What Makes A "Hot Beat"

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Iight, I been makin' beats for about 3 years now, only been serious on it for about a year & 1/2 - so this is just a question I've had for awhile & since mainly all that is here are producers this is the only place I know to ask & get feedback/

So with that being said, what really makes a "Hot Beat" ?
Because what is hot to 1 person can be garbage to another/

Listen to a whole CD from 1 artist or group & see how many tracks you don't like because of the beat/ The artist probably thought it was hot, & thats why they used it/

So wit' that being said who can say what is hot & what isn't?

There are alot of people on here that say they are pro. producers, and say some peoples beats don't sound right/ But, I don't get how they can say that since I ain't heard of them other then on here/

Who can really say what is hot & what isn't unless they make EVERY beat that comes out and people love?

There are alot of rookies out now that make hot beats, like Ghostface mainly only use rookies, & alot of his beats are/

So what makes a "Hot Beat" ?/ & who can you label something hot or not/ Maybe it just isn't your style/

So can any1 answer this correctly?

Thanx for ya time/
 
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There is a such thing as a beat sounding "professional" alot of people get this "soundclick" "hollow" "digitized" "straight off keyboard/sequencer" sound and think they've reached the point of being a producer god.

Even Laffy Taffy wasn't that sound I just described. 85% of FP/Soundclick/Myspace producers make decent beats, but can't shake that sound. It's sad, because not being able to understand that will keep you out the game nomatter how much talent you have.
 
Deranged, i see what your sayin, i have trouble shakin that sound.

I thought it just camed down to the track needing to be mastered. And also i figured beats without samples in it were going to have that sound anyway..

What do you think?
 
basically what makes a beat hot is the majority of the public opinion lol... cause there are of course garbage beats on albums...but the producer, artist, and those in the room thought the track was a smash, but when it gets to the people it flops lol... how many times we can think of our throwaway beat...the first track i sold was a throwaway..made it in 15 mins, got 200 dollars for it :D it's just a matter of the majority of opinions.

for a beat to be hot everything has to be in it's right place... and for the right situation...just has to vibe right. a not hot beat feels like it's missing something...transitions and all that.
 
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Verbalvendetta said:
Deranged, i see what your sayin, i have trouble shakin that sound.

I thought it just camed down to the track needing to be mastered. And also i figured beats without samples in it were going to have that sound anyway..

What do you think?
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By the way, my comment of it being completely subjective is referring to the music assuming the production is of a "professional quality" (as deranges said, too)


now, on to your comment about trying to shake that "straight out of the keyboard" sound...


Mastering is the least of your problems.

you need to learn how to record perform and mix.

your track should sound like a finished professional song before you go to the mastering stage.



...and "beats without samples" do not "have that sound anyway".


where do you thing the samples come from? the music you are sampling and sounds you are sampling has to come from somewhere... it doesn't just magically appear.


there are plenty of songs out there that have no samples whatsoever... and they sound like finished complete professionally produced songs.



if you want that sound, you need to learn, practice and grow as an artist... as a creator of music... it is all about recording, performing, mixing and producing skills.
 
Good Post Dvyce,

As for sampling, there's tons of sampled tracks that have that unprofessional "soundclick" sound I was talking about.

The biggest issue comes with mixing beats. For any genre created on electronic instruments(RnB/Pop/Rap/House/Trance/Ect.)Your kick should be the loudest thing in the mix. Hihats should be more suttle and everything in the beat other than kicks and bass should be panned for a realistic feel. Alot of compression on instruments is not nessesary. Empty space in beats should be filled(example Cassie's Me & U had a basic melody, but tons of airy FX placed over it to fill in emptiness).

I've sold beats that suck because this makes them sound like you're paying for someone's professional hardwork rather than paying for a beat that's hot, but sounds like a 16 year old made it on FL in 10 minutes.

I didn't say it makes sense, but this IS the industry. And that's how it works.
 
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Jai Dove said:
So with that being said, what really makes a "Hot Beat" ?
Because what is hot to 1 person can be garbage to another
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IMO, a hot beat gets it's point across to the audience. It enforces the message of the lyrics, or communicates it on it's own.

Still, every listener is different, but when most can hear a track, whether they like it or not, and hear exactly what the composer was trying to say, and feel the emotion the composer wants you to feel, that's a hot track.

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For any genre created on electronic instruments(RnB/Pop/Rap/House/Trance/Ect.)Your kick should be the loudest thing in the mix. Hihats should be more suttle and everything in the beat other than kicks and bass should be panned for a realistic feel.
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I think it's a mistake give people even the slightest hint that there's a formula to mixing, especially across so many genres. I agree there are trends within a genre for a particular time period, but it's not necessary to follow those trends to get a good mix.
 
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good lookin out on the info...

I read in "hiphop producer: gotta get signed" all it takes to make a hit is a Banging Kick and a crispy snare.....
 
Verbalvendetta said:
good lookin out on the info...

I read in "hiphop producer: gotta get signed" all it takes to make a hit is a Banging Kick and a crispy snare.....
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if that were true Kanye West would have never made it.. and DJ Premier would get nonstop rotation on BET. haha..
 
Verbalvendetta said:
good lookin out on the info...

I read in "hiphop producer: gotta get signed" all it takes to make a hit is a Banging Kick and a crispy snare.....
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I would bet they were being sarcastic
 
its like asking why some people dont like eating mash potatoes or macaroni
 
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