Honest Hatred

Instrumental for https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/gaining-respect

Since I started remixing and remastering my old beats it's been really helpful to hear the difference and improvements in my mixing ability. The first beat in this track is a rework of a very old beat, probably one of the first 10 beats I ever made. I was so happy with how it came out at the time, and it was mad to be able to improve on the concept I worked out back then and execute it better here. I wanted to take it one step further with this one though, and decided to add a new remix as a switchup, flipping a different part of the same sample that I used for the first beat. I initially only did this because of Just To Get A Rep acapella is so short, and I wanted the track to be longer, but it ended being a really great way of building on the ideas and concepts I was playing with back when I first flipped the sample, and mixing that with all the ways I've learned and developed as a producer since then. I'm really happy with how it came out, and will definitely be doing this again with other old ideas and concepts.

Gaining Respect (Instrumental)

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/whatever-you-say-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Whatever You Say Acapella’ by Little Brother

Visuals: https://youtu.be/2qbZ4MDMlP4

I highly recommend all of Little Brother’s work if you haven’t heard of them, I’d say The Minstrel Show is my favourite album, but they have gems across their whole discography. I remember being so gassed to find out 9th wonder was part of an official group that he produced for, and they definitely don’t disappoint, the vibe of their music is super infectious with a real clear love and passion for Hip Hop.

I’ve had this acapella for years but never felt compelled to remix it until now: the original track is a pretty different vibe so I was happy that it fit this beat even though I had to speed it up loads, cause it gave it a different vibe where I was tryna go for a more upbeat carefree mood. It’s kind of similar to how I was feeling with my most recent remix of MF DOOM’s ‘My Favourite Ladies’, I wanted to focus on an aspect of the lyrics (which in this track is the more positive outlook of taking life for what it is and not stressing too much) and really build on that by making a beat with a similar vibe, to emphasise what I was focusing on and rating in the song. Mixing the beat was blessed, everything came together pretty smooth, but I had a lot of trouble getting the verses sounding right over the beat. The chorus fit perfectly no real issues, but for some reason the highs in the verses were sounding mad out of place, maybe because of the highs in the sample, so it took a lot of trial and error to get the vocals in a place where I was comfortable with how the remix sounded.

I hope people enjoy this one, I was really trying to express some positive energy through music this week, hopefully it comes across. 

Peace and thank you for listening!

Whatever You Say

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Alice

Instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/guitar-swing-instrumental

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Hail Mary Acapella’ by 2pac and The Outlawz

Visuals: https://youtu.be/-1YU8xoWj7U

I vividly remember making this beat, I’d probably been producing for about 3 months, and was showing someone who was getting into old school hip hop how the beats are produced etc. I was tryna make a simple beat so it would be quick and not too time consuming, to clearly demonstrate the process without spending too long chopping up samples etc. This guitar sample instantly stood out to me, and I chopped it up and made this 2 bar loop instantly, the whole process of flipping the beat defo took under 30 minutes which is crazy quick for me. It’s always fun when beats just turn out naturally like that, cause to me it shows how pure the inspiration is from the sample, and the result is as organic as possible.

Originally I had Havoc’s verse from Hell On Earth over this beat, but seeing as I remixed that recently I thought I’d try something different. I haven’t remixed Tupac vocals that often, and I thought his voice and style would fit this beat, the sample has a west coast kind of feel to it, even if the drums are NY boom bap sounding. 

Peace and thanks for listening! Really appreciate all the feedback and support I've been getting.

Hail Mary

untitled beat [lo-fi gems and throwaways]

hash

smoke a blunt & cruise to this

invisible

flipped aaliyah with a touch of eddie kendricks smooth and laid-back. nothing too serious. just something that felt right. enjoy.

somebody

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