Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals and scratches from ‘I’m A Bad’ by Redman

Visuals: https://youtu.be/7vnWAza1JTc

Redman’s debut is definitely my favourite album from him, the energy it has is unreal to me and it really is crazy to think it came out in 1992. I’ve heard from loads of people who were around at the time that the anticipation for this album was huge, and when it dropped it didn’t disappoint at all and it got mad love and airplay from Hip Hop fans. Every time I listen to it it’s clear why that happened, it’s a mad album and to start with Time 4 Sum Aksion (I used those visuals for this video) really is crazy and sets the tone for the album unbelievably well. 

Personally I think this is definitely one of the albums that really paved the way for how hardcore East Coast Hip Hop would develop that sound which really came into it’s own in the next few years with albums like Black Moon’s ‘Enta Da Stage’, the Wu Tang Debut, the list is endless really, but to me you hear pieces of that throughout this album (and definitely also on albums like Showbiz and AG’s debut, Diamond D’s debut etc which came out at a similar time) which really stand out and clearly inspired other artists to take that even further. To me the track ‘I’m A Bad’ is a clear example of that, the style is so stripped down and raw but it always gets me gassed everytime I hear the album, the way Redman flows over the beat and his attitude makes it work too well, and I’ve always wanted to remix it because the beat is basically just drums so I knew it would be possible to layer another beat over it with the right groove. It took me a while to find the right beat for this one, lots of beats sounded nice over it in my head but when I tried layering them it just didn’t sound right, mainly because the drum grooves didn’t match the one on the original song. This beat I ended up using for the remix is a very old beat, and was actually a throwaway when I first made it: I never remixed anything over it and just uploaded it with some vocals from ‘The Wire’ layered over it at points. I was gassed that it fit this acapella, and it makes sense cause thinking back on it, I actually sampled the same Bob James song which is used on the beat for Redman’s song ‘Can’t Wait’, so it fit his style well. I also knew I had to switch it up and lower the pitch to really bring out the low end for this one, cause it wouldn’t be a hardcore hip hop vibe without that, and I’m really glad I did it for this one. My favourite line is definitely ‘my song still pumps when it’s not even mastered bitch’, and I wanted the drums and bass to come in super hard after that one, so I did a lot of layering to make sure that would be possible.

Hopefully people like this one, it’s pretty grimey and raw but I think it fits Redman’s style well and I’m definitely happy with how it turned out. Peace and thank you for listening!

Original version of the beat: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/vialling-up

Mad Wicked

Bandcamp (Includes 2 bonus tracks): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/album/elevating
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4qN7pP6c9hmftSB8cUsd9z?si=lJlYmSHvQ1qM-8e8dwzc9w
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/elevating-ep/1610162736
YouTube: https://youtu.be/M6fj7UIHwes

Beats, lyrics, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals mixed and mastered by @hightopsfeed

I very rarely write to my own beats, and I think these are the best tracks that I’ve put together over the years. Although the track listing isn’t exactly chronological in terms of when I made the tracks (I made Night-Time Writing before Lifestyle), these songs essentially chronicle my journey of escaping the traps of substance abuse, holding onto a passion for music, and following that instead of wasting away in addiction. It’s nice to be able to actually release them together as one project, especially seeing as this journey is far in the past, I’ve been sober for 3 years now and have never been more dedicated to making music.

Tracklist:

Scars [00:00 - 01:26]
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/scars

Lifestyle [01:26 - 04:02]
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/lifestyle

Night-Time Writing [04:02 - 07:28]
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/nighttime-writing

Elevating [07:28 - 09:26]
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/elevating

Lockdown Freestyle (Tapehead Remix) [09:26 - 10:47]
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/lockdown-freestyle-prod-hightop

Peace and thank you for listening. I really hope people enjoyed hearing these tracks, this EP is just the start for real, I have a lot more stuff like this in the works which will be releasing very soon.

Elevating EP

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Wrong Side Of Da Tracks Acapella’ by Artifacts

Visuals: https://youtu.be/J-sYmg7qlEk

Like the ‘Ill Street Blues’ remix I uploaded recently, this is one of the first remix concepts I put together back when I first started producing. I was too happy with the flip of the sample, and it immediately brought this acapella to mind, so I layered it on top and was mad happy with how they sounded together. Back then I didn’t focus on drums or have any real mixing or mastering experience, so it was very rough and not put together well, but the idea always shone through to me. I actually reworked this beat last year, but pitched it down and only had the Artifacts hook over it because there was so much resonance in the verses, and I had no idea how to mix vocals back then. Now that I’ve been mixing vocals for over a year it felt like a good time to revisit this one and finally do a full rework of the idea, so I decided to have the normal pitch to start and then lower the pitch for the second verse. I also went all out filtering this one, cause to me the sample always stood out for the warm vibe the low end had, and I wanted to really focus and exaggerate that by filtering and boosting those frequencies in this mix.

Original rough mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/wrong-side
2020 rework: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/wrong-side-1

Peace and thank you for listening!

