Another crazy work ! I’m such a fan of AZ so I’m happy that you paid a good tribute to him! Nice job 🤜🏾

Banger. I love your work. How can i support you?

small throwaway tape of ruff drafts and old joints till the real tape drops later this month
https://afsho.bandcamp.com/album/canti-throwaway
https://youtu.be/0g5nm3AsUXI
0:00 .kel
3:02 canti
4:47 .miss.u
6:43 A0000001
9:43 if.i
10:47 her.eyes (wit afroblu.e)
12:38 oo.nana
14:08 remindsme.of

canti (throwaway Tape)

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Fl!p At The BBQ [prod. poi$un 陽]

In The Beginning (Vol. 3)

Why Do We Go Out Like That (Remix)

All tracks produced by @lord-debars
Recorded, mixed & mastered by me (on a lil usb mic in my basement)

Observations integrated into streams of thought
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1. The Described
2. More or Less
3. Loosely
4. Lowest Keys
5. Decibels
6. Running Keys
7. Unconventional Entertainment
8. Dissolution
9. Hangup
10. Strain

Universal Misfit

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)

Flyyy.//

Sample for this is too dope, had to flip it multiple times did quite a bit of layering too for different grooves, there was so much to work with the sample had great basslines and also really nice chimes and high frequency melodies to work with, Distant's defo going to recognise this one hopefully people rate the way I flipped it.

Had this acapella for a long time, thought it was a good fit with this kind of beat. Hard to describe but these late 90s acapellas tend to go well over a beat with this kind of vibe, not too emotional not too hardcore, just a smooth vibe with a strong bassline. This album from High & Mighty is mad dope too imo and still pretty underrated, one of the many many gems to come from the Rawkus era, such a great label for underground Hip Hop - Black Star and Funcrusher Plus come to mind as some absolute classics, there's many many more too.

Hope people enjoy this one, peace and thanks for listening!!

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'B-Boy Document Acapella' by The High & Mighty, Mos Def and Mad Skillz

Visuals: https://youtu.be/hCJaTNOp7rw

Rock The Document

throwaway, playing with a hard to clear sample.

you were my dream [throwaway]

Onyx Remix: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/way-we-walk

I was sitting on this beat for years until Distant Cry sent me the snippet I posted on Instagram when I made it asking if I ever dropped it. I almost never post a snippet of a beat and then never drop a beat, and to be honest I'd completely forgotten about this one. Managed to get a cool Onyx remix out of it so I'm defo glad I revisited it. This sample was also absolutely bodied in the Mobb Deep Survival Of The Fittest Remix from the 90s 12" release, definitely check that if you haven't heard it. Peace!! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0zDb6FaVf5BTBtIni0vBC5?si=8830de20f1e04029
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/way-we-walk-single/1710256626
Bandcamp (Free HQ Download): https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/way-we-walk-instrumental

Way We Walk (Instrumental)

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/never-change-1

One of my favourite AZ acapellas, the verses and the hook especially have always been crazy to me, been wanting to remix it for a while but I never felt like I had the right beat. 

When I made this one I had a feeling it would fit well, the vibe just matched the acapella imo, and the flow was a nice fit too. Beat was a lot of fun to flip, loads of layering from across the sample, the subtle harp chops really elevated the vibe for me, and the way the horn chops echo from the end of the loop into the start gives the beat a lot of momentum I think.

For the visuals I used the video for The Come Up, just had to get some nice visuals for this one to bring it to life, I think all the shots of the birds flying really fit the vibe of this remix well, this beat really gives off that sort of imagery to me, the way the horns echo really makes me think of that kind of imagery. 

Really hope this one resonates, thanks for listening, be sure to leave any thoughts in the comments, been excited about this one for sure. 

Peace

Visuals: https://youtu.be/BYTTjTPVC0M

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'Never Change' by AZ

Never Change

Awlnight x ΔKTR - Like It Loud OUT NOW!
https://fuzzoscope.bandcamp.com/album/like-it-loud

Lordofderings (Awlnight x ΔKTR - Like It Loud)

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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

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