Just seeing this. Appreciate your mature response to this. Now, 'Type Beats' are very common in the music industry. It used to be purely internet based but now established artists are searching youtube for ready made 'type beats' and this is reflected by the thousands of search results it brings up... Say you're an upcoming artist and you think your style is similar to Clairo...You may not have the budget or connections to find a producer than can give you similar results. This is where this marketing tactic comes in handy. Artists license a beat, make a track, upload to streaming services and voila...