It was my first placement, so it’s like
I didn't expect it to do numbers.
He told me like, “Bro, it's finna go viral.”
In my head, I'm thinking, “Bro, it's not
finna go viral, bro.”
After I seen Wiz post it I kind of seen other
big artists, you know public figures, post
it like Jordan Clarkson, Kehlani, Little Pump,
Jay Rock.
I kind of got my spot in the industry now,
with the new LA wave.
You could take any style of music and flip
it into the new wave.
I made a mark.
I live around a lot of Mexicans
so I'm cool with them.
It's dope to hear they music.
So I wanted to like mix them both together.
Like take my sound and put their sound together,
see what it make.
So I was in fifth period literature class,
you know finished all my work, ten minutes
left in class.
Nothing to do so I was like, “Okay, I need
to make a beat.”
I was kind of familiar with this program,
Audiotool, from middle school.
So I started using it in high school off the
school computers because I didn't have a laptop
at the time.
So I'm clicking through random sounds and
I hear this little maracas type of melody.
And then when I heard that I kind of was like,
“Okay, it's a little too slow.”
So I set the BPM to 110 and I kind of did
my own thing, and I pitched it up a little
bit and made it sound this.
I didn't hear a Mexican remake like how this one sounds, so I wanted it to be different.
And then after I got the sample, I start off
with the snap.
After the snap, I added the spin back, which
is like usually what West Coast artists use
in they beats.
It took me back to NWA, like the turntables,
watching the live shows, and they would hit
the turntables before the beat would actually
kick in.
After the spin back I use a cymbal.
I didn't want to overdo it so I didn't want
to place like every bar at a song.
So it's like...
I kind of gave it its own little separation.
Usually people tune they kicks in and all
of this and that.
Right here, I didn't tune any of my sounds.
I kind of like used it as like it's own default.
After the kick.
I add an 808.
I wanted it to sound simple.
So I went with the simple pattern and copied
and pasted the kick as that
pattern for the 808.
When I was listening to it in the headphones,
it sounded too plain.
So, I wanted to add the kick somewhere where
the 808 wasn't planned.
So you could still get that feel and that
vibe of like, “Okay, it's not just blank
right there.”
I knew I was missing something.
And then the bell rang.
So, I had to hurry up and layer it out.
And I played the stomp and I'm like, “Okay,
I like how this sounds.”
Of course, I got to put my tag because like in
today's music it's like if you don't have
a tag and the song go viral, people will question
like, “Who made this beat?”
To finally end this off, people tend to like take all their sounds and kind of make it
into like a four bar loop.
I finished the beat, and I sent it to Jay.
Ten minutes go by, and he sent me a video like
of him jumping around the house, because he
knew how different it was.
One thing that stood out was the beginning
of it.
When he was all like, “Let's party, homes.”
This and that.
And it kind of took me back to Friday with
Baby Joker.
The majority of my homies is Mexican.
They hit me up like, "Keys bro.
You really did something ... I like this song,
I can actually dance to this and play this
around my parents because it's something they're
familiar with.”
Me and Jay haven't met.
When we do meet up I hope it’s at the studio.
It still trips me out hearing the tag.
Like on those...like the concert videos and all of that.
Him performing.
It trips me out to even hear the tag.
It's like, “That's really the beat I made
in class.”
Me and my homie, we had the same class so
he gave me a ride home.
So, he was there when I made the beat.
We in the car listening to it, he shows his
mom, she like, “This is different.
I like this,” and I'm in the backseat, like
if his mom says it's different then that means
this song has a huge impact on today's music.
