Havoc Breaks Down His Infamous Classic Sample Kit (Shook Ones)

He’s behind one of the most successful rap duos of the ’90s (and a little track called Shook Ones (Pt II)). For NYC legend Havoc, it all started with cassette sampling, loop recording and old school classics.

The Infamous Classic Kit, built exclusively for LANDR, is a throwback to those early days—a collection of vinyl drums, loops and one shots from unearthed Mobb Deep samples.

We take a look back at Havoc’s humble beginnings and touch on the importance of building a legacy for future producers.

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[nujxad]

Imagine how many gems he has in his personal collection that no ones ever heard yet

[FreeggNinja]

most influential, illest and most recognizable beat in history

[glipk]

This man changed the game. What a legend

[lucozade]

The way he speaks it layers over the beat perfectly

[elvine]

It's a pain to see Havoc alone less his friend...

[zDxrteh]

Whenever I head that beat I always thought it was the best beat ever. Hearing him say we couldn't get any professionals so we had to do it ourselves is crazy.

[jerryokonkwo]

A classic made out of a stove is truly fascinated. Sheer creativity at its finest. That's brilliant honestly.

[bigtime]

The proof that for make a masterpiece you don't need a bunch of expensive stuff but just your own creativity

[killjoyclown]

Havoc had one of the hardest and my favorite beats of all time the hell on earth album sounds dark af and I feel like that’s his best work

[coreygolphenee]

It might be the coolest assembly of drum sounds ever

[peshu]

mannnn he talks on the beat so smooth wtf

[michaelscofield]

The duct tape on his Mac's video camera, I have done that to all my laptops ever since 11 years . Proof that he's truly an OG.

[fitawrarifitness]

Havoc got classics beats that every emcee should rhyme over.

[fernandomagau]

I can relate to what Havoc was saying about listening to songs on the radio then recording bits of curtain songs piecing them together to make your own track or beat, I had a bra who introduced me to that in the early 90"s, that is what got me into beatmaking or and music production, and the fact that we had money. Peace!!

[zaiahmills]

Yo that beat he was making at 1:29 was sick

[LocaliLLocano]

Queensbridge story is one of my most used drum samples libraries. I think I’ve resampled a lot of it on old hardware samplers. I ran it through outboard mixers. It was definitely a passion from Havoc and you can hear it.

[MotownShaker]

Top content, Havoc is one of the greatest

[cmebfresh]

I think I couldn’t make a beat this dope even with these modern equipment it’s just so raw

[spilknoobgoogle]

thanks for the free kit! havoc is the G.O.A.T why only 12k views tho?

[joshcas]

Dude this is Dope!! Thanks a lot I'm hyped about this kit thank you Havoc and Landr