Episode 63 | Stoic: Working with J.I.D, Mick Jenkins, and CJ Fly, Building a YouTube Channel As a Producer, Best Beats of 2023, and Much More

Adam and Sam bring on special guest, Stoic, who has over 88k subscribers on YouTube and a collab album with CJ Fly called "Piranha" dropping soon!

 

The guys discuss Stoic working with J.I.D and Mick Jenkins, building a successful YouTube page as a producer, our favorite beats of the year, and much more!

 

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:30 - Making a song with J.I.D

00:04:30 - The YouTube producer community 

00:06:40 - Are type beats good for music?

00:08:10 - How Stoic makes a beat and decided his producer tag

00:10:55 - How Stoic grew his YouTube channel to over 80k subscribers

00:13:10 - Spreading your luck surface area

00:15:00 - Best way for a producer to be found 

00:17:15 - Hearing multiple versions of a song over one of his beats

00:18:20 - Working in person vs. being sent finished product

00:19:35 - Importance of TikTok for producers

00:24:20 - Importance of Stoic's manager

00:27:00 - Artists Stoic has worked with

00:28:00 - Collab album with CJ Fly "Piranha"

00:31:00 - Importance of short form content as an artist 

00:32:15 - How Stoic collabs with artists 

00:34:20 - Album with Reyan "Dummy"

00:36:00 - Will Stoic make an instrumental album?

00:38:35 - Stoic's GOATs

00:40:10 - Favorite Tyler, the Creator beat 

00:41:40 - Drake should work with Alchemist 

00:43:10 - Stoic's favorite beats of the year

00:48:45 - Sampling is an art

00:50:00 - Should all songs be able to be sampled?

00:54:15 - Closing thoughts