Seasons.

Influences.

Influences. ( "Seasons." EP Available On All DSPs)

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)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2pfX7KvFHiIIRAF5VKQ4se?si=0e060facf2ff4a10
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/got-to-stop-you-dont-care-instrumental/1615183082?i=1615183084
Bandcamp: https://tapehead.bandcamp.com/track/got-to-stop-you-dont-care-instrumental

Behind the beat: https://youtube.com/shorts/-ACvmnNwTwY?feature=share

Instrumental for: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/got-to-stop

With this one I was trying to focus on the emotional release in the sample, the vocals are almost screaming there’s so much pain in them, so I was motivated to flip this in a way that focused on the heartache and manipulation of emotions. I flipped a bassline and then layered the vocals on top for the first beat, and I was gassed off of how that emphasised the vocals by having the bass hitting hard underneath. I knew I had to switch this one up too, it was just too crazy not to do it, I thought it was cool how the first beat acts as a build up, setting the vibe for the 2nd which is a real release of emotion, like I said the vocals are fully screaming it's nuts. Hope people enjoy listening to this beat - Peace!

Got To Stop (You Don't Care Instrumental)

blossom.

& Kaizen 92  - over you

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

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)

beats with heavy "people under the stairs" influence.
ode 2 thes one and double k. part three.

mid-city joints vol.3

marinho

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

Operating, like I'm still eighteen,
I been operating like I'm still a teen,
Kingston bars with Haks and Eugene,
Those days we raved with great tings,


Major danger in living in the past,
Realization hit, old me faded fast,
Casting Idris to play me, watch the scene,
Repercussions, yeah, I can only blame me,

Eighteen, South London boy with a dream,
With a team, but we split, chasing better things,
University life, grants and bursaries,
Watching my niece, that’s a major win, see?

Tailored sins, a closet full of past,
Atmosphere dark, these shadows gotta clash,
Coming to terms with the laughs and the jabs,
Placed at the back while these youngins just stab,


Operating, like I'm still eighteen,
I been operating like I'm still a teen,
Kingston bars with Haks and Eugene,
Those days we raved with great tings,


Advanced the age, but I’m still chasin’ dreams,
P’s from the pain built within, it seems,
Disengaged from the grind, lost in the wheel,
Doubted my skills, shit, how does it feel?

Disregarded the till, coping mechanisms still,
Operating, like I’m sippin’ on that thrill,
Can’t travel back, but wanna ride this saddle,
Mind’s muddled, life brings the damn battle,


Reminiscing bars, where we did them doubles,
Grown now, no cuddles, just a life full of troubles,
Strugglin’ to eat while gettin’ berated,
[This corporate hustle got me feelin' so jaded,]


Operating, like I'm still eighteen,
I been operating like I'm still a teen,
Kingston bars with Haks and Eugene,
Those days we raved with great tings,


Gotta shake the past, no time for the toss,
Future’s waitin’, can’t afford to get lost,
So I hustle hard, like a motherfucka, see?
Living in my truth, 'cause I’m still me,
[Still eighteen vibes, yeah, that’s the scheme.]


Operating, like I'm still eighteen,
I been operating like I'm still a teen,
Kingston bars with Haks and Eugene,
Those days we raved with great tings,


Major danger in living in the past,
Realization hit, old me faded fast,
Casting Idris to play me, watch the scene,
Repercussions, yeah, I can only blame me,

Eighteen, South London boy with a dream,
With a team, but we split, chasing better things,
University life, grants and bursaries,
Watching my niece, that’s a major win, see?

Tailored sins, a closet full of past,
Atmosphere dark, these shadows gotta clash,
Coming to terms with the laughs and the jabs,
Placed at the back while these youngins just stab,


Operating, like I'm still eighteen,
I been operating like I'm still a teen,
Kingston bars with Haks and Eugene,
Those days we raved with great tings,


Advanced the age, but I’m still chasin’ dreams,
P’s from the pain built within, it seems,
Disengaged from the grind, lost in the wheel,
Doubted my skills, shit, how does it feel?


The Jacksons

Beatmaker / Emcee
Contact: tapeheadloops@gmail.com

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

Peace

Troubled Waters (Time To Think)

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