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    Production 8 Things You Might Not Know About DJ Premier

    When you think of Hip Hop producers, who's the first person that comes to mind? It could be Dr. Dre, or even Kanye West. But what about DJ Premier? Always chilling in the background and quietly making beats day in and day out, Premo has been producing since the 1980's and is still going strong...
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    Showcase - February 20-26, 2017

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    Interviews Spuntastic Makes Beats with a Cinematic Experience

    Making beats is one thing, but putting together a collection of beats with a theme between them is much more difficult. Spuntastic recently flipped a sample to win the Beat This! Competition, but he also takes pride in making instrumental albums with movie samples. He has a lot to say about his...
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    Production The Importance of Soundproofing Your Room for Mixing

    Making beats is something we all love to do, as it allows us to be musically creative and express ourselves from the pads and keys, with the results blaring out of the speakers. But making beats is not the only thing that beatmakers and producers have to do to obtain a completed product...
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    Attack of the Beats! - Battle #117

    Episode #117! TRACK LIST: Bruferr Beatz - "Fame" crog85 - "Re Erase" Element43Music - "Magnesium" MystaKinfolk - "U Can Get It" WhiteBoyJack - "Throwback" @Bruferr Beatz @crog85 @Element43Music @MystaKinfolk @WhiteBoyJack
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    Showcase - February 13-19, 2017

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    James Bond Theme

    Let's flip this and see what's what! :) Download it in MP3: You can download it from Peggo.
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    Beat This! - February 15-16, 2017

    The next competition will be from February 15-16th! See the information below. Signups The signups will be on February 15th at around 10am ET, and end around 8pm ET. Voting will be for 1 day, on February 16th, where the results will be posted the same day. Go here to signup (click the...
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    Showcase - February 6-12, 2017

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    Warzone Beat Battle - February 10-11, 2017

    The next battle will be from February 10-11th! See the information below. Signups The signups will be on February 10th at around 11am ET, and end around 8pm ET, or until we reach 16 signups. Voting will be for 1 day, on February 11th, where the results will be posted the same day. When you...
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    Interviews A Tha Great Gives Great Insight into His Beat Making Journey

    It can be tough to compete in a Beat This! Competition when there's no theme, because it's anyone's game. Recently, A Tha Great came through and took the win with a really dope beat. Let's find out what he's all about... Sup, A Tha Great, tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Alex aka A Tha...
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    Anyone know of any good horn plug-ins?

    I remember one from years ago but don't know the name. I find it's always hard to get a plug-in with real, genuine-sounding trumpets/sax/brass, etc. I'm mainly looking for trumpet. Any suggestions?
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    Spuntastic Wins the Beat This! Competition

    Congratulations to Spuntastic for winning the Beat This! Competition. This one was a sample flip and there were plenty of really dope beats in this one. The original song had been sampled numerous times before by popular artists, but why not trying it here at IllMuzik? Props to all those that...
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    Manuel de Sica - "Till Then"

    Let's flip this and see what's what! :) Download it in MP3: You can download it from Peggo.
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    Wow. I just heard an album with a terrible mix

    And the rapper is no good either. I won't name names but I just thought it's a shame that the beats are pretty good but it's the mix that caught my ear right away. Really bad. Too many highs. Plus the vocals were too loud. Any of you hear anything like that? I figured if someone is releasing...
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    Showcase - January 30 - February 5, 2017 - Post your beats here!

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    Production 8 Things I Would Change in Hip Hop Production (If I Had a Time Machine)

    These are things I wish I could go back and change in Hip Hop production. Even though beatmakers and producers continue to move forward in their productions, it would have been even better if we had a bit of help from a time machine. Let's go... Limit Rap and R&B Collaborations Rap and R&B...
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    Beat This! - February 1-2, 2017

    The next competition will be from February 1-2nd! See the information below. Signups The signups will be on February 1st at around 10am ET, and end around 8pm ET. Voting will be for 1 day, on February 2nd, where the results will be posted the same day. Go here to signup (click the "signup"...
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    Reviews The Dewey Decimal System Brings the Classic Style

    With computers everywhere in the beat making world, it's refreshing to hear something from a rarely used piece of old school equipment. Enter Mike Free and his trusty Akai MPC2000XL. He decided to work on a project where all the beats are made with the MPC, and he ended up with "The Dewey...
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    Learn From Legends: Da Beatminerz

    Love this video. First of all, just seeing their setup it's like they're frozen in time LOL. But they give some insight into some of their most famous productions, which is great. Check it:
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