We love it when Jake One does his “making of” videos from his little home studio in Seattle. He’s back today with another one on this Christmas day, this time for Wale’s ‘The Success’, one of the standouts on his latest album, The Album About Nothing.
Jake takes us through the entire process, from sampling to adding different elements to the beat and explains the background story behind the instrumental. If you remember, J. Cole and Filthe had this beat before Wale and was supposed to land on Born Sinner but didn’t make the cut.
The final product:
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