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[sugoisounds]

Stones Throw Beat Battle #158

Producers

* Go to the bottom of the STMB Beat Battle #158 page, you will find the sample mp3 located there for download.
* Flip the sample and make a beat (see below for Production Rules)
* Upload your beat to the BB #158 page

Production rules

* 2 minute time limit
* 192kbps mp3 only
* flip the chosen sample any way you want
* outside drums and bass are allowed
* no outside keys/synths (exception - bass) Fuck it - let's have synths, that's what this genre (80s) is all about...
* no acapellas
* vocal samples/skits are allowed
* cuts/scratches are permitted


Questions about posting, production, voting, deadlines? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions page.


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Battle Schedule:
Post - by Wednesday at Midnight NYC time
Vote - by Friday at Midnight NYC time
Winner - post new sample, rules, etc - by Saturday Noon NYC time

Sample courtesy of Kashif 1983 (just in case any of you young 'uns thought Dam-Funk invented the 80's )

[The Wig Master]

got that at goodwill for $1!

[DJ Tav!k]

Congrats on the win Sugoi!!! Imma join up this beat battle, thats a pretty nice sample you got there

[DJ Tav!k]

Well I already finished up my beat, it was a quickie and its only 1 min. long, but it sounds pretty damn good so im gonna go ahead and upload it in a little bit

[Fingerless Soundpilot]

Well deserved 1st place. Congrats Sugoisounds just came back from paris (Doom show) it was of the hook but a bit short though...my vote would have been on Sugoi.....PEACE and once again good luck to everyone

[sft]

Deserved win sugoi. Proppers.

This sample is way too ill..Can't wait to mess with it.

[NegroSaki]

Congrats on the win, mayne.

I'll see what I can do with this song.

[desmondo]

Congrats on the win - different sample - nice

[Dog Thief]

I'm in. Son of a beotch this sample was hard to fuck with. Fuck the eighties.



A couple comments on my beat. I guess I need to explain my beat in a little more detail. A few seem to think I m not utilizing the sample (not playing by the rules). So here is break down of this track(s) (11 tracks in this beat)

Track 1 - at 3:02 of the sample there is a snare and guitar, I looped that (roughly 3:02 to 3:03), I then used a three band eq and dropped the low, and adjusted the mid and high (very simple filtering). It is in the entire beat, panned slightly left (about 10:00)
Track 2 - at 3:35 of the sample there is a fuckin' stupid sick bassline loop (roughly 3:35 to 3:37). Again, three band eq, dropped the mid and high band, controlled the low and gain. Fuckin A! I got a bass line
Track 3 - this is where the fun for me begins. Main guitar riff I made. This one panned left. All recorded direct into the board (save the amp for different type of music)
Track 4 - same guitar line replayed panned right
Track 5 - that guitar you hear that sounds real "surfer/stoner" reverbed out
Track 6 - cuts (DMC - Ah Yeah)
Track 7 - cuts (white noise, etc.)
Track 8 - kick drum
Track 9 - clap
Track 10 - hi-hat
Track 11 - radio intro

Now I slowed the original sample down about 20 BPMs and pitched it down 1 step. The bass line was in the key of Bb, my beat is in A.

What more can I say...

Dog Thief

[JabaDaKut]

Man o Man I could not decide on what i wanted to do with that sample this time around...!!

[sugoisounds]

Glad people are liking the sample. Was gonna post some shamisen (I know there are a few otaku's on here) but there are lots of 'clicks' everytime the dude plays a string, I dunno, thought against it, pretty intensive chop job

[foutrestyle]

Nice!

[naijafootballer]

i have to say this is the hardest thing i've ever had to sample i couldnt figure out what the hell i wanted to do with it. 80s samples always give me trouble though but i ended up doing something real different from what i usually do...

[Slam]

Check my beat

[desmondo]

Just posted mine - no additions just sample and drums - listened to those already up and some of those are just so damn good already

[Champ Neptune]

pushed for an early drop this week, no late fees. something different, put on your universal phones.

[NegroSaki]

This sample was pretty difficult for me too.

Had to do three different ones and choose the best out of the three.

[sugoisounds]

NegroSaki, on Mar 7 2010, 06:37 PM, said:

This sample was pretty difficult for me too.

Had to do three different ones and choose the best out of the three.

I think the thing with some 80s music is the down beat (first beat of the bar) isn't emphasised. It's hard to explain what I mean, but if you listen to the chorus, the 'rumours' phrase begins at the end of the preceding bar, so the 'feel' of the bar really begins at the end of the bar. It's still 4/4, but the feel is kinda behind the beat. So if you're used to chopping on the quarter-beat you won't get a loop that sounds the way it does in your head...
making any sense?

[sft]

^^ Sorta.. so he starts singing the chorus before the last bar of the verse ends..

The hard thing about sampling this is the drums are in the way. Like a lot of other samples its always the existing drums that get in the way..

So tricky.

[NegroSaki]

sugoisounds, on Mar 7 2010, 11:14 AM, said:

I think the thing with some 80s music is the down beat (first beat of the bar) isn't emphasised. It's hard to explain what I mean, but if you listen to the chorus, the 'rumours' phrase begins at the end of the preceding bar, so the 'feel' of the bar really begins at the end of the bar. It's still 4/4, but the feel is kinda behind the beat. So if you're used to chopping on the quarter-beat you won't get a loop that sounds the way it does in your head...
making any sense?

Yeah sorta kinda.

But I always love a challenge, and this provided a good one for me. Had to step out of my comfort zone a bit.

[bit1]

yeah i had a little trouble this week, the main reason i don't like sampling 80s music is that the drums get in the way... however it challenged me and so i did things i wouldn't usually do.

Also great beats so far!

[JabaDaKut]

NO Doubt...Hence Why i used the drums from the sample W3rD!!!

[sugoisounds]

OK. Spent about an hour figuring out how to chop the sample up and about another 3 getting a base together. Not what I had in my minds ears at all but it's ok. will finish it off tomoz

[sugoisounds]

NegroSaki, on Mar 7 2010, 09:01 PM, said:

Had to step out of my comfort zone a bit.

no growth in the comfort zone, no comfort in the growth zone, innit?

[NegroSaki]

sugoisounds, on Mar 7 2010, 04:13 PM, said:

no growth in the comfort zone, no comfort in the growth zone, innit?

No doubt.

[buttaslick]

i`m in had abit of a problem with this beat the sample was to in my face funk and disco get me always but i got something in sorry couldnt master it any better but i hope you enjoy peace butta

[naijafootballer]

sugio you hit it right on the nose with the sorta off beat vocals and the loud drums. didnt take me long to chop but i didnt like any of the chops so i kinda went the generic way and chose the sax part

[GoodWill]

droped i liked this samp.lil diff but hey makes a challenge hope i spelled that right dont want start any trouble.lol

[GoodWill]

man i forgot to arm my compressors before exporting.if some one could erase my first drop that be coo

[sft]

GoodWill, on Mar 8 2010, 01:55 AM, said:

man i forgot to arm my compressors before exporting.if some one could erase my first drop that be coo

Let me get my Jay-Z on for a second here...

YOU'S A FOOL FOR THIS ONE GOODWILL.. WOOOOOOH.

Seriously sick beat. Can i have it?