FLStudio is a great program for making beats - or any type of music for that matter. FLStudio is a low cost solution but can also is capable of professional audio sound for any beat maker.
With FLStudio you can create many types of music. A lot of people would like to make beats with FLStudio because it is easy to use and has a low cost. Lifetime free updates is also a benefit to those who like to make rap beats on a budget.
One of the best FLStudio resources is here at WARBEATS.
Not only can you learn to make hip hop beats, but Warbeats offers many free FLStudio tutorials, FLStudio sounds and best of all FLStudio projects files.
FLStudio project files can be opened in FLStudio and examined. This way you can see how the producer did a certain melody, sound or effect. Since most of the FLStudio remakes are of commercial hits, there is a lot of good information to study for both established beat makers and those just learning how to make beats on a computer.
FLStudio is also known as Fruity Loops. Fruity Loops was the original name and changed around version 4. FLStudio 7 was a defining release in Fruity Loops history. It was by far the most popular release and yet Fruity Loops 8 managed to outshine it. As of this writing FLStudio 9 is right around the corner with even more features. FLStudio is just plain awesome for any kind of music but espacially rap beats and electronic music.
A free Fruity Loops download can be found at the Image-Line site. Don't forget that you can download FLStudio sounds, download FLStudio projects and drum kits for FLStudio here at Warbeats for free.