BlogHide Resteemsturnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoOne Mint Julep (Instrumental)Can't say I love this beat, but I haven't made or posted one in a while so, what the hell, I'll share it with you anyway. I took the song "One Mint Julep" by The Clovers, chopped it up, and played…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoTweezer (Bizarre/ Unique Hip Hop Instrumental)The primary sample for this beat is a bluegrass cover of the Phish song "Tweezer". That's a sample about as conventional as gay interracial anal sex in the 1920's, which is to say it's not very…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoLuxeboom (original beat)This is an extremely odd assortment of samples rolled into something that sounds surprisingly coherent. It's "Looking out my Back Door" by CCR, "Baby You Nasty" by Lord Finesse, and "Cafe Luxe" by…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoThe General (gloomy hip hop instrumental)Not sure what my inspiration was for this one, but boy is it depressing. The first sample you'll hear is from "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, just run through a major low pass filter. Then…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoLawrence (lofi instrumental sampling Lawrence of Arabia score)I had this beat sitting around gathering dust on my laptop, mostly because it seemed all my samples were out of tune with each other (which is never good). Anyway, I slapped a low pass filter on…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoBig L-- On the Mic (Turnipthebeet Remix)Basically I just took the Roc Raida remix and started throwing different samples on there to see how they sounded. Once I'd put four different samples down I realized I'd basically made a complete…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoI Don't Wanna iLL (Hip hop instrumental with hook)You'll recognize this beat's sample from the classic Disco Jazz song, Dazz by the group Brick. It's also in Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" and Snoop Dogg's "Snoopafella." Granted, both of those…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoThat New New (Original Hip Hop Instrumental)Found a cool song yesterday called "This Masquerade" by George Benson and felt like I had to throw something together with it. There's singing all throughout it, but I went in and cut out all the…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoMama Gato - Original Hip-hop BeatHaven't played with my sampler in a while, so I threw on a random song ("Mama Gato" by Medeski, Martin, and Wood) and auto sliced it into a hundred different sampled on my key board. I put a simple…turnipthebeet (53)in music • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.New music from Amerigo Gazaway: Nina Simone meets Lauryn HillI've been obsessed with Amerigo Gazaway for years, ever since I heard his album Fela Soul, a reimagining of De La Soul songs using original beats sampled from Fela Kuti music. Not only was the…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoDon't Explain (Bizarre and original hip hop instrumental)Don't say I didn't warn you: this one is super weird. It's got a groovy but dark bass line from a song called "Don't Explain" by Abbey Lincoln (the chick in the cover photo), it's got a drum loop…turnipthebeet (53)in music • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Check out my friend's music blog: extrachill.comMy friend and former roommate has been working on this blog for ages, and I'm really proud of him for his persistence and for the quality of what he's putting out. Chubey (nickname obviously) has…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoBig L-- M.V.P. (turnipthebeet remix)I took the acapella from Big L's classic joint MVP and overlayed it with a loop from the song "Golden Age" by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. I took the hook from a couple different places: Jay…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoFeeling Bad (Instrumental)Here's another one I made using a Dorothy Ashby sample. I took the same sample from "Feeling Good" and pitched it down several octaves, then I played this riff using my keyboard sample pad. Not…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoFeeling Good (Groovy Classic Hip-Hop Instrumental)Just found this old beat gathering dust in the bowels of my laptop, and, damn, it's way funkier than I remembered. Pot Belly meets Impeach the President meets Feeling Good, and they go together…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoDashby (Weird Hip-hop Beat)What do Dorothy Ashby, Notorious B.I.G., and the Bojack Horseman theme song have in common? Absolutely nothing, but they all managed to find their way into this weird beat I made the other day.…turnipthebeet (53)in dsound • 6 years agoIntroduce Yourself-- Turnip the Beet: Beatmaker ExtraordinaireHello everyone... I am a beet named Turnip, but I am no ordinary ground-dwelling vegetable. I like to make music, and I have decided that Steemit / Dsound will be the proper place for me to spread…
