If you look at Questlove, he uses a two up/two down setup mostly live too (besides is the rig for Fallon) with a standard 10/12/14/16/22 config and 4,5 shallow or steel snare, for that same reason. Electronics (sample pads and/or Ableton Live) when playing live, also is essential I have found. With that in mind, I always used at least three toms (4 when possible and the addition of a gong drum always works well). When I look at my own setups I used for recording drums for Wu-Tang members Hell Razah & Shyheim, Bad Brya, Salah Edin, and more for producer Shroom, I use toms (and a lot of them) for the fills. Hip-hop itself is a wide spectrum, so a good start would be to pin-point which era you want to play, artists that inspire you, what kind of Hip-Hop and more. Study up on the various era's, beats, history of hip hop, including old school funk type beats (like the Gogo, see video below), James Brown (you KNOW which one in particular you HAVE to know/play), and more. I'll run a bass drum with a good 'general' HH sound, but also a trigger, to add 808, LOW end, etc.ĭifferent hip hop styles/feels. Don't be afraid to tape up a drum, to get the right affect.
Snares especially - various tuning's, you'll likely need a good low, med and high (POP), sounds. That ratio can change from artist to artist (and song to song, even), but that is my general experience. I've worked with some artists that want me to bring the human element, but most of the time I'm doing 80/20 - 80% locked in/machine/etc, and 20% human/live drummer element (fills, human feels, etc). Great HH drumming is all about getting the RIGHT sound, for each piece of the drums. The hard part at first, going back and forth between the two feel types (human - machine). I had to work to straighten them out, lose the "human/swing/accent" feel. When I first started doing a lot of HH gigs, I'd just sit there and record myself playing 8ths on the HH's, at different BPM's. If you have to do the drum machine/programmed vibe, practice playing all your notes without accents, specially hi hat notes. Also, practice the "drunken" Quest/Chris Dave beat. Lots of artist want you to do the drum machine thing, but also practice playing behind and ahead of the click, like Quest on D' Angelo's amazing 'Voodoo' album. I'll always check with the artist first, if they want that vibe or not.ĭo A LOT of practice to a click/loops. Rarely do I bring other toms, but its happen. The constant between the two is: kick, at least two snares (I've used up to four, 10", 12", 14" and 16"), hi hats (sometimes two sets), ride, a crash or two, trash/effect type cymbals, some percussion, maybe a floor tom. So, triggers on snare and bass drum, a few pads, loops, click, back tracks, etc. I've done some that require LOTS of electronics - hybrid stuff. Set wise, like anything, it depends on the songs. I've done quite a bit of live hip hop drumming. There are three guys to look at (more I'm sure, but these three are musts, imo):
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