UPDATED SEP 3, 2026
PRODUCER TAG № 0011
VINYLZ PRODUCER TAG
“Vinylz”
- Who says the Vinylz producer tag?
- Undocumented (no reliable source names the voice). A single spoken word — his name — dropped at the top of some of the biggest rap records of the mid-2010s.
- What does Vinylz's tag say?
- The tag is “Vinylz”. You can hear it on “0 to 100 / The Catch Up” by Drake (2014).
- What song was the Vinylz tag first heard on?
- It was made famous by 0 to 100 / The Catch Up (Drake) in 2014. Earlier uses may exist; this is the record that made the tag recognisable.
Who voiced the Vinylz tag — and where did it come from?
A single spoken word — his name — dropped at the top of some of the biggest rap records of the mid-2010s. Vinylz kept the tag as minimal as his credits are massive.
Mentored by Boi-1da into Drake's orbit, his breakout “0 to 100 / The Catch Up” (2014) earned a Grammy nomination, and the quiet name-check became a mark of OVO-adjacent quality.
Nobody has publicly documented whose voice says it — one of several iconic tags with an anonymous narrator.
What songs use the Vinylz tag?
- 0 to 100 / The Catch Up — Drake (2014)
- Believe Me — Lil Wayne ft. Drake (2014)
- Fake Love — Drake (2016)
How to make a tag like Vinylz's (without copying it)
You can't use “Vinylz” on your own beats: it is Vinylz'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.
- Nobody has put the voice on record, and the tag works anyway: listeners know the line, not the speaker. Whoever says yours matters less than saying it the same way on every beat. A friend, an AI voice pad or your own recording are all fine.
- For Hip-Hop beats, the TRAP preset (pitched down two semitones, reverb, stutter) is the closest starting point.
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 TRAP style preset. For more phrase starters see 50 producer tag ideas.
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SPEC
- VOICED BY
- Undocumented (no reliable source names the voice)
- MADE FAMOUS BY
- 0 to 100 / The Catch Up (Drake) (2014)
- LABEL
- Sony/ATV (publishing)
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop / R&B