[Audio clip: view full post to listen] action rap We’ve been talking about doing more collaboration on Hella Gems, so I decided to proceed unilaterally. There was part of Kelly G’s “Another for the Video Game” song (aka “action”) that I immediately thought could become a cool epic Dirty South rap beat if I slowed [...]

I decided to focus on sonic details with this instrumental. I built everything step by step, and focused on experimenting with different tools and parameters that I hadn’t previously modified. As the sequencing came together, I revisited these details, filtering or switching drum sounds, equalizing separate drum tracks, and modifying synths. It was difficult to [...]