Overtime

About this beat

Overtime is a 118 BPM boom bap type beat, released in 2024, 56 bars long. A breakdown of the shape, the 118 BPM maths and the structure before you write to it.

There's a 7-second run-up here before the full beat arrives, which is where a spoken intro or a dropped ad-lib usually sits. One breakdown sits around 0:15, roughly 13% of the way in — the natural place to change up your delivery. The dynamics swing hard — about 32% variation between the loudest and quietest stretches, with the peak hitting near 0:19. A verse written at one intensity will feel flat by 1:08. Weight builds toward the back third — after roughly 1:15 — so save the strongest bars for the end.

It's in G. A major tonality lifts the record: same drums, brighter frame, room for confident or celebratory bars. Check your vocal range against G before you track a sung hook.

At 118 BPM “Overtime” sits in an uptempo groove, faster than 61% of the 82 beats in this catalogue. Most writers fit 13–16 syllables per bar at this speed — over 56 bars that's around 850 syllables if you fill every one. Most rappers ride this in half-time — count 59 and it feels like a slow beat with fast hats underneath.

The beat runs 1:53 — about 56 bars at 118 BPM. That's room for an intro, 2 sixteen-bar verses and hooks between them.

“Overtime” streams free as a tagged mp3, all 1:53 of it. Licences covering the untagged WAV and the separated stems begin at $44.