Updated 30 Oct 2026
A Homixide Gang type beat is rage, not sad trap. Homixide Beno and Homixide Meechie, the Opium duo, ride a dark distorted lead, a raging 808 clipped into the red and drums that hit like running into a brick wall. The aggression is the point, and it comes from distortion, not from a prettier melody. The common grip you see in every tutorial: build the lead as power chords in Serum, select the notes, drop them five semitones with the down arrow, then stack the octave on top with ctrl and the up arrow. Push the portamento even though it is not a gliding sound, so a still lead slides in with a short whoop at the start.
You do not need a finished beat to start. The Homixide Gang loops sit in step 1 and again at the bottom, ready to play.
Most beats run 140 to 155 BPM, with 140 to 143 the common band. Producers start their sessions at 140 and feel it out from there, then nudge the tempo up a touch near the end once the drums are in. Rage often feels half time, the kick and snare sit slow while the hats run double, which is where the weight comes from.
The key is minor. D minor, E minor, D sharp minor and G minor all show up in the tutorials. A dark, simple riff is all the melody you need, the harshness does the rest.
The loops in step 1 stream right here and the mp3 is free. Then work through the six steps.
1. Pick a sample. A dark distorted guitar or a gritty synth lead in minor, around 140 to 145 BPM, with an edge on it. In Serum that means power chords: take a little melody, select all the notes, hold shift and press the down arrow five times, then ctrl and the up arrow to turn it into power chords. Up the portamento for the whoop. Or take a loop from the list right below.
2. Lay the 808. Raging and distorted. Turn on cut itself, let it follow the root notes of the lead, clip it and drive it hard until it almost breaks, and keep a clean mono sub underneath so it still hits on small speakers. A trick from the cook ups: clone the 808 onto the same cut itself group and switch to a second 808 partway through for a switch up, the first one carries the drop, the second changes the energy.
3. Hi-hats on top. Fast with rolls and bouncy. Here the hats are meant to add to the chaos, so keep them busy and let them run against the slow kick. Watch the pitch of the hats, a generic sounding beat is usually the hats, not the 808.
4. Clap and kick. A hard snare on two and four, a punchy kick with the 808. Hit it hard, this is the rock part of the beat. Number one rule: the drums have to hit like a brick wall, so put a soft clipper on the master and on the 808 bus.
5. Try the pitch. Once the drums sit, move the lead a few semitones and keep the darkest, most aggressive position. A lot of these beats get pitched with the vocal already on, so check it against a reference.
6. Arrange. Keep it simple, less is more. Five sounds is plenty, do not beef it up. These beats stay short, quick and hard, so strip it back to almost nothing, then slam everything in for a fast drop with a couple of hard pauses and a hard section. Hook early so it stays catchy and easy to place. A full beat gets built this way in about 30 minutes.
This style grew out of the rage template that F1LTHY and the Opium camp built around Playboi Carti. Detuned, harsh synths, blown out bass and minimalist drums, aggression over polish. The beats on projects like Fifth Amendment just hit, and the producers on them spaz.
Homixide Gang records have run through producers like Pi'erre Bourne, Wakeup F1LTHY, ATL Jacob and Maaly Raw. You do not need their plugins, you need their attitude: everything slightly broken on purpose. It borrows from Yeat type sounds but it is a lot more evil.
A fast way in: power chords in Serum, a second detuned instance for a counter melody, a touch of delay and distortion on both, and the lows cut so the 808 owns the bottom. Then copy the same chords onto a different preset and switch presets through the beat so a simple, repetitive loop never feels boring. For a rockstar edge, layer a high gain electric guitar over the synth and a plucky accent on top.
The 808 is the engine. Turn on cut itself, follow the root notes of your chords, clip and boost it in the channel, then push the level until it breaks up. That distortion is the rage push, a clean 808 just sounds soft here.
Underneath the distorted layer, keep one clean mono sub on the same note. It carries the low end on phones and club rigs while the clipped layer screams on top. For the 808 switch up, clone the pattern onto a fresh 808, cut it, run it through an effect and change the variation so the back half of the beat moves.
