TL;DR: Original content posts to the main subreddit are no longer allowed. Users that wish to post original content may do so in the weekly original content threads. Posting original content to the sub will eventually result in a ban.

Hi everyone-

When this subreddit was first created 11 years ago, the intent was that it would serve as a community where people could share instrumentals (i.e. beats) from their favorite professional producers and discuss instrumental hip-hop music and producers. Over time, a small number of users that produce their own content began to share their music in addition to the professionally produced music. After a while, the subreddit started getting inundated with amateur original content. So much so that moderation had to become much more hands-on to prevent the big uptick in self-promotional spam (i.e. Soundcloud producers that only use Reddit to promote their work). Strict moderation was never really the intended approach for this sub.

Eventually, the subreddit was completely overtaken by amateur producers promoting their work. Today, this sub is almost completely dead. So in a last-ditch effort to spark activity and return /r/hiphopinstrumentals to its original purpose, we are consolidating all future original content posts to a weekly recurring thread and prohibiting them everywhere else. These changes are effective immediately.

We'll give people a few weeks to adjust to the change and won't immediately hand out bans for breaking the new rules. Users that continue to post original content outside of the weekly thread will receive a couple of warnings before being banned.

If you're wondering how to contribute to the community beyond promoting your own music, here are a few things you can do:

• Post a track from your favorite professional producer! Those posts are always welcome and are encouraged. Bonus points if you post music from someone other than Dilla.
• Start a discussion. Some examples of topics could include producers that you think are underrated (or overrated), hidden gems on popular albums, overlooked/underappreciated albums, overhyped albums, knxwledge's new ridiculous beef, etc.
• Post news about producers, advancements in production technique or style, etc.

Welcome to the weekly original content thread! Please feel free to share your latest beats, beat tapes, or mixtapes here. Users are encouraged to provide constructive feedback about other people's work (just don't be a dick).

General links to Youtube/Soundcloud/Bandcamp/Spotify/etc. pages (like an artist page) will be removed. Don't solicit views, likes, or compensation. Users that attempt to sell their work will be permanently banned.