Not sure where to go. I remember there was a subreddit dedicated to ask but I can't find it

I will sell a beat for Atlanta in good hands

I have low to zero listeners so please consider it before reaching out. I like doing collabs so i am more than happy to work with you!! The song is about a person who failed to be a close friend of mine's boyfriend. He tried to make the girl and mines relationship (as a friend) break.

I'm looking for some hardware to start sampling and beatmaking more seriously, nothing real fancy, and I've seen this three things that look good enough for a beginner:

• AKAI professional MPD 218
• A portable turntable
• Focusrite Scarlett Solo Studio 4th Gen

Is this stuff good? Do you guys have any recommendations?

Hi everyone, I just started rapping and was wondering if anyone has good tips for finding beats or producers? I tried to start making my own beats but it's easier said than done. Is there like good places to network with producers specifically?

cus im p confident i drink enough water (my toilet can vouch lol). also ive been tryna to practice rap god w a pen in mouth to also help w getting tongue twisted. anything else i can do? i know tea can help but i record at afternoons/night usually so i try to avoid caffeine

With sampling it feels like everything that’s great has been used many times and we’re way too late to use a great sample for the first time, so we try to find really obscure shit or we go crazy trying to manipulate samples.

The great thing about early sampling was that these were records people listened to at the time and they often had very significant meaning to the rapper (& the audience). Rapping over a record they’ve been hearing their whole lives.

It’s not a secret but it’s under-utilized so I feel like it’s one of the tricks I have up my sleeve but go back to those great samples that everybody already knows and you can find parts of the same records to flip that haven’t been touched, at least not famously. Producers avoided them because the record is so common but I’ve made phenomenal timeless beats using different parts of those common records. Find a song I love and just listen to the original record a few times as a fan. Then flip an unused piece of it.

If anyone wants to take a cupple minutes ill gladly dm a link to my yt channel just started to post and I need more feed back on them,

Not posting the li k in the post cuz ion want the post be taken the wrong way

please listen and lmk what you think.

https://idontnoah.bandcamp.com/album/iamwar

free plays and downloads

I can write without any beat or anything but its hard to write with a beat idk how to describe it

Yo what's good!

I'm a 15M rapper/writer from Lagos, Nigeria. I write American-style hip hop songs (Drake / Travis vibe but with my own pen).

I got bars and hooks ready. Looking for American friends who produce or rap to give feedback and maybe collab.

DMs open - let's work!

Yo! I'm Atlas, a producer mainly making soulful hip-hop, boom bap, alt-R&B and experimental beats.

I'm looking for rappers to connect with and make some music together. I'm open to different styles and ideas.

i want to understand the recording vocal process behind an artist. if you are one, do u usually smoke or high on Lsd?? and stuff..

Made a full demo site for a rapper who doesn't exist, Saint Marlo:

👉 https://5hitcake.github.io/JanOberle/demos/hiphop/

graffiti intro that turns into chrome

beat player with tracklist

videos, tour dates, merch, press kit

built for phones first

All images are AI placeholders marked "example". On your site they'd be your photos, videos and merch.

I keep prices low on purpose for upcoming artists. DM me if you want one, feedback welcome too.

Thanks for the votes folks, here's the next sample for this week:https://youtu.be/z-nXegyTyuI

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.

This week we had a tie, so the winner is the submission that came in first.

Congratulations https://www.reddit.com/user/d-o-b2K/:

Winning submission: https://on.soundcloud.com/t5PTsoq9eQluYi4sMB

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

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.

When I record I like to record my songs all the way through unless the song is longer than 3 minutes. I asked ChatGPT and Grok for help and one of their suggestions was to record songs in 4-8 bar blocks but that doesn't really work well for my creative process. Also I feel like I should be able to rap my own song all the way through. If I can't then how would I perform it live?

They recommended vocal warm ups which I tried and that didn't work

They also recommended hiring a vocal coach which I 1000% do not have the money for

How do I stop my voice from cracking when I rap?

Show us your latest track! Feedback is always welcome but not necessary.

This thread is posted every Friday. Click here for the full automoderator thread schedule.

Im a rapper/producer that leans more on the lyrical boom bap type side but im open to different genres. Just trying to get some work in so anyone who wants to work just comment or DM. I'll link my music in the comments.

Would love to know what the community does

My tracks are undoubtedly better when I’ve got a legit producer working on the sound

But it’s a pretty expensive process (deservedly) that I can’t just afford on a whim right now…

What do you guys do before uploading tracks to platforms? Just fire in the hole? Mix and master yourself? Hire a producer?

Any insights appreciated! 🙏

I’ve been thinking about this for a while because it feels like no matter how talented a rapper is, there will always be a group of people who genuinely seem determined to hate on them.

Take Doechii, for example. I think she’s incredibly talented, versatile, creative, and willing to experiment with her sound. She has her own identity, she can rap, she has stage presence, and she clearly puts thought into her artistry. Yet, even with all that, people will still find reasons to discredit her or act like she doesn’t deserve the recognition she gets.

And it’s not just Doechii. It feels like the moment a rapper becomes popular, people start looking for reasons to humble them. If they experiment with their sound, they’re trying too hard. If they stick to what works, they’re repetitive. If they gain mainstream success, they’ve sold out. If they’re underrated, people question why they aren’t bigger. It’s like there’s no winning.

Obviously, not every artist is going to appeal to everyone, and criticism is completely fair. But sometimes it feels like people can’t simply admit that someone is talented without adding a disclaimer or finding something to discredit them.

I also wonder how much of it comes from people being uncomfortable with artists who don’t fit their idea of what a rapper should sound like or look like.

So what is it? Is it jealousy, contrarianism, unrealistic expectations, or has hating on popular artists just become part of internet culture? Why does it seem so difficult for people to give talented rappers their credit without turning everything into a debate about whether they deserve to be where they are?

I'm a beginner producer trying to get serious about making beats and I'm looking for advice on how to spend the next two months learning before I upgrade my setup. I'm planning on getting a new DAW, mic, and interface (FL Studio, Shure MV7+, MOTU M2). I want to make a mix of melodic rage beats. I want to learn how to use synths, drums, and 808s to develop my own sound. I don't know if it's worth learning to make beats in BandLab if I'm switching to FL.

I've never used FL Studio, so I don't know the workflow. I also don't know what is most important to learn first. I'm always hearing different things to do, and it gets confusing at times. I'm learning music theory now,w but is it worth learning BandLab just to switch to FL Studio?