The Mighty MPC.
Via sneakmove
Now, I’ve messed with FL Studio a few times, but I’ve always wanted to really bang out some beats on a proper Music Production Center, or MPC. These guys are living my dream of engaging in sampler-based combat, in this fantastic video for producer/DJ Egadz‘ song “What We Are Destined to Do”:
And here Egadz recreates the song live on an MPC:
And the video is just the tip of the iceberg. I’m a sucker for producers creating beats on the fly and the web is full of vids of them doing just that. Here’s a choice selection of videos of beatmakers producing with the MPC
Just Bleezy on the MPC:
Pete Rock plays with the MPC, and makes a beat out of Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield”:
Damu the Fudgemunk (of Y Society) recreates DJ Premier’s beat for “Classic (Better Than I’ve Ever Been) on the MPC 2000:
Damu used to have several videos of him recreating beats by the likes of Pete Rock & Da Beatminerz but he seems to have taken them down. Anyone know the deal with this?
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Ari Z said,
Wrote on May 16, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
Hey… That first vid is technically not an MPC. It’s a MPD, a USB drum pad. It’s still sick though. Remember when I showed you all those MPC vids? Glad to see some of the flavor remained.
AaronM said,
Wrote on May 16, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
Yeah, I do remember; in fact, I would def. not be writing for a hip hop blog today without you hipping me to a lot of music.
Thanks for the correction.
Hope you’re well.