i hear this sound specifically in the west coast early 90s where the song sounds kinda different i dont really know how to describe it. examples are

Del The Funky Homosapien- you're in shambles and wrong place

Wc- Kill a habit

Casual - I didnt mean to

HIeroglyphics - Never no more and tell me who profits

Cypress hill - hand on the pump (you can hear it especially at 3"20)

Ice cube - now i gotta wet cha

Da lench mob - Guerillas in the mist

2pac -picture me rollin

i thought maybe its the samples but when i listen to the originals they dont sound like that. i hope you even get what i mean but if u do, what are they doing to make it sound like that?

Thanks.

Hey everyone! I'm a beginner beat producer looking to connect with rappers and learn through collaboration. I'm interested in working with upcoming artists who want to create original music together. If you're looking for a producer, let me know what style you make!

Yo! What's up i've been producing for the last 1.5 years and would love to start working with people directly on some songs! I specialize in making beats inspired/similar to artists such as:

-Bladee / Whitearmor / Drain gang type beats

-2hollis / Che / Lucy Bedroque / Rage type beats

-Fakemink / twentythree / Jerk type beats

-Marjorie -W.C. Sinclair / Babytron / Detroit type beats

BUT I am a huge fan of all kinds of rap music so I would also be super down to try and make beats in some styles im less comfortable with! I also am an aspiring audio / mixing engineer so if you wanna send me some raw vocals for my beats Id love to ho ahead and mix whole the song!

(I also rap on my own beats from time to time just for fun, so I would also be down to do vocal features but im much more confident in my producing skills.)

If you have any interest in working together HMU, and I'll send you some of my beats so you can give them a listen!

I am producing beats.

I’ve made 100+ beats and started my own electronic music project. Now I’m struggling to find a reason to keep going.
I’ve been making music for a while now. I’ve uploaded over 100 beats to YouTube, trying to sell them, and recently started a separate project as an electronic music artist.
That project has only four tracks so far.
And honestly, I’m already struggling to find the motivation to make more.
It’s not that I don’t have ideas. It’s not that I don’t want to create. I just keep wondering what the point is when it feels like nobody is listening.
I work, pay bills, get through the day, and try to squeeze music into whatever time and energy I have left. Meanwhile, the thing I actually want to do with my life slowly gets pushed further into the background.
I don’t expect to become famous overnight. I don’t even need thousands of listeners right now. I’d be happy to find a small group of people who genuinely connect with my music. People who come back for the next track because they actually want to hear it.
But when you’re putting your work out there and getting almost nothing back, it’s hard not to question whether you’re wasting your time.
I don’t want to spend my whole life working just to survive while the thing I care about most becomes a hobby I eventually abandon.
Maybe four tracks is too early to expect anything. Maybe I need to stop overthinking and just keep releasing music. I know that.
But knowing what I should do and actually finding the motivation to do it are two different things.
If you’re an independent artist, how do you keep going when it feels like nobody cares? And if you ever managed to find your audience, what changed things for you?
Eugene Killy.

Hi everyone! I've been making music for around 5 years, and I use REAPER as my DAW. I'm looking for advice on mixing, sound selection, and achieving a specific sound.

I've always loved Russian-style boom bap and hip-hop, especially artists like OY74, Вектор А, Brick Bazuka, ЛИТВИНЕНКО, and others. I mainly work with samples and do my best to make them sound dark and fit that particular style.

I'm also a big fan of type beats by producers like BeatsQuiet, HLSN, n0rtiz, and UNDERDOPE.

The thing is, I feel like I'm missing something. When I listen to their beats, I get the impression that at some point, everything just comes together and the beat gains a certain quality and its own distinctive sound. It's not necessarily just about loudness or individual sounds — there's something about the overall texture, atmosphere, and character that I really love, but I haven't been able to achieve it myself, no matter how much time I put into it.

One of the reasons I'm asking here is that I've struggled to find tutorials that specifically cover this style of hip-hop. There seems to be very little information available about achieving that particular Russian boom bap sound, especially when it comes to the way samples, drums, and textures are processed and blended together. Most of the production tutorials I come across focus on other styles, so it's difficult to find advice that applies directly to what I'm trying to achieve.

I'm specifically interested in Russian boom bap because, to me, it has a very distinctive sonic identity. The samples, drums, textures, and overall atmosphere seem to come together in a very particular way.

Is there anyone here who makes beats in a similar style and could share some advice, recommend specific techniques, plugins, or tutorials, or point me in the right direction? I'd really appreciate any help. I'd love to understand what I might be overlooking and how I can finally take my sound to the next level.

