Behind The Beat: "Cali Iz Active" With DJ BattleCat

[51Nashay]

lil t

[RobesMarlin]

Westcoast Dilla.

Who in the fuck could dislike this?

[187onYaAs]

fuckiiinn classic .

[LH2OLH2O]

this has to be one of my favorite beats all tiiiime naga!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LH2OLH2O]

@17DM thank you...i was arguin back n forth with a cat tellin just that...basicaly...BATTLECAT BETTER

[Budgetbomber]

lol theyre watching jackass

[charliecheize]

classic pioneer !!!

[knansd]

I agree Dre is not as soulful at Cat & Quick, but Dre has a cleaner sound....imo Dre has the most polished sounding tracks in hiphop.

[ChronicGod420]

@knansd Dre is a composer. He might do some drums on the MPC. But he's a conductor and a composer. Not a producer. He uses producers like Storch, Mel-Man, Yella or whoever his apprentice/partner is at the time to do keys and shit. Most of the beats he's credited for he didn't do. Remember Ain't No Fun from Doggystyle? Warren G and Daz did that beat. Dre just tells people what to do.

[jamielrallen]

@ChronicGod420 so what you mean is that Dr Dre IS a producer and not a composer.

A producer is the one who will have creative control and manage the things involved with the creation of a piece of work. What Battlecat is doing in this video is piecing together and composing a beat. Dre would "produce" a piece of work by helping the beat makers, the rappers, etc.

[ChronicGod420]

@jamielrallen No, I mean that Dre is a conductor. He may control the process, but none is from his head. He had his crew start jamming and shit and they'll come up with something, and Dre will tell them how to improve it. He doesn't come up with it. It's like in band or orchestra. You get a piece of music and you learn it. Then the director makes it sound better. He didn't compose the rhythms, but he refined the piece and made it sound good.

[jamielrallen]

@ChronicGod420 I feel ya. In a way that is exactly what a producer will do. There is a big misconception about what producers do amongst the rap community because a lot of beat makers also are producers. I don't know what he really did or didn't do, but what you are describing sounds like what I get hired to do sometimes. I just come in, and work with bands, musicians, artists and tell them how to "make it better", make it more "like this" or "like that". so Dre didn't do much beat making?

[ChronicGod420]

@jamielrallen A producer is a beat maker, but a beat maker who knows how to control the creative process and knows the equipment and technology side to it. The role you described is that of a conductor. I believe it's an important role, but it's not production. It's helping the production and making it what work.

[jamielrallen]

@ChronicGod420

Producers have many different jobs, but trust me. It is NOT someone who just makes beats. Otherwise I wouldn't be known as a producer, because I don't just make beats. But I am a studio producer and a entertainment performance producer. I DO make beats sometimes. If producers were only beat makers, then they would strictly be limited to working with beats... but they aren't. Because producers make movies, work on plays, etc.

[jamielrallen]

@ChronicGod420 look up the definition of "Record Producer", because that is what these guys work in the record industry.

[BlkPapi4U]

@ChronicGod420 Daz did a SHITLOAD of beats that DRE got credit for around '93-94

[ChronicGod420]

@BlkPapi4U Dre stole shit from everyone. He said the he did the beat for Got My Mind Made Up, he was credited with the California Love remix, which Laylaw actually produced, but that was Suge's fault. He even took credit for some Warren G's shit and since Warren was his brother, he ain't say shit.

[LACROSSECXL]

@knansd True, Dre has a polishes sound, but he is not a producer, he is a composer lol. Sad, but true. i know one of his session bassist, and all Dre does is craft a loop, a couple of breaks, and the rest is left up th the musicians. now don't get me wrong, its still genius, but he cant do what Battlecat is doing, which is start to finish production. Do I respect Dre? Hell yes.

[StreetNoodle]

7 people fakin tha funk

[SuperOnetwothree456]

DIS DAT FREAKY SHYT!!!*****

[p1ruPL]

6:02 snoop in the back... high as fuck....

[ThoughtseizeBeats]

Nice!

[tokinblckgie]

Shit's mad inspiring seeing legends like this work. One of my fav beats this decade.

[CantonKing32]

best west coast DJ

[chees3burglar]

FIRE ...

