Music like Joe Beats

Joe Beats (born Joe DelCarpini, October 4, 1977) is an American hip hop producer from Rhode Island. He is best known as the co-producer for the duo Non-Prophets.

DelCarpini was born in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Non-Prophets is a pairing of lyricist Sage Francis and beatmaker Beats. The duo came to attention with their first single, the "Drop Bass" b/w "Bounce" on Emerge Music in 1999. The follow-up release in 2000 was the "All Word, No Play" vinyl single. Francis’ self-released "Sick Of" series also included some Non-Prophets material.

Their first album, Hope was released on Lex Records in October 2003. The album was praised almost unanimously by critics. It received a rating of 9.2 out of a possible 10 on Pitchfork Media. Hope was also nominated by Neil Strauss for the Shortlist Music Prize of 2004.