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BIG L X TUPAC - DEADLY COMBINATION (remix)

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Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals and cuts from 'Danger Remix Acapella' by Blahzay Blahzay

Visuals: https://youtu.be/ZN1T_hd8whc

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/danger-instrumental/s-E3JavndCdVo

This beat was a lot of fun to make, it was the kind of jazz sample that when you pitch it down it gives off immediate hardcore vibes, so I was just having fun with all the chops and sequenced these 3 loops. Hardcore Jazz inspired beats is such a New York staple, so I immediately went to remix Danger by Blahzay Blahzay over the beats, probably the most obvious and profound anthem celebrating the East Coast style of Hip Hop (the album it's off is mad nice too, in my opinion pretty underrated too). This is actually shown in an interesting fact I learned from the comments on the video from 'broli28', who wrote "The story behind the filming of this video is that when Blahzay put this track out, it hit so hard on NYC radio, that when they began shooting the video, all of those artists simply showed up to support him. He didn't expect all of the support but they showed him love. When this came out, it was EVERYWHERE in all boroughs".

Back when I remixed this the needle for my turntable was on it's way out so the acapella loses quality in a few sections and there are a few pops etc, which was a bit frustrating at the time. In retrospect, it kind of adds to the gritty sound of the remix which I'm still happy with. I'm really looking forward to making another hardcore sounding beat that fits the vibe of this acapella, I definitely have the most fun making them and get the most gassed off of remixes that celebrate and capture that distinct NY sound, so that'll for sure be happening in the near future, and I'll probably try and remix the last verse which I left out of this one.

Peace and thank you to everyone who listens.

Danger

//Mixing; bsment studio
Beat : `Kellereck

senden auf einer anderen Frequenz

´ninty7

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/sparkin-instrumental

Youtube: https://youtu.be/KCekJnmEcDA

I made this beat in late October 2019. I'd picked up a generic record compilation of music from films at a charity shop for 50p on the off chance that there would be something dope on there. The sounds on this beat are all I managed to find on the whole record, on one rhapsody track from 1945 that it had. Most of the rhapsody had nothing that stood out to me and was really hectic musically with no sampling potential, and it was a bit frustrating, because I'd spent a few hours listening to records for samples. Then for a brief moment there was a pause in the rhapsody, and these really dark and menacing bass notes played, and they instantly stood out to me so I sampled them into the MPC2000. I guess being frustrated with not finding a sample brought out an aggressive nature in this beat, it made me think of the soundtrack to Jaws or something in how sinister and angry the beat sounded. It was late October too so maybe it being near Halloween inspired the evil sound of the beat too. I was happy with the loop of the bass heavy string notes, and I layered the best piano notes from the rhapsody ontop, which added a lot to the beat and made it a lot more engaging.

Overall this is one of those beats that was born out of frustration, but once I actually had the samples on the MPC it was very simple to make, and it didn't take long to get to the finished product, which I was very happy with as it's always fun to make a really grimey hardcore sounding beat.

I put the acapella of Mad Izm over this beat because I thought it would be interesting to give a track which is lyrically focused on getting waved a sinister vibe, because what they're discussing is a dangerous path with very scary connotations, and as I've gotten older I see these verses more in this sinister light than the more positive vibe of the original track.

Sparkin' on the Mic

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Some beats I made on my MPC2000 Classic. 

1. Beat #1 (Shuffle)
2. Beat #2 (Comfy)
3. Beat #3 (Sho Bounce)

Some MPC2000 Beats

old bump made with @kin-foe in Leeds 2018...

mon.jarpenter x kinfoe - mean streets

Ahed

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Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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

Peace