SLAZO BADMAN BEAT

Made exclusively on iPad using Koala Sampler.

DKODA - Soulstice

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/outkast-you-may-die-tapehead-flip

Going to be completely honest, I hadn't heard ATLiens by OutKast until the other week. Great album I can't believe I slept on it for so long, and the intro hit me on a different level, the melodies were so crazy I had to flip it my own way. Layered a lot of the chops and made sure I flipped it so it wasn't just the same melody with drums over it, cause imo everything about the intro is perfect as it is the way it progresses too with the vocals is just crazy, didn't even touch that part cause I couldn't think of any way to use it properly.

Had to remix an OutKast song over the beat, and I immediately thought it would be dope to try and completely flip Hey Ya! - which obviously has a super upbeat feel good vibe, despite the lyrics actually being mad deep talking on some pretty sad stuff. That became way clearer when I put them over this beat, had to speed up the acapella a lot to get it matching the beat so I then left long gaps between the lines so that everything stayed on time, added echo etc to the last word of each line to fill the gap etc. I could only get the very beginning of the acapella working over the beat with the gaps, it got too crazy when the hook came in. Added the hook from One Love by Nas to finish the track off, thought it tied into what Andre 3000 is talking about etc. Overall I'm pretty happy with how this came out, thought it was a cool concept for a quick remix which focuses way more on the more emotional side of this track. 

Hopefully you rate what I was going for here, just a short idea. One more remix to go until my album rollout starts in April...Peace!!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/Sp-bJPQiYk0

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Hey Ya!' by Outkast and 'One Love' by Nas ft Q-Tip

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mick

Welcome to the many Dimensions of DKODA. I try to create audio worlds within my own sonic universe. 

*I mix creatively and not for radio, I have nothing mastered on here* 

I’m on this grind 24/7 people, come along for the journey. My page just showcases my development as I practice beat making every day. I just post the results up on here as soon as I finish a new one. 

This page mostly acts as a personal record of all the sampled music I’ve made over the last 15 years, since I got deep into my MPC's and started teaching myself. I just make what I feel and try to translate what’s in my head so people can hear it. I was exclusively using Koala Sampler for iPad since September 2023 but as of June 2025, I now own an MPC X Special Edition so all new beats from now on will be made with that like the old days! This also means my 2 year iPad and Koala Sampler phase has come to an end 😢 I hope you enjoyed the 1400+ beats I made with it.

Having synesthesia, I see the colours, shapes, textures and movements of the sounds in my mind whenever I hear sound/music, plus scenes in my head. I try and use samples to paint and capture what I feel or want to say. I’m all about the feel.

Thanks for taking the time to listen, comment and follow, it's definitely appreciated. All music produced by DKODA (Pronounced Decoder).


Contact: createdbydkoda@gmail.com

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