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Type Beat vs. Custom Beat: Which One Actually Fits Your Song

Type beat vs. beat a la medida: cuál le queda de verdad a tu canción

August 21, 2026 · Laruny Music

Every artist eventually hits the question: keep buying type beats, or start commissioning custom production? They're not a strict upgrade path from one to the other — they solve different problems, and plenty of working artists use both, for different songs.

What a type beat actually is

A type beat is an instrumental made in the style of an artist or a sound (hence the name — "Drake type beat," "dark trap type beat") and sold non-exclusively to whoever licenses it. It's ready today, previewable in full before you buy, and priced to be accessible — because the producer is selling the same instrumental to multiple artists over time, not building it around one specific voice.

What a custom beat actually is

A custom beat is commissioned specifically for you — built from a conversation about your voice, your reference tracks, the exact tempo and key that fits how you write, sometimes built around a topline or melody idea you already have. It doesn't exist until you ask for it, and the price reflects a producer's time spent building one thing for one artist instead of one thing sold repeatedly.

When a type beat is the right call

When a custom beat is worth it

The middle path most people don't know about

Buying exclusive rights to an existing type beat sits between the two — you're not commissioning something from scratch, but once you own exclusive rights, no one else can use that instrumental again, which gets you a lot of the "this is genuinely mine" feeling of a custom beat, usually for less than a full custom commission costs, and without the wait.

The realistic answer for most artists

Type beats for volume — writing often, releasing often, building a catalog without draining a budget. Custom (or exclusive rights on a type beat) for the songs that matter most — the planned single, the project centerpiece. Most working independent artists use both, and there's no rule that says you have to pick one lane forever.

Laruny's catalog covers type beats across afrobeat, trap, hip hop, R&B and pop, with exclusive rights available on select beats — and custom work is always a message away. Ask about a custom beat →

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