The Element Of Surprise.

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-dreams-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Street Dreams Acapella’ by Nas

Visuals: https://youtu.be/B2nN8bCGQO0

I remixed the Street Dreams acapella over this beat a few months after I originally made the beat back in 2016, when I was much less focused in general and less dedicated to making music. This is one of those beats that doesn't have any particularly deep meaning behind it to me, I was in a good mood when I made it and was in an even better mood afterwards. Seeing as I made this only a couple of months after I started producing, I do think it's an important beat, because the feeling I got from making this beat and the positive vibe of the sample was unlike anything I'd felt before, and it was one of those moments that made me really start to become passionate about making music, cause of the happiness and contentment it was bringing me, and after this beat I was very motivated, and was making beats more and more often, if that makes sense. Last year I revisited and reworked this beat to get it sounding how I wanted it to when I originally made it by improving the drums, but I only remixed the hook from Street Dreams over it because I didn’t have much experience in mixing and EQing vocals. Now that I’m way more experienced overall I thought it would be dope to do a finalised version of this remix to try and do the idea justice, and just sort of celebrate/reflect on the progress I’ve made even over the last year with this more positive vibe. I revisited the sample for a switchup but I still like my original flip the most, definitely used the best parts of the sample, but I think the new flip adds some variation and highlights the difference between both the verses I remixed. The first feels like more of a story being told by Nas, whereas to me the second is more reflective and nostalgic looking back at the past. Where I’m at now is somewhere I could only have dreamed of a few years ago for real, and it’s really got me dedicated to keep on doing what I love no matter what. The whole hook and vibe of Street Dreams really did feel like something I wanted to remix now, it was just resonating crazily, so I hope people enjoy it too!

Original mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-dreams
2020 Rework: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-dreams-2

Peace

Street Dreams

dreams about you baby.......
funk and soul instrumental, boombap and smooth raw bby<3
mezclado y masterizado en menos d 10 min, you know.

prod. roJAZZloops.
2022.

Bonita

90.0 Bpm
Artwork by keo_xmen
Added vocals: Big L, Nine, Pharohe Monch

In The Mood

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals and scratches from ‘We Specialize Acapella’ by Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Visuals: https://youtu.be/lpyHV7j2GqA

Original rough mix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/more-of-the-raw

The original upload of this track was the first time one of my remixes did well on SoundCloud, I think it got put into an algorithm and got mad likes and reposts from people all over the world. It was a crazy feeling at the time, and really got me motivated to keep going with music no matter what, cause you never know whose going to end up listening. This was still quite early on in my time producing, so all I can say is I’m too glad that happened, cause I wouldn’t be where I am now if that hadn’t inspired me to keep on making beats. I’ve always thought this remix made a lot of sense, mainly cause of the scratches in the hook, this beat definitely has a raw vibe and they both go well together. CL Smooth’s tone fits really well too, and his style is pretty rugged here too, so everything definitely goes well together. This is actually how the beat for lifestyle sounds at it’s normal pitch, so the samples a lot less distorted but still has that grimey vibe. For this version I decided to bring the lifestyle beat in for CL Smooth’s second verse, cause he really starts going for an all out hardcore vibe there (that’s actually the only verse of his that I originally remixed cause it had that real raw vibe). For the reggae vocals at the end I decided to switch the beat up again to incorporate more of a melody that would fit the tone and notes that the vocals were hitting, and I basically just experimented with a ton of beats, seeing which one would blend with the More Of The Raw beat. This beat blended the best over it by far, I’ve done a remix of Inspectah Deck’s verse from C.R.E.A.M. over it already called ‘Life Is Hectic’ ( https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/life-is-hectic-thanks-for-1000-followers ) The guitar fit the vibe of the reggae vocals, and blended really well with the lifestyle sample, I think it works as a good switchup that keeps the hardcore rugged vibe, but brings some emotion into the track too, which I always like doing.

Happy to have finally reworked this idea and hopefully do it justice, always thought it was a really strong concept for a remix. Hope people enjoy it! Peace

More Of The Raw

See it could all change in one eye blink.

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Trouble In The Water Acapella’ by De La Soul

Visuals: https://youtu.be/Ok2PkKWujgQ

This song really resonates with me on mad levels, De La Soul always speak facts and touch on deep topics, and the way they do that on this track is crazy to me, the subject matter is nuts. Last time I remixed it I went for a very different vibe, going for a sample with a sound that fit the whole underwater vibe. Had to do something completely different here, I flipped this sample to focus on the idea of moving on from negative situations to focus on positivity, and thought that fit well with the verses here, seeing as making a change like that is definitely a journey with mad opportunities to slip up and make the wrong decisions. As I’ve got older that’s what stands out to me most about this De La Soul track, more often than not you’ll find yourself in ‘troubled waters’, and it’s mad important to recognize this and be aware of how you can ‘sink’, and make sure you keep your focus and do what’s right for you. Can translate into so so many different things it’s crazy, and that’s defo what makes this track so timeless to me. 

Went crazy again layering different elements of this sample, it gives the track a lot of variation and meant I could bring more emotional elements and melodies in for the more serious parts of the verses, which is something I’ve always wanted to do when remixing this song. It did make it a bit difficult to mix though, the layering is good cause it gives the sample a lot of weight and makes the sound full, but it can drown out the acapella, especially with this one where a lot of the instruments had quite high resonance. I really did turn up the acapella loads, making sure it was mixed and EQd right before that, and ended up turning it up by nearly 10DB, which is way way more than I ever normally would, but I really didn’t want the verses to get completely lost under the beat. 

Hope people enjoy this one, defo let me know what you think on it, I’ll leave a link to my other remix of this, would be interesting to hear which one people like more.

https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/dont-sink

Peace!

Troubled Waters (Time To Think)

here is the 3rd and last Single taken from the upcoming Lp "Summer Madness" by @mad-vision released via flawless-delivery .
The track is a beatiful beat, guitar riffs combined with catchy and dreamy melodies.
Steady drums and a genuine groove are responsible to take you to another place.
You can stream the Single on all DSP´s:
https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/flawlessdeliverymdvsn_sirens

Album release date on: December - 2nd.
Be sure to follow @flawless-delivery & @mad-vision on Spotify, Bandcamp, Instagram, Apple Music......

Enjoy!

Flawless Delivery

Summer Madness

Sirens

Mdvsn - Sirens

throwaways vol. 3

La nuit

kool aid luck

Made exclusively on MPC X Special Edition.

DKODA - Treat Me Like

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