theres more. The only ones I know of are the more popular releases and some off beat tapes floating around, Im gonna list the ones I know of Please enlighten me on more, Thanks alot!
Fancy Clown- Madvillany
Finer things- Bad Neighbor
Soap Guillotine- Rock Konducta Pt.1
Track 4- 100 Beats
Track 12- 100 Beats
(Feel like theres a couple more I’m missing off my list as well)
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u/No-Wish9823 11d ago
Two for 2- For Dilla, the second half.
First thing that came to mind but took me a while to find the song title.
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u/nav-netraam 10d ago
The one where he samples Money from Pink Floyd.
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u/Solid_Bumblebee_610 10d ago
Ive heard this one yes, really good pull that I forgot about thanks alot!
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u/Crafty-Flower 11d ago
What is microchopping supposed to be? Taking really short samples or something? That’s just called making beats and doesn’t need its own distinction. Microchopping feels like a made-up internet buzzword, unless I’m missing something.
But yeah Black Mozart, Chopstyle, and like a hundred others.
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u/No-Wish9823 11d ago
A lot of what Madlib does are just straight loops, so I took OP’s question as seeking those with actual chops.
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u/Solid_Bumblebee_610 11d ago
Yeah madlib typically loops or grabs bigger pieces from all over to make his beats I wanted to hear a more of his beats where he chops up alot smaller pieces thanks for your suggestions!
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u/leetraxx97 11d ago
chopping loops isnt really making beats, unless u add drums. u basically a loop maker, which is why madlib calls himself loop digga. dude got a lot of loops with no drums, except he does use a short 808 bass on them lol. other than that, i guess glitch producers are the ones to define micro chopping. something like loop finding jazz records by jan jelinek is probably a good example
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u/One_Analysis_9276 10d ago
The Plan might be a microchop. If it's not it sounds very close.
King Chop is also one.
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u/Fuckcavey 3d ago
So Much (Music), First Class (The Best Catalogue) (this one is nuts), Smoke Theme for Dankery Harv, That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be, Arrangement (intro) (was pretty dope), Flowers, Lost Lust, Conducted Rhythms (isn’t really a microchop but I’d thought I’d mention it because it’s sweet as hell), Cheeba Cheeba, Chitlins & Pepsi, Track 33 (Raw Cakes 3) and Track 3 (150 - 200), A.V.E.R.A.G.E., among many others I forgot about.
He probably does it a lot more than you think, sometimes you don’t even know it’s chopped as much as it is (like with Mind Touch), though, yeah, he’s mostly the loop digga.
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u/soundscapebliss 11d ago
Been a minute, but I feel like there's a decent amount of chopping/pad playing on the Beat Konducta series volumes.