This is what a Casual Listener level should really beâŚ
This is one everybody should know. đ§
But sometimes the biggest records hide the darkest stories.
This weekâs flip came from a song that sounds bright on the surface⌠until you actually listen to whatâs being said. Neon lights, perfect smiles, expensive living, relationship pressure, emotional exhaustion⌠all hidden inside one of the smoothest grooves of the decade.
This wasnât just pop music.
This was anxiety in a designer suit.
A legendary duo.
One voice instantly recognizable.
A bassline that quietly carries the entire emotional weight of the record.
This song lived on MTV.
Lived on the radio.
Lived in shopping malls, cars, dance floors and late-night drives.
But underneath all the polish is somebody realizing love, money, success and pressure are all colliding at once.
The hook sounds massive.
The lyrics feel trapped.
And once you hear the meaning⌠you can never unhear it.
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, this record was unavoidable.
If youâre really paying attention⌠the clues are everywhere already.
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RAW Flips.
No direct audio.
No fancy edits.
No studio magic hiding the mistakes.
Just me sitting in front of a machine figuring it out in real time.
This one was interesting because the sample I fed into the MKSREC1 had WAY too much high end in it, and this machine immediately started exposing every harsh frequency hiding inside the sample. Real quick I realized⌠you have to approach this thing differently.
Thatâs honestly why I love doing these RAW Flips videos. Youâre not seeing a polished âcontent creatorâ version of beat making. Youâre seeing the actual process. The good decisions, the bad decisions, the moments where things fall apart, and the moments where the machine suddenly comes alive.
A lot of people have been asking for deeper breakdowns, more camera angles, more explanations, more workflow details, and longer sessions showing exactly HOW I build these beats from scratch.
Thatâs coming.
The YouTube channel is where Iâm really starting to open the doors to the full process, longer sessions, deeper workflow content, sampling decisions, machine behavior, mistakes, adjustments, and all the little details you donât really get to see in short form clips.
If youâve been rocking with RAW Flips here on IG, go subscribe on YouTube because the deeper dive content is about to get serious.
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Somewhere in an alternate 1980s America⌠three elderly women didnât just wander into an Arbyâs looking for a bigger hamburger.
They were running an operation.
Nobody knew their real names.
Only whispers.
One handled the money.
One handled logistics.
One handled enforcement.
The âWhereâs the beef?â line?
That wasnât about burgers.
It was code.
A signal sent across diner counters, bowling alleys, bingo halls, and roadside motels from Miami to Atlantic City.
Because the beef was never missing.
The shipment was.
Every Thursday night theyâd roll through town in a faded brown sedan that smelled like cigarettes, Aqua Net, and danger. Waitresses would stop talking. Fry cooks would suddenly remember they had somewhere else to be.
Then the shortest one would step forwardâŚ
âWhereâs the beef?â
If the manager answered wrong?
Somebody was getting folded into a deep freezer behind the walk-in.
Rumor was they controlled half the roast beef distribution on the eastern seaboard by 1987.
One retired hitman claimed they once ran an underground card game out of an abandoned Arbyâs after closing hours. Another swore the ladies used bingo tournaments to launder money for a Midwest crime family.
Nobody could prove any of it.
Because witnesses kept disappearing.
Now decades later⌠all that remains are grainy VHS tapes, flickering CRT televisions, and one phrase burned permanently into American culture:
âWhereâs the beef?â
But maybe the better question wasâŚ
Who took it?
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đ¨ ANSWER TIME đ¨
Only a small number of yâall caught this one⌠this weekâs âGuess The Sampleâ was built from a legendary piece of music history:
đś âGet Up, Stand Upâ â Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley
Released in 1973 on the album Burninâ through Island Records and later in his popular Legend album, this record became one of the most important protest songs ever created. The track was inspired by the poverty and inequality Marley witnessed while touring Haiti, and over the decades it became a worldwide anthem for resistance, freedom, and standing your ground.
The crazy part? Even stripped down and flipped into something completely different⌠that soul still survives inside the sample.
