Earlier this year I got a DM on Twitter from my "bredrin" Kardinal Offishall stating that he had some songs that needed to be mixed for his upcoming project. I took one listen and instantly agreed. I like the energy and fun loving attitude of the song and approached the mix from that perspective. I actually made the bassline and vocals the focal point then built everything else around them. The song was mixed ITB with Avid Protools on a Macbook Pro, Metric Halo 2882 interface and a UAD Satellite. It was well recorded and arranged so I was able to jump right into the mix. I focused on enhancing the sound and feel of the record.

I used the UA Neve 88rs plugin on the bass:

The MH Channelstrip 3 on vocals:

and The UA Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor on the stereo buss just for sonic glue (the meters barely moved).:

I don't like squashing the master buss but have no problem decimating individual tracks if needed.

On drums I used the UAD SSL-E Channelstrip.

Kick:

Snare:

and the reverb is the UA EMT 140 Plate reverb plugin:

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