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  1. 2GooD Productions

    Calling all the veterans

    Too many are chasing trends instead of setting them. Following paths already laid out instead of making new paths to be followed by the sheep. Boom bap is having a little bit of a resurgence, an old path itself that I myself follow, but I do try to be unique within that path and do things my...
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    IRON TIP - Mixing: Great mixes are mis-balanced

    There is a beat in warzone that I assumed was yours, the bass was way too loud and a bit distorted. I may be mistaken and its not your beat at all, it wont be the first time. I did vote for it a couple times despite the bass as it was a good beat despite that, but I suspect that is why it...
  3. 2GooD Productions

    Calling all the veterans

    @Iron Keys There are ways each of us can all step up our games, the pursuit of making the perfect beat is never ending. The learning never stops, the more you learn the more you find there is to learn, I've been doing this for 3 decades and I'm still learning, still getting into ruts and...
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    IRON TIP - Mixing: Great mixes are mis-balanced

    Mixing a beat is slightly different to mixing a song with lyrics, as with a beat you need to leave some space in the vocal frequency range to allow the vocal to sit. Unless the beat is never intended to be rapped on and is intended to just be an instrumental. The biggest thing is there are no...
  5. 2GooD Productions

    A dedicated scratch instrument? Wow Machine prototype

  6. 2GooD Productions

    Calling all the veterans

    My first tip is to study other people's music. Listen very closely to how your favourite producers put their beats together. From the types of sounds they use, the swing, the way they keep their tracks interesting, from subtle to more complex variations. Don't be afraid to copy little things...
  7. 2GooD Productions

    Calling all the veterans

    This is an appeal to some of the veterans here to share one or two tips or techniques that you have learned over the years that some of the new guys can use to add to their arsenal. Maybe we can get a little discussion going on, because there isn't much of that around here any more. I would...
  8. 2GooD Productions

    The Importance of Drums

    Exactly, I use soft clipping to make my drums stand out up front without peaking too hard so that when it comes to the final limiter it's hardly doing any heavy lifting and it doesn't over compress the life out of the beat making what sounded dope before fall to pieces at the last hurdle. My...
  9. 2GooD Productions

    The Importance of Drums

    I agree, a basic drum loop is like scaffolding for building a beat, I often leave beat changeups as one of the last things I do to a beat, and can sometimes forget, especially if my composition is doing a lot of the variation work, or if I get lazy or bored. Swing is so important in boom bap...
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    The Importance of Drums

    Personally I haven't used a drum loop in hip hop for years, I always program my own drums simply because variations are a lot easier that way. I will use drum loops in drum n bass as a foundation or extra layer under my main programmed drums. Diamond D was my main inspiration for drum variation...
  11. 2GooD Productions

    Jo Koy - Hip-Hop vs Mumble Rap

    Lmfao, it's been a long time since I've seen some funny comedy
  12. 2GooD Productions

    Sticky *** OFFICIAL *** New Boom Bap Comeback Thread

  13. 2GooD Productions

    top 20 beatmakers on this site according to me

    Thanks, I appreciate it. Don't sleep on @crog85 man is a fucking beast. No mention of @TWU ? You will find out. lol.
  14. 2GooD Productions

    Taking a break this week be back next week

    I never used to take breaks, then felt a bit burned out and took a break for 7 years. Don't be like me.
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    The Importance of Drums

    Hip Hop is a very rhythm orientated music, the drums are very very important, debatably the most important ingredient in a hip hop beat. Just an observation I have made, but I feel many people could put a lot more effort into their drums. To my ears I'm hearing a drum loop thrown on a beat and...
  16. 2GooD Productions

    SHOWCASE: April 20-27, 2025

    Takes me right back to the 90's, when a perfect mix was a foreign concept and beats were gritty like the streets that spawned them. Its what made me love hip hop in the first place.
  17. 2GooD Productions

    Give me a list of beat genres

    If we are talking UK Drill, I agree
  18. 2GooD Productions

    Warzone Beat Battle - April 22-26, 2025

    Good turnout, not a bye in sight, that's a win right there IMO.
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    Didn't have this on my 2025 Bingo Card

    Arvin started out like a crazy mf and then went normal, he's the anti Kanye.
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    Didn't have this on my 2025 Bingo Card

    South Park was right all along.
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