General hip-hop

Hip-hop beats produced using mostly production software built-ins. In contrast to beats with a focus on live instruments.

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Catalog

These are listed in no particular order.

Welcome to LA

When you give up live instruments and samples it’s a lot easier to make something that pops. But, guitar beats nowadays are incredible, so that’s no longer the case.

JKernes · Welcome To La

On me

I don’t have much of a comment on this one. I guess just give it a listen.

JKernes · On me

Trapperkeeper

I think this was supposed to be Mike WiLL made-it style. It sounds a lot better with a verse over it (that’s private, way too embarrassing).

JKernes · Trapperkeeper

Cheese

I could never come up with a flow for this one. I always just kind of viewed it as an instrumental only. Something about the repetitive piano riff makes it hard for me to picture someone rapping over it.

JKernes · Cheese