Craft your next Hip-Hop anthem with BAP Essentials, a hard-hitting expansion pack created by Grammy-nominated producer Marco Polo and his MPC mentor Shy The BeatYoda. Built with decades of production experience and deep crate-digging knowledge, this pack delivers raw and timeless drum sounds, chopped samples, and gritty musical textures to inject authentic boom bap flavor into your beats.

Key Features of BAP Essentials:

• Signature Marco Polo & Shy Drum DNA: Classic, punchy drums and dirty sample chops curated from years of underground experience.
• 24 Curated Kits: A diverse range of styles covering slow-tempo Griselda-style grooves to 90s-era 95 BPM golden age energy.
• Straight From the Crates Feel: Designed with that dusty, analog character that defines East Coast Hip-Hop production.
• Built for MPC: Pre-mapped and optimized for seamless use in MPC software and hardware environments.
• Ready-to-Flip Elements: Includes custom bass lines, melodic loops, percussion, vocal cuts, FX, and more for instant inspiration.

Example Use Cases for BAP Essentials:

• Hip-Hop Beatmakers: Add rugged, authentic boom bap drums and raw sample chops to your beats.
• Lo-Fi Producers: Bring gritty textures and soulful progressions to chilled-out compositions.
• Live Performers: Load up your MPC and trigger performance-ready kits in real time.
• Sample-Based Producers: Dig into this curated expansion for chopped loops and breaks that feel like they came off a dusty wax platter.

Why Choose BAP Essentials?

With BAP Essentials, you’re not just loading samples—you’re stepping into the creative workflow of two Hip-Hop purists. Marco Polo and Shy The BeatYoda have taken their studio chemistry and transformed it into a pack that’s equal parts street soul and technical precision. Whether you’re making gritty underground bangers or classic boom bap joints, this expansion is your secret weapon for capturing that raw, unfiltered sound.

“I handled all the musical elements, bass, FX, percussion and Shy did the drums—we basically made a hard ass beat tape for y’all.” – Marco Polo