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Why Teaming Up With Other Producers Is A Good Thing

As music producers, we tend to spend a lot of time alone making beats, mixing, or just coming up with ideas for our next...

20 of the Most Influential Hip Hop Producers of All Time

Hip Hop wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for the producers that provide the backbone to every track. It's always the rappers and singers that get most of the attention, but it's the producers that are the driving force. I have compiled a list of 20 of the most influential Hip Hop produ...

How to Make Beats: The Quickstart Guide

If you are new to beat making, it can be a difficult task to figure out where to start. There are plenty of tutorials on here as well as other websites such as YouTube which offer a great deal of content to learn from. However, its much easier to have a quickstart guide to point you in the righ...

4 Ways Any Beatmaker Can End Their Beat

Beatmaking is always evolving. Sure, making a beat can be very simple and quick for some, but that's if you want to continue doing the norm and not challenge yourself to do something new, or possibly change the entire beatmaking game. However, one thing that remains constant with beats is how the...

ILL Challenge: It's Time To Organize Your Samples

I have a challenge for you: organize your samples. I know it's a tedious task because no one wants to have to sort anything, but by organizing your files, guess what will happen? You'll work better! Too often we're used to taking a sample from whichever source, such as a vinyl record, or just an MP3...

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