Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5pd7l4hS43AjLAVV1uFlyk?si=17e6832ca3da4121
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/whatever-you-say-instrumental-instrumental-single/1581629483

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/whatever-you-say

I was going for a positive vibe with this beat, trying to express the more carefree attitude to life which I find through making and listening to music.

Thank you for all the support, I hope people enjoy the vibe of this one - peace!

Whatever You Say (Instrumental)

Out on most major streaming platforms today  :) 
https://nicktruant.bandcamp.com/album/6th-batch
https://nicktruant.bandcamp.com/album/6th-batch
https://nicktruant.bandcamp.com/album/6th-batch

6th Batch

outta.here

Back Way

DAM95, Prod. By Outtake - Oh Girl

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/echoes-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Strange Ways Acapella' by MF DOOM

Visuals: https://youtu.be/dyC5-iKwvpc

I remixed this song once before, but it was over a laid back jazz beat with a smooth vibe, and when I re listened to it I realized that was the complete wrong type of beat for this verse: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/same-game (I've got plans to re-do this beat with a different DOOM acapella because I still think his voice and flow sound right over it). 

DOOM actually went off on this track though, he always does but in terms of speaking on serious issues and touching on deep topics, he really goes all out here unlike anything you ever really hear from him. The way he speaks on the state of things here is from a pretty matter of fact viewpoint, and definitely rings off slightly pessimistic to me, as if he’s fed up with the situation and the way things are, which is what made me choose this beat (also the way DOOMs flow hit the kicks when I chopped the acapella was crazy). The sample has that empty feeling to me, which I thought fit well with the lack of emotion DOOM shows here, despite what he’s talking about being mad deep in that regard, I just wanted to elevate that cold outlook of looking at the worst things for what they are without sugarcoating anything, just telling it like it is.

Peace and thank you for listening!

Can't Reform 'Em

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/47NvNPBuVDIeDTJe2a0oDH?si=8f7029d0622f4d4d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/guitar-swing-instrumental/1596365872?i=1596365873

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/hail-mary

I vividly remember making this beat, I’d probably been producing for about 3 months, and was showing someone who was getting into old school hip hop how the beats are produced etc. I was tryna make a simple beat so it would be quick and not too time consuming, to clearly demonstrate the process without spending too long chopping up samples etc. This guitar sample instantly stood out to me, and I chopped it up and made this 2 bar loop instantly, the whole process of flipping the beat defo took under 30 minutes which is crazy quick for me. It’s always fun when beats just turn out naturally like that, cause to me it shows how pure the inspiration is from the sample, and the result is as organic as possible.

Peace!!

Guitar Swing (Instrumental)

low fye (Prod by Infinite T)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6uhLMsyFILnoJcsdQZnHHq?si=ed5face48ca34b84
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/blunted-whose-world-instrumental/1599995726?i=1599995727

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/blunted

I flipped this sample back in October 2017, and have already reworked the beat in 2020, but I decided to rework it again this year.

The whole vibe of this beat is really dark, reflecting the situation I was in at the time I made it. I had just started my 2nd year at university, and was badly trapped in the lifestyle of smoking weed. I was smoking far too often to escape an unhappy reality which I myself had created through all the bad decisions and destructive life choices I made throughout my 1st year. I can’t remember much about making this beat at all, except I made it late at night, sampling the Fantastic Planet soundtrack, which I knew had been used by Madlib and Rascalz to make beats. I layered two parts of the sample to give it a gritty textured feel, originally flipping the sample at a way faster tempo (around 114BPM). However, I chose to slow it down to 95BPM for a much darker vibe, which I was feeling a lot more at the time, as it fit the general melody I created out of the sample much better.

To me, this beat sounds like I’m expressing feelings of sinking further and further without any hope. Thinking on my situation at the time only strengthens this idea to me, I was starting another year in the same negative environment that I had grown to hate during first year, so the crushing weight of a seemingly inevitable and inescapable year of unhappiness and regret is shown in the overall sound and vibe of this beat. Luckily I fixed up quickly during that year, and honestly without making beats like this which made me really think on those emotions, I'm not sure I would have been as motivated to change as I was.

Peace and thank you for listening!

Here's the other version of this beat: 
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/whose-world-instrumental

Blunted / Whose World (Instrumental)

next crate.

Rotten 83 BPM

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

Guitar Swing (Instrumental)

Tapehead

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