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Hip hop blogs are growing in popularity and will continue to do so in the future. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular blogs out there today:

Rap-Up is one of the largest and most trusted. Primarily focuses on rap and R&B, it also includes interactive content, exclusive video clips, interviews with bona fide music starts and a running podcast. Their posts are short and to the poinht and really cover hip comprehensively.

CultureBully Based in Minneapolis, this blog offers features on local talent, including reviews and polls. Not just hip hop, but provides solid underground rap articles on Midwestern music groups like Atmosphere, Eyedea, Brother Alia and MF Doom.

WoooHah focuses on hip hop culture in general such as fashion, music, movies and lifestyle. They also have a business section (unique in this list). The presentation is professional and journalistic in nature.

Hiphopisread. Great blog with a great title! This is one of my all time favorites, as the blog really gets into issues and topics that only true rap heads would appreciate. If you’re into the underground/classic/lyrical side of rap, you gotta check them out.

Boombox Music Blog. The Boombox is a high quality hip hop blog with a great layout. The writing is top notch and covers everyone from Beyonce to Ghostface. You can track your favorite artists and receive updates when they are touring in your area. In addition, you can listen via AOL playlists to your favorite rap and R&B songs.

Crunk and Disorderly. Offers up to date reporting on Southern rap with a lot of video posts covering a wide variety of topicss (basically anything they can poke fun at). This website is freakin’ hilarious and comes highly recommended.

Hip hop blogs continue to grow, but these are some of the major players. There’s a definite divide between the slick production of blogs like Boombox vs the low maintenance high quality of HipHopIsRead, but all of them certainly capture the essence of rap music, its people and its culture.

There is certainly something for everyone in this list, so check them all out and see for yourself which are right for you. You can learn more about hip hop blogs using the search engine Technorati. Visit their site and enter a term your interested in, and Technorati serves up the most trusted blogs in the blogosphere.

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Here are 5 great steps for Making Rap Beats that you will need to start producing your own music.  These steps will talk about mixing styles, software used, blueprints, looping techniques, and some other techniques on how to make professional rap music beats.

1.  There is always room for improvement and getting fresh material and rap beat sounds out to the industry. One underground rapper said, “The producers and beat makers with the freshest and newest sounds are the ones who get more recognition and more doorways opened for them and that’s who gets to work with the best rappers.”

2.  You will always need a way to have all the newest updates on sounds, mixing styles, equipment, software, trends and techniques when Making Rap Beats.

3.  You will definitely need to be aware of all the present and past techniques being used today by all of the successful rap music producers.  Just knowing the present techniques on how to make professional rap beats will be good to learn since you’re just starting out though.

4.  Learn the importance of setting a blueprint for any beat, structuring a beat, looping techniques, and vocal recording for producing high quality hip hop music beats and sounds.

5.  Having a list of the best places to get sound samples and different beat samples online is crucial for creating some crazy wicked beats.  These sounds and beats are best when combined with the techniques like mixing and looping.

Okay now you know how to start making hip hop beats with quality.  All you need to know are the things like mixing styles, beat structuring, old and new techniques and the importance of beat blueprints.  You are well on your way to success.

Multiple rap producers and beat makers say the Rap Beats Manual is the best guide for learning how to make your own beats. Here is just a couple of statements by Dj’s and Rap Producers about the Rap Beats Manual and what it covers for all skill levels….

“Always new twists and techniques to include and test out in making my beats.”

“I know how to make professional rap music beats and I can say a lot of the material in this Rap Beats Manual is unmatched.”

“Making Rap Beats couldn’t get any easier than this. If you can’t make some sick rap beats with this knowledge you better check yourself!”

“From the best equipment to the most used styles and techniques this guide on how to produce hip hop music couldn’t get any more clearer for any beat maker in the game today.”

There is more information on the Rap Beats Manual and on How to Make Rap Music Beats.

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Hip hop forum discussions and message boards have a lot to talk about: discussions about rap music, artists, mainstream vs. underground rap beats, new releases, classic tracks. Here’s a list of hip hop forum reviews, based on their content, size and focus:

AllHipHop. This is the one stop shop for hip hop heads. The largest forum of its kind on the Internet, AllHipHop attempts to cover just that;

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