Beats Quote by Kid Ink

Sometimes I'll have a whole song done without having a beat - I'll just rap on an instrumental tempo and recreate a whole new…

— Tyga

Production is everything. Once I get my beat, I try to make a song around the beat.

— Rich Homie Quan

I really only make my own beats when I feel like I can't wait on somebody, or it's taking too long to get a…

— Valee

I'll go in the studio and hear a track that I don't like, and they're trying to pay me to rap over it. But…

— Too Short

When you're a producer on top of that, just havin' a beat that's hot is not enough. Now you know your sound, 'cause you've…

— J. Cole

I really don't try to force the creative process. I'm really jealous of those other rappers who just hear a beat and write a…

— Alexander Spit

If you made a record, I'd probably pick out tracks that I like and download that. That's just how it is.

— Ringo Starr

I have my songs ready in my head, gather the guys, play it and then let them go with it. [The music] finds its…

— Shelby Lynne

When you mix a record that someone else is on, you've got to send it to them. They've got to like the mix, you…

— Future

I take influence from weird synth-pop and put it into a hip-hop beat.

— Nav

Some songs I rap before the beat even play and I enjoy doing that. I like walking the beat down.

— DaBaby

As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's…

— John Gourley