Hip Hop Beat Battle #31 I know you got Soul

The Lounge Mission Briefs
1

IMG_0231

Something occurred to me recently…

I can’t believe we’ve done 30 battles over the last few years and we’ve never had a soul music theme.
I checked back through all the threads to make sure that was the case and it would appear to be so.
we’ve had everything from jazz to rock concepts, even children’s tv themes but no soul.

So it’s time to put that right.
In this battle we’re going to be using only soul tracks.

I’m gonna throw a few rules in there but it will be pretty open in terms of source material.

*sample any soul track (or tracks) released between the years 1965-1975
I decided on that timespan just to give it that old classic soul feel.

*drums- you can use any percussive sounds, one hits or breaks from any source but I’m sure you will find plenty of those on the soul tracks you search.

*no full acapellas
Rap snippets for chorus/scratches etc is fine.
You can also include dialogue from movies or any other source.
vocal drop-ins from a soul track are absolutely encouraged but not a strict rule.

*bass can only come from a soul track, you can take a whole bassline, chop it, filter it or even take a single note and play chromatically if you wish but no VSTi or hardware synths of any kind

*bpm restriction, I’m gonna say beat must be 85-95bpm

*please include your name in the title of your beat as this makes it easier to compile once downloaded.

Please send your beat to me by Saturday 25th May, so plenty of time.

Any questions? please ask

Cheers :slightly_smiling_face:

21 Likes
2

Sounds good!

1 Like
3

Great brief, I’m in, do we have to list sources, I don’t have a problem with that :+1:

3 Likes
4

Great to see you around again mate, not beforehand but would be great to know what you used afterwards

2 Likes
5

Thanks man, glad to be back :muscle::+1:

1 Like
6

I may participate to this one. I’m very motivated to make some hiphop beat again.

2 Likes
7

Would be great to see you involved :slightly_smiling_face:

1 Like
8

How’s it going is anyone/else expecting to submit something? :slightly_smiling_face:

I’ll do the playlist on my day off bank holiday Monday so as long as you get something to me by then that’s cool

4 Likes
9

Nice one, I was going to ask for a little extension! Have something started but the extra day is really appreciated.

3 Likes
10

No worries man, if it gets more involved I’ll happily extend it further. So if anyone else needs a bit longer then let me know

3 Likes
11

Sent one in just now!

2 Likes
12

I started two things, two weeks ago. Time flew and I did not have time this week. This evening decided which one to go for.
This weekend will be clear if I might need a bit longer.

1 Like
13

That’s fine, if you do need a bit longer than this weekend then let me know

2 Likes
14

I’m really struggling for time also, I’ve got something in progress but I’ve got the kids all weekend so I’m probably not going to be able to get finished up in time, don’t hold the presses on my account, it’s been a useful exercise to get back into the swing of things again, maybe I’ll post it up when I have time to finish it :metal:

1 Like
15

Well I would be happy to extend it if you want fella, because I have the grand total of one beat submitted so far so hopefully I’ll get a bunch over the weekend

3 Likes
16

Well I’ll try my best to get it sorted but can’t make any promises fella I appreciate the extension :crossed_fingers::+1:

2 Likes
17

Im late but im done :stuck_out_tongue:

3 Likes
18

I hope I manage to finish my beat this afternoon…

3 Likes
19

Thanks for the few submissions so far guys.
Hoping to get some more by Monday :slightly_smiling_face:

3 Likes
20

Working on it!

I was partway through a beat I’ve been making based on a live version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by the Funk Brothers, but I noticed it sounded super clean and accurate, and so I looked up the date and sure enough it was recorded in 2005 so… back to the drawing board for me.

4 Likes