Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5HEIJmhRzzERkxB8phxw3Z?si=141f92b59cb641e8
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/keepin-it-right-instrumental/1594432099?i=1594432103

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/keepin-it-right

I was too gassed off this beat when I made it, there's nothing I rate more as a producer than taking a piano sample and making what is technically a simple beat, but one that has that ill 90s NY vibe. It's just so satisfying to me, and is one of my favourite sides to making beats like this for sure, something so simple can be so dope, when it's the right chops and the right drums etc, it just comes together into something which has that pure hip hop feel. 

This is also a classic example of slowing down a sample to give it that Hip Hop flavour (famously done crazily well by Havoc on Shook Ones and Survival of the Fittest), which I almost always try when I'm making beats. particularly with piano samples. On this one it just worked perfectly, I remember at the time I couldn't have been happier with how it changed the vibe of the chops, allowing me to make something completely new and different out of the sample, which is always a great feeling and something I definitely strive for in my production.

Keepin' It Right (Instrumental)

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[whats going on]

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Beats, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Cypha Session’ by Cella Dwellas, Kazo, Chaunce Lover, Trix Galore, Nugget, Bush Babees & Doug E. Fresh

Visuals: https://youtu.be/jMYIlQgcjSY

These are 3 old beats which I’ve been sitting on for ages, I never felt like they were enough to do a full remix with, they’re pretty raw and I didn’t think they were polished enough to use basically. Then as soon as I did my remix of the Cypha Session from vol 2 of the Echo Unltd tapes, I had a feeling I could use these beats for a remix of another Cypha Session, they just fit the raw rugged vibe of a freestyle cypher in my opinion. I thought these 3 worked well together cause they’re all piano flips, with that simple but hardcore vibe to them. I structured them in this order cause I thought they gradually built on each other in terms of energy, the first is more laid back (but still fits the hardcore almost sinister vibe that the Cella Dwellas bring), the second speeds things up flow wise and definitely ups the energy, and then the 3rd beat is like the crescendo of it all, with a lot more low end and general volume to the sample, going with the most hyped up verse from the cypher with the craziest flows in my opinion. Because I knew I wanted to use multiple beats I chose the cypher from the volume 1, mainly because it’s the longest but there’s also a mad variety of flows which I then tested the beats against to see which ones would fit best. I think each of these beats fits the vibe and attitude of the different verses well, with the overall vibe being a rough and rugged feel, like the last Cypher Session remix, but hopefully the vocals are clearer this time. Peace!

Original versions of these beats:
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/time-to-prove-im-real
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/somethin-kinda-lyrical
https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/mpc-2000-coppin-the-loud

Cypher Session II

90s hip-hop peace & love & soul.
Beo 1978 Mastering.
yO!

belvár records.

PJ as hell

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Cruzin Tha Block PT.2

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fast eddy

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