r/hiphopheads

Can you post your project here?

Artists can share their completed and released music, but must follow specific guidelines including proper title formatting with a [FRESH] tag. Discussions or feedback seeking are not allowed and should be posted elsewhere.

Before you post: Artists are encouraged to share their own released music but must follow original music posting guidelines and correct title format. Posts seeking feedback, shares, or collaborations are banned.

The rules, in their words

1. No Unwelcome Content or Prohibited Behavior: Unwelcome content and prohibited behavior [as defined by Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/help/contentpolicy/) is never allowed. Additionally, comments deemed overtly racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. will be removed and may result in a permanent ban at the moderator's discretion. Users who are found to regularly start/engage in flame wars or harass other users may be banned at moderator discretion.
2. No Questions or Requests: Do not post questions or requests outside of the Daily Discussion, Moronic Monday, Music Recommendations or Sunday General Discussion threads. The only exceptions are for appropriate [DISCUSSION] threads (e.g. "Where is the line between biting and paying homage drawn?") If you are seeking the answer to a question about the name of a song, the source of a sample, the status of a project, the meaning of a line/song, the appeal of an artist, etc., ask in one of the recurring threads.
3. No Reposts or Overposted/Favorites List Songs: Do not post a song or a live performance of a song that has received more than 60 upvotes in the last 365 Days. Do not post songs from an album or collection on [the Overposted/Favorites List](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qpbd-fHbMyfWXlWPRA_XfgzYayc8cIjn8J9CuL-aNpE/edit#gid=0). Live performances of songs from albums or collections on the Overposted/Favorites List may be posted when they are new, but they may not be reposted.
4. No Image Posts: Do not post images unless they contain newly-released album artwork, a track listing, tour dates, or other images containing relevant information that has not yet been posted. Memes, photos and fan art are never allowed (see /r/hiphopcirclejerk/, /r/hiphopimages/ or /r/freshalbumart/.) Images must posted within the body of a text-only/self posts, not linked directly.
5. No Chains or Formulaic/Overused/Meme Comments: Lyric chains, which are responses to comments that continue the lyrics of a song posted in a previous comment, and similar comment chains are not allowed. Overused comments including, but not limited to "this ain't it, chief", "Russ takes an L", "did you hear sumn", "youweird", "quack", "Does it look like I got left off Bad & Boujee?", "delete this, nephew", "dings in the whip", "fire", "we really out there" & "hoovaq" and any derivitives thereof are not allowed.
6. No Rumors, Speculation or False Information: Rumors without sources and threads with misleading titles are not allowed. Threads made to speculate about cryptic social media posts or website updates are also not allowed. Posts deemed intentionally misleading may result in a lengthy (2-week to 1-month) or permanent bans.
7. No Irrelevant Content: Do not post a thread specifically to share your personal opinions on albums, mixtapes, songs, artists or their actions, instead look for an existing thread in which to comment or post your opinion in a Daily Discussion thread. Do not post songs without the artist & song title in the thread title, memes, image macros, screenshots without announcements or new/worthwhile information, jokes, personal musings or [shitposts](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitpost).
8. No Piracy: Do not post links to download retail content, subscription-only content or content that artists/labels have asked people not to redistribute. Asking for or offering such content either publicly or via direct messages or other means is not allowed.
9. No Seeking Shares, Help, Advice or Collaborations: Do not post threads seeking feedback on your music, views, plays, shares, subscriptions or collaborations, instead visit /r/makinghiphop. Works in progress, "rapper-type" beats and beats for rappers posts are not allowed. Artists are encouraged to share music they've completed and released themselves, but [original music posting guidelines](https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/wiki/index#wiki_can_i_post_my_own_music.3F) must be followed.
10. Use Proper Title Format: Do not make up post tags. New releases should be tagged [FRESH], [FRESH ALBUM] (or MIXTAPE) or [FRESH VIDEO] only. [FRESH] tags should only be applied to official music & music videos, not leaks, interviews, articles, art, live footage, etc. [SHOTS FIRED] should only be used for legitimate beef, not jokes or competition among artists. Song posts must follow the 'Artist - Title (Description)' format with 80 character or less descriptions. Hashtagged keywords & emojis in titles are not allowed.
11. 11. No AI-Generated Songs: Posts of AI-Generated songs and covers are not permitted. They can be discussed in the daily discussion threads.