[docteurtroy57]

le meilleur dj

[lpsnod]

Sampled to Radio Activity

[RealRapMusic187]

Is that the Yamaha Motif 6 Cat is using???

[GeanSouthSideMedia]

the king

[dikvanbilmusic]

Wow thats some dirty ass funk shit!!! truly envy those keyboard skills

[ProductOfTha90s]

the best

[uchoosin]

yeah that is a hella of a combination southern cali.....dr.dre dj quik and battlecat...northern cali rick rock ant banks and sean t....if i was a rapper...man..thats a dream album....i met cat back in 98 ..he's a real inspirational and stand up brotha.

[Cherryslove50]

Amplified,Battlecat,Dr.Dre

Best Producers alive for me !

the song : George Clinton - RealTalk producer by amplified the song is hot !

[FlemNmzzzz]

He put that touch on it at about 3:50 that's just plain ridiculous! Love it!

[Ntothe]

Those 7 Dislikes are: Timbaland, Swiss Beats, Diddy, Darkchild, Jermaine Dupri, Cool & Dre and Kanye West. A Part of them has admited that they are nothing to Battlecat but can't live with that. And the others like J.R Rotem etc. just don't saw that video and acting like there is no battlecat. AND battlecat, dr.dre, and dj quik have decided that they will never make a beat together, because the world-beat-trade would go down and the world would explode.

[MuscleLife23]

ooooooooooooooh mannnnnnnnnnn battlecat, dre, dj khalil, dj quik, j dilla, ....thee best best

[Enkay88]

I love these kinda videos! Makin of tracks is the best feeling. Ya'll seen the Jay-Z 'Dort off your shoulder' one? Timbo kills tat shit!

[LABreeze2287]

Dre can't fuck wit Cat......... sorry Dre don't even make all his sh*t quiet as kept!!!!!!!

[porschewes]

3:24 WEST COAST SOUND!

[abdulharvey]

bangin!!!

[xMASSxDx187x]

IN THE VOICE RECORING STUDIO, I CAN SEE THE MINIMOOG IN THA BACC

[rarulis]

man this dude is am inspiration right here. This what it sounds like when a motherfucker actually knows harmony and music theory and shit.

[deez4utoo]

im so glad this shit was recorded

[cuddietv]

i would rather get a beat from him then dre, but thats just me

[deez4utoo]

@cuddietv i feel the same way

[cuddietv]

@deez4utoo dont get me wrong Dre got sum heat but battlw cat just got tha G.Funk shit str8 west coast sound, and thats on all his hits, dre be fuckin up wit them funny beats for eminem..... feel me

[SmokeyBeatzOnline]

THAT N*GGA ATE THAT SHIT!!

[RaineR3313]

that beat built his career

[JMAFIOSOS]

@RaineR3313 The fucc you talking about? He has been making these beats way before the date of your birth.

[RaineR3313]

@JMAFIOSOS i know but this beat made him BIG

[gizmo22ist]

the beat i have on my youtube page dont sou7nd like this! hahah

[ewupawly]

the last part was dope when he was cuttin in and out

[siloe103]

some real talented WESTCOAST engineers / producers / beatmakers, what have you... DJ Quik DJ Battlecat Sam Sneed Dr. Dre Kankick Madlib Daz Dillinger Eligh Warren G Thes One Ice Cube rappin' 4-tay Fat Jack QD-3 Scobby doo mums the word peanut butter wolf DJ Babu DJ Rhettmatic D.E.L TFH Domino (Hiero crew) DJ Revolution Shock-G DJ Melo-d theres probably a couple more...you fill in the blanks... from OLDSCHOOL to the UNDERGROUND to G-FUNK...

[SmokeyBeatzOnline]

@siloe103 You forgot Dj Khalil..

[siloe103]

@SmokeyBeatzOnline if you're talkin bout the one i think you're thinkin of...then NO!

if you're talkin bout the Self-Scientific DJ then yes...

[SmokeyBeatzOnline]

@siloe103 Yeea, Aftermaths Dj Khalil.. (Self Scientific)

[siloe103]

@SmokeyBeatzOnline ..ok well...then yes!

