Before I Could Walk

Before I Could Walk is a beat tape I made using some of my earlier beats. I kept the same mixing style I use for tapes I make the fellas, mostly samples I would trigger off-time and badly recorded audio of different environments I find myself in when I'd be creating my Majik,i.e TV, Radio ect. The swing spectrum in this beat tape is mostly from the 50s percentile at 1/8 counts to the high 60s percentile at 1/16 count. I now find that the drums I used wont so natural sounding mainly because they were recorded for drum libraries. It was through this process that I began understanding the importance of having my beats completely sampled from records. In addition the grit or crunch I was trying to give my drums was difficult because the sound processors I was using tended to soften the sound and lacked resonance which would arch the wave form to make it sound hollow. At one point in this beat tape I use the beat I made when I had discovered this. The Akai S950 accented the resonance perfectly and naturally through its lo-pass filter at 12bit. Finally, I'll regrettably add that the rendering of this beat tape is kinda shitty (for lack of a better expression). This isn't something I have accidentally overlooked but in the end, I don't sell music and I feel I should just share and not procrastinate. So feel free to pass it around but like always, respect and show support. Salu Alonso Majikal

MP2 - Dirty Beats For Lonely Rappers

MP2 - "Dirty Beats For Lonely Rappers" is an Album we created for both beat fans but in particular, hip hop fans that we felt needed to hear just what beat makers create without any vocals on it. This album was difficult to mesh together because of the amount of different equipment that we used to get certain sounds. We knew that beat makers before this album tended to produce "instrumentals" which are basically beats intended for MCs, however we both knew that we were part of a different branch of hip hop that goes mostly unnoticed. The goal of this album was to educate listeners on style, drum arrangements, sampling techniques, recording techniques and even the different feel and swing that you can be achieved in beats making. Moreover, we focused on accentuating the different characteristic sounds that mixers, drum machines, bass synths, amps, mics, compressors ect produce. In summery, we did not attempt to hide the different producers that influence our music, and if anything, this album should be taken as a sign of respect. This album is a gift for those who listen, so feel free to download it, or give it to whomever would be interested but all that we ask, is that you respect what we have done here and not remix, extend or mess with our sounds. Peace...... Alonso Majikal and Pabs.