Similar in theory to NanaOn-Sha's Japan- and Europe-only PSone title Vib-Ribbon, Beats creates gameplay based on a user's selected track, stored on the PSP's memory card. The game is the second title exclusively available as a PSP download, the first being Sony Bend's Syphon Filter: Combat Ops (PSP).

The title features both single player and up to four-player ad-hoc multiplayer in both competitive and cooperative versions.