The Dirty Sample delivers Beats To Murder Rappers 2

Calgary producer The Dirty Sample goes darker for volume 2 in his horrorcore beat tape series. Beats To Murder Rappers 2 is a horrendous, spine-tingling thrill ride through 20 tracks built upon a foundation of boom bap drums augmented by  only the finest notes and strings plucked from Halloween soundtracks alongside vocal samples from horror b-movies. While the digital album drops on Halloween, the cassette tape dropped early as an official Cassette Week 2024 release. MCs beware as you enter the horrifying world of Beats To Murder Rappers 2.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Magick Show brings the horrorcore on Samhain

 

 

The sophomore EP from Magick Show expands the founding duo of Mickey O’Brien and Max Moon into a trio with the addition of new member and long time friend Johnny Bizness. Released to coincide with Halloween, the Nickel City supergroup titled the release Samhain (pronounced sow-in) after the Gaelic festival that marks the end of harvest season and the beginning of the darker half of the year. It’s also the the origin of our favourite spooky holiday. Samhain is also now a 6-song EP of eerie vocal samples and neck-snapping beats provided by Max, Johnny, and Magick Show’s favourite Canadian producer and certified legend, Fresh Kils. The lyrics take you deep into the minds of the trio as they take out their aggressions on the mic with murderous raps about the occult, supernatural phenomenon, and the darker parts of life. The vinyl release of the EP includes the instrumentals and a pull out poster that doubles as a lyric sheet and Ouija board. 

Written and performed by Mickey O'Brien, Max Moon, and Johnny Bizness 

Produced by Max Moon, Johnny Bizness, and Fresh Kils 

Cuts by Uncle Fester

The Dirty Sample - "The Darkness"

 

  

“The Darkness” is the first single from The Dirty Sample’s sequel to his dark and deadly beat tape, Beats To Murder Rappers To, released last year. The series blends banging boom bap and b-movie aesthetics for a perfect soundtrack to the Halloween season. “The Darkness” serves as an homage to carnival mad houses - its mirrored walls, trap doors, ghouls, and murderers. With a backdrop of heavy drums, bass synths, and eerie/airy effects, it’s easy to imagine your most hated rapper trapped in this house, going mad, and falling to their death through a candle-lit trap door onto a bed of broken glass. This is only the first beat treat of three leading to the release of Beats To Murder Rappers 2 on Halloween.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample - Beats to Murder Rappers to (instrumental album)

 

 

 The Dirty Sample’s new instrumental album is no trick; it’s all treat! Dropping on October 28, 2022, just in time for Halloween, Beats to Murder Rappers to is filled with creepy, quirky instrumentals that should entertain whether you need a soundtrack for your costume party, to hand out candy, to carve up the pumpkin, or, as the title suggests, to murder rappers to, metaphorically speaking, of course. The album runs the gamut from soulful, off-kilter doo-wop (“Linger”) to atmospheric chillers (“Headless”) to warped boom bap instrumentals (“In the Mirror He Waits [One for Rob Roy]”), and even picks up the pace from the usual downtempo vibes for a rare chunky synth beat down (“Twisted Pleasure”). This horrific holiday season, join us on a journey into the warped mind of murderous beat slayer The Dirty Sample.

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The Dirty Sample - Headless (single)

 

“Headless” is the third single from The Dirty Sample’s upcoming instrumental album, Beats to Murder Rappers to, fittingly set for release on Halloween weekend. An ode to the storytelling of horror maestro Vincent Price, “Headless” finds inspiration in his retelling of Washington Irving’s classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with the Calgary, AB producer incorporating a horse’s gallop as percussion alongside the bass drum and short snare drum loop. The high end is a bit of cymbal, triangle, and a nearly constant high-pitched tone. Further atmosphere is added with wind effects and a horse’s neighing. It’s a haunting horrorcore beat well-suited to the start of October. One would be wise to take heed of “Headless”.

The Dirty Sample - Twisted Pleasure (single)

 

If you’ve ever wondered what an audio interpretation of a stabbing would sound like, The Dirty Sample has your back, and he promises not to stick a knife in it. “Twisted Pleasure”, the killer second single from the Calgary, AB producer’s upcoming instrumental album, Beats to Murder Rappers to, releasing on October 28 for Halloween weekend, is his audio version of a murder by stabbing. A rock hard drum break provides the backbone as little, sharp jabs of samples strike throughout this short and speedy chunky synth beat, these simulated knife twists providing pleasure for both the listener and our murderous producer. Prepare to running man for your life as you face the “Twisted Pleasure” of beat slayer The Dirty Sample!