Hip Hop Beats and Vocal Tracks for Video

About a quarter of the tracks are instrumental beats; the rest feature MCs and singers. Instrumentals are marked in the title, for example Blindfolds (Instrumental) and Welcome (inst) by K. Sparks, The Crown (Instrumental) by Dangerflow and Bistro by Anton Dakanto. Vocal cuts include Paraphrase by Baba Brinkman and NBA (Never Been Afraid) by K. Sparks. Pick an instrumental when you need a hip hop bed under your own voice, and a vocal when the track is carrying the edit.

A few of these hip hop tracks do have explicit lyrics, and they are flagged in the title so you can avoid them for brand-safe work. Black Gold (vocal) EXPLICIT by Q. Dot and Sweet Escape EXPLICIT (vocal) by Pasha are two examples. Tracks without the EXPLICIT label, and every instrumental version, are the safer choice for streetwear brand films, sponsored YouTube content and sports highlights aimed at a general audience. Always preview the full lyric before final delivery.

It leans underground and lyrical rather than trap. The sub-genres run underground hip hop, contemporary hip hop and pop, instrumental beats and contemporary R&B, with old school, turntablism, gangsta hip hop and trip hop appearing at the edges. Sounds-like references include Tribe Called Quest, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West on the vocal side and DJ Shadow and Bonobo for the beats. Expect percussion and electronic production up front with keyboards, electric guitars, strings and brass in the layers.

These hip hop beats can be used in monetized YouTube videos: every track is cleared for commercial use under the license you purchase, and monetized YouTube video is specifically included, alongside client work, ads, podcasts and social. During a subscription you can license as many tracks as you need, and each license is perpetual for the finished video it covers, so an old upload stays cleared after the subscription lapses. These are paid, licensed tracks rather than unlicensed uploads, which is what protects your monetization if a claim is ever raised.

For sports highlights and streetwear films, start with the swagger and exciting-tagged vocal tracks; swagger is the most common mood in the set and city life and high energy are the leading themes. For talking-head or voiceover content, use the instrumental versions so the MC does not fight your narration. Tracks average a little under three and a half minutes, enough for a full highlight package, and the percussion-forward production gives clear cut points for edits.