Salute to everybody who got it right this week đŤĄ
The game continues next weekâŚ
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This weekâs âGuess The Sampleâ might separate the casual listeners from the real ones.
This one came from a voice that changed music foreverâŚ
A record built on rebellion, resistance, and unity.
Released during a time of political unrest and global tension.
The music feels warmâŚ
But the message feels like a warning.
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One of the most important protest records ever created.
Recorded by a group that became bigger than music itself.
The artist became a symbol recognized across the entire world.
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The title itself is a demand.
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This song was inspired by real conversations about oppression and survival.
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The hook became one of the most recognizable chants in music history.
If you know it⌠you KNOW it.
Difficulty level this week: Casual Listener
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Nobody tells you that eventually the music becomes only one part of the job.
People see the beats.
The records.
The videos.
The gear.
The placements.
What they donât see is everything wrapped around it.
The invoices.
The contracts.
The uploads.
The edits.
The emails.
The revisions.
The budgeting.
The branding.
The networking.
The marketing.
The thumbnails.
The sleepless nights wondering if any of it is actually working.
At some point you realize youâre not just making music anymore.
You become the label.
The manager.
The creative director.
The editor.
The customer service department.
The warehouse.
The accountant.
The lawyer.
The therapist.
And somehow after carrying all of thatâŚ
you still have to sit down and create something honest.
Thatâs the part nobody explains about becoming independent.
But thatâs also the bigger picture.
Ownership.
Freedom.
Building something thatâs actually yours.
Thatâs the trade off.
And honestlyâŚ
some days I wish my job was just making beats.
But this is the path.
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âEVIL SHAREHOLDERâ lands tomorrowâŚ
and this isnât for the general public.
This is ONLY for the ones inside my Exclusive.
Weâre talking:
⢠Sample packs you wonât find anywhere else
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⢠Live mixing sessions
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This isnât content⌠this is access.
If youâre trying to level up your sound, this is where itâs happening.
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âEVIL SHAREHOLDERâ is waiting for you inside.
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đ¨ This Weekâs âGuess The Sampleâ Answer đ¨
The sample was⌠Need You Tonight by INXS.
Released in 1987 on Atlantic Records, this was the breakout global smash from Kick â the album that launched INXS into worldwide success. The track hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, driven by that minimal, funky groove that still sounds crazy today.
Fun fact â that signature riff was created in a rush while Andrew Farriss was waiting for a cab to the airport. He laid it down quick, and it ended up becoming one of the most recognizable grooves of the 80s. Proof that simple and raw can be timeless.
đĽ Shoutout to the 15 of you who locked it in â thatâs what I like to see.
This one sat right in that pocket⌠not too obvious, not too easy.
We keep it moving.
đŻ New âGuess The Sampleâ drops next week.
Stay sharp, stay digging⌠and Iâll see you there.
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Some people are gonna hear these records when they dropâŚ
A small group is gonna watch them get built in real time.
Thatâs the difference.
I just opened up my exclusive section on IG
and this is where everything happens before the world hears itâ
⢠First listens before release
⢠Real mixing sessions (no edits, no cuts)
⢠Sample creation as itâs happening
⢠The exact drum packs + sounds Iâm using
This isnât contentâŚ
this is the process.
The ones inside?
Theyâre not just watchingâŚ
Theyâre hearing records before theyâre records.
Seeing decisions get made in real time.
That matters.
First exclusive sample pack is already live.
If youâre serious about this, you should already be in.
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Time for this weekâs âGuess The Sample.â
Fired up the @akai_pro and got to work on something a little⌠late night.
This one feels like dim lights, no distractions, just a groove that doesnât try too hard but somehow pulls you in anyway. Minimal, but confident.
Took it back to a time when bands werenât afraid to let space breathe⌠when one vocal line could carry everything.
Letâs just sayâŚ
you might not need too much to figure this one out.
Real ones might catch the vibe from a group that knew how to balance rock, funk, and just enough attitude to make it timeless.
You know the dealâŚ
Drop your guess in the comments.
Answer revealed tomorrow.
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