Gun
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About this beat
Gun is a 90 BPM rap beat, released in 2024, 52 bars long. A breakdown of the shape, the 90 BPM maths and the structure before you write to it.
“Gun” opens light and takes about 10 seconds to fill out, which is where a spoken intro or a dropped ad-lib usually sits. Across 2:19 the low end pulls back 2 times — first around 0:52, then near 1:55. Those 2 gaps are the built-in spots for a cadence switch or a bar of silence. The dynamics swing hard — about 25% variation between the loudest and quietest stretches, with the peak hitting near 0:12. A verse written at one intensity will feel flat by 1:23.
The beat runs 2:19 — about 52 bars at 90 BPM. Enough for a hook, one sixteen and a 12-bar outro — a single-verse record rather than a full three-verse build.
At 90 BPM “Gun” 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 52 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.
The free demo of “Gun” is tagged mp3 — 2:19 to write and cut a reference take against. The untagged WAV and trackout stems are on BeatStars from $44.