July 28, 2015

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 meat

by Trav

General Music Advice

July 14, 2015

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

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General Music Advice

July 8, 2015

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 Trav

General Music Advice

July 8, 2015

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

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General Music Advice

June 30, 2015

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

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Motivational

June 17, 2015

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

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General Music Advice

June 16, 2015

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 Trav

General Music Advice

June 10, 2015

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

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