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[NGHH KO1 - Broken Vs Gasmsq]

Copy pasted

First things first: Great job to both of you guys.

BN: Your mic quality was really low and your voice peaked in a few places. Not only that, both your verses were shorter than what they should've been in length. However, the small amount you did spit was good. Nice rhymes and you had a nice vibe in your voice.

Gas: The quality and vocal effects were a plus. Gas, your flow was spot on. Tricky and awesome. You were spot on beat and really killed it. Honestly, gotta say that you destroyed BN. You just went so hard and went all out.

You guys both did a good job but I gotta say that hands down, Gasmasq took it. No contest.

[NGHH KO1 - Retvox Vs Rednwhi]

Why, hello there.

The vocal quality basically destroyed my ears. That ain't good. RnW definitely got a huge plus because of that but his flow was awkward. He wasn't always on beat and probably wasn't what he was going for. I liked Vox's verse's. They were well thought out and very smooth.

I choose Vox. The quality is horrendous, but in terms of actual spitting, he took it hands down.

[NGHH KO1 - Wyze vs Murdaa]

in my honest opinion...

You guys both did really well on this track.

I thought that wyze was really soft on his first verse and murdaa's verse was really good. Wyze's lyrics were really good, unfortunately he just didn't go hard enough on that first verse. Murdaa on the other hand went much harder, even though most of his words weren't understandable. You could just tell hear that he was using lots of internal rhyming and whatnot.

Wyze's second verse was much better than his first. Though it was really short, I believe that it definitely made up for his first. He came much harder, though his voice was a little wobbly and shaky.

With all that said, I gotta say I think that Wyze took it this round; clearer voice, thought out verses. Murdaa came hard, but I think Wyze did a bit better.

Good job to both of you!

[Closure WIP >Baconstep<]

Sick track

I'd say just make the bass deeper. Nice wobbling but you really need that bass to come out more. Overall I really liked this track though man. Nothing much more I could say other than tweaking the percussion samples you had to something more powerful or something 'bigger'. You want those to also stand out as much as possible. I'd recommend EQing every single instrument separately.

Great stuff man.

mr-jazzman responds:

Great points man, thanks for letting mee know! =) Eye'll see what eye can do about that bass, perhaps adding a sine sub or something; you see, it's difficult for mee to get that mastering perfect on my laptop, because the signal either comes through mie laptop speakers or mie headphones. If eye put it on mie desktop speakers, however, there will be a difference, and eye can adjust it properly. Also, on the percussion: You're totally correct. This isn't typical percussion for dubstep at all, and the drum software eye'm using makes it more difficult to master all the instruments separately (although it can be done). What eye wanted to try doing was adding real drum samples with electronic ones, and the blend works well, but it just needs more power. So, essentially, all the drum samples are mastered separately but, in final, together (picture a mixing board for a mixing board, if that makes any sense =P). Eye'll see what eye can do for the final project on getting that "huge" sound; hopefully this is a close shot though!

Oh yes, and also thank you for the review before it got 0-bombed to hell (alas, mie warning means nothing!). Eye'll make sure to let ya know when the final product comes out! =)

[Dreams DC Sounds T-Free]

nice

I get this Mike Shinoda vibe from hearing your rapping. Real good stuff man. Very fresh. I really like it. Has a slight RnB feel but overall, its' a really good track. Keep it up guys.

KeepingOnPoint responds:

thanks we'll keep you updated

[Illusions ~Prog. House/Trance~]

Cool stuff

I feel that every high synth doesn't fit with your pads. They're just too different from each other. You get these acid-style and pluckish leads that just don't fit with the filtered pads. However, I do like the progression very much. It does have a Mau5 feel to it, but I do believe that more practice is needed to really get his feel, flow and vibe. I speak from experience when I say this: Hip-Hop, as well as any other style work the same way; to get the proper vibe and understanding, you need to practice and practice. I'm currently practicing Hip-Hop and have been since July and only now am I beginning to properly get a grip on the style.

Keep it up though, I see lots of potential.

-Frankie

[bout my business ruff draft]

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Your mixtape is going to go so hard man! This is fucking amazing. I'm listening to it a second time right now to give a proper constructive review. I really like the hook "I'm about my business". Makes the track instantly a banger.

Great track man, I really liked the pauses in the beat where you yelled out skater and bater. More professionalism right there. Keep it up. You're going to get somewhere man. You have your ideas planned out and you're straightforward with getting your shit done. Keep it up!

[HW - A Soothing Touch]

Great sample

The vibe in this track is phenomenal. Just pure awesome. This whole track is amazing. A really good instrumental. Very nice to chillout to. Great job man, keep it up.

haywirehaywire responds:

lol thanks