Ha, no shit? Well, that's mighty white a you sir.
I've always seen it as a struggle to have beats on stand by.
Everyone I know personally is either making top notch stuff and expecting compensation or way too busy to help me lay something down. Beats don't tend to sell cheap either.
Youtube has some instrumentals and beats labeled free but you have to worry about how they got the sounds, is the sample too strong and still copyrighted etc. I'll have to look into the studio thing, thanks for brining it to my attention man.
My main focus is that book right now but I would definitely love making some new stuff and that sounds like an excellent option.