Dog Beats is a 1991 EP by Inner City Posse, later to be known as Insane Clown Posse. It was the first record ever released by Psychopathic Records.

In the early 1990s, Joseph Bruce, Joseph Utsler and Utsler's brother, John, performed at local night clubs, using the stage names Violent J, 2 Dope, and John Kickjazz, under the name of their gang, Inner City Posse. Seeing a need for a manager, Bruce's brother Robert recommended his friend and record store owner Alex Abbiss, who established the Psychopathic Records record label with the group in 1991. Later that year the group released the self-produced EP entitled Dog Beats. Growing popularity in the local music scene turned negative for the group's gang, which became the target of growing violence. After receiving jail sentences, the group members abandoned gang life.

Dog Beats began recording at Miller Midi Productions in Detroit, Michigan with Chuck Miller producing and mastering the album. This album features samples of other artists lyrics and songs. "Life at Risk" uses a sample from The Wiz's "What Would I Do If I Could Feel?" and contains some lyrics from the Ice Cube track "Who's the Mack?". The title track uses a looped sample from the George Clinton's song "Atomic Dog" as its bassline and refrain. "Ghetto Zone" uses a sample from Rod Stewart's Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?.

Miller produced each track very slowly, and after long periods of studio time and much money spent, the group had their first song produced, "Ghetto Zone". Bruce later called Miller a "snake". While Miller would begin working on the group's first full-length studio album as Insane Clown Posse, Carnival of Carnage, he was later replaced by Mike E. Clark, following a managerial decision by Alex Abbiss.

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