23 yrs old  ·  one more semester left of school  ·  loops for days

I make dusty instrumentals for people who. still flip the record

Drew Russell. I chop, I filter, I let the tape hiss sit in the mix. Everything here is homage — Madlib's crate instincts, DOOM's off-kilter pocket, Dilla's drunk drums — run through whatever I'm curious about that week. I try a lot of new things. Some of them work.

Based — [Louisville,KY] Studying — [Communication/ Marketing Minor] Gear — [SP-404MK2 · SP-555 · An Ipad · Records} Open to — [WORKIN WITH ARTISTS YA DIG?}
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01 — Liner notes

Started as a way to procrastinate. Now it's the thing I'd rather be doing.

My love for music first started when I was 5 years old. My pops would burn CDS with classic Hip-Hop along with Reggae and R&B music. Some of the first songs I grew up listening to included Waterfalls by TLC, I shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley and The Wailers.  The Hip-hop elements were of Southern Influence artists including Three Six Mafia, T.I., Lil Jon, and others.

I'm restless about it on purpose. One month it's soul loops on my SP-555/SP404, the next it's field recordings from the walk to class or a whole tape built from all erotica themes or Beat CDS themed after specific story lines curated by myself . The homage is the foundation, not the ceiling.

Outside the beats: last year of my degree, too many half-finished projects, always down to work with rappers, singers, filmmakers, and anyone who needs something that sounds like it was found rather than made.

Sampling Drum programming Mixing Tape saturation Cover art
Fig. 01 — origins, the prelude into my world.
02 — Selected work

Tapes, one-offs
and experiments

Beat tape2024

LEFTOVER ELIXIRS

Some beats I made using my ipad, Mixed and mastered via my SP-555 and logic pro x

Collab EP2025

CUTTING BOARD EP

These are some beats me and the homie Greevd made shouts out bro you know who you are

Score2025

RATED XXX

This beat CD was made in the theme of erotica// dirty magazines. I used a gear and random stuff.

Sample pack2025

THE COOKIES CDS

Freshly baked cookies of various flavors, This consists of beats I've made from 2024-2026. It's entertainment

03 — The tape

Press play
on anything

A running list of what I'd put on if you asked me to play something. Click a track and it'll queue up in the deck at the bottom.

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04 — The roll

Photos, mostly
out of focus

Six empty slots. Drag your own photos straight onto them.
05 — Holler at me

THANK YOU FOR VISITING 🫶🏿

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© 2026 Drew Russell — built by hand, like the beats Madlib · DOOM · Dilla — rest up, thank you
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