[vellrob]

Big cuz, it truly was a pleasure and honor to even see you creat'b this joint man. U one'a the best producers of all times the Left Coast has ever had man, if not thee best. Dizamn! Props is due. What synths you use?

[Xone87ity]

so syk

[silkyv8]

This video gets me everytime. Anyone know what preset he's using on the ES6 with the modulator @ 2:55?? "The Honey-Doo" sheeit!

[sazkwatch]

one of the best beats/songs of all time ...

[luxury89]

dope!

[cydwayz]

THIS SONG IS SAMPLED FROM RADIOACTIVITY BY ROYAL CASH

[dakingofdano]

where is battlecat getting all his sounds from?

[MrGoldStandard09]

@dakingofdano prolly some vintage keyboards!

[SeeGabeGo]

damn i wonder how long it took him to get all that equipment

[yeaiskateduh]

bbbbbrbrbrbrbrbbrbbub lol this track is too dope

[RJSARAH10]

i think dres beats are more like gangsta and army westcoast beat and quik and cat is like laid back have fun type of music ahah

[djquikfan]

Was jus in a production session wit cat today shit was CRAZY that man has pure talent

[htown52hc]

MY SHIT NIGGA

[Royalmc10000]

DOPE...checc me out

[818IMAGE]

DJ BattleCat Showin how its really done....f these wack ass wannabe producers using reason, fl studio, and all that bs..........REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!!! I'll see u on Top Homie, I'm blessed to have been able to Meet U Tonight!! Producers Like U are the reason ive dedicated my life to Production!!! Ive been broke for 5 years...but its all good...THIS IS ONE OF THE ILLEST BEATS OF ALL TIME!!!!

[MrDirtdevil91]

@818IMAGE it's not the tools, it's the craftsman

[Ppriceless206]

supermanjohn gotta point man...plus dre uses way more samples

[MrDirtdevil91]

@Ppriceless206 what's wrong with sampling? And besides, Dre replays the sample 99% of the time & adds on, example "The Next Episode"

[SpaceBoogieENT]

@crookhouse

Haha i know right. Gets you so inspired =))))

[yungswaggaboi]

Top 5 west coast producers

1. DJ Quik

2. Ant Banks

3. Battlecat

4. Dr. Dre

5. Daz

[Ppriceless206]

@yungswaggaboi I would switch up battlecat over banks...but nice top 5..i have to agree.....but you did forget Johnny Jay....

[closer2god92]

mos def a sic producer reeeeal music....on another note i can mos def tell thats a shaka white tee lmao

[StrictlyBG]

1. battlecat

2. I don't care..

[redhostel]

and what is your sound card? Thank you.

[jaevilla]

thats dat cali all day.. like the track but this nigga know how to play keyboard good shit tho

[areastrapped]

just amazing

[BennyLascoMusic]

sht is sick man !

[mase148]

3 greatest beat makerz in the world.

1:Premo

2:Battle Cat

3:The Alchemist

[804186443]

@mase148 come on selvester

[charliehustlenflow]

@mase148 man u forgot dj quik mane

[AesthetixBeatz]

Battlecat is a legend

[PoppaSiim]

lets bang cali iz active !

[tetofontaine1]

one of tha dopest!!!!..dey need a lighter shade of brown ontha remix..

[ticog]

Oh that was the mike stand I thought that was Snoop in the backround at 5:43.

[Dzoni73]

Johnny J, BattleCat, Dj Quick, Moe Z, Assasian...

[Dnice9737]

Damn he fliiped the hell out of that RoyalCash Radioactivity beat

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

and here I was expecting to read some old BS about this being a Lighter Shade of Brown song.

You took it back! Peace!

[ucantfuckwiththis]

This my nigga from the hood with Qluso talking in the background. Arlington Ave & ???

[rekonizeplanb]

fuck hes the man!

[adrianjermalford]

great vid.i wanna hear nipsey on dis

[yungnigel]

lmao yo dayum dat nigga ugly as fudge. but dayum i like dat beat bruh

[Elroy920]

to funny lol

[tylus17]

Battlecat the muthafuckin beat don! King of the westcoast beats. Who fuckin wit it? Nobody!

[LouisAvalon]

terrace martin is dope as hell.but i dont think you can put him up there with CAT and Quik yet.he's defintiely on his way tho

[PLOTLAKER5]

him and dj quik = best west producers along with dre.

