Y (used)

Clarity

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5A0HNLEs1cXvHZfaAsVeue?si=fe5c98eb41c2429a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/reversed-soul/1648448820?i=1648448822
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/reversed-soul-instrumental

Westside Gunn x MF DOOM Remix (as a switch up): https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/new-york-style

Decided to release this as it's own beat, it's quite a drastic switch from New York Style and I think it stands on its own. Had a lot of drum layering on this one, especially at the end (I actually layered both beats ontop of each other there) , wanted to really exaggerate that floaty feel that the reversing gave.

Peace!

Reversed Soul (Instrumental)

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)

Selection of beats made over the last few months

Samples/drums etc recorded from wax to the S950, sequenced in the MPC ONE and recorded into the S20 at different KHz levels for different levels of grit and grime….

No mixing really just raw recording for added griminess….

S20 LOST LOOPZ

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Funky Piano Acapella’ by Ill Al Skratch

Visuals: https://youtu.be/_8B8mDgcsgA

I first tried to flip this sample a few months ago when I was working late. I couldn’t get anything to work so I left it, was a bit frustrated at the time but I held onto the sample cause I knew I had to have another go. There was too much potential to give up on it, just needed to have another go with a fresh perspective. 

Very very happy to have gone back to it this week, and was able to work out this flip. I actually flipped the second progression of the beat with the more upbeat feel first, then filtered that to see if I could layer any other chop over to have the filter act as a bassline melody. Always love when that works out, cause the more subtle piano chops worked beautifully ontop of the filtering, really lost my mind when making this one. For me when piano based beats are good they’re hard to beat, just something about that instrument over drums is great to me. The way the filtered melodies blended with the more subtle keys really gave the beat a lot of depth and emotion, and I was then crazy motivated to keep on with adding a bit more layering to give the track more variation.

I always knew I'd be remixing this track with a piano beat, I was never sure what kind would fit best though. The original is very jazzy, and when I made this one with a more mellow vibe I wasn't 100% it would fit, but ultimately it worked, cause the verses are actually delivered in a very mellow laid back way. 

Peace and thank you always for listening. Mad happy with how this one turned out defo proud of it, hope people enjoy it too.

Drop The Sound

Dedicated to my Grandfather Jayu: 10/08/1938 - 16/03/2023

As I was making the often difficult journey from teens through to my twenties, Jayu’s motivation and dedication really inspired and helped me to make the right choices. His understanding of the ways of the world became a lot clearer to me, and I saw how caring for yourself and others around you is one of the most important keys to life. I’ll always remember him for that, and by recognising these positive and inspirational aspects of his character, I can try to make sure to carry these aspects and philosophies forward in my own life, so that they live on through me in a beautiful way. I know this has not just been the case for me, so many members of our family have followed his example. It is very sad to think that we won’t be able to share our achievements with him anymore, he was always so interested and happy to hear of even the smallest things, and was always so happy anytime I mentioned I may have had any success and motivation in music. I also know that he would never want me to slow up or lose motivation, and that knowledge will motivate me to keep on doing the best I can for myself and everyone around me, to follow his example, honour his legacy and do him proud.  

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals and scratches from 'Mass Appeal Acapella' by Gang Starr

Visuals: https://youtu.be/OM8Iky4cNJM

I found out Jayu had died early in the morning when I was at work, and had to set up a few things before I left to see my family. In the UK teachers were actually striking that day (I work in a school as a sound technician), so kids were being shown films a lot of the time in the school theatre, and I had to quickly setup the DVD for the film ‘Whale Rider’ before leaving. As soon as the DVD menu came up I heard this soundtrack, and it blew my mind, I was in such a crazy state emotionally and the music was just hitting me. I had to go asap but on the train home I looked up the soundtrack, found the moment that was used for the DVD menu, and saved it to make a beat with when I had the time.

This Monday I sat down before work and flipped the sample, and really didn’t overthink it, just chopped and flipped what sounded right to me. What first stood out to me first was the vocals and how emotional they are, but when I flipped it there were so many dope elements too, especially the bass and the ‘wah’ sounds I got in one chop.

I didn’t want to overthink the remix too much either, initially I was trying out acapellas that focus more on losing someone like ‘Born 2 Live’ by OC, which I remixed after my Dad’s Mum passed away. However that style wasn’t fitting this beat, even though there are sad elements to the melodies I think it has a motivational vibe too, but a darker more serious tone, which got me thinking about how serious and real my Grandad was as a person. As I said before, he was very caring and always had our best interests at heart, and always spoke his mind. That’s what made me really rate how Mass Appeal was sounding over this beat: Guru’s attitude in the track really reminds me of my Grandad, straight to the point, no nonsense, saying exactly what he thought with the underlying focus of helping people become better for themselves and those around them. Especially the way the whole song finishes with Guru saying ‘Ima end this lecture’, exactly kind of the thing he would do, drop some serious knowledge from years of experience and wisdom, and never hold back and dilute the message to keep it as real and straight up as possible, all with our best interests at heart.

Thank you for listening, and if you took the time to read this thank you as well. There’s a lot of music and more to come in April, very motivated to keep on with this as always, without a doubt what Jayu would have encouraged and wanted, never going to stray from that dedicated energy. Peace and one love.

Mass Appeal (Soul You'd Sell)

French producers Alcynoos & Parental team up with Norwegian beatsmith Type.Raw from the loop.holes crew to lay a jazz-infected foundation for an all-star cast of MC's like Mathematik, Ill Conscious, Verbz, Kid Abstrakt, Illa J & Frank Nitt, Kev Brown & J Scienide and many more.

Available in a limited run on colored 2LP (vocal version), black 2LP vinyl (instrumental version), CD in digipak (vocal version), cassette (vocal version) and digitally (vocal & instrumental version).

Gotta Rewind Feat. Moka Only

Slipping Time Feat. Kev Brown & J Scienide

rayparka

Shout out my man J.H 
https://soundcloud.com/ordanendo

J.H X Razz - Jamit´

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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Underground Airplay

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

Peace

Drop The Sound

Tapehead

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