Wrong Side

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/death-penalty-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Crime Saga (Death Be The Penalty) Acapella’ by Shabazz The Disciple 

Visuals: https://youtu.be/WQCmXlR8JkQ

This was a complex flip, there’s lots of layers. Even in the main loop which you hear at the start, I layered some bass on top to add to the groove etc. This beat was different cause I sort of had to work backwards, the main loop was good but the first 2 bars had an annoying resonance in the sounds I’d chopped, so I deleted that and was left with the ending half of the loop Id flipped, and had to work out the beginning using different sounds. Difficult to explain like this, but I actually saved the sounds I ended up not using so I can show this in a behind the beat soon. Adding the singing vocals was a crazy moment, Id been trying to flip them as a standalone melody and it wasn’t working out, sounded too repetitive, but adding them on top in a more sparing way was crazy and really added to the grand cinematic vibe of the beat, they had a real haunting vibe to me which really made me sure of what kind of beat this was, and also what kind of acapella I wanted to put over it.

I knew Id be putting an acapella with a dark vibe over this, and was flicking through my records going largely by the artists and cover art. This beat was making me picture red colours in my head (which doesn’t normally happen at all but the vibe was really creating that mood for me visually), so as soon as I saw the cover for this record with the red tint I had a feeling it would be crazy. Especially seeing as it’s a whole song by Shabazz, who might be my favourite Gravediggaz member, his voice and style is so rugged I thought it would fit the beat perfectly. When I heard how fast his flow was I really bugged out, cause it fit the style and rhythm of the beat perfectly, even hitting the delayed snares that I sequenced. Whilst writing this description I also realised that the main thing that stood out to me about this beat when I made it was how grand and cinematic it felt, it just felt mad vivid visually which is rare for me, definitely a different vibe. That went perfectly with this acapella from Shabazz, cause he’s really telling such a grand cinematic story that covers so much stuff, fully like the plot of a whole movie or something, I’m just so glad this all came together cause I think it’s a perfect fit.

Ive really been bugging on this one since I made it, and this Wednesday I’ve made something which got me losing my mind again in a different way, so I’ll be focused on that to drop in 2 weeks. Can’t wait for real, and I’m really gassed to share this one, very happy with how it turned out. Hope people like the vibe for real: Peace!!

Death Penalty

1st single from the album ‘Enter The Crime Side (36 Chambers Remixes)’ – Out Now: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Can It Be All So Simple’ by Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon x Ghostface)

Visuals: https://youtu.be/JoUQQVuVBhM

I made this beat using the same sample RZA used for the original beat to this track. The sample is such a classic, and as soon as I found the record I knew there’d be something there, but obviously didn’t want to bite what RZA flipped, and went for something completely different chopping up in between the vocals from Gladys Knight throughout the track. When I first made this beat I didn’t even think about remixing the original with it, now it obviously makes so much sense. As soon as I decided on doing this remix album this was the first beat I went to, really hoping that it would work out with these verses. I had a feeling it would work well seeing as I chopped up vocals from the track where the 'can it be it was all so simple' vocals are from (The Way We Were by Gladys Knight & The Pips) for this beat. I was bugging out at how well they went together both the vocals from the hook and the flow of Raekwon and Ghostface's verses, and to be honest the energy that making this gave me really pushed me to actually make the album happen, I got like 6 other remixes worked out the same day, I was really motivated by how well this worked out. I thought it made sense to drop this as the first single cause of that.

Next week I’ll be dropping the remix to ‘Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ With’, which was originally the B Side to this single back in the 90s, so thought that made sense. It’s also wildly different to this track, so I thought it would make sense to show two different styles and sounds from the album (there’s a lot more which I’ll be saving for when the album actually drops).

Peace!!

Can It Be (Ways We Were)

MF DOOM Remix Album Out October 31st!

Lead single for the album 'Enter The Crime Side (36 Chambers Remixes)' - Out Now: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'C.R.E.A.M. Acapella' by Wu-Tang Clan

Visuals: https://youtu.be/yaAHlDyuSLQ
Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side-instrumental
Crime Side Remix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-crime-side-remix
Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side

It really feels great to have finally done a full length version of this remix, I always knew Inspectah Deck's verse would sound good over the second half of this beat, it really is one of my favourite verses of all time: hope people enjoy this version!  

I made this beat in February 2019. I had just spent all night in a library to meet a university coursework deadline, and got home at 6am wide awake. I thought I'd want to relax after working all night but I really felt like making a beat to celebrate I guess. It was still early in the morning and all my housemates were asleep, so I made the whole thing using headphones, which I remember being a really immersive experience. Using headphones actually allowed me to be more precise with my chops, and ever since I've always chopped samples this way. I must have chopped around 20 seconds of the track into 16 pieces, because every pad on the MPC was taken up, and from there I was able to just be creative and work out which parts I wanted to use for my flip. I had a couple of loops sequenced but this one was my favourite, so I added drums which I had chopped from a break a while ago. By the time I had mixed and saved the beat it was the afternoon, so I worked on which acapellas sounded good over the beat, narrowing it down to a couple by the end of the day. I crashed at around 10pm, and the next day I finished up the remix, choosing the acapella from C.R.E.A.M.

Peace!

