ultimate korusai beattape #3

This is the original version of the beat I used for my remix of Clan In Da Front, I had to change the drums to get it to fit that acapella, this is how I first flipped it - remixed a Talib Kweli verse over it too link to that is here: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/say-no-more

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/374gkpVpbnTk7GV52hRqK0?si=07f11c91dd794d50
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/say-no-more/1642869852?i=1642869853
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/say-no-more-instrumental

I made this beat in a very similar way to ‘Passin’, using a Dionne Warwick song from the 80s, chopping inbetween the vocals. I layered chops of the synth with this piano that had a lot of weight to it, which gave the beat a lot of depth, the vibe makes me think of flying or something, just has an ethereal feel to it. I managed to flip just the piano too which I used for a switch up to let the track breathe, and then bring back the main flip which hits crazily after that, cause it’s using similar sounds but flipped in a different way, with those crazy strings/synth layered on top. I also chopped up some vocals from the track, and ended up with 2 layers to add onto the beat at certain moments. I initially wasn't sure about them, but a few people have mentioned how much they like those vocals, so I made them a more prominent part of this instrumental version.

Peace!

Say No More (Instrumental)

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Tracklist:
1. SIROCCO KICKOFF
2. CITYXPLORERZ
3. HARD FINANCE
4. GRINDCRISIS
5. GLOBAL OFFENSIVE
6. TUSCAN
7. TRUE FIST
8. MISSION STREET
9. WINGMAN
10. SPEED HIGHWAY
11. PARA (MF DOOM TRIBUTE)
12. PRODIGY CAFé
13. EXPOSITION

This is the first release under the "COMPAQ-QUEST" alias.

COMPAQ-QUEST = EDJRMORPHEUS95

GLOBAL OFFENSIVE (Full Album)

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/doomsday-1

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1cQ5UmSzuM6xDDB1oCkd66?si=3e3458bdae304ac6
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/doomsday/1651521860?i=1651521862
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/doomsday

Although the original beat for Doomsday definitely has a hint of sadness to it, I made it more upfront here for my remix with the strings and melodies. I also kept that smooth vibe, choosing this sample for that reason, the bassline especially had a nice flow from the chops I sequenced. 

I knew I was going to sample Sade for this beat to keep the atmosphere and vibe reminiscent of the original, and tried flipping tracks from all of her albums. This was like my 4th attempt at and it was by far my favourite, definitely a chilled vibe to calmly reflect on the classic track that I'm remixing. I put it at the start of the album for that reason, wanted to gradually build into the rest of the project which had higher energy and a bigger focus on celebrating DOOM. Hope people enjoy the instrumental of this one!

DOOMSDAY (Instrumental)

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/bad-dreams-gas-drawls

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2u15R5jB37CQe0LXGEdYIH?si=b6c9d8364a7c4df5
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-dreams-gas-drawls/1651521860?i=1651521864
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/bad-dreams-gas-drawls

One of my personal favourite beats from the album, I knew I wanted to remix Gas Drawls and I had a rough idea of the kind of beat I wanted to make for it. The first flip I worked out with just the bassline reminded me of the laid back intro to Gas Drawls with the Steely Dan vocals, but I knew I wanted to switch it up in a big way to create some proper atmosphere for DOOM's verses. This sample was perfect for that, the melody of the strings was crazy to me, but it was those echoing sounds which I layered ontop that really made the beat for me, I love adding elements like that to beats and especially in this case I thought it worked perfectly with adding to that grand sort of vibe. The mix ended up really really thick here too, I wanted to make the drums fat so had to layer up the sample too, definitely ended up with a hard hitting sort of feel.

Bad Dreams [Gas Drawls] (Instrumental)

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/hoe-tapes

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/27QL9nmJE5xrwKAYqmn9sc?si=93a9e4743ada4f8d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/hoe-tapes/1651521860?i=1651521866
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/hoe-tapes

I was really happy with the change in vibe for this beat, even though it's from a Soul/Funk sample I took these synth chops to make a very chilled almost video game sounding beat. The layering levelled this one up for me, added a lot more atmosphere and weight to the soundscape especially on the low end, and also gave the track more variation. Went for that bouncy vibe on the drum groove here to match the flows of the melody, wanted this to be a track you can chill/zone out to, with some emotive elements to the sample too especially the layering.

Peace!!

Hoe Tapes (Instrumental)

Tried to make a track to represent the feel of the cover art 

Send love to the legend @ⓢⓘⓓⓔⓚⓘⓚ for the photo

Fond

If these tracks were the tears of joy, it'd be a cry.
Ugly voice that had to repeat. 
Looked defeated as wrong thoughts, no words, lost to them,
end up in the warrior's garden, getting lost to where that is 

As if it was apparent enough, this is a tribute to [ unkind ] one of my biggest inspo; show some love to @fuckthisurl .♦
Listen here:
beatpapes.bandcamp.com/album/desired
https://open.spotify.com/album/5QsJrpQ4aT0zNI1yXARKYE?si=CAmOu1j3TQGCmsw5BZFcsA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5QsJrpQ4aT0zNI1yXARKYE

Desired [ beatpapes.bandcamp.com/album/desired ]

Bon Marché - NuclEar - 81 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

Hoe Tapes (Instrumental)

Tapehead