Picture a music video that has all of these features:
- The whole thing is one take
- Audio recorded at the same time its filmed
- Filmed in a room that starts empty, and musicians “seemingly” appear from nowhere
- Has a ridiculously sexy rapper
The story behind Let the Beat Build is long and crazy. When Tha Carter III dropped, my friend Jo Bellino hit me up with the idea to cover the song with a live band, and do a video. That never really happened, but since I already had written the rhymes and the song was now permanently stuck in my head, I decided to do it anyway.
Over the months, the idea just snowballed. I asked my friends at 194 Recordings to join the project and together we applied for a grant help make it happen. As I was looking through the list of film students I knew, my friend Nina Reyes-Rosenberg referred me to the guys at Last-Pictures to me. They ended up producing the whole thing. Chadd Harbold directed and Adam Newport Berra DP’d.
The musicians in the video are all friends or friends of freinds that became friends. They all seem to appear from nowhere because we built a makeshift wall in the studio, which they would all have to run out of as soon as the camera was facing another direction.
The shoot was a pretty grueling day, with 31 takes in all, plus 6 practice takes. Everybody was a super-trooper, howev.
CREDITS
Director- Chadd Harbold
Producers- Golda McCormick, Nyle Emerson, Chadd Harbold
Director of Photography- Adam Newport-Berra
Steady-Cam Operator- David George Ellis
Assistant Camera- Andy Kromphardt
Gaffer- Greg Golko
Key Grip / Transportation Captain- Bobby Olsen
Assistant Director- Keith Haskel
Art Director- Heidi Goldstein
Editor- Bryan Gaynor
Post-Production Supervisor-Dan Berk
Music Producers & Engineers- Katie Buchanan & Alan Gordon
Music Pre-Production-Brian Lee
Mixed by Mykael Alexander
Mastering-Nyle Emerson
Assistants- Chase Culpon, Jacob Blumberg, Dana Sedgwick
HORNS
Al Barrentine (Trumpet)
Kevin Birk (Trombone)
Julian Taylor (Sax)
STRINGS
Molly Fletcher (Violin)
Cameron Orr (Violin)
Alexandra Jones (Cello)
Kristine Kruta (Cello)
Liz Hanley (Violin)
Hana Segerstrom (Violin)
Patti Kilroy (Violin)
VOCALISTS
Danni Lee
Elle Varner
OTHER
Marlene Desiree (Dancer)
Josh Pikulin (Guitar)
Katie Buchanan (Banjo)
HOMEBOY CHOIR
Plateno Man
Syanide
Maverick
Odudu Akpaeti
SPECIAL THANKS
Priska Neely
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This was a dope idea and the video quality is really good
Wow Nyle…wowwww!
Nyle its been a long time! Regardless, I am so proud of you! Awwwwesome!
Hey! Didn’t make it to the show last night, but this is awesome. Really unique, really fun. Nice work. – T
Great work Nyle! Hi Quality
Nyle….. I am so incredibly proud of you, I don’t even know what to say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!
NYLE!!! This is fantastic! I watched it with my partner who is a filmmaker and we were both mad impressed! Kudos.
Congrats Nyle! This is simply amazing.
holyshit nyle, that was sick. looked good and sounded good, keep it coming.
this is mighty impressive…got dem chills! 1luv
Nyle you were great last night and this video is beyond awesome!!
Amazing. Absolutely Amazing. Doing this in one take makes the video
DOPE!
that was awesome! great job nyle
one word… EPIC!!!
Love it!
best music vid I ever saw!!!!!!!
Love the video! Love the concept!!!
I love the out takes. Such a magical video but to see its progress is a testament to how real you are keeping it right now. VH1 Behind the scenes. Stay fresh
siiiiiiick!
love the concept, loved how it’s done, wicked track, love the way the beat builds!
well done
Oh! I’m so proud of my little Nyle! One day soon, I’ll probably be working for you.
Props given
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that was the illest thing i’ve seen in a long time. and ya girls singing were fine too.
This video is retarded!! Very well thought out and genuinely enjoyable.
Nyle is destined for good things.
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Oooooh! my God this is great
I absolutely LOVE it!
Keep up the great work Nyle
Best music video I’ve ever seen.
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WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD THIS!?
This is the best music video of all time. The lighting, the colors, the continuous shot AND amazing music.
Awesome.
thats a dope vid, and especially after 31 takes it still got that energy , real real pro
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Nyle is another fine talent from Philly shining bright in the Big Apple. I PERSONALLY look forward to working with the homie in the future. GOOD ISH familia!!!!
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“The whole thing is one take”
“The shoot was a pretty grueling day, with 31 takes in all, plus 6 practice takes.”
[...] “let the beat build” by nyle; i keep hoping there will be an mp3 of this, even though the video is pretty great for watching too. except for that girl who randomly dances at the end. i’m not hating on dancers/that girl, but what is the purpose of this? everyone else in this video is musically talented, and here comes this girl to show off her abs. okay. thanks. i’m sure she’s legitimately a dancer, but just doesn’t show it at all for some reason. [...]
I really like the lyrics. And the video is just fine, too.
[...] This is pretty amazing work indeed – there are tons of elements in this vid that catch the viewers attention, which probably made the process even harder. I passed by Nyle’s website and found out there were 31 takes in all, with 6 practice takes. The room was almost empty in the beginning of the video and they achieve that constant flow of people coming in with a series of shifting walls. Read more details on the vid here. [...]
Awesome job. Congrats for front page digg. Shoulda been sourced from here, but still got the attention it deserved.
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Wake up people! All the credit goes to the camera man – the music on the other hand is average – at the beginning of the video those girls were louder than the dude!
[...] This is just a sick video. Simple as that. For more info about the making of the video, check out Nyle’s site. [...]
Nice work man, great beats and a super creative video.
This video definitely let me know, “what it Fills like to be in aw.” With all considered, WOW!
Props – well done guys.
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