Tapehead - Crime Side (Extended Mix)

MF DOOM Remix Album Out October 31st!

Instrumental Album: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-instrumentals

Beats, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ by The Wu-Tang Clan

Visuals: https://youtu.be/sV8c50Usa04
HQ Download (Individual tracks): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tAGRIOkUcia4qS7HeRH9ZSV63GnAzE1u?usp=sharing

From the start of this year I knew I wanted to update the mix on Crime Side, thought it would be dope to have a full length remix of C.R.E.A.M. over that beat, and had been planning on dropping that on 26th July. On Monday 13th June I was trying to work out what to do as a remix for that week, and I decided to see if I could do anything with ‘Bring Da Ruckus’. That immediately got me thinking about doing a full length remix album for ‘Enter The Wu-Tang’, and the rest is history. The last month and a bit have been crazily intense but I was so motivated to get it done and each track kept me dedicated to completing it. There were times when I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to remix every track cause I didn’t want anything sounding forced, but I kept coming back to certain tracks, trying out different beats and eventually got everything worked out. ‘Clan In Da Front’ and ‘Shame On a Nuh’ are the two last tracks I worked out, and they ended up being some of my favourites off the album. Very glad I persevered and got the whole album done, it got me thinking about the future too, this is without a doubt something I will be doing again for different artists: MF DOOM, Nas, Big L, Mos Def, the list goes on. I’m very happy with how this project turned out, and think it works well as a tribute to one of my favourite albums by the Wu, which if you haven’t heard I highly recommend. Will defo be dong remixes focused on all their solo albums too. Can’t wait to release more projects like this, next one will be a MF DOOM tribute album. Peace and thank you for taking the time to listen, let me know what you think of these remixes!

Tracklist:
00:00 Ruckus
04:05 7th Chamber
08:25 Mad Deep Methods
12:06 Can It Be (Ways We Were)
16:22 Clan’s In The Front (Ways We Are)
20:31 Chessboxin’
25:33 Shame
28:53 Keep It Raw Interlude
30:59 Nuthing Ta F’ Wit
34:40 Death Penalty Interlude
36:12 Crime Side (Extended Version)
39:35 Tearz Time
43:18 Protect It’s Magnetic
47:49 Lifetime Chamber
52:45 Ojay Outro
53:46 Crime Side (Remix)

Tapehead - Enter The Crime Side (36 Chambers Remixes) (Full Album)

Track 1 off the album 'Enter The Crime Side (36 Chambers Remixes)': https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album  

Instrumental: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/64mBIqV6VKFxhj7qS3GPWw?si=a93d5f5e14f242be
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ruckus/1637200056?i=1637200057
https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/ruckus

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Bring Da Ruckus' by The Wu-Tang Clan

Visuals: https://youtu.be/ITG25OsbiOs

I went all out on this one, wanted it to hit hard being the intro for the album. originally it was just the second beat all the way through for all the verses. I thought it was a cool remix but it got boring to me and the laid back keys didn't fit the hyped up energy of the acapella. Because of that I completely changed the start, using this beat which has way more energy to it. The drums are very hectic but I think that fit the in-your face feel that this song has, and the guitar is simple but hits hard. This then made the second beat act as a nice break/breather, and I then pitched down the first beat to bring it back in over the second beat towards the end.

Ruckus

Track 2 off the album 'Enter The Crime Side (36 Chambers Remixes)': https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album  

Instrumental: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/43VeHU1H4jUPCQxP77vMTO?si=c855505777d84718
https://music.apple.com/us/album/7th-chamber/1637200056?i=1637200058
https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/7th-chamber

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber' by The Wu-Tang Clan

Visuals: https://youtu.be/ITHInp7AHwY

I switched the beat multiple times here, wanted to match the different energies that each verse has on this acapella. I thought the boomy low end heavy beat fit the start of the track, setting the tone for that hardcore style. I thought it was then cool to go into a smoother beat, it just felt right as a switch up, and the way Ghostface's verse sounded over that beat was sick, I even added an extra layer of drums to try and emphasise how hard the flow was hitting. For ODBs verse I thought it made sense to then have an even smoother beat that fit the laid back slurry flow. 

I do think these 3 beats work well together here, have also released them separately, here's the links to them in order:
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/sick-influences-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/guitar-swing-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-dreams-instrumental

7th Chamber

Full MF DOOM Remix Album Out October 31st: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-tribute-tapehead-remixes-full-album

Instrumental: 
https://open.spotify.com/track/3q6sCVo9qhN2ECrykhBcuC?si=3ef2b83713554b93
https://music.apple.com/us/album/only-we-save-we/1651521860?i=1651521877
https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/only-we-save-we

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘? (Extended Raw Rhymes Version)’ by MF DOOM and Kurious

Visuals: https://youtu.be/ye53amLlHdU

It’s so tough to pick a favourite DOOM song, but this is up there for me, always found the verses so powerful and I love the original beat. Luckily there’s an extended version which is a lot easier to remix seeing as there’s no sample just drums, and the delivery is slightly different to the original too. For me what stands out about this track is the amount of emotion, it’s definitely present in a lot of DOOM’s earlier songs but this one is where it’s most vivid I think, especially that last verse, really hits hard. Whenever I’ve gone to remix this track that’s the side of the song I try to focus on and match in the choice of sample etc, and for this one I think it worked well in having a subtle but sad melody which reflects that side of the lyrics. This one took ages, I flipped the sample so many different times to layer ontop of each other, and switched between different layering combinations, filtering etc throughout the track. I wanted the track to feel like a journey almost, building up to a slight crescendo on those last few lines from DOOM as tribute to Subroc. I’ve got another remix for this track which I’m saving for the album, this one will also be on there too but I wanted to release it now. There’s so many tracks which I’m really excited to remix, can’t wait to see what happens and how they all turn out. 

