Platinum Producers Arkatech Beatz making the classic beat for Freddie Gibbs - Let Ya Nuts Hang" off of the classic mixtape Cold Day In Hell. Get the hottest beats from Platinum Producers Arkatech Beatz at the Arkatech Beatz - Beat Store

Its crazy how at SXSW I ran into a few big producers friends and all have expressed how they're consciously straying away from hiphop. And its not because they want to, or because they no longer enjoy producing the music....but because of the bad business practices in hiphop. The frustration of chasing and fighting to get their just due and get checks cut is forcing them to abandon the music they love to make. They're having to force themselves to make others types of music....just because with those genres all the bad business bullsh*t disappears.

Read more: Are Producers Worth Less? [Article]

Where's the producer credit?? (Sigh) Ok before I go there let me back up. Mixtapes are one of the basic tools for artist to create buzz for themselves.  Whether it’s a new artist building their fan base up so they can get a major record deal to a major artist keeping their name out for relevance. In The Mixtape Game article I gave a little background on the relevance of mixtapes and its importance in the music business, however there is one detail I want to further talk about, the relevance of mixtapes to producers and artist who don’t credit them.

Read more: The Mixtape Game: Value Of The Producer [Article]

On the anniversary of Big Pun's death, I couldn't help thinking..

I didn’t speak to Big Pun as much as I should have.

Being a young producer from the North East Bronx, and being in the studio for the first time with a major label artist, sort of had me on edge. My production partner Mike “Trauma” D, worked at Loud Records at the time so he had established a cool relationship with Pun. We traveled all the way to Staten Island to Mystic Studios to lay the track for “Capital Punishment”. I didn’t really know what to expect, I was just happy to be doing this music producer thing. Little did I know, I would be part of a hip-hop classic in the making, and how my life would never be the same after that session.

Read more: How Big Pun Changed My Life

After making street classics like "50 Bars of Poison", "Rappin & Robbin", "I'm Strapped" and more, Duct Tape Ent's Alley Boy collaborates again with Arkatech Beatz on his new mixtape "Nigganati". The song "Ain't Loyal" produced by Arkatech Beatz, is a menacing record featuring Duct Tape Ent label mate Trouble.  Check out "Ain't Loyal" below and be sure to download the mixtape "Nigganati".  Be sure to visit the Arkatech Beatz - Beat Store - for the hottest beats and instrumentals from platinum producers Arkatech Beatz.
Alley Boy Ft Trouble - Ain't Loyal (Prod By Arkatech Beatz) by arkatechbeatz