Man Who Gave Prince His Drums and Hip-Hop MPC

It's story of Roger Linn, LM-1, LinnDrum and MPC and drum machines that changed music. For almost 50 years, Roger Linn's machines have quietly shaped way modern music feels. Before MPC became one of Hip-Hop's most important innovations, before LinnDrum helped define sound of 80s pop and RnB, and before Prince made LM-1 part of his sound, Roger Linn was guitarist, engineer and inventor trying to make drum machines to accompany his demos. This video follows story of LM-1, LinnDrum, Linn 9000 and AKAI MPC60 & 3000, and how these machines helped shape records by Prince, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, DJ Premier, J Dilla, Jermaine Dupri, Carl Craig, Just Blaze and more. In this episode of Behind Record, we look at how Roger Linn went from would-be rock star to one of most important instrument designers in modern music and how three machines helped create one incredible legacy. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Before Beat 03:31 - LM-1 08:14 - LinnDrum 10:42 - Linn 9000 11:41 - MPC Playlists: | #RogerLinn Original video: