beat selection

Rap Is Calculus: Rhyme is the only variable you can see. The math is everything moving under it.

Rap Is Calculus: Rhyme is the only variable you can see. The math is everything moving under it.

Study calculus — not to pass a test, but because it's the math of change, and change is the only thing rap is made of. The whole class, mapped onto the pen.

Read More

Producer vs. Beatmaker A Classic Topic Revisited

Producer vs. Beatmaker  A Classic Topic Revisited

What is the real difference between a producer and a beatmaker? Years after writing about this topic for my cousin, I revisited the conversation with more experience as an artist, collaborator, and creative director. The difference is not ego. It is vision.

Read More