Let me know what you think of this remix, got a lot more to work on so any feedback will be really helpful for how I approach those. Peace!

? (Only We Save We)

Rest In Peace

Roughs & Rares Bonus Remixes: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-tribute-remixes-roughs-rares

Instrumental Album: 
https://open.spotify.com/album/73pCwiQHHv0WnZXL8bPtvA?si=tkTpBWB_SEO0AUfQIpV1rw
https://music.apple.com/us/album/doomsday-tribute-beats/1651521860
https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/album/doomsday-tribute-beats

Beats, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals by MF DOOM, MF GRIMM, Tommy Gunn and Count Bass D

Visuals: https://youtu.be/A3m2K5zpGpU

I've got serious love for Hip Hop and a real wide range of artists inspire me, but there's a special place in my heart for DOOM. When I first discovered his music I listened almost exclusively to his different aliases (and MF GRIMM) for a year straight - the year before I decided to get into producing my own beats. I really think DOOM's approach to music properly inspired me to make my own, his style is so unique it really cements the idea of anyone being able to do music as long as it's what they're passionate about. I hope people enjoy the remixes I made with these beats, always trying to pay tribute to DOOM and celebrate his legacy. Peace and thank you for listening.

Tracklist:

00:00 - Smooth Operation
02:01 - DOOMSDAY
06:34 - Dedicated To You
09:37 - Bad Dreams (Gas Drawls)
13:40 - Finest
17:59 - Hoe Tapes
21:56 - Red Morning (Gold Sun)
26:25 - Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle
29:26 - PotS*@%
33:05 - Smooth Hands
34:05 - Dead Gems (Too Good For Me)
37:05 - M I C
39:19 - Some Fancy Clown
41:25 - Ladies
44:14 - Blunted
47:14 - ? (Only We Save We)
50:25 - Voices
54:54 - Hero's Fate
56:53 - Love Rhymes (Not Dimes)

DOOMSDAY TRIBUTE - Tapehead Remixes (Full Album)

Dedicated to my brother on his 21st birthday. Thank you for really putting me onto 50 as an artist, would never have made these remixes otherwise and they genuinely are some of my favourite tracks I've ever made. To me this feels like the best body of beats I've ever made, they all feel like they're in the same world and I've always wanted to make an album which has that cohesive feel to it. Hopefully people feel similar and enjoy these tracks, thank you for listening.

Instrumental album: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-remixes-50-the-instrumentals

Deluxe version with the remixes and instrumentals up on my YouTube: https://youtu.be/QeXpOCwoRbU

Individual Instrumentals available on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/08tJ85aJnkG3qUW5OfQ4ar?si=DKxHn4b4T2OKOXdbdft8GQ
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/tapehead-remixes-50-the-instrumentals/1681959175
Bandcamp (w/bonus track): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/album/tapehead-remixes-50-the-instrumentals

Individual Tracks: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/sets/tapehead-remixes-50-full-album

Peace

Beats, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals by 50 Cent, Eminem, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks

Tracklist: 

00:00 I Get Money
01:17 Patiently Waiting
05:07 21 Questions
08:31 I Smell P*ssy
11:49 Gatman & Robbin'
14:59 Beg For Mercy
17:51 Ghetto Qu'ran
22:33 Just A Lil Bit
24:56 Back Down
28:04 Wanksta
31:21 Lay You Down

Tapehead Remixes 50 (Full Album)

Available on CD and Cassette (includes bonus track): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/album/just-myself

Official music videos are up on my YouTube (more dropping in the next few weeks): www.youtube.com/@Tapehead

Also up on:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3b9IfhMBYhpeGgHBAlqmOE?si=sE1nRkqCQtGesU8CwymAow
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/just-myself/1736574497
Everywhere else: https://linktr.ee/tapeheadlinks