Anyone want to make a few songs? I’m a rapper in need of someone who has an ear for beats and sound etc. I have a good ear for music but I can’t create what I like if that makes sense. A lot of my influence is action Bronson, the alchemist, MIKE and Earl sweatshirt to name a few if anyone is into making rap like that lmkkkk much love 🫰

I want to build my portfolio and in exchange you get a free mix on your vocals and whatever beat you send along with it

1. The Notorious B.I.G.

Anyone who thinks about it for a second can hardly argue. His flow was off the charts and freestyle came to him with absurd naturalness: he rhymed as if he were simply talking. He had a musical voice, impeccable beat choices, and a pen capable of giving meaning to every single verse. With Ready to Die and Life After Death, he delivered two top-tier albums in a very short career. If he had had more time, the GOAT debate might not even exist.

1. Nas

For me, he could even deserve first place. He has an insane flow and a knack for pocketing rhymes that few have ever had, and he debuted at a very young age with a masterpiece like Illmatic. His consistency is impressive: from his sixth album onward he's been criticized, but even his "mid" records had at least one flawless track. Someone who makes 5 albums out of 10 [masterpieces] and another 10 out of 8 shouldn't be criticized for the latter. He is too underrated, he’s had crazy beats, and for me, he beat Jay-Z in the beef.

1. Eminem

He is the most famous rapper ever and changed the history of the genre. He has style, technique, rhymes, and a viciousness (the "bullshit," so to speak) that no one has ever replicated. He has memorable collaborations and some of the best-known songs in rap history.

1. Kanye West

He completely changed the style and sound of hip-hop, and as a producer he’s a musical genius: whether you like his persona or not, you have to admit it. I put him fourth only because he isn’t a pure rapper like the ones above him, but his impact is massive.

1. Kendrick Lamar

He is the king of the modern era: songs, rhymes, beats, beefs, and awards. A brilliant lyricist with an exceptional pen, to the point that certain tracks blow your mind. He has fewer streams than Drake because he produces less, and he produces less because he doesn't make pop tunes. Quality versus quantity.

1. 2Pac

He’s very good, I admit it, but his truly rap songs are few (aside from Hit 'Em Up) and his technique is not comparable to the top five. As a generational leader he is absolute, he had a mind and thoughts light-years ahead of his time, and today we could use a voice like that. However, he was inconsistent between what he said and how he lived, and being a symbol doesn't change songs, albums, and technique. Let's be honest.

1. Jay-Z

Extremely consistent, with great rhymes and great, underrated albums. Unfortunately, he remained a bit in the shadow of Nas and the lost beef. He's a genius from an economic standpoint too, but we aren't judging that here.

1. Lil Wayne

He is the best after those seven, without a doubt, but the gap shows. When people talk about the GOAT, they always and only talk about them, and rightly so. He changed the genre by steering it toward autotune and trap, and he has always been the life of the party. YOU WON'T STOP LIL WAYNE!

1. Drake

He is the king of the streaming era and has numbers that no one has ever had. He has good technique, a decent pen, and the ability to span different genres.

1. Snoop Dogg

He’s the best right after the greats and a bit underrated. He has albums like Doggystyle and great collaborations, and he's still going strong today: he simply doesn't need to prove it anymore.

And what do u think??

Hey guys. I’ve been a hobby producer for about 2 years now. I have arround 250 finished beats in my stash right now.

I’ve been wanting to sell some; just for the fun of it, not taking it serious like that. Not making a type beat channel or promoting anything or somethin. I don’t care if it sells basically.

Now i watched some videos on beats stars. Apparently i need they key, bpm, genre, specific bit rate mp3, wav, stems, tagged and untagged beats, as well as an accurate description and tags for every beat.

I have hundreds of beats i would like to sell and they are all untagged mp3 files with a wrong bit rate, without any key or bpm mentioned in the title and without stems or wav files.

How can i make this easier for myself? Should i just not sell if i don’t want to be serious about it? Or is there an easy way?

Thanks a lot for the input

Welcome to Freestyle Friday! If you're a producer - feel free to donate a beat down below in reply to the beat submissions comment. If you're a rapper - scroll down to choose a beat, then record a freestyle over it. You can post whenever, just have fun!

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yo, looking for a discord server where i can meet some rappers and other beatmakers, share beats, collab and just talk music. anyone got a good server they recommend? drop the link below 🙏

Thanks for the votes folks, here's the next sample for this week: https://youtu.be/FpPk4pqzL2A?si=22xXyOP9PK9DhR2h

Submission Rules:

• You can only submit one beat.
• Beats can be any genre.
• You have to use the sample in your beat, it should be recognizable. You can add other instruments and samples, but the sample should be a main element.
• All submissions submitted before the deadline will be linked in the voting post; whoever gets the most votes there wins.
• Ties are decided by whoever submitted the beat first. Reused beats from previous battles can't win ties.

