UPDATED SEP 3, 2026
PRODUCER TAG № 0013
HITMAKA PRODUCER TAG
“Hitmaka!”
- Who says the Hitmaka producer tag?
- Himself (by his own account). As he tells it, the tag was an accident: in a 2014 Miami session he blurted “Hitmaka” at the top of a take, liked how it hit, and adopted it — first as a drop, then as his whole identity, retiring the Yung Berg rap name.
- What does Hitmaka's tag say?
- The tag is “Hitmaka!”. You can hear it on “Bounce Back” by Big Sean (2016).
Who voiced the Hitmaka tag — and where did it come from?
As he tells it, the tag was an accident: in a 2014 Miami session he blurted “Hitmaka” at the top of a take, liked how it hit, and adopted it — first as a drop, then as his whole identity, retiring the Yung Berg rap name.
It's the cleanest case of a tag *becoming* the artist: the producer named himself after his own drop, then rode it into an executive career running urban A&R at Atlantic.
The tag marks a lane, not just a maker — late-2010s melodic R&B-rap, from Big Sean's “Bounce Back” to A Boogie's “Look Back at It”.
What songs use the Hitmaka tag?
- Bounce Back — Big Sean (2016)
- Look Back at It — A Boogie wit da Hoodie (2018)
- Back Home — Trey Songz ft. Summer Walker (2020)
How to make a tag like Hitmaka's (without copying it)
You can't use “Hitmaka!” on your own beats: it is Hitmaka's signature, and putting another producer's name or their original tag audio on your work misleads the artists and listeners who hear it. What you can borrow is the structure. Here is how this one is built.
- It is 1 word long, short enough to land before the first downbeat.
- The producer's name is inside the line, so the tag doubles as a credit. That is the one part you should always copy: put your own name in yours.
- The tag is self-voiced (Himself (by his own account)). If you want the same effect, record your own voice: press REC in the generator and say the line the way you would in the studio.
- For R&B beats, the R&B preset (natural pitch, reverb and delay) keeps the tag smooth enough to sit over melodic intros.
Write your own line with your name in it, then open the producer tag generator, pick a voice or record yourself, and start from the R&B style preset. For more phrase starters see 50 producer tag ideas.
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SPEC
- VOICED BY
- Himself (by his own account)
- LABEL
- Atlantic (EVP A&R, 2019) / Empire
- GENRE
- R&B / Melodic Rap