Huge love to my whole family: my Mum, Dad, Brother, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts for all your support throughout the years before and since I started music. To both Jayu and Josie who aren't here to hear this, you continue to inspire me no matter what, all the positivity and motivation you gave me to work hard and do what I love will never be forgotten, hopefully that shows throughout this album. Huge huge shoutout to Steezy Selections for the dope jumper, and for coming all the way to the beach to get the shots for Light My Life, we've got mad collabs on the way so be on the lookout over on his instagram. Huge thank you and love to my guy Distant Cry (@user-283060156) for all the help full stop: from putting me on crazily with using Crime Side and motivating me to even take music this far: and for all the help with making the Rhythm Roulettes, plus the crazy dedication to film and edit the Raise Up Video in two days, I could go on and on listing mad stuff from you man thank you for the support for real. Peace to @hightopsfeed for teaching me everything I know about mixing vocals, shoutout to Kamaruu too be on the lookout for that project from Hightop hoping that drops asap g. Can't wait to get our collab work moving properly now I've got this album released, we got to drop a project in 2025. Huge shoutout to my brother @lemurecho and @tothenth for shooting the video for 'Words', having me perform at Village 2023 up in Leicester and for always putting me on to the craziest most inspirational hip hop out there. If I didn't perform live last July then this album wouldn't have got made so huge huge credit and thank you for putting me on and having me at the show. Got me mad inspired to make new stuff to share and test out, will forever remember that one. Can't forget Elmo The Spaceghost for shooting the cover art and the videos for the Intro, thank you for really helping me make the album a reality. Got to give props to Cass for helping me record 'I Use It For Expression' and create the 'Tapehead' soundcloud to upload it to that same day. Since then I never looked back, and I'm really so grateful for where I've been able to take it with the help of everyone, most importantly including you reading this, and everyone who plays my music on any platform from the bottom of my heart thank you for everything. I wanted to list everyone but I got scared I'd miss people out. This is what I love and what I live for, it's a real blessing to be able to release and share what I make and get any kind of feedback and support. I honestly look forward to hearing your thoughts each week when I drop something new. I did actually try and list everyone in the booklets for the cassette and CD, so if you cop that hopefully you'll see your name in there. 

Very very very happy with how this album turned out, the support for this has been so crazy I've been insanely motivated and I'm already halfway through making my next one, so until that drops, I really hope you enjoy this one. Thank you so much for listening, if you left any feedback I'll see you in the comment sections asapp, very excited to talk about this one. Peace one love!!

Produced, written, mixed and mastered by Tapehead

Tracklist:

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - First Steps
02:21 - Time's Racing
04:04 - Strife
05:55 - What Love Is
08:21 - Back To You
09:40 - Light my Life
11:21 - Going Along
13:03 - Lovesick
16:17 - Mistakes
19:12 - Words
20:53 - Clearly See
23:30 - Stressin'
26:53 - Raise Up
30:38 - Change Up
32:17 - Myself
34:14 - Realise
36:49 - Got Love
38:57 - Beginning

Just Myself [Full Album]

Back on the remixes again, let me know what you think! Thanks for listening. Me Against The World is up there for me in terms of Pac albums, can't decide if it's my favourite though. I think All Eyez On Me has the craziest beats but for me the lyrics are defo a bit of a step down from MATW. Was feeling this remix brings more of that emotion to the track, hopefully you enjoy. 

Peace and thanks again. 

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Temptations' by 2Pac

Visuals now on my 2nd YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/6k9sHmYe5sQ

Temptations Going

Favourite remix I've done in a long time: for me this one just works. Tried to up the energy a lot compared to the original version by Mobb Deep, their acapellas always tend to go mad well with these kind of beats. I can never decide if my favourite album from them is The Infamous or Hell On Earth, to me they're both defo equal and crazy for different reasons. 

Let me know what you think if you get a chance, Peace!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/yVbs9d-wfeA

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Trife Life' by Mobb Deep

Trife Life

Crazy crazy underrated album from Lords of the Underground: this one is way too slept on there's so many dope tracks on it. Defo go check it if you haven't heard it, beats are produced by K-Def so you know it's going to hit hard from that alone. 

Thanks for listening, any feedback let me know. Went for the feel good chilled out vibe here. 

Peace

Visuals: https://youtu.be/_xDeIvf8BjA

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'From Da Bricks' by Lords Of The Underground

From Da Bricks

Crazy album, remember listening for the first time felt like I found gold, can't believe this was never released, such a shame. It's got a real unique sound to it, much more laid back than the projects from Pete Rock & CL Smooth which tend to have more high energy imo. 'Step Up' is defo my favourite track off this album, beat is ridiculous, pretty sure it's by Grap Luva who is sooo underrated as a producer, his beat 'Work is Neva Done' is one of the craziest things Ive ever heard.

Peace

Visuals: https://youtu.be/QzgnQWynwhE

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Think Twice' by INI

Think Twice

OG always hits so hard, especially when playing Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, track kinda comes out of nowhere and the beat is just ridiculous. Defo happy with how this remix turned out, had a lot of fun with this sample completely chopping it up and flipping into a new rhythm. The intro melody is the more conventional flip of the sample following the original rhythm, and then when the drums drop I bring in how I really flipped the sample into something completely different. Also no disrespect to Raekwon's verse at all I really rate it, just couldn't get the acapella sounding good and the flow wasn't matching my drums, so I left it out of this mix. 

Hope you enjoy, thanks for listening. Peace!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/S3M6_JKfmc4

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Ice Cream' by Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna and Method Man

Ice Cream

Genuinely one of the most underrated Hip Hop albums of all time, in my personal top 10 without a doubt. Any fan of 90s east coast defo check this one if you haven't heard it. And if you're a fan of this album I hope you like this remix, just a quick idea I had. The OG version is one of my favourites off the album for sure, beat hits crazy hard.

