The newly launched Nike 1World project has been created in conjunction with select cool kids in the “sports, music, art and design fields”, presumably hand-picked for their innate panache on a global scale. The scope of 1World has been defined as 18 original shoes, which will be launched month by month via Nike's awesome AF-1 website.

Today the first three have now been revealed – from the rainbow excess of Busy P to the refelective digital camo of Gore-Texer (Nitro Microphone Underground) and finally Rasheed’s hightop with ‘Max Air’, you couldn’t find three more different AF-1s if you tried. Definitely a bright start to this project...
Just go to http://www.nikeairforce1.com and hit the 1World button - all will be revealed in due course!

When you're picking rap instrumental beats for your hip-hop or R&B album, there are a couple of things you need to carefully consider and listen for, if you want a clean and consistent sound without over-spending.

1. Find Beats That Are Properly Equalized (Or E.Q.'d)

I hate to be the one to tell you this but if you're using rap instrumental beats that your buddy made on fruity loops, they're probably not hitting hard enough. If you really want your beats to "Crack" as they say, you need beats that have been "e.q.'d" or "equalized" properly. It's really important because it determines how good your song sounds in any stereo system or on any mp3 player. Ever played one of your tracks in the car, and it sounded way different than when you played it on your computer, or in your friend's car? That's because the beat hasn't been equalized properly, and if you're serious about putting out a good album that can play on the radio or in the clubs, you absolutely have to use beats that have been e.q.'d properly. Equalizing is no easy task and takes a long time to learn. And if you want to pay someone to do it, be ready to spend a couple hundred dollars.

2. Find Beats That Are Properly "Panned"

If you can't hear your vocals very well because they're getting washed out by the beat (or vise-versa), then your beat isn't stereo-panned properly. This can be a problem! Knowing which instruments to stereo, and how much to pan them, can take quite a while to figure out. No matter how many instruments are being used in the beat, you should NEVER have a problem hearing the vocals. And no, it's not your mic or your software. The beat is messed up. Find rap instrumental beats that are stereo-panned correctly and have a nice even sound, with no one instrument blaring over the top of the others.

3. Find Beats That You Can "Lease"

This one can be tough just because we all want to "own" our music and can't stand the thought of someone else out there having the same beat as us. Don't let your ego cost you a lot of money.

Remember, when you're putting together your album, if you do it right, you're probably only going to end up using a small percentage of the songs you've recorded. For example, you should probably have at least 30 songs recorded before you find the 12-17 tracks that you really feel good about putting on your album. The bottom line here, is don't spend a bunch of money on exclusive rights to songs that you may never put on your album. Now if you find one that you know is going to be your radio single or your "banger," then it may be worth buying the exclusive rights to that beat. There are a few production companies that offer "leased" rap instrumental beats for a very low cost and you have almost all of the same rights to those beats that you would if you bought them exclusively. You can simply go to their website, find the beat/beats that you like, purchase with paypal, and download your beat instantly, in a high-quality mp3 file format. This is a cost-effective way to get high-quality beats for your project, in a short amount of time!

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