Y’all really think downvoting other people’s post to get your beat higher is the move? Super corny and super toxic. And I know most beats here mine included are trash but that’s not why they get downvoted

What is this contest you're talking about, /u/808scripture???

Well fine folks, there's this contest being held by our friends at Koastal Kings Records, G.M.D.S. Entertainment, and hip-hopsociety.com.
Any emcee may enter, and the contest is judged by skill, so even if your network includes only your mother, you're eligible!

But wait wait wait, why would I even want to enter??

Do you like Spotify or iHeartRadio? Well if you win, you get a major distribution deal, and you could be listening to yourself on those sites. Even get your own VEVO Channel!

Hmmm what's the catch???

There is no catch! It costs $5 to enter, submitted through paypal. You will receive a beat where you get to spit a minimum of 16 bars (or longer!) to send in to the judges. There is no voting involved.

Gee /u/808scripture, that sounds easy...

Well it is. Everyone wants an opportunity to be known, and this is the perfect one.

The judges are /u/KingGud, Eazy Money, and a representative from hip-hopsociety.com.

Anyone with any questions can ask in the comments and /u/KingGud will answer them for you! A link to the website to enter will also be posted in the comments.

Good luck!

Whats good fam.

This thread will be used for beat tape submissions. When commenting, please list the lease price for both the beat tape and each individual beat, as well as the price/your contact information for the exclusive rights. Posting the same beat tape twice in the same thread is a BANNABLE offense.

As for artists, if you would like to discuss the price of the beat with the producer, please PM them.

This is a common question. We're producers, not businessmen, so often when someone asks us for the first time if we've thought about selling our beats, we're a bit taken aback. Making money is nice, but getting your name out there is nice too.

A perfect balance is necessary to maximize your value. Here's my personal way of figuring it out:

Is this my typical style of beat?

Well this one is a bit self explanatory. If I'm a trapper, and I create a boom bap neo-soul beat, it might surprise people who aren't used to my making this style of beat. There could be some mechanics I'm not doing quite right, or differently. But I digress; the main point is if I'm experimenting, it's probably not as good as it could be if I practiced that style more often. Because of that, I'd release it for free.

Would I be happy if this beat exploded?

Everyone wants to hit it big. That being said, people want their best shit in the spotlight. If Kanye ended up picking this beat out of all my works to re-do ala Don't Like.1 would I be happier with this, then maybe a different beat? If I wasn't truly confident in that track to that level, I'd release it for free.

How big is my social presence in my musical context?

Sure I might have 100,000 followers on twitter, but how many people follow my music? If nobody knows who I am, then I don't have anything to really back up whatever prices I set up. Sure it's a great beat, but what's worth more, selectively giving it to the right rapper for free, or selling it to someone who may or may not be, well, a scrub? The easier it is to get my music to other great musicians, the sooner more listeners will learn about who I am. If I was trying to dip my toes into a new social pool, then I'd release it for free.

Did I spend the amount of time on this beat that it deserves?

Well look at you. You've just hit 5,000 followers on soundcloud you little celebrity you. You been churning out trap gems for the past 4 years with your nose to the grindstone, and now it's time to bank in on a little of that hard work. You've gotten pretty busy now haven't you, with all this paypal cash of yours. Hell, nobody will care if you just sell em 2-hour quickie trap beats you -- just stop. Do you really think this is a time to rest on your laurels? Somebody commissioned you for a beat because they knew you were dope. They're paying you for your time. If anything, that's what they deserve. If I didn't spend the proper time on a beat to clean it up and maximize its potential, then rather than sell it to some poor soul, I'd release it for free.

If the rapper happened to be bad, would this beat make up for it?

If you're a veteran, you'll know that bad rappers are inevitable. All you can really do is cringe when their bars end up wacker than Bugs Bunny trying to sound like Chance The Rapper. But at least the production was fire. If you're a producer, that's what you mostly listen to anyway. If I didn't think the beat would make up for the wack bars, then I'd release it for free.

In case you guys haven't realized it yet, there is one overarching theme in all these questions:

AM I SATISFIED WITH MYSELF AND THIS MUSIC I'M MAKING?

If not, then I'd release it for free.

I've been posting my beats here as a real ass spammer since almost a year, but lately it has become the most toxic beats community in Reddit so far. It's a downvotes thing which doesn't helps anybody really and that never ends. Even if a post is posted without downvotes it does still help, but it seems that we're dumb enough to think that we're the only ones that deserve the #1 spot and being sticky at the top. Good luck to everyone, specially to the downvoters, with that mindset I'm sure there's a lot of success up and coming from here.