This is quite an eerie and ambient yet bouncy and energetic, trap style hip-hop beat I made for a project in my college work. I have used a piano track which I pencilled in to the piano roll of logic. I used the piano as the main melody, as a piano usually takes the main melody with its high end notes and bright timbre, which is then followed by an organ which simply plays the chord progression and fills in necessary space, giving the song a more full and symphonic feel to it.
For the rhythm section I have used the phattest, most punchy, distorted and dirty trap bass synth I could possibly find. I don't really like how rap music nowadays tend to have a straight and simple bassline just outlining the chord progression, I like to go a bit more technical with the bass (and drums but I'm getting to that)more than anything, as hip-hop is mainly based around the rhythm sections, especially the vocals, so I have included a few differing melodies and more activity to each bass line to give the song a punch.
Lastly for the drums I just created a simple trap beat using my own knowledge (it's really not hard to write a trap drum beat), and then made a little more interesting by changing it for each section, while making sure I still followed the bass line keeping the song rhythmically cohesive.
In conclusion I am personally pleased with the outcome of this song, and still know how I can improve for next time.

Declan Lloyd