Hip hop beat generator
A ready-made hip hop beat prompt you can generate here on your choice of model, ElevenLabs or Google Lyria.
Starter prompt
Boom-bap hip hop beat, ~90 BPM in C minor, dusty chopped soul sample, knocking kick and crisp snappy snare with swing, warm walking bassline, vinyl crackle and tape hiss, occasional 808 sub hits, head-nod groove, confident and gritty, instrumental.
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Best honoured by structure-aware models like Lyria.
Boom-bap hip hop beat, ~90 BPM in C minor, dusty chopped soul sample, knocking kick and crisp snappy snare with swing, warm walking bassline, vinyl crackle and tape hiss, occasional 808 sub hits, head-nod groove, confident and gritty, instrumental. around 110 BPM.
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Hip hop is a producer's genre, and the beat is the whole foundation: a hard, swinging drum pattern, a sample or melody with character, and a bassline that locks the two together. Whether you lean boom-bap or trap, the trick is describing the drum feel and the source material precisely rather than asking for 'a rap beat'.
The prompt below is built around a classic boom-bap pocket with room to push it toward trap. Generate it here on your choice of model, or run a beat you already like through the reverse tool and start from its exact tempo and key.
What makes a good hip hop beat prompt
Name the drum character first, knocking kick, snappy snare with swing, because the groove is what defines the style. Specify the melodic source, like a chopped soul sample, jazzy keys or a dark piano loop, and add texture words such as vinyl crackle or tape hiss for that dusty, sampled feel. State the key so the bassline and melody agree, and say 'instrumental' unless you want vocals.
Tweaking the starter prompt
Push toward trap by raising the tempo to ~140 BPM, swapping the walking bass for a gliding 808 and adding triplet hi-hat rolls. For lazier boom-bap, drop to ~85 BPM and lean harder on the sample. Add 'scratches' or 'vocal chops' for texture, and ask for a 'sparse arrangement' to keep the drums and sample dominant.
Start from a track you like
If a particular beat has the feel you want, run it through the reverse tool first. It detects the tempo and key from the audio and infers the mood and instrumentation, giving you a prompt grounded in a real reference rather than a guess. Edit that prompt, then generate from it.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this free?
- The prompt and editing tools are free; generating a full track here runs on credits, on licensed, commercially cleared models.
- What BPM is a hip hop beat?
- Boom-bap usually sits around 85 to 95 BPM, while trap-leaning beats run faster at 130 to 150 with a half-time feel. The starter prompt uses 90 BPM as a versatile boom-bap pocket.
- Can I use the music commercially?
- Yes, we generate on licensed, commercial-cleared models (ElevenLabs, Google Lyria), so beats you make here are cleared for commercial use.