Kitchen Squad – Michelin Flips Beat Tape, Vol. 1

Kitchen Squad, Cookin Soul’s producer community, releases Michelin Flips Beat Tape, Vol. 1, a 13-track instrumental project full of dusty underground hip-hop and boom-bap flavors.

Kitchen Squad steps out from Cookin Soul’s orbit with Michelin Flips Beat Tape, Vol. 1, a compact producer showcase built for dusty drums, chopped soul, and late-night loop work.

The name refers to Cookin Soul’s Patreon community, a crew of producers spread across different corners of the globe, and Michelin Flips plays like exactly that kind of shared kitchen session. Across 13 short pieces, the tape keeps the focus on texture and swing: raw boom-bap pockets, smoky samples, warm basslines, and the kind of instrumental grit that feels made for head-nods first and polish second.

Cookin Soul presents the full tape on YouTube as one continuous stream, letting the project move like a beat-tape session rather than a playlist of disconnected sketches. Tracks like “Osogood,” “Caramelized,” and “Reflection” help set the tone: quick, dusty, flavorful, and built around the pleasure of hearing producers flip familiar ingredients into something fresh.

Stream Michelin Flips Beat Tape, Vol. 1 below.