BlaqNMild Talks Making Beats For Drake, New Orleans Bounce Music + More

BlaqNMilD Interview on the Producergrind Podcast. In house Music producer for No Limit (Master P) BlaqNMild stopped by the office to talk about co-producing Drake – In My Feelings with Murda Beatz in which Drake reached out to add a New Orleans Bounce Music sound to the record. He talked about his long career in the music industry which started in the early 2000’s, Being a producer at No Limit Records and Partnering with the legend Master P. Blaq talks a little about how his process of making beats has changed over the years and he has finally wound up using strictly Propellerhead Reason. We talked a lot about New Orleans culture and its influence on the rap game.

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1:11 How his Drake Placements came about
2:57 What is Bounce Music?
6:02 Relationship with Master P
9:30 Feelings on the current state of music
12:21 Why did you choose to stay in New Orleans
17:33 New version of selling tapes out the trunk
20:55 Talking about FL Studio, Reason, etc.
25:45 Discussion on Soundcloud and YouTube
27:31 What does an average day look like for you?
30:43 What does your perfect studio session look like?
32:40 Life after Drake Placement (The Drake Effect)
36:14 I Got The Hook Up 2 Movie
(39:59) Overrated/Underrated
– (40:04) Plastic Tip or Wood Tip Black n Mild
– (42:00) Bourbon Street
– (44:07) Cafe Du Monde
– (44:44) Winning Grammy
– (45:40) Pappadeaux
(46:34) Tha Carter V and Lil Wayne’s influence on the culture
(51:48) Plans for 2019