Deadfaces

About this beat

Deadfaces is a 90 BPM ScHoolboy Q type beat, released in 2026, 54 bars long. Here's how those 2:24 move and what fits over them.

The first 10 seconds of “Deadfaces” stay sparse before the arrangement lands. Use those 10 seconds: entering over a bare loop reads more deliberate than rapping into a wall of drums. The dynamics swing hard — about 25% variation between the loudest and quietest stretches, with the peak hitting near 0:13. A verse written at one intensity will feel flat by 1:26.

It's in A♯m. The minor key pushes the darker, more confrontational side — useful if the subject matter is doing the same. Check your vocal range against A♯m before you track a sung hook.

The beat runs 2:24 — about 54 bars at 90 BPM. Enough for a hook, one sixteen and a 14-bar outro — a single-verse record rather than a full three-verse build.

At 90 BPM “Deadfaces” sits in west coast mid-tempo, faster than 30% of the 82 beats in this catalogue. Most writers fit 11–14 syllables per bar at this speed — over 54 bars that's around 700 syllables if you fill every one. Counting it double-time at 180 gives you a tighter grid for triplets and hi-hat-style runs.

Write on the tagged 2:24 version first; when the song holds up, the clean WAV and separated stems for “Deadfaces” start at $44.