Visuals: https://youtu.be/O6Sy08ONV0o

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from Late Model Sedan by Masta Ace Incorporated

Vividest Story

Soon as I finished this beat with the 'aaaah' sounds, I had a feeling it would work to remix this track. Always wanted to remix it but never had a beat that worked with the 'aaaah' sounds from the OG, but here they both blend together which is dope. This is 100% my all time favourite Wu-Tang track, it just goes ridiculously hard the vibe is mad. Ghostface really sets it off crazy. Gassed to have remixed it, feel like this beat matches the vibe but makes it more ethereal whereas the OG is just pure grimey and raw. Peace!!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/Az1N1WuK5Rw

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Ice Water' by Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna

Ice Water [Tapehead Mix]

Flipped this beat from a random record that my brother got me for my birthday back in July. I always tell people the best gift you can get me is a random record cause I'll then make sure I flip something out of it. Kind of like a rhythm roulette in that it makes me really look for something in the record seeing as it was a gift. 

Think this remix works pretty well, nice feel good vibe to the beat, so I was almost instantly thinking of C.L. Smooth for the beat. This album by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth is crazy, so is their debut too, both full of gems they're great albums. Pretty underrated too especially this second one. Highly recommended to all you Hip Hop heads for sure, thanks for listening!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/mIIjBOEbYas

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Carmel City' by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Carmel City

Tape of beats that I've used for remixes this year, inspired by all of the albums you see around the MPC and loads more. Love making remixes to keep me productive with making a lot of beats, all these beats are ones where I don't see myself writing anything over them, but regardless I'm always tryna capture that old school sound and staying emotional with the chops/melodies I flip. If you want to write to any of these or use them or anything let me know. Peace and thank you always for listening.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6AAiYSG3j1chtULCGc0Nx8?si=IIUZNAhiTBubba0DXgXysA
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/2024-vol-ii-beat-tape-instrumental/1765748503
Bandcamp (Free HQ Download): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/album/2024-vol-ii-beat-tape
YouTube w/visuals: https://youtu.be/XRrvETVWQd4?si=2rSKn67bSlPbCUL_

All beats produced, mixed and mastered by Tapehead

Tracklist:

00:00 - Free
01:40 - Temptation
03:10 - Light the World
04:40 - Hallelujah
06:18 - Flashes
07:40 - Change In Me
09:46 - Moving Fast
11:49 - Future
13:19 - Lie
14:56 - Trife
16:56 - Enuff
18:35 - Suspect
20:15 - Grimey
22:02 - Hip Hop Ride
25:04 - Finale
26:35 - Butterflies

2024 Vol II [Beat Tape]

Flipped this beat off a sample from @jaysaypayday , go check him out he just dropped a crazy crazy project, so much emotion in it it's mad. I'll link his other pages here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZVm8z35sANAMvHgOIABYfA
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PtD1itCkGVDuQvo8BAJMS

'Elementalz' by The Brotherhood is ridiculously underrated, if you love grimey old school boom bap with heavy drums and bassy samples, then you gotta check it out asap. It's also dope that they're from the UK seeing as that's where I'm from. 

Peace!!

Visuals: https://youtu.be/nA_5o1IdMW0

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'One Shot' by The Brotherhood

One Shot!!!

Probably my favourite KMD track, just feels like they're taking the piss out of people who indulge too heavy in smoking, drinking, any kind of intoxicant basically. I rate how blunt and brutal it is, loads of hard hitting lyrics. I really rate how it takes you inside the whole lifestyle, shows how insane it all is by looking at it from the perspective of someone caught up in it, insane decisions start to sound normal. Crazy creative imo and defo way ahead of it's time for 1994...

Shoutout to @saturn-beats-910072539 for sending me the sample that I flipped for this beat, we both collabed on a beat by flipping the same sample which will be dropping very soon. 

Visuals: https://youtu.be/vhOJ7WdVkvA

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Contact Blitz' by KMD

Contact Blitzz

Thought it was dope how the vocals from the original beat fit with the key of my beat here, never thought I'd do a remix of this one but it just ended up working out. 

Defo one of my favourites off this album, and to be honest, I think I actually like this album more than the Infamous. Not even saying it's better cause it's very close, but this one defo has more replay value for me. Havoc was going absolutely crazy on the beats for sure.

Also up on YouTube w/visuals: https://youtu.be/B-nwapp2qF0

Shinin'

Big L defo goes crazy in some of his songs, this song is so over the top I just gotta hope he's exaggerating and playing a character here, cause he's speaking on some insane stuff. Thought this beat matched that mad dark and sinister energy. 

I honestly think this album from Big L is kinda underrated, Ive heard people say the production isn't amazing but imo it compliments Big Ls style well. For me he defo has the best punchlines when it comes to 90s artists, always gets me gassed when I listen to his stuff. 