TRUUUUUEEEEEEE

CALi iZ ACTiVE

[milkchocolate3]

you heard of terrace martin ? he's up there with em too. dope west coast music!

[SupermanJohnnyBoy]

ya but Dres is not a soulful as Cat and Quik

[LTDproduction]

@SupermanJohnnyBoy VERY true

[MrPragmatism]

@SupermanJohnnyBoy Dre is a fuckin bitch...G-Funk all day

[YungReach]

@PLOTLAKER5 respect to dre but i think as far as the sequencing, track layering and progression wise he's beats sounds a bit boring and loopy than battlecat.

[MrDirtdevil91]

@YungReach Dre's style is more east coast than west coast imo, his G-Funk shit was West West but his 2001 style was more NY style, maybe cuz he was workin with people like Rakim

[LTDproduction]

@PLOTLAKER5 Ha sometimes I think I'm good enough to be a producer....but this muthafuka ALWAYS brings me back down to earth!!!

[KidWuzi]

@PLOTLAKER5 you forgot DJ Khalil

[BrownImmigrant]

@PLOTLAKER5 , timbaland . . .is before these meatballs

[immasuperninja]

@PLOTLAKER5 madlib is another good west coast cat so is oh no and flylo

[SURtifiediLL]

nycee

[eeaaazzz]

this is real gangster shit this is how we niggas do man all the time dammn this is crazy

[kil0z]

what kind of motif is that?

i got a ton of samples motif sounds but they dont sound like that =/

[TheFunkySoulStory]

samples are good, but if you want your sound to be better, you need to have the best hardware, there is no secret

[kil0z]

I can make my shit sound awsome without hardware. Sure the Motif is a classic but no one can say its the best, thats all in ones taste man!

Anyway that wasnt my question i wanted to know what Motif Battlecat is using there.

[megagavelli]

motif es6

[blaqoutmusic]

es. he also got plenty of racks tho

[TheCali310]

This song is go hard

[drummtb333]

god i want that bass so bad!!!

its the fattest sample ever

[oneeazy1not2]

I know

if u find it let me know

I love that bass at 1:48

[TayHam24]

whoever says hip-hop/gangster rap is fucking simple and takes no talent better step the fuck back, battlecat, quik, dre to name a very small few know their shit

[TalesFromTheCrates]

THIS IS SIMPLE!!! come on guy, the is pattern based music and he covers just two electrofunk-classics "Radio Activity Rapp" and "Radio Activity (Let's Jam). Its cool, but pretty simple. I love Hip Hop, but its simple as f****. I play in Metal, Funk and Pop-Bands, and Hip Hip is the simplest music. I love it, but it is so simple. look at the millions of untalented beatmakers: EVERYBODY CAN MAKE HIP HOP! nuthing but a g-thang = 100% sample. the list goes on and on..

[roadcommander132]

Not true. Just like every genre of music, there are those with true musicianship (like Battlecat or Marty Friedman if you will) and a genuine feel for his/her respective genre. Battlecat incorporates some pretty interesting and not so easy to recognize gospel/funk chords and music theory.

Just like making metal, funk, pop, hiphop or any other genre of music, EVERYBODY CAN DO IT (i.e. Jonas Brothers or T-Pain and the rest of the autotune brigade), but not everyone can do it WELL.

[RedSkullthagreat]

correction-everybody can make RAP. Very few can make hip hop. Compared to the numbers of people that try and DON't get it right. Hip Hop is a culture,that is done wrong,ain't hip hop any more. Now that SoljaBoy shit,now that's rap.

[CAallday209]

i think metal is fucking simple. i fuck with all kinds of music. i used to play a ton of metal. metal (to me) is barney shit.

funk is cool. Pop? wtf? thats gay dude.

"look at the millions of untalented beatmakers"

dude look at the millions of nobody guitarist and drummers going from band to band neither one of em going anywhere.

i dont think you know what you're talking about.

peace anyways.

[oneeazy1not2]

LOL nobody gives a fuck about ur opinion

wrote a long ass comment 4 nothing

[denverbroncosrock07]

yeah and grunting (metal) into a microphone is simple, i could even get a lion to do it. hip hop is just as talented as any other genre of music.

