Beat This! Competition - July 22-23, 2026

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The next competition will be from July 22-23rd! See the information below.

Signups

The signups will be on July 22nd at 12pm ET, and end around 8pm ET, or until we have enough contestants (whichever comes first - depending on the theme).
Voting will be for one day, on July 23rd from 8am to 7pm ET.

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The Signup page is here (it will open up on the signup day)​

Theme: PIANO
Time Limit: 2 minutes
*Vocal Track Allowed?: NO
**Vocal Snippets Allowed?: YES

• You must make a beat with Piano in it!
• We're mainly listening for Acoustic Piano!

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* VOCAL TRACK ALLOWED? This means you can have a full vocal track with your beat (acapella, for example).
** VOCAL SNIPPETS ALLOWED? This means you can have vocal snippets in your beat (very short vocal parts, for example). This is where you can also have an intro with talking (like from a movie).
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*** NO AI GENERATED BEATS! ***

Voting

If you are competing, you will be able to vote but not for yourself. DO NOT TRY TO CHEAT! I will be watching for cheaters. This means you cannot sign up under different names or get your friends and family to sign up either. If you are caught cheating you could be banned.

Voting Criteria

You can use whatever sounds you want, samples, synths, just remember to read the rules for the rest of the restrictions. What the judges will be looking for is originality, creativity, mixing skills and overall dopeness!

Beats

All the beats will now be displayed in a random order and without any names. All you will see is: Beat #001, Beat #002, etc. This is so that there is no favoritism when voting.

Rules

If you're not sure about the rules, read this thread.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about the competition, please post them in here.

 

[Iron Keys]

Theme: NONE

• You must make a beat with Piano in it!
• We're mainly listening for Acoustic Piano!

You Fffed up

 

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You Fffed up

Fixed.

 

[Armani]

actually kinda excited about this one. piano theme beats are fun.

You Fffed up

Hey. be polite to daddy.

 

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The results will be posted tonight at 7pm ET.

Listen to the beats and place your vote for the BEST PIANO BEAT!

Beat This! Competition - Contestants

Listen to all of the contestants from the latest Beat This! Competition.

www.illmuzik.com

 

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RESULTS!

See what went down: https://www.illmuzik.com/beat-battles/archives/cat/bthis/battle/396/

Props to all those that entered and to those that took the time to vote.

 

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Congrats @Armani! Dope shit.

@Wax Camp Just a really smooth track. You had my vote.

@Producingfire It did sound like movie music a bit, I was feeling it.

@V.J. Retro Gutter!

 

[Dodgy John]

@Armani had my vote. @DJ Excellence fire ass beat. Crazy u didn’t place.

 

[Mike Chief]

Good shit @Armani. Clean joint

I feel like overall everyone came pretty solid...good turn out

 

[DJ Excellence]

Congrats @Armani . You had my vote.

 

[Producingfire]

Congrats @Armani and shout out to everybody that competed. Armani had my vote as well. Armani definitely have a hit on your hands.

 

[Armani]

 

[Armani]

ty erryone. and congrats to anyone who placed. @crog85 that shit was solid asf.

Congrats @Armani and shout out to everybody that competed. Armani had my vote as well. Armani definitely have a hit on your hands.

hope so dawg. gotta feed the camels somehow.

 

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@Armani Celebrating right now:

 

[Iron Keys]

~ Iron Review ~
@Armani - this one was obviously yours to me. I saw this more as a 'strings' piece than piano. Quite cool, reminds me of an existing record, i dunno which - did you interpolate? What did you use for the strings sound. (you know which strings i mean)

@P.A.T. - this one was obviously yours to me, too. Pianos is nice, music is alright, arrangement develops lots. The drums sound like low quality mp3, this always bugs me a bit, they sound a bit hollow like they're phase cancelled or some other odd technical shit.

@Mike Chief - nice beat, I think I voted for this. Whilst i'd like more piano elements, i felt this record emotionally was the most complete and tied together, musically and with the mix, too. Good work

@crog85 - what happened with your drums? They sound a bit cramped, different kick might have completely transformed this record

@Wax Camp - nice piano tone, is that a sample? This record could have been really cool if you got the drum mix right --- they need to come up a lot in volume, be more forward in the mix, this would be tuff af if you got the drums right. Would have had my vote and added to a playlist probably. How did you make your drums? they sample, programmed, played or what? Welcome to your first battle!!! Look forward to seeing you in more. Great stuff for jumping in

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@allagory - really nice piano, did you play this yourself or is it a loop/sample? Possibly my fave piano I heard in this battle. Drums/drummix could do with some work. Especially on a minimal piece like this, you really gotta make the mix balance do some incredible work

@DEVBE - this was actually my favorite beat in this battle, gimme your trackouts I want to mix this. This could be one of those dope Tyga type tracks with the right mix

@DJ Excellence - very oldschool vibes, are your drums break loops? Also, dunno wher you find this endless supply of same sounding jazz samples to keep your vibe the same always. I like my drums heavier, would get my vote with more richness to them

@Dodgy John - nice effort, where did the vox come from? the piano staccato gave me sonic vibes for some reason

@Iron Keys - a fan, liked the textures and chords. Drum roll was tuff too. Keep up the good work

@Producingfire - musically quite interesting and nice, i think some mix and production choices here, particularly in the drums and the bass could have made this incredibly epic - the piano that comes in after a minute is too loud and needs to come down in level, and/or least have a significant cut in the upper mids as there's some unpleasant resonances in it

@V.J. Retro cool sample on the piano, something about the panning/mix jarred me a bit with this one that took away from what was otherwise pretty cool


Good work everyone

byeee

 

[Armani]

@Armani Celebrating right now:

I'd be caught dead before bein caught denyin that.

@Armani - this one was obviously yours to me. I saw this more as a 'strings' piece than piano. Quite cool, reminds me of an existing record, i dunno which - did you interpolate? What did you use for the strings sound. (you know which strings i mean)

not really. maybe eminem inspirations? not sure. strings are session strings 2 violins semi trill. you use it a lot too. unless you mean the triton one in which case I forgor lmao.

 

[Armani]

strings are session strings 2 violins semi trill. you use it a lot too.

I actually learned that trick from your beats. idk when but I'm sure that's exactly how you've used SS2 before. sounds dope.



notice all the good it can do when you get your head out yo ass and try to learn from your mates?

 

[Iron Keys]

strings are session strings 2 violins semi trill.

probably this then, i'll check it out, never heard that yet

 

[Iron Keys]

notice all the good it can do when you get your head out yo ass and try to learn from your mates?

tell me then what you did to your mix or whatever

 

[Armani]

tell me then what you did to your mix or whatever

it'd not in the mix you doink. scroll back up in the shoutbox chat. I gave you the entire sauce inside and out. read it back. be open this time.


good luck