Rhythm Roulette: London On Da Track | Mass Appeal

For this episode of Rhythm Roulette, MASS APPEAL met up with one of Atlanta's most influential producers, London On Da Track. As a mainstay of the Atlanta production world, London has played an instrumental role in the development of Young Thug's career, crafting some of the greatest hits in the enigmatic Atlien's catalogue. His time with Thugger has blessed the world with standouts such as "Lifestyle," "About Da Money" and "Check." Let's also not forget London's work with other Atlanta heavyweights, as he was the mastermind behind 21 Savage and Drake's collab "Sneakin'" as well as countless bangers with artists like French Montana, Gucci Mane, Birdman, 2 Chainz and many others.

Helping to define the soundscape coming out of Atlanta, who knows what the sound of trap music would be without London? True to his discography, London decided to bring the trap to Rhythm Roulette. In that spirit, he took his chances, pulling three records from A1 Records in New York.

London ended up with Phyllis Hyman's "Living All Alone," Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Blacknuss" and a house record from Jesse Saunders. Making quick decisions, London ends up sampling Rahsaan Roland Kirk's cover of Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On."

Watch the video up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.

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[bassman]

I don't understand the hate. He flipped the wildest part of the song and turned it into some heat!!! Give London his props man

[vigibeats]

Trap producers get crucified on this show - sometimes it's just nice to see different work flows/use of DAWs etc.

[TunzAmazin]

Respect to London. He made fire with a sample and a qwerty keyboard. Damn.

[quietwyattbeats]

I love this because he used the sample how he wanted to use it. It didn't drive the song, but it laid the foundation and complimented the whole piece. Stayed in his element and did what he did best

[mont-doggBeats]

London started as as a church musician playing piano, he’s an actual musician. Chopping up samples from records may not be his expertise but he did a decent job in my opinion

[tt]

Love how creative this flip is. I would have skipped right over that. This is why I love sampling! In the eye of the beholder

[libertychip]

London cool as shit. I prefer 90s-esque beats, but this dude got me into a LOT of rappers I prolly would never have fucked with in the first place had it not been for his production. Idk what people were expecting, but this shit is cool to me.

[ChrisTian-wxrh]

Well the challenge is he picked out a track to sample randomly and had to turn it into a beat. He succeeded

[PRISTHOODMUZIK]

"Logic, no Fruity Loops..."- LondonOnTheTrack

The shade lol. He flipped the hell out this sample!

[TreeABaby]

As a fellow producer I love when you can’t directly here the sample. Respect bro

[theabstract]

Bro struck gold with the Phyllis Hyman record and didn't even listen to it smh

[troylaw]

I respect London, he didn’t try to be anyone else but himself and stayed true to he’s sound.

[OrondeBranch]

I didn’t realize he was so young. He didn’t know who Phyllis Hyman was lol wow....or maybe I’m just old 😂

[stborn]

Organic asf. Picked the record, sampled it, and made a hit off of it. All on the spot. I fw this.

[ThaBlackSwordsman]

Love this dude's beats. Him and Thug always make bangers.

[mikehocksbig]

He doesn’t sample, ever, why you judging him off his sampling

[brianphilips]

Can we talk about how Charlie Heat has the most underrated rythm roulette to date

[no-yjcf]

He in my top 5 all time. His instrumentals actually move you. Best basslines in trap history

[compressor]

Incoming angry dudes in NY fitteds jean-shorts

[eastend.zulu.]

I've learned to appreciate every producer's style, wether I like the genre of music or not. Music is music. I can understand why a lot of people would dislike this because it is rather simple but I fuck with the beat and I fuck with hip-hop so shouts out to London and all Producers 👌✌