Boom Bap Type Beat - Old School Hip Hop Instrumental

Old School - 33 Instrumental (Boombap, Hip Hop, Nineties, Nostalgic, Old School Beat)

Boom bap type beat with a 90s old school feel: dusty layered drums, warm tuba bass and moving choir chords for determined, heartfelt rap verses.

About this Old School Type Beat

33 is a boom bap type beat with dust on it: three kicks stacked into one, six snares layered into a single knock, hi-hats and an open hat carrying the swing. Underneath, a tuba holds the low end next to the sub bass, while arpeggiated choir pads and a plucked pad take care of the melody. Chimes and a short burst of noise pass over the top of the loop. Nothing here was left flat, so the beat knocks like a sampled record even though every layer is played in.

Nas type beat, Griselda type beat: the lane it steps in

Anyone digging for a Nas type beat or a Griselda type beat will recognise the pocket: the loop breathes instead of rushing, and there is space for a verse that has something to say. The choir pads warm it enough for the heartfelt side of the mood, while the stacked drums keep it determined, so a Benny the Butcher type beat delivery lands as easily as a Wu Tang type beat one. Search a boom bap type beat jazz angle and the same thing comes up, chords that move rather than a static sample, and it holds as a dark boom bap instrumental once the low end takes over.

Where it fits in a track

This one is built to be the main beat of a rap song. The first bars leave room for a scratch or a spoken intro, the loop stays steady through three verses, and the hook can be a vocal chop riding the choir part. It sits comfortably beside a jazz rap type beat or a hip hop type beat instrumental in a playlist, and it will not fight a freestyle either. If you have been hunting old school hip hop instrumentals that sound like 1996 instead of a tribute to it, the drums and the tuba are the reason this one does.

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