Ahhhhh, the never-ending hunt for the perfect beat. You know as crazy as this is going to sound, your most likely not ever gonna find the perfect beat. This is really only because after hearing it over and over your gonna get tired of it and then the never-ending hunt for the mysterious perfect beat starts all over again.
The Magical Feeling
Where the art of picking comes in, is in the first few times you hear the beat. The beat has to hit you where your like "ooo snap hold up this one right here..." This is critical right here. If it doesn't absolutely scream at you like "you need to use me!", then you shouldn't write to it.
It's something that can't really be put into words, but it's more like a feeling you get. It's very hard to explain but you'll know it when you feel it. It's similar to when you hear a new song and your like "oh this is my jammmm!"
When your picking beats it's not absolutely NECESSARY for it to be the best quality as far as mixing goes. But as long as the beat is laid out right and your REALLY feelin' it then it can be turned into a hit plain and simple.
Other Things To Listen For
1) Catchy melodies - The reason you want catchy melodies should be pretty obvious because If someone can remember the melody then they'll repeat it in there head and it will cause them to like the song.
If your not sure whether the melody is catchy or not simply see if you can easily hum along to it. If you have no problem humming or whistling along to it then you've most likely got yourself a catchy melody.
2) Bangin' drums - While this isn't necessary for every song, most of the time what gives the beat a hip hop or rap feel is the drums. If they're not hitting hard and making your head nod with the stanky face on it, then they better have one hell of a melody to make up for it. But seriously those drums have GOT to hit hard.
3) Good sound choice - A lot of the times beginner producers will throw sounds on top of sounds that sound terrible and just make no sense together. Usually you can spot this because the melodies will be very hard to listen to, it will sound like 2 different songs playing at once. The sounds they choose and the key they place the sounds in is very important, all the sounds need to blend together.
I got plenty of beats that meet these 3 things above but the most important part that I mentioned is that "feeling". If you want to go listen to rap beats you can go through some of my beats and see if you find some that your feeling just visit HowToBuyBeats.com
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