KY Engineering!!!

[mortuus est]

A top-notch engineer is as vital to a hit hip-hop record as the rapper or producer. Responsible for taking a vision of many and crafting it into a singular piece of material is a true art form. There aren't many engineers out there better than KY. Responsible for a string of hits from the likes of Waka Flocka, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill and Drake, the Lexington native has spent 16 years fine-tuning his craft which has resulted in countless #1 hits. Watch as he breaks down a variety of his techniques - including the "underscrew," and "stutter" technique - as he walks LRG through it all as part of the ongoing Off the Record series which spotlights some of the finest behind-the-board talents around.

 

[DaveyDave]

"work with a lot of different people" goes on to name 4 or 5 rappers who are very similar in style & practically in the same camp

 

[franny]

"work with a lot of different people" goes on to name 4 or 5 rappers who are very similar in style & practically in the same camp

they're still different people

 

[DaveyDave]

they're still different people

he makes it sound like he's worked with a bunch of people who are drastically different but he basically works with 2 camps - YMCMB & MMG. if Dr Dre made a video saying he worked with all these different people & then named JUST the acts on Aftermath it wouldn't sound as impressive would it? they're all under the same umbrella

 

[Long Live The Kane]

he makes it sound like he's worked with a bunch of people who are drastically different but he basically works with 2 camps - YMCMB & MMG. if Dr Dre made a video saying he worked with all these different people & then named JUST the acts on Aftermath it wouldn't sound as impressive would it? they're all under the same umbrella

We really do need that "slap" anti-dap button for silly post like these

Besides the fact that he mentioned acts out of at least 4 different camps...what you want the nikka to do, sit up there and rattle off every goddamn person he's ever worked with in this lil 90 second clip? He named a couple of notable big name artists and kept it moving

 

[jerzboy]

Dope engineer.

Lol @ the "stutter"

 

[Hova]

its time to stop calling these guys engineers.

They dont train as one, they dont go to school for engineering. They dont go under oath as professional engineers. At best they can be called music technicians.

 

[Mac Casper]

Congratulations to him for making a brand out of his work, engineers often go over looked but are often cases more important than the producer

 

[newarkhiphop]

interesting always though KY engineering was a group of dudes

 

[Mac Casper]

its time to stop calling these guys engineers.

They dont train as one, they dont go to school for engineering. They dont go under oath as professional engineers. At best they can be called music technicians.

Nahh bruh, if anything he should be called a producer.. these dudes are turning scratch vocals into songs

 

[mortuus est]

its time to stop calling these guys engineers.

They dont train as one, they dont go to school for engineering. They dont go under oath as professional engineers. At best they can be called music technicians.

whats an engineer to you? im interested to see what you say

 

[Zach Lowe]

"A top-notch engineer is as vital to a hit hip-hop record as the rapper or producer."

Exaggeration of the century

 

[CashmoneyHotBoy]

Congratulations to him for making a brand out of his work, engineers often go over looked but are often cases more important than the producer

R U serious?Engineerer more important than the producer? Nobody is more important than nobody.Everybody is equal how about that? Artist+Engineerer-Producer(Beat)=Acapella? Artist+Producer(Beat)-Engineerer=No Recording .Engineerer+Producer(Beat)-Artist = ???? .Artist+Producer+Engineerer= =

 

[Juneya]

"A top-notch engineer is as vital to a hit hip-hop record as the rapper or producer."

Exaggeration of the century

Its not at all tho...

 

[Juneya]

How he invent the stutter... nikka thats tempo mapping... lol