12 Creative Hip Hop Production Tips - Jeff Ellis (Doja Cat, Frank Ocean)

From rap vocals to 808s to adding crunch to your entire mix, learn these 12 creative tricks for your hip productions, from Grammy-winning producer/engineer Jeff Ellis (Frank Ocean, Doja Cat, Kali Uchis). Check out Jeff’s personal mixing/production chain presets here: Check out Black Friday specials on all the plugins featured in this video: All the plugins in the video are also available in the Waves Ultimate subscription: 0:00 Intro 1:25 #1: “Unhinge” the vocal with delay 4:11 #2: Splash crazy color on vocals 7:36 #3: Make the backing vocals sound “faded” 9:00 #4 Make adlibs swirl 11:35 #5 Make your samples more unique 14:15 #6 Turn your snare into a monk chant! 14:57 #7 Wrap the backing track around the vocal 16:07 #8 Filter 808s differently during different sections 20:00 #9 Help drum samples not sound super-