youtube has reached a point where videos are 20years old...

this was uploaded when Dilla was alive, crazy

People skilled in an art always make it look easy. But behind that skill are thousands of hours of practice and work.

This video just gets better and better with age.

Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Jay Dilla, Kanye West, Nujabes, DJ Premier, Flying Lotus, Pharrell, Madlib, Tokimonsta, and Large Pro all inspired me to make music.

20 years ago. damn I‘m old.

THE FIRST SAMPLE IS 'HOPE YOUR FEELINGS ARE LIKE MINE' BY VICKI ROBINSON

19 years ago???

I was riding down melrose on my bike in LA and I saw Pete this was in late 90s I jumped off the bike and the bike crashed into traffic lol I ran up to Pete star struck and said... u peterock man , he said yea that’s me son lol...I was soo excited....he gave me an autograph and I bounced...he’s one of the greatest producers that done it and he was and is a great inspiration to me to this day... peace

don't underestimate it, working with an mpc demands more skill than a lot of instrumental musicians would care to admit...

I was so fascinated with this clip in 07 as a freshman in hs. Here we are again lol. Time man, time🤦🏾‍♂️

Wow, I remember being 20 years old when this video was uploaded and watching it. Then going in FL Studio and chopping up samples. Now I'm 39!

I probably watched this 1 millions times

I’ll always respect people who are generous with teaching the craft and not gatekeeping it to themselves. Pete Rock will always be a Master of music and Hip Hop!

"if we didn't revive and bring back alive, old beatz that we appreciated, u wouldn't survive. you'd be another memory to us, ashez to ashez and dust to dust." - big daddy kane

Pete really makes me smile with his genuine character and whole being, like i see him geek out on sumthin and I jus want him to be sum 1 i see everyday and can talk about music with!

He's still 1 of the dopest producers!

4:15 that beat goes hard, Jesus Christ!!!

I get so pumped for making beats after watching videos like these, then i jump onto ableton and realise how good producers like pete rock are.. they make it look effortless!

Back when this was uploaded there wasn't a lot of videos of producers making beats so this video really cleared up a lot of the mystery of how an MPC, or sampler in general, worked. I remember really wanting to see him work with an SP-1200 (which happened to be uploaded a few years later luckily)