Do You Have All of the Essential Drum Kits for 2022?

When making beats, you want to be sure that you are using the best sounds. Use this checklist to find some new sounds to level up your productions.

KBeaZy Kits

KBeaZy, a producer who has credits with Iann Dior, 24kGoldn, Juice WRLD, and many other rappers, has a good selection of drum kits available on his BeatStars page. Here are a few of the ones I recommend:

1.) Fyed Up Vol. 1

2.) Trap Galaxy Vol. 2

3.) Trap Galaxy Vol. 1

4.) Artillery Drum Kit

5.) Hi Tech Drum Kit

With this selection of popular, enhanced sounds and original sounds, you will have a great collection of drums off the bat.

WavSupply Kits

WavSupply is a drum kit web store that was created by famed producer collective Internet Money and houses their kits. If you are looking for drums used in songs produced by Nick Mira, DT, and other popular producers in Internet Money, you should consider these suggestions:

1.) Stigma Vol. 1 (DT)

2.) Diesel Drum Kit (Nick Mira)

3.) Mira Touch Vol. 2 (Nick Mira)

4.) Magma Drum Kit (Nick Mira)

5.) Stigma Vol. 3 (DT)

This is a great collection of kits that houses some rare sounds from famous songs produced by Internet Money producers.

Reddit Kits (r/drumkits)

The r/drumkits directory on Reddit is a great place to look for free drum kits. Here you can find the "Shows the Screen" by user lunch77, who compiled sounds used by certain producers that were seen in their live streams and videos. Here are a few of the essentials:

1.) Everyone in 808 Mafia Shows the Screen

2.) Metro Boomin Shows the Screen

3.) Pi'erre Bourne Shows the Screen

4.) Wheezy Shows the Screen

5.) RonnyJ Shows the Screen

These free kits are sure to give you a plenty array of good, industry sounds!

 

Top 3 Pro Producers to Follow

A great way to get better at making beats is by watching other producers. As a beginner, watching tutorials and curated guides will only get you so far in the learning process. While this is an essential part of improving, watching the practices in action in a natural setting can be just as useful. Many producers have been creating YouTube and Twitch channels to document their process of making beats. This content can be viewed as inspiration or to learn directly from this process. There are many great producers that have a public online presence and put out content on a consistent basis. Here are three pro producers to follow in 2022.

Nick Mira

Top producer Nick Mira has been a great teacher to many aspiring producers. He has many great beat tutorials on the Internet Money YouTube channel and currently streams frequently on his Twitch channel. He will sometimes stream himself for hours making all kinds of different beats using different techniques and methods. Watching him make beats from start to finish is not only inspirational but could also serve as a good way to pick up some new ideas!

KBeaZy

Although he isn't very active on it any more, KBeaZy's YouTube channel is a treasure trove of content for music producers. He uploaded not only beat production videos, but also industry insider tips and other material that could be useful to any producer. If you want to see how he went from a bedroom producer to an industry professional, check out KBeaZy's content.

DT

DT, formerly known as Sidepce, is commonly credited for being the person to jumpstart Juice WRLD's career, as he was the first major producer to discover him on SoundCloud. DT has plenty of good content on the Internet Money YouTube channel and also streams once in a while. During his streams, he usually reviews songs and beats submitted by viewers, giving them feedback.

Most Popular Beat Genres for 2022

Music is constantly evolving, and so are the kinds of beats that appear in rap songs. This is due to a shift in what does well with the audience and as musicians innovate and come up with new styles and ideas, the world is able to observe new waves and trends with music. There are a number of beat genres that have become increasingly popular in 2022.

Rage / Hyperpop Beats

If you have listened to Trippie Redd's "Trip at Knight" album or the recent projects by Yeat, you would recognize these electronic beats with aggressive synths. These beats can be thought of as a bit of a crossover between rap and EDM. "Miss the Rage" by Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti is likely the first songs that pops up into most people's heads when they think of rage beats. The beat in this song was actually made from a melody loop found in a sample pack intended for EDM music, showing how much inspiration is taken from electronic dance music.

If you are interested in learning how to produce these kinds of beats, listen to "Trip at Knight" or almost anything by SoFaygo or Yeat.

Guitar Beats

"Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior spent many weeks on the Billboards Hot 100 as the #1 song in the world. This song featured an upbeat, catchy guitar melody, and it is clear that this is a type of beat that does will in this era of music. Guitar and melodic songs are showing up more and more on the radio and many are following the trend to cash out. This is also where loop makers shine, as many of them have guitar-playing skills and are able to make their own guitar melody loops.

If you're interested in seriously making beats for this genre, it may pay to buy an electric guitar that is compatible with a digital audio workstation. However, this is not completely necessary, as there are plenty of guitar loops out there, and you can also make guitar melodies using digital plugins (although this method is less preferred as it can be difficult to make a guitar sound realistic by clicking in notes, it can still be done).

Dark / Aggressive Beats

Although this style has been prevalent for years, it lives on in 2022 with artists such as 21 Savage and Lil Durk. This style of beats often has instruments in minor chords with hard, loud drums. It seems like this type of beats isn't going anywhere anytime soon as it clearly still draws in a loyal audience.

Listen to some of the recent projects by the aforementioned artists for inspiration for this genre.

Trying out making different genres of beats is exciting, but remember to not get carried away, as the simple beats are the kinds of beats that tend to make it.