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 Grammywinning producer, engineer Jeff Ellis (Frank Ocean, Doja Cat, Kali Uchis). Check out Jeffs 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