How to Make a Lil Double 0 Type Beat (+ Free Loops)

What BPM and key is a Lil Double 0 type beat?

Most loops run 140 to 155 BPM, with the bulk sitting around 143 BPM.

The key is mostly minor. Easiest is to take the key straight from your loop and put the 808 and the melody on the same root.

How to make a Lil Double 0 type beat in 6 steps

The loops in step 1 stream right here and the mp3 is free. Then work through the six steps.

1. 1Pick a sample▾

   Take a dark loop built on piano and strings in minor, 140 to 155 BPM. Grab a loop from the list right below, one that already moves before any drums. Before you build on it, age it: a vinyl plugin, light tape saturation and a small EQ cut on the top end push it from clean to vintage, which is the Lil Double 0 texture.

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     Buzz
     140 BPM · Cmin
     BrassDarkOrchestral
     @ndacompany
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     BIG RIMS
     143 BPM · Gmin
     ChoirDarkPiano
     @ndacompany
     ↓
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     Accents
     151 BPM · G#min
     DancehallDarkDetroit
     @ndacompany
     ↓
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     Loaded
     155 BPM · Amin
     DarkDetroitHard
     @ndacompany
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     Organisch
     140 BPM · Dmin
     DarkPiano
     @ndacompany
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2. 2Lay the 808▾

   It is the foundation. On the root of the loop key, eight bars kept plain. Set it to cut itself so the notes cannot overlap and give it some saturation, then it pushes.
3. 3Hi-hats on top▾

   Start with a two-step pattern and take single hats back out again. The open hat goes into that gap, that is where the bounce comes from. Keep the fast rolls only in front of the changes, a few rolls carry further than constant ones.
4. 4Clap and kick▾

   A hard clap on two and four plus a second quieter snare layer underneath it, and pan that layer to one side so it widens without getting loud. The kick stays quiet under the 808 and shares the low end with it.
5. 5Try the pitch▾

   Only once the drums sit. Move the whole melody group one or two semitones up or down and hear which position fits your voice. Pull the 808 to the new root afterwards.
6. 6Arrange▾

   Keep it simple, less is more. 16 bars as the hook, then a verse with one layer gone, then a bridge with a different sound. The hook comes early, that keeps the beat catchy and easier to place.

Flip a sample the way his producers do

A big share of these beats are not written from a VST, they are chopped from an existing record. Drop a sample into a chopper, cut a short loop out of the part you like, clean it with a touch of EQ and a little reverb, and you already have the backbone.

The move that makes it sit in the pocket is making the chop sound older than it is. Record the finished loop back in and drop its sample rate, so it loses high end and gains grit. One producer calls it making the sample feel more lofi, and that aged, slightly broken quality is exactly what reads as Lil Double 0.

A played melody works just as well as a chop. Find the note by ear instead of forcing a scale, lower the velocity so it sits soft, and high-pass the lows off it so the 808 owns the bottom alone.

Which sounds do you actually need?

For the melody, a vintage guitar or piano is enough, and a flipped vocal phrase on top is the signature move. A vocal-phrase plugin gives you that ad-lib feel without having to sample one. Keep the loop dry in body but aged in color, and let it breathe instead of burying it under effects.

The vintage chain is the part that makes or breaks it: a vinyl plugin, tape saturation and a lofi or noise tool across the melody, with EQ to tame the harsh frequencies. Run every melody track through one bus and put a single OTT on that bus to glue them together, rather than processing each sound alone.

The 808 carries the low end on its own. Set it to cut itself and give it some saturation, then it pushes without a long effect chain. Clap and hi-hats hold the grid: a hard clap on two and four, hats as a two-step with gaps for the open hat, plus a little perc and a cymbal to round it off.

Where the Lil Double 0 sound comes from

Lil Double 0, born Tyreke Rieco Rogers, is a Memphis rapper signed to Future's Freebandz. Singles like Living and 007 pulled in the labels, and he later worked with Future on U Selling Dope and EST Gee on Fight That Switch.

His own calling card is beat selection: dark, aged loops, often flipping a vocal or a sample from a classic record, pitched and chopped so it turns moody. The same bag of sounds sits next to names like Mac Critter, BIG30 and Big Scarr, so a beat built for him usually works across that Memphis trap lane.

That flipped vocal is a strong angle. Take a short vocal phrase, drop it a few semitones, chop it over the piano and let it read dark rather than bright.

Arrangement in bars

16 bars as the hook, then the same thing as a verse with one track taken out completely and a simpler 808 pattern.

A bridge with a real change: a different lead, stretched chords or a second melody layer. Coming back into the hook, let the drums arrive one bar late.

Pitch the sample up and down

The position of the loop is not fixed. One or two semitones change the whole mood.

Up the melody gets brighter and thinner, down it gets heavier and darker. The key moves with it, so pull the 808 to the new root afterwards.

Common mistakes

Too much stacked up. A few clear sounds carry the whole beat, every further layer after that only takes up room.

Leaving the loop clean. Without the vinyl and tape color the melody sounds modern and polished, and a polished loop is the one thing a Lil Double 0 beat is not.

Leaving the lows in every track. Cut the low frequencies off each melody track with a high-pass so the bass stands alone at the bottom.

Rolling the hats non-stop. The bounce comes from the gaps and the open hat, so keep the fast rolls short and save them for the changes.

A vocal sample left too bright. Pitch it down and darken it, otherwise it fights the dark mood instead of carrying it.

Using the loops from NDA Company

Every loop here is played by hand, no AI, and free as an mp3. Load one, age it with your vinyl and tape chain, drop your 808 and drums under it and the beat is most of the way there.