Fast hats with rolls carry the aggression together with the 808. At this tempo they are allowed to be chaotic, that is the sound. Do not overcomplicate the kit, if a sound feels like too much it probably is, so take it out. A simple pattern where clap, hats, snare, perc and open hat all complement each other beats a stacked one.
A hard snare on two and four hits like rock, and in the Logic breakdown it is drenched in reverb to sit in the space. The power comes from loudness and from the swing between a stripped part and a full drop, not from stacking sounds.
A clean 808. Rage lives on the distorted push, so clip it and drive it until it almost breaks, then pull back a hair.
A pretty melody. Keep the lead dark and gritty, saturation is your friend, a smooth clean synth reads as the wrong genre. The Homixide synth is playful, annoying and up in the higher frequencies, lean into that.
Flat dynamics. The jump between a nearly empty section and a wall of sound on the drop is what makes it hit, a beat at one level the whole way through has no impact.
Soft drums. If they do not feel like a brick wall, the beat is not there yet. Soft clipper on the master and the 808s before anything else.
Nothing in the steps above depends on the DAW. You need a sampler for the 808, a distortion or clipper, an EQ and a reverb.
FL Studio: the 808 goes in a sampler channel with cut itself on, plus a clipper and boost in the channel. Draw the hats and rolls with the paintbrush, build the lead in Serum with the portamento up for the whoop, and layer an obnoxious synth, a catchy lead, a gritty electric guitar and a plucky accent. Soft clipper on the master is the rule, not the option.
Logic: Quick Sampler for the 808, set to mono, with a Clip Distortion after it. Step Sequencer for the fast hats, one bus for the lead with an Overdrive and a short reverb. For the intro, a sub on the root plus a few sound effects like a chains loop through a plate reverb and an uplifter make it cinematic. On the master keep it light: a dynamic EQ to tame the mids, pull the high end down a little since YouTube collapses it anyway, then a maximizer and no limiter, a limiter squashes the beat.
Every loop here is played by hand, no AI, and free as an mp3. Pick a dark distorted lead in minor around 140 BPM, drop it onto your 808 and drums, and you are at step one in seconds.
Pick a loop and drag it into your DAW. 808 under it, clap on top, your first Homixide Gang beat is running.
All Homixide Gang loopsTempo, key and mood of the Homixide Gang loops, straight from our catalog.
| Loop | BPM | Key | Vibe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasty | 140 | Cmin | Dark, Hard, Virtual |
| Boas | 150 | D#min | Dark, Virtual |
| Mosquitos | 140 | D#min | Dark, Hard, Hyper, Virtual |
| Delay | 143 | Gmin | Dark, Sad, Virtual |
| Ghosts | 137 | Emin | Ambient, Dark, Sad, Virtual |
| Evil no Angel | 140 | Dark, Hard, Virtual | |
| Combo | 140 | Dark, Hard, Virtual | |
| Karusel | 150 | Cmin | Dark, Virtual |
| Toxic | 140 | Dmin | Ambient, Dark, Virtual |
| Ändern | 143 | Dark, Virtual |
140 to 155 BPM, 140 to 143 is the common band, and it often feels half time. Most producers start at 140.
Minor, most often D minor, E minor, D sharp minor or G minor. Take the key from your loop, a simple dark riff is enough.
Turn on cut itself, follow the root notes of your chords, clip and boost, drive the level until it distorts, and keep a clean mono sub underneath so it still hits low.
Draw a small melody, select the notes, press the down arrow five times, then ctrl and the up arrow to make power chords. Up the portamento for the whoop, add delay and distortion, and cut the lows so the 808 owns the bottom.
Not hard enough. Put a soft clipper on the master and on the 808 bus so the drums hit like a brick wall, and do not overcomplicate the kit, if a sound feels like too much, take it out.
Yes. A few semitones change the mood and the key, keep the most aggressive position and move the 808 to the new root. Pitching with the vocal on helps you land it.
Yes, every loop is a free mp3. Not royalty-free: a commercial release means a 50/50 split with NDA Company.
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