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Gensu Dean: Production Master, Music Traveler, and Perennial Record Borrower
With two fresh new album projects on the market — a compilation called RAW and Whole Food with Denmark…
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…
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…
DJ Clark Kent on Beats, Creativity, and the Big Smoke Screen in Music
Legendary Brooklyn DJ/Producer DJ Clark Kent talks everything from the creative processes involved in…
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.…
The Mediocre Standard is Here to Stay; But Beatmaking Leads the Fight
Reward for Mediocrity Means that Rap Will Never Go Back to its Golden Eras, Where Vanguard Art Growth was…
BeatTips Inside the Beat: Creating an Arrangement to Fit an Idea
Using Your Composite Idea as a Guide to Capture the Essence and Feel You Envision
Eight years ago, my…
K-Def Interview Feature with ReDef’s John Notarfrancesco
With His New Beat Tape, 'Back to the Beat', Produced Along with The 45 King, This Beatmaking Vet is…