cats that are unknown with hot shit should charge between 75-150 a beat.... for cats who are worth sellin tight beats to. then again money is money for producers but the only way to truly get a name is get on some legit artists album production credits, same as a rapper featurin on someone actually dope's cd. personally myself im willing to pay whatever is WITHIN my means if yall follow me on that, but same time i respect the business. all i know is i aint cuttin no corners on production on any of my legitimate releases, i tried that on my first solo and regret it now. my new shit has some solid solid shit. and to those on the rise, dont get a big head.
people with some credibility, should charge double the above mentioned and more. make no mistake about it, the production will be the extra push to make your album the shit (assuming your a good artist with some decent shit to talk about) or make you another cd on the shelf