(vibe hip hop music)
- When we heard the finished song, we knew it was a hit.
We knew that was the one.
We knew that was the one we finna push,
we finna go crazy.
We knew that was the song instantly.
I'm Quay Global, and you're watching "Making".
("Whoa" by Lil Baby) ♪ Then I ♪
♪ Call Gunna if you want you a Birkin ♪
♪ Oh Baby, you be lyin' in your verses ♪
♪ I be hearin', say you buyin' ♪ - I kind of had the beat
for "Whoa".
It was like one of those crazy weeks where Lil Baby,
we was flying around doing shows.
And I hit 'em up, and he was like, "I'm in Cali."
And I flew to Cali soon as he was like, "I'm in Cali."
I flew straight to Cali.
(plane engine roars) ♪ Probably one of the baddest ♪
- We went through a couple beats that day,
and it's like, when he played the beat,
we knew it was gonna be a hit,
he knew it was gonna be a hit, he knew what it was gonna be.
When he played the actual song,
he already knew like, "Oh yeah, that's the one," instant.
We've been rockin' with "Whoa" since then.
He did that song in like, an hour.
He did it quick, too.
I was in the other room making beats,
I walk back in and he was done (chuckles).
Yeah, he's not that instrumental
creating the beats with me, but you know,
if he don't like a sound, he'll definitely tell me like,
"Nah, I don't like that sound.
"That ain't a sound I like."
And he'll go to the next beat.
He won't even sit there and stunt the beat.
He want it to be ready.
As soon as we come in,
it gotta be ready. ♪ Post my drip up daily ♪
♪ Just so they can see, whoa ♪ - There's definitely a vibe
with "Whoa".
With all my tracks, I feel like I tell stories
through my beats, you get what I'm saying?
'Cause you know, I'm a writer, too,
so I get to tell stories through my beats.
I get to think what I'm actually thinking in my mind.
For "Whoa", what made it a hot beat
was you know, the 808, the drums.
It kind of remind you of "My Dawg" in a way,
but just like, you know, the newer version of it,
you get what I'm saying?
It's like that beat is just, it's crazy.
Like, when I made it, I was like,
"That's one of the ones."
I put it straight in the folder as soon as I,
soon as I, soon as I made it.
And like, I really, I made that beat in like,
I'd say about 30 minutes.
About 30-35 minutes, I actually finished the beat.
(upbeat vibe music)
When "Whoa" shot to the top, my whole inspiration changed.
I just started thinking different,
and I started thinking like, "I should make more."
Like, "I should do a lot more than what I'm doing now.
"There should be more."
My music is kind of timeless, and it puts people
in you know, this trance.
It's a frequency, so it put people in this trance,
and they head over heels for it.
They love it.
They love, you know, the music, the beats.
I met Lil Baby through engineering.
I had a partner named Bricks, and he introduced me
to Lil Baby because he was going out of town.
He's like, "I ain't got time."
He working, so he like, "You know what, man?
"I'ma link you up with this, you know,
"I'ma link you up with this dude or whatever,"
and that's the same day I met Lil Baby.
I met him at QC Studios,
and we been having chemistry ever since.
I'm from the Eastside, and Lil Baby from the Westside,
so I grew up listening to a lot of Travis Porter,
KE On The Track, that era of music.
When I met Lil Baby, he really was, "I don't like,
"I don't like them type beats, you get what I'm saying?"
So, Lil Baby, it took me a minute to start shaping the sound
and start getting that exact sound out of him,
because when I first met him, the sound,
it didn't sound like that.
Our first song we made was "My Dawg".
I had to keep going off of that sound.
That's the sound I had to keep making sure
it sound just like that.
That's the culture between the music with me and Lil Baby.
The Eastside and the Westside,
they really had two different genres.
The Eastside was more futuristic,
and the Westside had the street music,
and everybody was, you know, rapping 'bout the streets.
With my class of guys and the music that we're making,
it came together.
They put both of 'em together, you get what I'm saying?
My class, it's a lot more 808.
Like back in the day, the 808 never used to be
kind of loud or distorted.
When the record "My Dawg" came out,
everybody started cutting their bass up.
Everybody start cutting the low ends up,
and not really focusing on the melody.
It was all about a bass line.
So, I feel like my class, we turned the ship
all the way around.
I feel like the 808 of hip hop, you know,
it originated from Lil Baby's "My Dawg".
Like, the hard hittin' bass,
it's like every song you hear now,
it gotta have that hard bass.
So, I definitely think it came from "My Dawg".
It's definitely a characteristic of "My Dawg", for sure.
(rhythmic hip hop music)
My interest in music came from my granddad.
I mean, he really influenced me,
because he left in a time
where I was growing and learning to do it.
So, when he passed away,
it definitely gave me this inspiration
to keep going and not to never stop,
you get what I'm saying?
And I always have my family in my corner saying,
"Don't stop, never stop.
"Never, never stop doing what you doing,
"because it's gonna pay off in the long run."
I started hustling as an engineer.
Like, when I was younger and I was in high school,
I used to just hustle like my mama and my grandma has.
They used to be like, "Boy, you got too much traffic
"coming through out of that instrument."
But, that's how it happened.
I played the drums growing up.
I played the bass drum, I played the snare drum.
It definitely has an impact on my music,
because I can hear bass lines.
I got crazy bass lines, and I think
it definitely came from playing in the band
and then exploring my options with, you know,
being a musician.
I mean, at first, I kept getting shot down,
but you know, that's life.
You can win.
I won.
I won with just listening to
what people really wanted to hear,
and listening to how people wanted to hear it,
you get what I'm saying?
I had to make beats like other producers first,
and then bring it to my own sound,
you get what I'm saying?
(upbeat electronic music)
It kind of tickled me the first time
I heard somebody actually playing one of my beats.
I'm kind of like, "Oh snap, is this real?"
You get what I'm saying?
So, I mean, when I first heard a Quay beat,
it literally, it literally kind of shocked me.
I was like, "Whoa, this getting real.
"My life is switching."
One time, I seen LeBron,
LeBron had reposted a video dancing to,
I don't know if it was "Whoa".
It was some, it was a Lil Baby song that I did.
And I just start looking at life different,
like if I can get my music heard from them,
I can get everybody to love my music,
you get what I'm saying?
♪ Cut that shit up, Quay ♪