In fact, hip-hop is a common way for pop music fans to start exploring instrumental music. Just ask Tampa producer Wally Rios who fell in love with it while he was brainstorming ideas for raps.
“Eventually I just learned to enjoy the beats as they were,without lyrics. It made me get interested in creating beats myself,” Rios told CL.
He tries to create moods and change energy with his work, which often pays homage to his love of animation and comic books—and he loves it when artists take his beats and make their own art.
“What’s amazing is, you create beats with certain visions in your head but its interpretation can be different depending on the listener or artist. Ultimately it is fulfilling when another person just gets it, lets you know you’re doing something right,” he added.
Rios regularly spins at the Wu-Tang Sunday brunch at Tampa Shuffle.
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This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2024.