YouTube w/visuals: https://youtu.be/JvhV4O1uJuQ

Beat is also up early on my main YouTube channel

DangerZone

Produced by @hightopbeats - he drops 2 beats every week on YouTube and this one really inspired me to write these lyrics soon as I heard it. We've got a lot more on the way too. Link to the beat I used for this is here: https://youtu.be/j55NKBj-GM0?si=4mkT8XnS-9sky_Kl

Music Video: https://youtu.be/0D21uD65hrM?si=vxfBzhB4RbFwmHLb
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/71tBsfFx8H6fx4jeU25kYO?si=851ef6083884406c
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/move-on/1769241759?i=1769241760
Bandcamp (Free HQ Download): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/move-on

I think I really gravitate towards beats that have texture, this one hit all the right emotions and I didn't have to think too much about the lyrics, just wrote what I was feeling. Hopefully you can relate. Also I was pretty sick when I recorded this one, thought the way it made my voice sound fit the vibe of this one kind of well. I scrapped all the other stuff I recorded that day tho, this one just fit to me. When I wrote this one I was really just fed up with all the stuff I was talking about, so I think that shows in the kind of delivery I brought when I wasn't feeling 100%.

Peace always, got a lot of music on the way. Sequel to 'Just Myself' on the way early 2025 plus a few more singles before this years out.

Lyrics:

Do it for myself
Me and myself
Beat got me dreamin
Let me sleep well
Heart's on the line
Time might tell
Write about life
Everytime, might aswell

Yo I aint got no other option
Put all of my time in this craft
Couldn't ever stop
Why you want me lost
Tryna bust a shot
Chasin tails like some string
Using so long
Moving so wrong
I been choosing too, got
To quit and move on
Quit and move on
Makin this song
From a place so strong
I been aiming to change
See what I'm not
Not one to drop what I does
Not one to fuck with the drugs
Not one to lust in the clubs
Not one to trust from the start
Know it's not love
You could've been calm
Still you chose to use
Play games with the heart
Could never make a start
Dipped straight from the path
Shit is not the best way to phase me
Think I'm so lazy
Think I'm so crazy
Only we save we
That's some shit that got me Kurious
Accepting my fate
Now this passion is furious
Fires been burning
Smoking me out
I could never burn out
Like the sun
Never in my lifetime

This is my lifeline
Write rhymes
Rhymes
All the time
Really dedicated all my time

Move On [prod hightop]

This is such a beautiful track off a truly amazing album, has to be in my top 5 across all genres, it's that good to me. Hard to describe but the energy of this whole album is really unmatched. Was a pleasure to remix this one, let me know what you think of my take. Thanks for listening, and peace.

Instrumental: https://youtu.be/OH02quzwFVc

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Love' by Mos Def

Love!

RIP DOOM

Visuals: https://youtu.be/4myJajKKCyo

Will always be my biggest inspiration, hope you enjoy this mix. I've done a lot of DOOM mixes over the years and he's by far my favourite artist to remix, his flow is so insane you can chop it up and get it to fit the beat in so may different ways, his style was just different like that, proper architect with it. Always thought All Outta Ale was a pretty underrated track, I didn't remix the whole thing but DOOM drops some crazy crazy lyrics throughout. Also a rare example of the acapella being released officially alongside the single. 

Much love, and thank you for listening.

Peace!!

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'All Outta Ale' by MF DOOM

DOOM TRIBUTE 24

Instrumental: https://youtu.be/gFHHjSz4mug

Business Never Personal from 1992 is defo my favourite EPMD album, crazy underrated imo, so clear to see how it influenced the hardcore Hip Hop that started really getting big in 1993 with groups like Wu-Tang and Black Moon.

This was a fun track to remix, the rugged flows fit well with this beat. This beat was really made out of like 4 seconds of a sample, so hopefully it works. Tried to keep it simple and not overthink it.

Peace!!

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Nobody's Safe Chump' by EPMD 

Nobody's Safe Chump

More Of The Raw

Caught the ill vibe

Debut Album Out April 26th!! https://linktr.ee/tapeheadlinks

50 Cent Remix Album: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-remixes-50-full-album

MF DOOM Remix Album: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-tribute-tapehead-remixes-full-album

Full Length Crime Side Album Out Now! https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album

Extended Version: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side-extended-mix
Crime Side Remix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-crime-side-remix

Behind the scenes of how I made this beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOv3jo2zljI

Thank you so much for 100K streams: happy to say that the instrumental is now out on Spotify (and other streaming services):
https://open.spotify.com/track/7E7XrsH9croPa5CCiRy0DB?si=e9841bdf0b7a4d96
https://music.apple.com/us/album/crime-side-instrumental-instrumental-single/1577843527?uo=4&app=apple+music

Beat by Tapehead
Vocals from 'C.R.E.A.M.' acapella by Wu-Tang Clan

Instrumental now available:

https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side-instrumental

Crime Side

Debut Album Out April 26th!! https://linktr.ee/tapeheadlinks

50 Cent Remix Instrumentals: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-remixes-50-the-instrumentals

MF DOOM Remix Instrumentals: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-tribute-tapehead-instrumentals-full-beat-tape

Full Length Crime Side Album Out Now! https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/tapehead-enter-the-crime-side-36-chambers-remixes-full-album

Full length remix over this instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side-extended-mix

Behind the scenes of how I made this beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOv3jo2zljI

Now out on Spotify (and other streaming services):
https://open.spotify.com/track/7E7XrsH9croPa5CCiRy0DB?si=e9841bdf0b7a4d96
https://music.apple.com/us/album/crime-side-instrumental-instrumental-single/1577843527?uo=4&app=apple+music

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nArcfLLPFnY
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/crime-side-instrumental-2019
Crime Side: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/crime-side

I made this beat in February 2019. I had just spent all night in a library to meet a university coursework deadline, and got home at 6am wide awake from all the caffeine I'd been drinking.

