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type beats

type beats is the plural of type beat.

Meaning of type beat

Noun

type beat (plural type beats)

  1. (informal, neologism) An instrumental made with the intention of emulating the style and sound of a particular musical artist or producer.
    • An often overlooked undercurrent of contemporary rap production is around a singular phrase: “Type Beat.” Aspiring producers self-consciously emulate the styles of a singular rapper or producer in the hopes that the artist’s fans like it, and more importantly the artist themselves might enjoy it....2017 February 10, David Turner, “How Making “Type Beat” Rap Productions Became a Legit Career Path”, in Vice, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2024
    Synonyms:
    style beat

Questions about type beats

What is type beats the plural of?
Type beats is the plural of type beat.

Words near type beats in the dictionary

  1. type As
  2. type B
  3. type bar
  4. type bars
  5. type beat
  6. type beats
  7. type Bs
  8. type C
  9. type checker
  10. type checkers
  11. type class

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