In My Own Lane

Forever Lost

Forever Lost (29 of 365) prod. Epik the Dawn

Been thinkin' about some of this lately anyway.
My entry for Week 18 of the r/makinghiphop...collection. This beat is by Ill Withers, and I quite like it.
The topic is gratitude.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks (prod. Ill Withers)

Week 19 of r/makinghiphop's weekly cypher series. Topic is "overcoming."

Karma (prod. Ill Withers)

FTC#3 (prod. HUBLOTKINGCOLE)

r/makinghiphop cypher Vol 19 2023, theme was "overcoming"

Beat by ill withers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcfC_19LDk

Image credits: drsaradennis.com

Lyrics:
You know eventually the road’ll roughen
Just leave me my empathy and close the dustbin
Cause that’s my recipe for overcoming
When they’ve taken everything and when you feel too broke to function

Take a breath and hope your lungs can hold enough in
No discussion, it’s gonna take more than a Robitussin
Tired of the whole production, I know that you owe me nothing
TMI? I don’t think I’ve told enough yet

So let’s see if I can broach the subject
It’s the inner critic, eagle-eyed and prone to judgement
Scheming while your hopes are up, then sweep aside the whole construction
Crushing, dreams can die. It’s the reason why I’ve grown accustomed

To my own assumptions, thoughts are cold enough to penetrate
Go confront them – “so disgusting, no-one loves me anyway”
But it’s my empathy from knowing others felt the same
That gives me the strength I need to overcome them every day.

The Recipe (prod. ill withers)

Once upon a time, way before Ableton
A turntablist, he wanted to make a mix
Take a hit and lengthen the instrumental
This experimental utensil became essential

School birds heard it, so they jumpin' up
Kool Herc had to turn the function up
The use of wordsmithing was just coming up
When emcees pick up the mic and run amok

And artists bomb buildings, no napalm but calm feelings
Expression was a message delivered to all children
Hittin' the floor when that breakbeat drop
Fresh out the boombox, that tape be hot

Hip-hop is unstoppable, surviving impossible
Odds to make positive out of overlapping of obstacles
Optically prodigal, opposite of bottom and palpable
It's Morpheus, Neo, Oracle, the Trinity honor roll

Genesis, The Birth Of Hip-Hop (Prod by ESTEPAX)

My entry for Week 20 of the r/makinghiphop...cypher. This beat is by estepaxbeats.
The topic is "any holiday but Christmas".

I do like Christmas, but I've just gotten frustrated with it over the years. So here's my song that's not about Christmas.

Frustrated

Frustrated (prod. estepaxbeats)

My tribute to Week 21 of r/makinghiphop. This beat is by E.D.I.

The topic is, "do work."
Updated the mix a bit too. Someone graciously pointed out my highs were too high, and my lows weren't high enough! 
Hope you enjoy.

Callin' Out Sick

Callin' Out Sick (prod. E.D.I.)

Submission for Making Hip Hop Cypher Vol. 22 (2024)

Echo Chamber (MHH Cypher)

Latest submission to r/makinghiphop on Reddit. 
Topic was "I don't F^(% With Nobody"

Good People

Good People (prod. SaynseBeats)

One Day (prod. Fargo)

FTC 11 (2024)

FTC 11 (2024) [prod. HUBLOTKINGCOLE]

The topic this month in r/makinghiphop was Paranoia. 
Roughly every 2 bars represents 1 verse in Psalm 55. Hope you enjoy!

1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, 
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! 
2 Attend to me, and answer me; 
I am restless in my complaint and I moan, 
3 because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. 
For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me; 
the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 
5 Fear and trembling come upon me, 
and horror overwhelms me. 
6 And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! 
I would fly away and be at rest; 
7 yes, I would wander far away; 
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah 
8 I would hurry to find a shelter 
from the raging wind and tempest."

9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; 
for I see violence and strife in the city. 
10 Day and night they go around it on its walls, 
and iniquity and trouble are within it; 
11 ruin is in its midst; 
oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it; 
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me - then I could hide from him. 
13 But it is you, a man, my equal, 
my companion, my familiar friend. 
14 We used to take sweet counsel together; 
within God's house we walked in the throng.
15 Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; 
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16 But I call to God, 
and the Lord will save me. 

17 Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, 
and he hears my voice. 
18 He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, 
for many are arrayed against me. 
19 God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah 
because they do not change and do not fear God.
20 My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; 
he violated his covenant. 
21 His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; 
his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
22 Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; 
he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; 
men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Paranoia (Psalm 55) (Prod. E.D.I.)

20 Bars over Beat by Paperone: https://soundcloud.com/paper0ne/eibar

Dichterfürscht FF12_2025 (Eibar by Paperone)

Competition entry for FTC #61 from u/makinghiphop on Reddit.

Sentinel (FTC 61)

An acoustically orchestrated, affect-laden divulgence of late-capitalist neuropsychological encumbrances emergent from compulsive pecuniary aspiration, subsequently counterbalanced by an anomalous, quasi-ecstatic phenomenological reorientation catalyzed through a borderline-psychotomimetic, volitional abdication of fiscal assets in a performative repudiation of economic self-preservation.

KOKOK

All For Fun
Unmixed + Unmastered
Shoot me a message if you want to put vocals on something, I want to hear it!

DM me for Beats or collabos. 

Map aka Mapstar, a Hip Hop Beatmaker, MC and Boom Bap veteran with over 25 years in the game. Hailing from Bern, Switzerland, I started out rapping, spitting bars in the underground scene. I have been making my own beats since the beginning and I focused more on beatmaking the past few years. My influences and favourite producers are the likes of DJ Premier, the Alchemist, Marco Polo, RZA, Hi-Tek, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, Necro, DJ Muggs, Apollo Brown, Dr. Dre and many others.

I like rhinos; their raw power and resilience resonate with me. That's why I craft Rhino Hop—beats that thunder and stomp. If you like my style and you need a beat or you want a rap feature in swiss german - hit me up.

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