My Hip-Hop Beat *streaming*

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 11:57 AM

*FIXED*
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=Q8M933538WY2
It's one of my first hip-hop beats. Please tell me what you think. It's streaming.

Comments/Suggestions/Tips/CRITIQUE = wanted!

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 02:01 PM

Anyone? I worked hard on this song..

nubbin149 · 01-13-2008, 04:29 PM

To be honest the drums are fun for a little bit but the song is very repetitive and has a very ODD timing. I really like the synth about halfway through though. I heard the best analogy about music production i've ever heard about a week ago.

If you were talking to a gorgeous woman in a restaurant ... would you keep telling her the same joke over and over ?

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 05:31 PM

I agree with you about the odd timing of my song; I fixed it. It sounds a lot better: http://www.supload.com/listen?s=Q8M933538WY2

It's a hip-hop beat not a song, yet. I'm planning having a couple of my friends rap on it.

"In Hip hop music, the term beat has come to be defined as the entire instrumental, non-vocal portion of the song. A beat is a pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece; for every tick on a metronome, each tick is a beat. Depending on the context, beat may denote either"

Beats and songs are different. Repetition in beats is not as important as it is in songs = vocals/beat

In hip-hop it's alright for the beat to be repetitive. "While hip-hop beats have progressed and changed over time, there have also been constants, such as repetition and rhythmic complexity, that remain as similarities between all the beats."

For example (Alicia Keyes - No one); notice the repetition in the beat. The song was the number one single in hip-hop of 2007. There are vocals in it, and again the beat is repetitive, but the beat and vocals compliment each other thus making the song a masterpiece:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ktUSIJEiOug

Source - http://www.indiana.edu/~urbanflk/hip_hop/voakes2.html

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 07:15 PM

EDIT: Nevermind, lol.

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

It doesn't have that hip-hop/rap feel to it. It sounds like a electronic ballad.

Well I'm sure it will once the rapping are put it in. Did you listen to the whole song?

Quote:

PS- Did you make this in Reason?

No. I made it in FL Studio. I don't know anything about Reason.

chemicalrabbit · 01-13-2008, 07:49 PM

I've heard all of Nujabes songs; they're wonderful. I try to make music like Nujabes sometimes, but I'm not sure if it's good or not. I haven't had any feedback:

http://www.myspace.com/fairedore

^There's a song very similar to Nujabes style in my opinion titled "From the Time."

.david · 01-13-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KgZ

Yes I did.

If you want to make a good rap/hip-hop, try making something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpxJd_u3HXU

Wow nujabes make sick beats.

And for the beat you made, it doesnt feel like hiphop/rap at all. I couldnt imagine someone rapping to it. It feels like techno.

chemicalrabbit · 01-14-2008, 08:43 AM

I think I made the synth a little bit too loud. That might be why

.david · 01-14-2008, 03:41 PM

I agree that the synths are to loud, but i feel that there needs to be more snare, like a snare roll. I can see with the synths lowered how it would work though. After re-listening to it, i think if your friends are good rappers it will be good.

chemicalrabbit · 01-14-2008, 05:51 PM

Thanks for the tip. I'll put a drum-roll sample in it. =)

chemicalrabbit · 01-14-2008, 11:01 PM

Ayo I fixed the beat. It's all good now and everything; check it:
http://myspace.com/fairedore

^It's the first song that pops up, ya dig?

01-13-2008, 11:57 AM	#1
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	My Hip-Hop Beat critique please!! FIXED http://www.supload.com/listen?s=Q8M933538WY2 It's one of my first hip-hop beats. Please tell me what you think. It's streaming. Comments/Suggestions/Tips/CRITIQUE = wanted! Last edited by chemicalrabbit; 01-13-2008 at 05:43 PM..

01-13-2008, 02:01 PM	#2
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming Anyone? I worked hard on this song.. Last edited by chemicalrabbit; 01-13-2008 at 03:13 PM..

01-13-2008, 04:29 PM	#3
nubbin149 FFR Player Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 303	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming To be honest the drums are fun for a little bit but the song is very repetitive and has a very ODD timing. I really like the synth about halfway through though. I heard the best analogy about music production i've ever heard about a week ago. If you were talking to a gorgeous woman in a restaurant ... would you keep telling her the same joke over and over ?

01-13-2008, 05:31 PM	#4
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming I agree with you about the odd timing of my song; I fixed it. It sounds a lot better: http://www.supload.com/listen?s=Q8M933538WY2 It's a hip-hop *beat* not a song, yet. I'm planning having a couple of my friends rap on it. "In Hip hop music, the term beat has come to be defined as the entire instrumental, non-vocal portion of the song. A beat is a pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece; for every tick on a metronome, each tick is a beat. Depending on the context, beat may denote either" Beats and songs are different. Repetition in beats is not as important as it is in songs = vocals/beat In hip-hop it's alright for the beat to be repetitive. "While hip-hop beats have progressed and changed over time, there have also been constants, such as repetition and rhythmic complexity, that remain as similarities between all the beats." For example (Alicia Keyes - No one); notice the repetition in the beat. The song was the number one single in hip-hop of 2007. There are vocals in it, and again the beat is repetitive, but the beat and vocals compliment each other thus making the song a masterpiece: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ktUSIJEiOug Source - http://www.indiana.edu/~urbanflk/hip_hop/voakes2.html Last edited by chemicalrabbit; 01-13-2008 at 05:43 PM..

01-13-2008, 07:15 PM	#5
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming EDIT: Nevermind, lol. Last edited by chemicalrabbit; 01-13-2008 at 07:15 PM.. Reason: .

01-13-2008, 07:49 PM	#7
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming I've heard all of Nujabes songs; they're wonderful. I try to make music like Nujabes sometimes, but I'm not sure if it's good or not. I haven't had any feedback: http://www.myspace.com/fairedore ^There's a song very similar to Nujabes style in my opinion titled "From the Time."

01-14-2008, 08:43 AM	#9
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming I think I made the synth a little bit too loud. That might be why

01-14-2008, 03:41 PM	#10
.david FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 32 Posts: 490	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming I agree that the synths are to loud, but i feel that there needs to be more snare, like a snare roll. I can see with the synths lowered how it would work though. After re-listening to it, i think if your friends are good rappers it will be good. __________________ AAA's - 110 Best - BALLOON FEVER :O Most Recent - BALLOON FEVER! Tier Points - 327

01-14-2008, 05:51 PM	#11
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming Thanks for the tip. I'll put a drum-roll sample in it. =)

01-14-2008, 11:01 PM	#12
chemicalrabbit FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 32 Posts: 148	Re: My Hip-Hop Beat streaming Ayo I fixed the beat. It's all good now and everything; check it: http://myspace.com/fairedore ^It's the first song that pops up, ya dig?

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