best tempo to make a hiphop track
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Brendan Bonura
Young Dienasty
for boom bap and oldschool type beats i like to use 70-95, buts its really up to you man
BeatsDaily
BeatsDaily
whatever fits THAT beat. play around with different things. get a vibe off a faster tempo or slow it down see what sounds better.
85 is right in the middle not too fast, but not slow either. it's all up to u!
85 is right in the middle not too fast, but not slow either. it's all up to u!
heylookitsvante
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I use 70-145. Just depends on the beat.
MrAugust
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WiseyMouki
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Get a vibe off a faster tempo or slow it down see what sounds better.
rhythmgj
Character in Spades...
It doesn't matter whether you are using Logic or any other program or app, or a drum-machine or a real drummer; tempo is tempo.
For most people to actually get their lyrics in, 90-95 bpm is the standard. As many have noted above, you can play with a little slower or faster, but what many folks think of as "faster" vs. "slower" is not really accurate... Sometimes I hear rappers or young producers say "the beat's too slow" when they really mean they want more movement with 16th or 32nd-notes, which is really just an illusion (as the basic pulse is still in the 90-95 or so range). Trap music is not generally "faster," it's actually often slower tempo-wise, but the rhythm is busier because of all of the 16th-note activity with hi-hats, shakers, and bass drums, etc., etc.
GJ
PS-- Remember, you're counting "1,2,3,4." Whatever tempo that is at, is the tempo. The rest is decoration.
For most people to actually get their lyrics in, 90-95 bpm is the standard. As many have noted above, you can play with a little slower or faster, but what many folks think of as "faster" vs. "slower" is not really accurate... Sometimes I hear rappers or young producers say "the beat's too slow" when they really mean they want more movement with 16th or 32nd-notes, which is really just an illusion (as the basic pulse is still in the 90-95 or so range). Trap music is not generally "faster," it's actually often slower tempo-wise, but the rhythm is busier because of all of the 16th-note activity with hi-hats, shakers, and bass drums, etc., etc.
GJ
PS-- Remember, you're counting "1,2,3,4." Whatever tempo that is at, is the tempo. The rest is decoration.
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Michaelgood
New member
i do 70 - 140. i always do trap in 140, old school is 70-98. i just tweek from 70-98 in hip hop. depends on how i want my drums to go.
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Fredrickmay
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Get your beats better, the tempo will turn out to be great.
rhythmgj
Character in Spades...
Just another way to try and explain it-- if you are making a trap beat at 140 bpm, you are actually making it at 70 bpm, if in this example we use a quarter note pulse; if you are using a bpm of 140 and the eighth note is getting the pulse, then your downbeats (1, 2, 3, 4 or "boom baps") would be in half-time.
GJ
GJ
