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

Swim the depths with The Dirty Sample and "Die in the Deep"

For the second single from his upcoming instrumental album, Beats To Murder Rappers 2, The Dirty Sample gets deep. But he’s no longer underground, he’s underwater. You don’t want to get too close to the water’s edge or you’ll be dragged down into the depths of this dark, murky beat to be toyed with like orcas with their prey. Dragged to the bottom to “Die in the Deep”. And you thought it was finally safe to go near the water!

Magick Show create a "Massacre" with their return

 

“Massacre” is the first single from Magick Show’s long-awaited second EP, Samhain, scheduled for release just in time for Halloween. This single not only signals the return of the Nickel City horrorcore super group, but also introduces to the fold new member Johnny Bizness, who produces this uptempo, sample-heavy funk beat on which the trio of MCs—Mickey O’Brien, Max Moon, and Johnny B—trade bars in a bloody orgy of horror-inflected punchlines and murderous metaphors. A minimal vocal hook is given heft by machete sharp cuts from DJ Uncle Fester. The result is a bouncy boom bap track bound to get the heads nodding and the monsters mashing on the dance floor.

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

Produced by Johnny Bizness 

Cuts by Uncle Fester 

Mastered by Dorc

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

Ol' Gorilla Bones x The Dirty Sample - Revenge Vol. 2

Welcome to the return of revenge! The second volume of the Revenge trilogy proves you can’t keep a good gorilla down, or one intent on violent vengeance either, for that matter. Over the cinematic production of The Dirty Sample, Ol’ Gorilla Bones weaves tall tales of blood soaked slayings of wack ass clown shoe rappers. Revenge may be OGB’s muse, but the duo’s unique brand of horrorcore also takes a slapshot at hockey (“Gerry Cheevers”), flips Jonathan Swift’s most famous work (“Honest Proposal”), and relates a story of unrequited love but with a twist (“You Ain’t the One”). Obviously, Revenge Vol. 2 is a collection of madness, a diary of the macabre, and a rare instance of a sequel as good as the first. 

Written and performed by Ol’ Gorilla Bones and noted guests

Produced by The Dirty Sample, except “Til Death” and “Red Rum” produced by Mo’ Gravy

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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