Five tiers.
Zero legalese.
Beat licensing is simpler than the industry makes it sound. Here's what each tier means, what you can do under it, and how to pick the right one — written for humans.
The "get the song out" license.
You get the tagged-free MP3 of the beat. It's non-exclusive — the producer can keep leasing the same beat to others — and it comes with sensible caps on streams and sales. Perfect for demos, mixtape cuts, and testing whether a record connects before investing more.
Same deal, professional audio.
Everything in the MP3 lease, but you get the full-quality WAV file — what you want if the record is going to streaming platforms and you care how it sounds on real speakers. Still non-exclusive, with higher usage caps than tier 1.
Every individual track, so your engineer can actually mix.
You get the stems — drums, bass, melodies, all separated. Your engineer can rebalance the beat around your vocal instead of mixing on top of a stereo file. If you're paying for professional mixing, this tier pays for itself.
Non-exclusive, but the caps come off.
Unlimited streams, unlimited sales, unlimited videos and performances. The producer can still license the beat to others, but your version of the record has no ceiling. The right call when a song is taking off and you don't want to renegotiate mid-momentum.
The beat comes off the market. It's yours.
Exclusive rights: the producer stops selling the beat entirely, and you're the last buyer. Existing leases sold before yours stay valid (that's true on every platform — anyone who says otherwise is selling something), but from purchase on, the beat is yours alone. For singles, albums, and anything with a real budget behind it.
Co-licensing: one purchase,
your whole team covered.
Records aren't made by one person. Your engineer needs the files to mix. Your co-writer wants the session. Your manager needs proof the beat is cleared. On most platforms this means forwarding zip files and hoping nobody ever asks about the paperwork.
On Beats4Legends, the buyer can share the license with collaborators — each share is documented, so everyone touching the record is covered by the same purchase, on the record. When the song does numbers and a label's lawyer comes asking, your answer is a login, not a shrug.
Common questions.
Which tier should I start with?
If you're testing a song: MP3 or WAV lease. If you're paying for professional mixing: trackout. If the song is your single: unlimited or exclusive. You can almost always upgrade later — buying a lease now doesn't lock you out of going exclusive if the record works.
What does "non-exclusive" really mean?
The producer can lease the same beat to other artists. Your license covers your song; someone else may release a different song on the same beat. That's the tradeoff that makes leases affordable — exclusivity is exactly what tier 5 charges for.
Do I get an actual contract?
Yes. Every purchase on Beats4Legends generates a written license agreement automatically — downloadable by both buyer and producer, forever. No screenshots of DMs as your legal paper trail.
If I buy an exclusive, what about leases sold before mine?
Leases sold before your exclusive purchase remain valid for those buyers — that's standard across the entire industry. What you get: the beat is removed from sale, and no new licenses are ever issued after yours.