I thought I'd want to relax after working all night but I really felt like making a beat to celebrate I guess. There wasn't space for tons of vinyl and a turntable in my room that year, so I was sampling through YouTube. I can't remember the name of the sample sadly, but I know that these strings were at the start of the track and as soon as I heard them I went into autopilot and turned on the MPC to chop them up. 

It was still early in the morning and all my housemates were asleep, so I made the whole thing using headphones, which I remember being a really immersive experience. Using headphones actually allowed me to be more precise with my chops, and ever since I've always chopped samples this way. I must have chopped around 20 seconds of the track into 16 pieces, because every pad on the MPC was taken up, and from there I was able to just be creative and work out which parts I wanted to use for my flip. I had a couple of loops sequenced but this one was my favourite, so I added drums which I had chopped from a break a while ago.

By the time I had mixed and saved the beat it was the afternoon, so I cooked food and worked on which acapellas sounded good over the beat, narrowing it down to a couple by the end of the day. I crashed at around 10pm, and the next day I finished up the remix, choosing Raekwon's verse from C.R.E.A.M.

Crime Side (Instrumental)

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/lifetime-impression-instrumental

Beat, scratches, cuts, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Visuals: https://youtu.be/zPoxbmlxVGA
Free Instrumental Download: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/lifetime-impression-instrumental

All We Got Iz Us is probably my favourite Onyx album, it doesn’t have a single weak track imo, the album is just mad motivating. I think its mad underrated too, obviously its fairly well known, but cause it came out in ’94 it’s definitely been a bit overshadowed by the insane amount of classic albums that came out that year. To me this album is a classic, one of my favourites from ’94 for sure. The singles are decently known for sure, Last Dayz being the most recognizable, but the whole album doesn’t seem to get as much love as the singles, and the whole project is a must listen to me. Putting the Evil Streets acapella over this beat was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I fully can’t believe how well the Onyx acapella fits, its truly nuts to me, and pretty rare that something comes together this well. I’m pretty sure the hook is ‘sung’ in the same key as the sample I flipped, and all the verses fit ridiculously well, but not just the flows, the voices sound right over the beat too. 

I had to go all out when I mixed this beat. The drums are all layered so thick, there’s about 4 hi hats, 6 kicks, and 6 snares which are all mixed together to give the drums a punch which definitely matches Onyx’s style. The way I chopped this sample left some vocals in for split seconds, which sounded like scratches because of them being right at the end of a chop and cut off, like how a fader cuts out a scratch when the DJ spins a record back. I thought this sounded cool but it only happened once in each 2 bar loop of the sample, so I decided to add some of my own scratches from a few break records I have. I used ‘Super Seal’, and recorded some scratches of snares and the famous ‘yo’ sample at the BPM of the beat. Layered with the drums this sounded crazy to me, it gave the beat a different vibe, I’ve definitely said before how much I love how scratching sounds, and it was cool to incorporate it into this beat in a more permanent, less obvious way, not just something for the hook. Normally I don’t like how censored acapellas sound over beats, but I think with this one it works, because of all of the scratches and cuts that play in the beat, it sort of makes the gaps in the verses make more sense as if the record was being cut up, and then sometimes the scratch/break fills up a gap left by a word being censored, it was definitely a part of what made this acapella work so well over the beat. I also layered the sample 3 times, 2 filters, one high one low, and a standard mix, which I layered, soloed etc throughout the track. This was unbelievably long to do without quantization (which is how I flipped the sample originally), so all 3 had to perfectly match each other, which took hours to sequence. I fully kept giving up but knew the beat needed the layers on the sample to really do it justice (especially the groove that’s added by filtering the lows), so I just stuck by it, and sequenced each chop individually, so I was hitting the pad at the exact right time, which ended up with the beat sequence being 30 tracks on the MPC (they’re usually 15 or so). It was definitely necessary to do this, because the contrast of the smooth flows of the low end to the scratches and samples really gives the track variation, and gives it a lot more presence throughout, definitely was worth the time and effort.

This is by far the happiest I’ve been with a remix in time, and it’s all positive, because making this has given me an unbelievable boost in energy music wise, and I’m mad excited to make the next beat, and now for the first time I’m equally as excited about mixing and mastering, because of what I was able to achieve with this one. 
Peace.

Lifetime Impression

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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Trying to give something back to Hip Hop - really appreciate any comments or feedback.

Peace

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