[Studio room. Very sparse dark loop: one low piano note, distant room tone, almost no drums.] Again. ~~ [Beat enters lightly. Deep kick, restrained 808, dry snare, minimal eerie keys.] Nah. Too clean. [Make the beat darker and rougher. Add low distortion and more tension.] Better. ~~ Take some of that shine off. [Pull the high frequencies back. Make the beat darker, narrower, more threatening.] There. ~~ More weight. [808 becomes noticeably deeper and heavier.] More. [Low end pushes harder. Bass becomes the dominant force.] That's it. ~~ Leave that. [Hold the bass pattern. Let the rest of the beat breathe around it.] Now move the drums. [Hi-hats become more active. Snare rhythm gains urgency. Beat feels faster without changing tempo.] Not too much. [Pull the drums slightly back while keeping the energy.] Yeah. ~~ Cut it. [Brief drop or near-drop in the beat. Let the bass or room tone hang.] ~~~ Bring the bottom back first. [Kick and 808 return before everything else.] Good. Now the rest. [Keys, hats, snare, and atmosphere return around the low end.] ~~ Harder. [Full beat grows wider, heavier, and more aggressive.] Again. [Beat hits with its strongest version yet.] That's the record. ~~~ Record armed. ~~~~~ [No more speech. Let the completed beat play alone for 10–15 seconds. Dark modern Chicago drill/trap instrumental, heavy 808, clipped drums, minimal sinister melody. End on a final low bass hit.]
