Soul.Lounge (NINETOFIVE Afternoon Beats | 10)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2eI0R64DEMhcDjDJSOC88Y?si=2c70467dd1eb46a9
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/scars-instrumental/1579972136?i=1579972137

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/artifacts-chat

This is a rework of the first beat I ever recorded a song over back in December 2017( https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/scars ). Recording over this beat back in 2017 was a huge moment in my life, in terms of working out what I really wanted and who I wanted to be. I was bugging back then, but that experience opened a lot of doors mentally, and helped me rediscover a passion which I was losing. This beat was actually really difficult to remix and remaster, the levels on the original flip are really really bad so it took a lot of work to get it to fit with the sound of my newer drums, which are mixed in a very different way. I think it paid off though and I’m a lot happier with how the beat sounds, especially the way I layered the sample in the chorus to give the track a bit more variation, because it is just a 2-bar loop, so I decided to filter it for most of the track and bring in the highs occasionally, so the loop didn’t get boring.

Peace.

Scars (Instrumental)

𝗕𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗘𝗖𝗞𝗢. x earfluvv - Dew Bumps

05/09/21

This beat is dedicated to Josie, whose ashes were scattered yesterday. I really think this beat captures her joy for life, and the focus she always held on doing what you love no matter what: follow what you believe in. Thank you for teaching and inspiring me, I wouldn’t be where or who I am without you.

Visuals: https://youtu.be/vdq2Vc_6m5Y

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6jIMYxUsZNBRUVSGuRQsU2?si=9dbdc90443ae46e6
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/never-give-it-up-instrumental/1584847442?i=1584847443

Full O.C Remix (definitely will rework this by re doing the vocals on this version of the beat in the near future): https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/never-give-it-up

For the instrumental I kept in some of O.C’s most relevant lines and the chorus, because to me this beat wouldn’t be complete without it. If anyone would like a version without the Born 2 Live elements, just let me know and I can email it your way.

Peace

Never Give It Up (Instrumental)

[Floatin']

Sweet artwork made by https://soundcloud.com/aqui_dela
His Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iNjjrw28qqTDD0rl0dFxJ?si=X4qpUbLCTBy2jSh_BjckJw&nd=1

Support me on Spotify if you liked this tune : 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CIy8DJbftLyQQo8yVQF8a

Floating

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0hgPKLvkDJjYT3QpQkBv0d?si=e640c12a34ad456f
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/who-the-is-you-instrumental/1606144794?i=1606144795
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/who-the-is-you

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/who-the-is-you

These beats were mad fun to make, they were actually done as a sample challenge with friends, it was a Japanese funk album (I'll be finding the sample for a beat breakdown for sure), and I took these chops from a song that stood out to me. Originally they sounded nothing like this though, I was trying to flip them at the normal pitch and it sounded OK, but I wasn't really happy with it, so I decided to try pitching it down. I experimented a bit and eventually decided to go crazy and pitched it down as far as the MPC would let me, which really brought out the bass of the sample and made it into something completely different, so I chopped it up again. I was then able to get these two flips out of it, and was very happy with the outcome, I love making heavy beats like this and 9 times out of 10 it's a result of pitching a sample down loads, like what Havoc did with Shook Ones Part 2. Really looking forward to doing a breakdown of this one to show what I mean, until then: peace!

Who The ? Is You (Instrumental)

Analog Illness

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

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SAMPLE: Sadao Watanabe - Autumn Blow
Cover Art: https://pin.it/7msGj7AXX

Rabb1t_

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