| Hip Hop is one of the most popular genres of music | | | | great care when laying down your audio loops. Audio |
| and has been around for more than 20 years. The | | | | loops can be tweaked to give you the sound your |
| sounds and rhythm of a hip hop beat cannot be | | | | looking for. Loops can be compressed, stretched, and |
| confused with any other type of beat. As soon as it | | | | you can add effects with plug ins. |
| hits your ears you should know it's a hip hop beat | | | | 2. Midi Drum Pattern: Another important element |
| without confusion. However, not all beats are created | | | | when producing these kinds of beats is the MIDI |
| equal because some are okay and others are | | | | drum pattern. In most cases the drums are a pattern |
| classified as being sick. If you don't understand the | | | | of MIDI notes that corresponds to sample hits. |
| lingo, a sick beat simply means the quality of the | | | | Having more than one drum loop playing at once is |
| beat is way above average. | | | | common in hip hop. It's okay to add as many drum |
| There is no magic to making sick beats but if you | | | | patterns as you desire, just as long as they go |
| don't know the basics on how to produce a standard | | | | together and enhance the beat. |
| beat then you will never be able to make sick beats. | | | | 3. Bassline: A bassline is very important to making a |
| To help you succeed at making sick beats take a | | | | sick hip hop beat and if you haven't started, then |
| look at 3 of the basic things you need to know that | | | | you should begin using them in your production. |
| will improve the quality of your beat production. | | | | Usually the basslines are thick, low, and usually have a |
| 1. Audio Loops: This is by far one of the main | | | | sub bass element. |
| elements of a hip hop beat and you should take | | | | |