Exclusive or Non-Exclusive Hip Hop Beats?

So you are ready to shop for some hip hop beats? Do you know exactly what you are looking for and what kind of license you need? Here are the first questions you need to ask yourself.

• Am I working on an official album or other (mixtape, music page, ets.)?
• How much money do I want to spend?
• Do I want to be the only person out there with the beat?

Exclusive Beats

If you are working on an official album then when you are shopping for your beats for sale you want to take a couple of things into consideration. The 1st being how much money you have in your budget. If you have the financial ability you want to focus on exclusive beats for sale. When purchasing a beat exclusively you are going to get sole rights to the beat you purchase and most of the time you will also receive the tracked out version of the beat. Based on the producer there will be different royalty agreements but you need to take that up on a per beat basis. The beauty of getting the sole rights to the beat is that there is no chance that you will hear the same beat being used by another artist on an album or other form of media. The downside to these kind of beats is that you will be spending quite a bit of money. Exclusive beat usually range from $500 and up so keep that in mind when making your decision.

Non-Exclusive Beats

If you are currently working on a mixtape project, demo, or another non profit project that you will want to look to buy instrumentals that are Non Exclusive leases. When purchasing non exclusive beats the main purpose is to buy an affordable instrumental. Usually you will receive the beat in a mp3 form and sometime a wav form is aailable. Non Exclusives can range form usually $10 to $100. The downside to buying these types of beats is that they can be sold by the producer over and over and over. This means that hundreds of others may have the same beat to work with that you do. This is most definitely an affordable option when choosing what kind of beat to purchase.

I hope this helps in your beat purchasing voyage

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