90 Bpm
Artwork by Pip Borthwick
Added vocals: Mos Def, Da Bushes Babees, Mic Geronimo, De La Soul

No way (Yes yo!)

2022 worst year of your life I won't wish something good it would be a lie
All you can do is enjoy art

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8i13zy65sUVltMpA2KbGQ/videos

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/smogzz.prod/

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/7CIy8DJbftLyQQo8yVQF8a

No Signal

Analog Illness

portals

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘One Mic Acapella’ by Nas

Visuals: https://youtu.be/H3ITC_LUFYI

This year I’ve been making sure I release a brand new beat every 2 weeks. I always have Wednesday off work so the way I’ve been doing this is I make the beat Wednesday, mix it the Wednesday after, and release it the week after that, making the next new beat the week I release the last new beat I made. I spend the 2 weeks between making new beats digging through samples to prepare and get an idea of what I might be making for the next one, and for this one I worked it out instantly. I was actually really struggling with what I was going to do because I hadn’t really found anything that was properly inspiring me, and I’d been pretty busy so I hadn’t had as much time to properly go through my unlistened records to see what I could find. On the Tuesday evening on the way home from work I put on a compilation of Jazz greats, and luckily there was a lot of traffic so I ended up listening to the whole thing. This sample was the 2nd last track, and as soon as I heard it I was gassed and after a few listens I’d worked out the rough areas I was going to chop up, and also immediately thought of putting ‘One Mic’ over it, cause I was hearing how I could layer and build up the sample in a way that would match what Nas does with his vocals on that track. This got me so motivated and the next day I was just set on making the idea a reality, and I couldn’t have been happier with how it turned out. This really feels like the beat was made for the vocals to me, and I guess in essence it was, because all the time when I was making it I was thinking about this acapella and how it would flow over it. A lot of the time it’s difficult to know what acapella would work for a remix straight away, so times like this are dope for creating something really convincing and concise. 
I also thought it was funny how I sampled from a song about ‘Mrs Jones’ with the intention of remixing One Mic, seeing as Jones is Nas’ real surname, I only just realised that now, maybe that subconsciously made me think of Nas acapellas straight away when I was listening to the sample.

I really hope people enjoy this one, I’ve been really excited to share it, and I’m way too excited about the next one which I made this week – Peace!!

One Mic (Tapehead Remix)

91.0 Bpm
Added vocals: Shabaam Sahdeeq/Original Flavor

Diane (Straight like that!)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0VEI6O3cjbNxzMuRY2YQCE?si=f760cabff4374d91
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/street-dreams-instrumental/1616014670?i=1616014671
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/street-dreams-instrumental

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-dreams-3

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. I added new drums and layered the sample to get it sounding better for this mix, and I also 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. 

Peace!

Street Dreams (Instrumental)

here is the 5th of 10 Singles taken from the upcoming Compilation "2nd Order" 
"Simple Soul" by @kelcey-crittenden is a bangerand he as usual do things properly.
The upcoming heavyweight producer from Connecticut based in New York.
You can download and stream the Single on all digital stream platforms :
https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/_simplesoul

Make Sure to check @kelcey-crittenden , @flawless-delivery on Spotify, Instagram, bandcamp.

Enjoy

Flawless Delivery

2nd Order Compilation

Simple Soul

Kel C - Simple Soul

[check it]

90.0 Bpm
Added vocals: Mobb Deep / Big L 

You smile (once again!)

Shaolin 2 Compton

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