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BeatTips Founder Sa’id Drops New Album ‘The Best of Times’
Sa'id, Author of the Books The BeatTips Manual and The Art of Sampling, Releases New Album that Aims to…
Today’s Fun Hip Hop is Good, But It Needs a Deeper Message (Sometimes)
The vast majority of popular modern hip hop usually avoids serious social commentary, prioritizes simple…
JSDG Beats and NickFrsh: Pushing the Boundaries of Modern Trap
In a just a short while, Drummaholikz — JSDG Beats and NickFrsh — have amassed an impressive array of…
Kendrick Lamar Got Sued for Bill Withers Sample on Mixtape; Misconceptions About Copyright and…
A rapper uses a sample from a song of another artist to create a new song — said rapper places new song…
Kool G Rap — “Sad” (prod. by DJ Supa Dave); This is Sirloin Hip Hop
DJ Supa Dave's soulful beat merges with Kool G Rap's poignant rhymes, exhibiting top quality rap music.…
Legal Loan Sharking: The Music Industry’s Draconian Business Model
Understanding the music industry's loan-and-own contract model and why it should be prompting further…
Marco Polo: The Journey of a Beatmaking Pioneer
Marco polo on the anatomy of a producer, how hip hop and beatmaking helped save his life, how he’s…
United Beatmakers Guild (UBG): The BeatTips Proposal for a Beatmakers Union
Amid the beat market exchange, a growing number of talented beatmakers, and desperation beat prices, a…
Capturing Analog Sound and Essence in a Digital Era
Choosing the right DAW or tracking scheme for your beats
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Recently, a BeatTips…
BeatTips Interviews Minnesota
A Frequency Runs Through It
Understanding. It’s one of the primary keys to crafting quality beats.…