July 28, 20150Comments

How To Get A Unique Rap Style and Sound (The Answer May Shock You)

Shout out to Piano Fangaz aka PistolGripBeats for this comment, it’s given me some dope ideas for some future posts so make sure you stay tuned! Let’s get to the...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

July 14, 20150Comments

Hip Hop Is F’d Up Right Now!

Saw this article posted on Sohh.com today and I thought this really ties in into a lot of what has been covered here on this site. Basically, Fong Sai U (The Roots affiliate)...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

July 8, 20150Comments

People Are DEMANDING Real Hip Hop Back

I was getting distracting again watching Youtube videos the other day and saw another one from Complex about Troy Ave/Joey Bada$$ little back and forth on Twitter. If you know...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

July 8, 20151Comments

Becoming A LEGENDARY Emcee (Words of Wisdom from Jeru The Damaja)

I was on Youtube the other day while I was uploading beats and saw this video off to the side about Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean from Complex.com. Come Clean has always...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

June 30, 20150Comments

Better Your Bars – Creating Hooks

Hooks are one of the most important parts of your track. The listener pays attention to 3 things first in this order They got to like the beat first if it’s riding they...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

Motivational

June 17, 20150Comments

When Did You Start Rapping?

You know I wasn’t always a producer… When I was about 12 I wanted to become a DJ. DJ Premier was my idol at the time and I wanted to scratch and mix like he did....

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

June 16, 20150Comments

Better Your Bars – The Forgotten Art of Multis Part 2

In this post, we are gonna go in depth on how to actually start putting multis into your bars right now! Not tomorrow, not next week….RIGHT NOW! This is a very easy...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

June 10, 20150Comments

Better Your Bars – The Forgotten Art Of Multis Part 1

It used to be that multis played a HUGE role in the quality of people’s raps. Listen to the greats like Biggie, Nas, Kool G Rap, or Rakim and you see it in full force....

by ShottyGunz Beatz

General Music Advice

June 9, 20150Comments

Wack Bars Are Destroying Hip Hop!

If you go on the street or ask homies or even go online there is one striking similarity to how people perceive Hip Hop music now. That is “This beat is dope, but THIS...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

Selling Beats Tips

April 30, 20150Comments

Music Producers: Sell More Beats With Mobile Store 2015

I used to believe selling beats through a mobile store was too early to really be effective. Maybe in couple years I said, that was just earlier this year I said this. Well, I...

by ShottyGunz Beatz

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