Beat Diggin: The Documentary

by Kevin on April 19, 2009

Beat Diggin'

Some people love hip hop for the lyrics, some people just really dig the beats. That’s me… I dig the beats. I love knowing what goes in to make a beat, the whole science of it all. So when I see a documentary like this, man I eat it up! The following 30 minute documentary goes into the art form of beat diggin. Diamond D (D.I.T.C.), Mr. Waltz (Beatminerz), Showbiz (D.I.T.C.), Evil D (Beatminerz) show us how it’s done… how to walk into a mom and pop record store and find that gem to make that perfect beat. Special appearances by Common, Mos Def, and Royal Flush. Major props to J Rizzle for sending this my way. Check it after the cut…

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Thomas

Pretty dope!
flip

oh damn, thats 30 minutes of dopeness
twc02

very nice!!
http://www.myspace.com/carsten11 Carsten

Very interesting. nice.
http://www.myspace.com/cenzobeatz08 Cenzo

cool!
http://www.myspace.com/mikepsounds Medium

i haven t seen this one yet but pretty dope vid.i dont know if you seen this but check this out some what similar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIa2SGDi47k
J. Rizzle

stuff like this is alwayz reminds me why I luv this artform
grady

Tire of niggaz talking nonsense..truth of the matter : puffy s “i ll be mising you” is a better track then ur whole career..not original.. but better..
And half these niggaz iz looping tracks too..cause no one heard it don t make it more original
Btw
solja boy has no doggon content but he made a mill before 18..
Mos def last album was garbage..and so was common s and talib s been talking about how hiphop is wack in everysong for half a decade now..
Don t knock no ones hustle specially when they manage to be successful..fuck outa hear with that bs hatered..no fact
and we still waiting for the documentary on illtrav
frank

Dope!!
J. Rizzle

Grady…resepect your opinion bruh…we should celebrate if one is successful and each person has a right to buy wtf they wanna buy…as for me I will not buy soulja’s boy shit, but I’m glad he’s successful..Is that hatred? No… I jus’ like quality shit… For every album that u think or I may think is gargbage or an artist me may think isfull of BS..there’s someone out there that likes that artist and likes that artist music. That’s my opinion.
http://myspace.com/jhazebeats jhaze

I’m goin to the record shop now!
J. Rizzle

I’m feeling jhaze ..I need to do the same.
grady

i wouldn t buy solja boy s shit either..i m not sure i ll take it for free even..but
that statement he made about puff sounded like diplomatic hatred
“i enjoy it, but i wouldn t do it cause i have too much respect for the art form”
fuck is that suppose to mean.. looping a pop record is not artist but looping an unknown and starving artist and not clearing the sample is artistic?
i believe solja boy might make art..(art that i certainly don t understand sure, but i don t quite get picasso either..) And i m just tire of niggaz complaining hiphop is not what it used to be…”sucka mc” was a drum loop nigga..”Rapper’s Delight” was a loop, don t even get me started with rakim s stuff..and public enemy song was a mixture of samples that weren t even in the same key..actually if it weren t from prem, pete (btw ur favorite pete rock song is a loop and so is ur favorite dr dre track…test me) and a few others, 80 percent of the stuff out there would be loops…so why is everybody always casting stone at puff at every diggin crates doc i peep..i believe most would agree that ready to die is a better album then common wtf control the universe..
eA

Stepping away from the comotion on here, I’ve been dusty crate digging few times (trust me, I would if I had functioning machines to play records on…) but shoo, it was live. Ain’t nothing better than that smell of old, alongside white dust fingers, hahaha.
http://www.myspace.com/skillz_202 J. Rizzle

I know it was a drum loop nigga, and what the fuck it was suppose to mean was that’s it’s my opinion…and like i said in the beginning I repsect your opinion…nigga I know that “sucka mc’s” was a drum loop…As well as most of the greatest beats of all time…I agree “ready to die” is a helluva lot better album than Common an nobody will disagree with that ..shit nigga “Ready to Die” is a 5 star classic..shit even Common agrees that album is better than anything he has put out….An opinion is what it is..an opinion.
http://www.myspace.com/skillz_202 J. Rizzle

I would like to apologize to Kev and everyone on the site for the language that I used in the previous comment.
http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

No apologies needed man… you fam. Some people just don’t get it and it’s frustrating… vent on!
http://www.myspace.com/psymunsays Psymun

grady you’re coming off as a negative asshole! good music is good music, i dunno why it has to go any further than that.
Jay Haych

You are a complete wanker… Impressionable little media head who buys into that gimmicky fake gangsta player pimp shite… Corporations can market sex, violence and gangsta stereotypes, but can’t market music that has message and bites back at the very system that sporns those nelly/solja boy type frauds! Learn your history, research the origins of the CULTURE, learn the 5 elements and read about what the forefathers of this art stood for and were truly about. Puffy is a talentless shit, with appeal to those trendy board of directors types, thats all. He is willing to sample the most bait 80s pop, and make some completely watered down soulless product fit for mass consumption. The shit the real heads fuck with can never be exploited, and don’t do it for the $ but for the love and the artistic merit. Something that you $ $ gucci bag, bling bling, g rides cristal fuckers know nothing about!