Rap Promoter Bass

[iz_thewiz]

As far as I know, Ron Carter was credited only for bass on 'Verses from the abstract'. The rest of the albums bass lines are samples. The only people who would know how they achieved their sound for this track, and the album as a whole are ATCQ and the engineers - but il take a guess:

Samples from vinyl
SP-1200 or MPC s950
Mixed on a decent board
Printed to tape

[KT1]

Originally Posted by J0rdan

A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Promoter - YouTube (only the best)

- Hey fly guys and fly girls just have a simple question for you. First off AMAZING song, so good. The bassline... mmmm that bassline.

Just want to know if the bass is sampled off another song. If not how was it created? What gear and production techniques do you believe were used to get that sexy sound. This bassline is different from the other songs on the LP, I don't believe it was a live recorded double bass, however correct me if I'm wrong

Awesome, thanks in advance

Mixed by Bob powers - Need we say anymore. This album is my reference as is anything by Bob to be honest. The greatest in my opinion.

[thehost250]

Could it be from Melting Pot by Booker T & The MG's? I remember sampling that song way back and filtering the bass. I was riding with a friend of mine 2 days later and heard this and I was like well it's too late for that sample. Very similar in sound once filtered.

[J0rdan]

Awesome! All very interesting

[SeriousPancakes]

Definitely a great thread. Not sure if the bassline is from the track but it's pretty wicked

[iz_thewiz]

Still prefer Midnight Marauders over Low End Theory, but they are both classics fo sho

[beat you down]

could be anything from live to filtered sample to synth / sine to etc etc

[J0rdan]

Maybe using a monophonic synth like the MS10? Definitely a possibility...

[MIDIMobster]

wiki says the samples for "rap promoter" are:

Long Way Down" by Eric Mercury
"Keep on Doin It" by New Birth
"Stand" by Sly & the Family Stone

so I'd check those songs out and see if you can hear a bassline that sounds similar.

[beat you down]

Originally Posted by MIDIMobster

Long Way Down" by Eric Mercury
"Keep on Doin It" by New Birth
"Stand" by Sly & the Family Stone

1 guitar loop
2 drum loop
3 drum roll

[iz_thewiz]

Originally Posted by iz_thewiz

As far as I know, Ron Carter was credited only for bass on 'Verses from the abstract'. The rest of the albums bass lines are samples.