Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’

Rockbreaks 2: Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Posted 08 Mar 2009 — by karl
Category Music

The 2nd in the “Rockbreaks” series came very quickly and easily to me after creating the first one.  This time, I used a more straightforward, clubby break with Peter Frampton’s live recording of “Jumpin Jack Flash”. Both this, and Rockbreaks 1 I tried not to complicate too much, so yes, it is loopy at times.

However, same rule as the last post applies:  Any MC who wants to drop science over these beats, pop them to me and I’ll post them.  The challenge has been issued.

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Rockbreaks 1: Takin’ a Ride

Posted 03 Mar 2009 — by karl
Category Music

A while back I came up with a concept for a couple of tracks called “Rockbreaks”.  These were hip hop beats mixed with classic rock.  I came up with a couple of them, one of which I present to you now:

The sample is “Takin’ a Ride” by Don Felder from the Heavy Metal soundtrack.

There’s no lyrics so far – I’m no vocalist, but if some MC out there surprised me with a re-recording of this in my SoundCloud dropbox, i’d surely post it!

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Something to wet your palate

Posted 19 Sep 2008 — by karl
Category Music

Here’s something to start you out with.  This is another “dosen’t count yet” post.  Anybody remember the rap song I produced for MC Husky?

I started work on a remix version a long time ago(near the time of the recording).  This changes the gangsta-rap slow burn into a hard drum and bass workout.

Mc Husky – “Outcast” Karl D Remix

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I was also working on a D&B remix of Powerhouse’s “What You Need”, and I found that the melody worked better than the original one I concocted:

Powerhouse – “What You Need” Karl D Remix

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Sadly, neither of these came to full fruition.  I didn’t have the resources to dedicate to them.  I wasn’t crazy about the direction the “What You Need” remix was taking, and by then I had started work on “Existential Funk”, so near-unreleasable hobby remixes were becoming a low priority.

MC Husky and Karl D – Outcast(Original Mix)

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