Hard Trap Beats

What makes these hard is the 808 choice, the drum pattern, and how loud they are mixed.

They are built on switch-ups rather than one idea repeated, and the room for ad-libs and chants sits between the intense parts.

Hard and dark are different things in this catalogue: hard is the drums and the 808s, dark is the melody, and the dark ones have their own page. Start with "Action", which runs chopped ethnic choirs laid out against the drums.

Recording tip: Go as hard as you can, but keep it dynamic — switch to a lighter flow now and then to build tension.