Raven

About this beat

Raven is a 124 BPM dark trap, released in 2024, 89 bars long. What follows is the arrangement across 2:52, the tempo maths and where the gaps sit.

There's a 15-second run-up here before the full beat arrives — room to walk in with an ad-lib or start a verse cold. Across 2:52 the low end pulls back 2 times — first around 1:20, then near 2:22. Those 2 gaps are the built-in spots for a cadence switch or a bar of silence. The dynamics swing hard — about 27% variation between the loudest and quietest stretches, with the peak hitting near 2:03. A verse written at one intensity will feel flat by 1:43. The strongest section is the opening 0:57, which leaves the last third open for an outro or a final hook.

At 124 BPM “Raven” sits in trap tempo, faster than 66% of the 82 beats in this catalogue. Most writers fit 14–18 syllables per bar at this speed — over 89 bars that's around 1,400 syllables if you fill every one. Most rappers ride this in half-time — count 62 and it feels like a slow beat with fast hats underneath.

The beat runs 2:52 — about 89 bars at 124 BPM. That's room for an intro, 4 sixteen-bar verses and hooks between them, with a bar spare at the end.

“Raven” streams free as a tagged mp3, all 2:52 of it. Licences covering the untagged WAV and the separated stems begin at $44.