Schedule:

• Submissions: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Monday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Results: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - the winner takes over and posts the new submissions thread using the linked template on Friday asap.

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Never know exactly where a track is gonna take me until I’m in it 🤘

I wanna hear what you guys' thought process on this is. The reason I'm asking is because I did this feature for a rapper nearly 2 years ago that ended up being one of my best verses ever, but he never ended up finishing his part and it's just sat unreleased.

A couple days ago I asked him if I can just take the song and finish it myself, and he agreed. But now I'm not sure if I should get a feature on it to finish it, or if I should try to record a second verse myself to fill it out. Or both, I guess lol.

My buddy thinks I should keep it a solo track, because he thinks it's one of my best songs ever and that it would be better to keep it solo so all the attention from it stays on me. On the other hand, I think getting a dope feature on it could bring more eyes to the track, who could hopefully be impressed by my part and check out my other stuff as well.

I also just think the artist I have in mind could easily fit on the track and it could end up very dope. There's also the fact that the first verse was recorded on a completely different set up, I rapped differently, it was mixed differently than how I mix my vocals now, etc. I think doing another verse on it this long after could potentially sound weird if not done carefully.

I made a whole 9 track album using just old brazil jazz samples and I am not personally worried if I have to take a song or two down later if the artist comes after me (the pros to sampling extremely obscure records no one listens to) but I am however trying to get this on streaming services by passing the detections for unpermitted sampling. I know if I change the pitch and make the frequencies different I might get them past but my question is how far off should the sample be from the original?

One trick I learned is to slow just the tempo down in audacity and then do change pitch/ speed effect slightly higher than the negative equivalent of just the tempo change so it’s close to the original but has a unique but subtle difference in tone. How far should I go with that tho? Or is there some other tricks that are better? I’m still only a few months into learning this so any advice would be appreciated.

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Im working on a project for its release (at the moment) on Bandcamp in a few months (my first release). I have all the production, the mixing, and the vocal stuff figured out, but Im still dont know much bout publishing. I know how samples work sorta, but the whole royalties, how to publish and all that, its confusing. Is there any good videos, books or just some advice that u can tell me about?

Congratulations u/PrincipleCapable8230 !

Winning submission: https://soundcloud.com/moose-beats-828013751/ftc116

Have fun picking the sample for the next battle! Please start the new submission thread asap.

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• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Results: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - the winner takes over and posts the new submissions thread using the linked template on Friday asap.

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He estado haciendo beats por un buen rato ya, y la verdad no soy un experto ni nada, pero me gustaría encontrar un artista que le guste el trap, el rap, el indie pop, el reggaetón y si quieres, puedo intentar otros géneros. Para mi nivel, no voy a cobrar mucho y podría ofrecer una prueba gratis.

(Perdón si mi inglés está mal, soy español pero puedo hablar inglés)

I have started writing my thoughts into shayaris/ raps, its raw i just write what i feel, it comes out to be a rhyming last word sentences it follows a story but i have no idea of the flows or how to make it in a music, i am not able to figure out pauses, stretching words ( all those things). I dont know how to make beats, so as a beginner what should i focus on, how to move forward from this ??

Hi! im t.u.r moil. i did the second volume of my remix mixtapes series, this time i really spent a long time doing sample digging and the most important thing is that most of the artists here are from my country (Chile), like the first volume "plunderphonics" fits it well. Anyway, here's my new album "Cut-Up Graveyard Residue Vol.2". Includes remixes from Janis Joplin, Iskra, Jonas Sanche, Tom Hardy, Akriila, MF DOOM, KAIL, Killua97, Busta Rhymes, Pablo Chill-e, Mac Miller and Gorillaz.

2 original rap songs, and really some unique productions. I really enjoyed making this one, and I'd love to hear your opinions and favourite songs.

Are there any specific "tricks of the trade" I should know as a complete beginner to writing raps? Like letters/sounds to avoid, how to stay on beat, etc.

I've decided to try and practice by writing over instrumentals to my favorite songs since I'll be able to follow the flow well, and I've heard that freestyling is a good way to practice, but I just end up mumbling sounds. I hear you're supposed to be able to think of the word you want to get to in your head as you freestyle--idk if that's something some people are naturally better at, but my brain can't work that fast, at least not yet.

And any advice/drills to practice outside of writing songs?