Buying Instrumental Hip Hop Beats Online

[Irene Tierney]

Many rap artists now look for their instrumental hip hop beats on the
internet. There are a lot of sites that offer exclusive an non-
exclusive licensing of hip hop beats. Before you make a purchase, here
are a few things to know:
1. Know the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive rights to
an instrumental hip hop beat. Exclusive rights typically grant 100%
ownership to the buyer. Non-exclusive rights licenses allow the buyer
to "lease" the beat for a set amount of time or distributions of the
beat. During this lease time, the producer can continue to sell
licenses to other artists.
2. Make sure you listen to a beat carefully before you purchase it.
First, make sure the mix sounds good. The mix doesn't have to sound
perfect just yet, because the sound engineer will make some final
changes when mixing your vocals into the hip hop beat. But make sure
the beat sounds clean and not too crowded or muddy.
3. If you are skeptical about anything, contact the producer before
you make a purchase. Producers who provide contact information and
respond to their customers in a professional manner are the kinds of
producers you want to do business with. There are a lot of scammers
out there who sell stolen beats, or rip artists off and never send the
instrumental hip hop beat. The best you can do to prevent this is to
contact them beforehand and make a judgement about their
professionalism and business conductivity.
4. Make sure that the website that you purchase instrumental hip hop
beats from has decent-quality audio previews of the beat. Some sites
have very low quality versions of the beat preview. This makes is
impossible to really gauge the mix and how good the beat will sound
when you buy it.
5. If you plan on buying a lot of beats at a time from one website,
ask the producer if he or she offers any deals for buying in bulk.
Most of the time the producer will be glad to cut you a deal if you
are giving him a lot of business.
Using these little tips will ensure that you make a smarter purchase
when buying instrumental hip hop beats online!