[djphatd]

Amen brother, everyone you mentioned is a fucking musical genius, up there with Mozart and Beethoven

[oneyoungnigga]

If you likes dat smooth shit Check out Limotint Vegas Trip On I-tunes

[StrictlyBG]

he is the best producer man ..his hands are soul and funkfull

[ColoradoChronic]

him and dre best producers of all time

[slangmet352]

BATTLE CAT DOES HIS THING MAN

[slangmet352]

that west coast beats be sounding smooth man

[YoungMuthaphuckkinG]

good sh!t

[ReewaFromHell]

holy shit!

[99213ca]

loced out cuz battle holla at yo boy

[andres6196giler]

Monster in production...

My englis its not good..

Abrazos man,,,, eres un genio.. saludos deesde Ecuador..

[CFoeTv]

BADAZZ

[AmilleoJones]

yeah this is prolly one of battle cats classics...i found tha instrumental on youtube i bang that joint every day

[focusedentertainment]

I dont understand why 50 and cat dont hook up his sound and 50 swag would kill the game right now, cats beatz bring out that 50 we been missing.

[Eyefoeye93]

wat 50 be missin is STREET CREDIBILITY how could a snitch nigga a mainstream-beef hugry rapper go at it wit real G's lik Game when his fake-azz crew's "g-unot" main single wuz i like the way she do it, nigga even white folks say that shit is a discrace to hip hop no different from soulja boy crap, if 50 thinks he's comin back he should put Power Of The Dollar input into his new shit

[poppinghutuka]

Straight West Coast!!!

[Damfire31]

DPG is back on a map, West Coast finest, killer beat. Cat, keep it up bringing us more classics like this.

[wfreeman33]

Battlecat....Nigga I am lost for words. That beat is going to forever be a instant classic.

[negomandruva]

yo man! i'm brazilense and you it's monster in production and all respect, i'm group "KILLATROZ" OF SÃO PAULO, i like much of beats of L.A, I'm Fan veredict, CRIP'S, Peace man!!!

[vashthestampede2008]

Serious track

[MRVISDOME]

what keyboard is good for baseline beside the moog?

is there a cheap rack with sum good analog basses

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

Get a Korg EA they can do alot

[amilaku]

what keyboard is he using is it a yamaha motif?

[MRVISDOME]

what keyboard he uses fot the bass does someone know?

[yanksquad51]

damn he five months

[BLACKFONZIRELLI]

i love that joint cali iz active

[WURCZ]

I love the west cuh..this shit make you wanna mad dogg every nigga you see..fa nothin!

[noglesby1]

dre, cat and quik are keepin the west coast production game alive, new comers like terrance martin, jelly roll, fred wreck, focus, and cant forget meech wells are trying keep the torch lit. just my opinion

[killence]

this is a monster production!!!DJ BATTLECATtttttttttt

[SodaYc]

Dj Quik is better than Cat check out his basslines!!!

[stanis3k]

cat>>>dr dre.

and this is coming from a hardcore dre fan.

dre dont make his on shit, and he aint consistent, and quite honestly dre be making some wack ass shit.

im not sure who's better battlecat or dj quik

[mediumlarge]

common dre laid the foundations for west coast producers. dude = goat. nwa, chronic, doggystyle, 2001, doc etc that shit = classic. sayin that battlecat is fuckin crazy

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

Don't forget World Class Wreckin Cru and all that true foundation 808 Egyptian Lover shit

[funkkidmusic]

thatz a hard one quik is better with with that smooth slow stuff and cat is good with that bangin' g ish

both are sick and underated tho

[djquikfan]

Cat is one of tha best producers outta tha west hands down

[GunLoc]

Battlecat>>>

[djcoma1200]

Genius at work

[DrVladDracula]

this beat left my ass paralyzed from snapping my neck back and forth!

WEST WEST YA'LL!

[sublime10168to96]

one of the sickest tracks ever made for DPG....battlecat is a monster in the westcoast that people need to be fucking with man.....open your eyes people battlecat is a real, creative, inspiring, coming up producer from the mothafucking WESTCOAST .....straight heat making

==WESTCOAST MUSIC1LOVE626