Listening to this in the subway on my way to work and it has such a good vibe! The video is pretty cool and cute, it’s a welcome change from “everything is ghetto gloomy / gunz’n’cars”
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A little out of season here in the northern hemisphere, but I just finished a wintry beat:
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Watching old Rhythm Roulette videos and realized the record store Krit went to is the same one 10 minutes away from my old apartment.
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First try at a full hip hop track, using MPC Live 2 only.
Thanks to @rockpapergoat for the “keep it short” advice - I did!
Feedback invited…
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nice!
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Sorry to hear about the issues you’re having with Android Koala, Doug. I don’t hesitate to recommend it to any- and every-one but always with the caveat of using iOS.
I do one of these flips a week using Koala. I usually mix in AUM but was pushed for time and didn’t have the tools I need to make the parts fit together sonically this week so I mixed it in Ableton.
Structurally it’s very simple. It doesn’t do a lot, but what it does do, it very much means.
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beautiful and super professional
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That’s great, nice to hear some non-English lyrics too.
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that sounds huge!!
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Some more beats from my Koala folder.
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Hehe thanks, mate. Huge is very much what I’m after so that’s greatly appreciated!
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I really like your use of longer sustained tones combined with short chops. The two complement each really other well.
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Really like the second one, nice bit of edge to it
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I’m gonna have to get my notebook out and do a study on the last beat
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thanks guys!
it’s pretty simple to be honest. But it might be my personal favorite beat I‘ve done so far
Structurally, maybe, but I struggle with giving everything its space sonically, and this beat does that very well
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Yo!
What are your favorite hiphop podcasts?
I really like the Dutch BRAL (beats rhymes and life), in which the hosts focus on either legendary artist or album.
Helped me to (re)discover some great music and to learn a lot about my favorites (e.g., one of the hosts has actually been a tour manager for artists/groups like Wu-Tang and Mob Deep, so they really do know their stuff)
Would appreciate your recommendations!
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The What Had Happened Was podcast is great! Open Mike Eagle interviews a different producer/A&R rep every season
So far:
Season 1: Prince Paul
Season 2: El-P
Season 3: Dante Ross
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