Instrumental Mind Control
To record or extract a small piece of music or sound digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song.
This is a sampled beat that has street written all over it. It has dj scratches over a chopped up and repetitive horn sample. Simple drums and a deep bass tone. Not much more to this beat. I kept it simple on purpose to allow the writer to be more creative on their end and come up with something that can fill in the blanks.
This is my dedication to New York. I love the city! Thanks for listening.
Tempo: 88 bpm
This is another sampled beat. The sounds all came from several different sources. I tried my best to match the key and the mood of the sounds to create this song. This time the focus was a bit more strange than the normal. I didn’t want to do a typical hip hop beat again, so the drum pattern is a little different.
There are vocals throughout the beat that say “Yeah.” Because of the way the sample was chopped, the vocals are there to stay – so I apologize ahead of time.
Strings come in for the hook and gives it a dark and hard feel. There are a few pianos in there but nothing complicated. Enjoy.
Tempo: 84 bpm
This beat has a chopped up guitar sample as the main melody. The hook is simple and has a single string instrument in the back. There is not much to this beat other than the chops. There is a flute in there to spice things up. The drums change up throughout the beat, but mainly the kick drum and the hats. Watch the bass, the tone hits very low and may be a little heavy on your end. Enjoy.
Tempo: 86 bpm
This is a pretty old beat. I actually have an original recording of this that came out better than this version, but it got lost in the shuffle over the years. So this is the only other version I have.
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SOLD
I made this beat about 5 years ago (from the above release date) on a mpc 2k. I had chopped up this sample into a million pieces and just rearranged them into this. It’s a weird underground beat. No idea if there’s room for any rapping, but feel free to listen all you want!
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This beat is pretty much a few looped sections of a sample with drums over it. Hence the name, Circles.
This is simple. Not even sure if it’s hip hop but it’s kinda funky.
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The piano was played by klodsen (youtube.com/klodsen), which was a cover of an Imogen Heap song.
I was asked to try to make a beat with it, so this is my try. It’s pretty simple. There’s some bass in there somewhere.
Thanks again for listening.
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This is another hip hop beat that I made with a Brazilian samba sample, the first being Mato Grosso. The sample was pretty short so I tried to make it work as best as I could. Hope you like.
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Maybe someone will like this. It didn’t quite come out the way I planned, and the mix is not so good. Should have left the chimes out but I didn’t. So take this beat as is. I made this a few weeks ago.
This beat was made with Maschine and FL Studio.
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A friend sent me some nice Brazilian music and asked if I could turn it into some hip hop for him. It isn’t perfect, but I tried. 
Video photography by Guillermo Aldaya.
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Here’s another experimental beat. Very short and simple. Just a little Al Green and my drums. All there is to it. No special filters (except a high pass on the organ chops), no special effects. I layered a few chops and programmed my drums over it.
The drums were recorded with no timing. The sample is really difficult because it naturally speeds up and slows throughout the loop. So I had to specifically place the drums where they would fit which created this really off feel. So rappers beware!
As simple as this sounds, it was really a challenge getting the drums together and in a suitable pattern that worked with the sample. Really good practice for me so I hope it came out ok.
This beat was made in FL Studio 10.
Tempo: 93 bpm
Watch those kicks! I screwed up and left the kicks a little too high so be careful. I thought organs sounded cool over the sample too. As simple as it seems, this beat took 2 days of frustration. Drums took a while to get going. Thanks everyone.
Oh and don’t ask why I chose that picture cause I don’t know! 
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