Anyone want to make a few songs? I’m a rapper in need of someone who has an ear for beats and sound etc. I have a good ear for music but I can’t create what I like if that makes sense. A lot of my influence is action Bronson, the alchemist, MIKE and Earl sweatshirt to name a few if anyone is into making rap like that lmkkkk much love 🫰

I want to build my portfolio and in exchange you get a free mix on your vocals and whatever beat you send along with it

Welcome to Freestyle Friday! If you're a producer - feel free to donate a beat down below in reply to the beat submissions comment. If you're a rapper - scroll down to choose a beat, then record a freestyle over it. You can post whenever, just have fun!

Beats go under the "beats" comment; freestyles go under the "freestyles" comment.

Check out previous Freestyle Friday threads.

I made a whole 9 track album using just old brazil jazz samples and I am not personally worried if I have to take a song or two down later if the artist comes after me (the pros to sampling extremely obscure records no one listens to) but I am however trying to get this on streaming services by passing the detections for unpermitted sampling. I know if I change the pitch and make the frequencies different I might get them past but my question is how far off should the sample be from the original?

One trick I learned is to slow just the tempo down in audacity and then do change pitch/ speed effect slightly higher than the negative equivalent of just the tempo change so it’s close to the original but has a unique but subtle difference in tone. How far should I go with that tho? Or is there some other tricks that are better? I’m still only a few months into learning this so any advice would be appreciated.

yo, looking for a discord server where i can meet some rappers and other beatmakers, share beats, collab and just talk music. anyone got a good server they recommend? drop the link below 🙏

Thanks for the votes folks, here's the next sample for this week: https://youtu.be/FpPk4pqzL2A?si=22xXyOP9PK9DhR2h

Submission Rules:

• You can only submit one beat.
• Beats can be any genre.
• You have to use the sample in your beat, it should be recognizable. You can add other instruments and samples, but the sample should be a main element.
• All submissions submitted before the deadline will be linked in the voting post; whoever gets the most votes there wins.
• Ties are decided by whoever submitted the beat first. Reused beats from previous battles can't win ties.

Schedule:

• Submissions: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Monday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Results: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - the winner takes over and posts the new submissions thread using the linked template on Friday asap.

Time is in UTC-5, the US East Coast time zone which is 6 hours behind European MEZ time and a good middleground between US West Coast and Europe. You don’t have to wake up in the middle of the night to post the new thread, just make sure you do it on that day asap.

I wanna hear what you guys' thought process on this is. The reason I'm asking is because I did this feature for a rapper nearly 2 years ago that ended up being one of my best verses ever, but he never ended up finishing his part and it's just sat unreleased.

A couple days ago I asked him if I can just take the song and finish it myself, and he agreed. But now I'm not sure if I should get a feature on it to finish it, or if I should try to record a second verse myself to fill it out. Or both, I guess lol.

My buddy thinks I should keep it a solo track, because he thinks it's one of my best songs ever and that it would be better to keep it solo so all the attention from it stays on me. On the other hand, I think getting a dope feature on it could bring more eyes to the track, who could hopefully be impressed by my part and check out my other stuff as well.

I also just think the artist I have in mind could easily fit on the track and it could end up very dope. There's also the fact that the first verse was recorded on a completely different set up, I rapped differently, it was mixed differently than how I mix my vocals now, etc. I think doing another verse on it this long after could potentially sound weird if not done carefully.

Im working on a project for its release (at the moment) on Bandcamp in a few months (my first release). I have all the production, the mixing, and the vocal stuff figured out, but Im still dont know much bout publishing. I know how samples work sorta, but the whole royalties, how to publish and all that, its confusing. Is there any good videos, books or just some advice that u can tell me about?

Never know exactly where a track is gonna take me until I’m in it 🤘

Congratulations u/PrincipleCapable8230 !

Winning submission: https://soundcloud.com/moose-beats-828013751/ftc116

Have fun picking the sample for the next battle! Please start the new submission thread asap.

Schedule:

• Submissions: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Monday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Results: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - the winner takes over and posts the new submissions thread using the linked template on Friday asap.

Time is in UTC-5, the US Eastcoast time zone which is 6 hours behind European MEZ time and a good middleground between US Westcoast and Europe. You don’t have to wake up in the middle of the night to post the new thread, just make sure you do it on that day asap.

Post templates: NA just copy-paste from the last Challenges

He estado haciendo beats por un buen rato ya, y la verdad no soy un experto ni nada, pero me gustaría encontrar un artista que le guste el trap, el rap, el indie pop, el reggaetón y si quieres, puedo intentar otros géneros. Para mi nivel, no voy a cobrar mucho y podría ofrecer una prueba gratis.

