Rated: 8/10



"...it's the beats that take centre stage here - they're tightly programmed, and represent contemporary commercial hip-hop well... You'll find plenty of good source material for your programming activities... It's going to be Reason users who are most attracted to this one - it will kick-start your hip-hop productions well"



The inlay name-checks The Neptunes and Timbaland - if you want to sell a sample CD, it makes sense to try and stylistically attach it to the hottest producers of the moment. The collection is subtitled Hip-Hop Construction Kits; you get 17 of these in the ReFill, which are made up of 107 REX files.



Predictably, it's the beats that take centre stage here - they're tightly programmed, and represent contemporary commercial hip-hop well. Indeed, you could easily step into the realms of pop by using them. There are music loops, too - basses, keyboards, guitars and organs. There's value in some of these, though a few of the effected ones feel over-processed, and you might have to work hard to make some of them work in your own compositions. The ReDrum kits are good, though - you'll find plenty of good source material for your programming activities.



Grinding Beats contains content outside of the ReFill: 300 REX files and 1200 WAV files. But it's going to be Reason users who are most attracted to this one - it will kick-start your hip-hop productions well, though you're going to have to find anouther app. To record your Mcing...