Little cartoon shit, because I’m big on cartoons. There’s a lot of shit where my beats come from. In an interview with The Fader, Nudy describes what it’s like picking out a Pi’erre beat: On certain songs, it sounds as if Nudy is just merely talking instead of rapping, because his delivery on top of the pristine production meshes so well. Their 2019 mixtape Sli’merre perfect encapsulates the partnership. Nudy will by no means give you jaw dropping lyrics, but him and Pi’erre work so well together because Nudy knows how to let the beat breathe and just blur in with all the madness surrounding him. Young Nudy, who performs “Sunflower Seeds,” is one of Pierre’s most frequent partners, and the first rapper of any note to grace his beats. What also makes these beats work is Pi’erre meticulous choice of collaborators. It sounds like you’re floating on a cloud while you watch the world move around you. On the Pi’erre-produced “Sunflower Seeds,” we open with a plain drum kick alongside playful guitar strings, then layered over bouncy background noises akin to the congratulatory music after finishing a level on Super Mario Bros. This is all deliberate - mix them in with sound effects reminiscent of an old pinball machine, distorted synths, and samples that sound like they could come from your favorite 90’s cartoon show, and what emerges is a beat rich in sounds that clash, but somehow don’t step over each other. His piano keys sound like he’s playing them off of one of those old Fisher-Price toy pianos. His drums sound like they’re submerged deep under sea level. but the way in which he deploys these sounds is a bit awkward. Pi’erre, of course, uses more traditional sounds that make up a beat - heavy bass, snare kicks, hi-hats, dark pianos, etc. It’s in a way confusing, but somehow makes total sense. Those two elements alone are nothing new, but the way he incorporates the sounds together are distinct. He loves to pair bright video game-esque sounds with trap drums. The beat consists of a magical four-note loop, with melodic flutes and syncopated synths, that sound like you’re traveling through Hyrule. Take a track like Playboi Carti’s “Magnolia,” which till this day may be Pi’erre’s definitive work. What makes Pi’erre stand out from his peers is the pure simplicity of his beats. The best producers are quickly identifiable by their unique sound, and at the moment, there’s no better producer that draws me in like Pi’erre Bourne.Įver since breaking on the scene in 2016, the South Carolina-born producer has been on a tear, linking up with artists like Playboi Carti, Young Nudy, Lil Uzi Vert, and Young Thug. Sure, speaker knocking drums will get anyone amped up, but my favorite thing to do is to look for the creativity of how a producer manipulates a beat. The beat itself is the first thing that captures my attention, and whether the lyrics or mind-blowing or not, a beat that slaps will overpower anything. Lately I’ve found myself getting lost in the production of rap music, rather than the lyrics themselves.
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