[Mix With The Masters] Ni**as In Paris JAY-Z, Kanye West Inside the Track #116

Recorded and mixed in various hotel rooms between New York and Paris, ‘N****s In Paris’ became one of the defining albums of the 2010s. Watch as Anthony Kilhoffer revisits the original production session in Logic Pro, and learn how he mixes hit records on the go from his mobile studio.

Anthony resurrects the original session in Logic Pro and talks about his experiences working with longtime Kanye collaborators Hit-Boy and Mike Dean. You’ll learn how they tweaked the original beat with new layers and textures, and how they chopped and screwed together various elements to enhance the song’s iconic vocal hooks. The producer also breaks down the song’s very memorable outro, which was remotely produced on an iPad by Mike Dean.

Anthony then turns the spotlight to his engineering process, revealing the tools and techniques he used to record and mix the track. He reveals the plugin chains for Jay and Kanye’s vocals and shares insight into how they created the signature aesthetic for the artists’ quintuple-platinum album, Watch The Throne.