>>64696599
Listen to Thom Yorke and the Radioheads, absorb it all

>>64696658
I actually found some cool possible samples in AMSP

sample soul vocals and jazz basslines

>>64696682
Radiohead is gift that will never stop giving my friend

>>64696599
Be black.

>>64696728
Producers don't have to be black only rappers :^)

>>64696728

Clams Casino isn't black and he's the most influential hip-hop producer of the last ten years.

>>64696822
[citations needed]

>>64696599
Listen to a lot of hip-hop. Good hip-hop. A good hip-hop record will point to towards a good funk record, a good jazz record, a good soul record, go from there and listen to all of that music, too.

But more than anything else, listen to fucking everything. Love all music. Constantly be on the search for new music and constantly analyse what you're listening to and how it resonates with you. Listen to folk music, listen to psych, listen to "world" music, listen to noise, listen to metal...

Watch more cinema. Read more books. Look for and research visual art.

Only if you have a genuine passion for music and art are you going to be worthwhile, and more than just a shitty SoundCloud fuccboi. It's only in what you expose yourself to that you are going to find yourself and know exactly what you're after, and find your musical voice.

>>64696599
Suicide.

>>64696599
Reach out to rappers and collaborate. Network a fuckton. And don't make mediocre shit.

>>64697166
>don't make mediocre shit.

THIS THIS THIS.

>>64697062
>>64697166
only worthwhile posts itt. the first is more important. too many people just want to make dope beats or whatever and dont give a fuck about anything else

don't imitate madlb and nujabes like every other boring fuck

>>64696599
Get a real job instead.

>>64697166
Not op here but how would one go about networking? (Are there any specific sites to hit up local musicians?)

i used to make beats but found it a pain in the ass to find anybody that wanted to actually colab and work

but def agree with >>64697062
whether you sample a lot or not pulling influences from other genres into your beats will take you to a next level.

At the very least try to be originally in the sounds you use.

listen to a shit ton of different genres

be musical kirby

>>64697553
reddit is a good place for collaborations because theres a ton of people who are shitty and just starting out just like you