Some fans have such incredible stories about how J. He continues to make music because of all the lives he is affecting. A lot of it was on the digital side, but then me and my engineer Mez ran that sound through the SSL board and tweaked it because of how you can push the low-end extension on that board without peaking.Ĭole’s fans can relate to his music and that is why he has such a large number of followers. That’s the vibe I try to mimic, adding distortion or compression to an 808 or kick to give it some body and presence. That 808 you hear, it’s coming out of Logic with filters and into distortion I added to destroy the sound a little, because that’s what those analog samplers were doing. In a previous interview Cole outlined how he creates his beats:Ĭole: The song “Power Trip”, I started that beat real simply. But then I watched a Pete Rock interview and he was like, “I always start with drums first.” At first I couldn’t imagine it, but it stuck with me, so one day I did start drums first and it changed the whole trajectory of me as a producer.’ It was always music first for the celebrity rapper and ‘I got better and better at putting drums to samples I chopped or looped. When Cole finally found something that excited him, he says that he’d sample it and then put drums around it.
the red machine with just the drum pads.’Īt first he would only make a beat when he found a sample that got him excited so that he was going through his mom’s records. When he was younger, Cole ‘started trying things on the ASR-X Pro. The Come Up, which was hosted by DJ On Point, featured soulful sound beats, raw and energetic drums, and an endless range of topics. He named it The Come Up, a nod to his underground status. Cole was born in Frankfurt, Germany.Īfter graduating college J.
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