Beatin' It (feat. Jordan Croucher)

Just give me a sec, I gotta make some beats
Yo, plug that in over there
Turn on the turntable, let the needle touch the record
I'll find the right sound, I'm used to coping under pressure

You dig, you look, you skip tracks and skip back
Take pieces of old music, mix match, and flip tracks
After that you spit rap, to get ads, and hit ass
Yo wait, what's that, ya the piano part, bring it back

Yeah, yeah, that's it right there
Now let me loop that in the sampler, piano piece caught my ear
Gimme a sec
Nothin' better than a piano loop

But let me get this perfect, let me pitch it up a bit
A little faster might be worth it
Yeah, yeah, okay
73 beats per minute, it still don't loop right

Let me try it 74, and that should make it loop tight
There we go, now this sample bumpin' hard
Soundin' like mythotical fairytales, or somethin' dark
It's giving me ideas already, the moods, the melody

Oh, shit, I'm losin' track, wait, the beat still needs developing
Alright, I got my sample, so now I need a drum kit
Let me try out this one kick
Yeah, that's somethin' I can run with

Now I figure out a pattern like running plays and maddin'
Let the kicks sit on the sample, make magic like Aladdin'
And now I need a snare, so let me try this here
Nah, it's too dirty, the kick's too clear, it doesn't mix right

So let me try this rim shot
A little bit of hand clap, to give it a touch of hip-hop
Okay, that kinda work, yeah, I like that
Maybe add some cymbals

Nah, fuck it, don't need no high hat
But maybe add a shake of somethin' slick and smooth like -
Loop that, cut it, and make it move right
Okay, I need a joint, yo pass that over

Just one puff
Just wanted to get something in my head, you know
Take me somewhere else before I drop this back
Yeah, I drop the drum now, listen how the drum sound

It's almost there, but this ain't done, and I ain't tryin' to jump the gun now
Track is soundin' ripe, but I ain't finished man, this take time
Still adjustin' levels and gotta filter out the baseline
Like, just turn the highs way down, there we go

Now I got my base sound, drop the beat again
Yeah, that soundin' better now, drum is soundin' crisp
Base is thick, yeah, the base is thick, so now what could I lace with it?
Guess I'll put a change in it, rearrange a bit

Add some things and take you to another place with it
Music is moods don't matter how it's produced
Don't matter what tool you use or the instruments that you choose (nope)
It's all about listen (yeah), I can switch right quick
From laid back, to hype shit with a drum roll, crash, and a tight kick

Bring back the piano, switch between your two samples
Turn up the clap, and piano shakers to the left channel
Yeah its workin', almost sound complete
But I probably won't be using it, Jordan, you want this beat?

Yeah, I kinda like the way this beat is flowin' out
Maybe later on I'll write some shit and put it down and I know
Oh shit, yo, yo hold on, hold on, hold on
Let me get that back, hold on, hold on, just like

Yeah, I kinda like the way this beat is flowin' out
Maybe later on I'll write some shit and put it down
And I know that this could be the sound, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, that'll do it (somethin' like that yo)

(Alright) we'll do somethin' like that, that's the riff right there
I'm feelin' that man, that'll work (yeah, yeah)
Alright, I'll finish this beat up, I'll burn it off for you
Just give me a couple more minutes