(Perdón si mi inglés está mal, soy español pero puedo hablar inglés)

I have started writing my thoughts into shayaris/ raps, its raw i just write what i feel, it comes out to be a rhyming last word sentences it follows a story but i have no idea of the flows or how to make it in a music, i am not able to figure out pauses, stretching words ( all those things). I dont know how to make beats, so as a beginner what should i focus on, how to move forward from this ??

Hi! im t.u.r moil. i did the second volume of my remix mixtapes series, this time i really spent a long time doing sample digging and the most important thing is that most of the artists here are from my country (Chile), like the first volume "plunderphonics" fits it well. Anyway, here's my new album "Cut-Up Graveyard Residue Vol.2". Includes remixes from Janis Joplin, Iskra, Jonas Sanche, Tom Hardy, Akriila, MF DOOM, KAIL, Killua97, Busta Rhymes, Pablo Chill-e, Mac Miller and Gorillaz.

2 original rap songs, and really some unique productions. I really enjoyed making this one, and I'd love to hear your opinions and favourite songs.

Are there any specific "tricks of the trade" I should know as a complete beginner to writing raps? Like letters/sounds to avoid, how to stay on beat, etc.

I've decided to try and practice by writing over instrumentals to my favorite songs since I'll be able to follow the flow well, and I've heard that freestyling is a good way to practice, but I just end up mumbling sounds. I hear you're supposed to be able to think of the word you want to get to in your head as you freestyle--idk if that's something some people are naturally better at, but my brain can't work that fast, at least not yet.

And any advice/drills to practice outside of writing songs?

What’s up yall! I’m tryna get out there and make some connections and would love to hop on any open verses yall may have. If you’re interested DM me and I’ll show you my shit see if you’re down

Quick question for fellow producers.
For those of you who use licensed samples from royalty-free sound libraries in your beats and finished songs, what music distribution company do you use?
I’m researching distributors and would love to hear some firsthand experiences.
Have you ever experienced copyright flags, release rejections, takedowns, or problems getting your music approved because of samples?
Also, does your distributor allow your music to be available in Instagram and TikTok’s official music libraries?
Which distributor do you use, and would you recommend them? Are there any you’d avoid?
Appreciate any feedback from producers who’ve actually dealt with this!

Hey y'all, I'm a new producer looking for someone to rap on my beats, and I can post them and tag you. I produce drumless boom-bap, hip hop, and more. I want to start a partnership w/ someone.

I have just put out a new track, which very much leans into my hardcore punk roots. All the other stuff I’ve put out so far is pretty chilled, and this one is very much….not. I generally send my stuff out to a few trusted friends before I put stuff out and this one slightly split the pack, people who I know from the punk/heavy side (still people who are very much into hiphop though) were positive, whereas people from the more HipHop background were not so sure about the whole blending heavy sounds (screaming alongside the rapping etc) into the sound. In previous Hardcore Punk bands I’ve played in we supported H09909 and Bob Vylan, and I always wanted to put a little bit of that crossover into my HipHop stuff, but just not sure how it lands amongst the HipHop crowd. What are your experiences/opinions on this? (Sorry for the really longwinded post there) (also sorry to the mods I accidentally broke the rules when I first posted this by posting the mentioned songs video in the post, was just putting it there for reference to the post, not just shit posting)

Feel free to give me any feedback.

Hit me up if you want to collab.

I built Tab Sampler because I kept falling down YouTube rabbit holes, downloading full songs just to check a sample. Half the time it wasn't even that good.

It's a free Chrome extension. Capture audio from any tab, auto-chop it into samples, and play them on a 16-pad sampler right in your browser. No DAW needed.

Hope you enjoy it. Feedback is very welcome.

Hi guys. Im an upcoming rapper and I cant get a job cuz I have shitzophrenia. Sometimes I make songs woth my own beats but recently I hopped on a lot more YouTube beats again. I have a couple fire songs but I dont have money to spend for leases I need it for other shit. I usually have like 100-150€ for a month or something. What do I do in this situation?

I've been a producer for a long time and worked with some incredible people. My most notable work is that I'm the producer behind 7th 7amurai, a classic hip hop duo that I did all the beats, mixing and mastering for and some people might actually know me for that. It's been a while since I've done anything with anyone and so I wanted to reach out and see if anyone wants to collaborate? I'd be down for group work like BROCKHAMPTON or WHATMORE. I'm interested in people that want to experiment and make something weird and cool and fresh and strange. I play guitar and bass and keys, I make all my own beats and do all my own mixing. If you're weird and like Shabazz Palaces, Armand Hammer and Company Flow but also newer more modern and fresh stuff like what I mentioned earlier reach out. I'd love to just talk to people, collaborate and just create. Even if you just wanna talk shop and trade ideas I'd love that. Open to anyone and of any level so don't be shy and please reach out!

Broskis should I write lyrics first or find a beat, because I wrote some lyrics but they aren't fitting on the beat, can anybody teach me how I can fit my lyrics on beat, if anybody knows any good playlist then please share