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[MPZ - Sleep (Preview)]

You've outdone yourself with this one...

Melodically on-point, you've got something going right here, now to finish it up a bit. The drums are weak, layer another deeper kick on that punchy one then compress them seperately and adjust the levels until they blend, layer and tweak the panning on the claps so they sit slightly off the center for a bit of flavor, and beef them up with some verb since the other instros are verb heavy. Mostly it sounds like you need some bass, a little bit of sweep or pad to smooth the sound a bit, really low volume just enough to layer it in. And then some funky bassline, and this is a moody track set for some east coast vibe. But all of my critique aside, this is the start of a really low-key jazz vibe track, very nice and it really hits the spot since I've been sampling jazz and soul for the last 2 weeks running so I'm into that mode. Keep it up and finish this one.

Peace

MPZ responds:

I see what you mean, I'll try to use your whole review as a guideline. lol

- MPZ

[Fuck Da Haterz *08*]

Beats hot

Mastering is good, well put together and good overall vibe. Don't concentrate on Lejin, that's what she wants out of you. She's an attention diva, lookin' for gucci bags and prada shoes out of any man that'll buy them for her. Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

Bleek989 responds:

THX MAN
LEAST YOU DIDNT SAY NO BULLSHIT
IM JUS TRYNA HAVE FUN ON HERE LOL
BEEN HERE A WHILE

~1~

[Yun+WS - The Sound of Love]

Wow...

To the track and to the fact that Kellz doesn't know what he's talking about. I have heard the Swollen Drumz track in question and it's hilarious he'd even suggest it. This is a great mesh of breaks and sample chopping, superb. If I could do this, I'd never leave the house again, I'd be too busy with turntables and mixers to eat. Keep it pimpin' and keep bringin' us these breaktastic cuts.

Peace

[mercury vs protege]

Ouch

Ya killed him, man. I mean, much respect for steppin' up to Mercury, but Protege got punched out on the punch lines. And great choice of beat on that Nolia Clap, one of the last good songs out of Juve and UPT. Keep it pimpin' Merc.

Peace

mseemercury responds:

thx brotha lets collab again man

[(WF1) Trippin' On Reality. 1.5]

You're venturing out...

And that's worth a 5 regardless of quality of sound issues or anything else. People aren't giving you a good score because you have a high score or voting power, that's not even an issue on NG since it only takes 2 little 0 bombing fags to counter anyone's high vote 5 and crater a track's score...and there are PLENTY of 0 bombers on the hip-hop portal waiting for that chance *coughdopecough*. Overall, what's already been said goes double...no main theme, the warmth just isn't there for parts of the song (only put verb on a couple sections?), and there are some issues with weak instruments.

But giving a track a 5/10 and a dissertation about voting power? Nah, this wasn't worth that load of BS at all. Work on cohesion of sound and a main backing theme. Think of Hip-Hop like a musical score with a main theme and recurring themes based on the main, backing pieces that come in and fade out (a la progressive tracks), and strong drums. In fact, drums are very important in the mix and should carry alot of the weight of the expression of the track. Yours are strong enough, they could just do with a bit more punch in overall sound choices...stronger bass, little more verb on the snare, different open hat/rim so it isn't so close in sonic texture to both the tinny snare and the ride you chose...and always remember a drummer only has two hands, so you'll never have a snare, ride and any other cymbal, bell, or upper drum at the same time since the snare and ride take both hands. It makes the sound so much cleaner when you treat it like acoustic even if it's digital drums.

PS: You can throw that out the window if you're Lil Jon or use alot of flams and rolls, such as in crazy beat battle tracks.

Peace

wyldfyre1 responds:

whoa so much to take in hahah thanks for the review man i'll see what ic an do with that advice if i work on another hip hop-esque track!

[Agang Hoe]

Actually, he loves MSPaint...

He doesn't have the money for Photoshop.

Good track, good mixdown...and NO treble clipping! That alone puts you light years ahead of anything that private pm bangin' wannabe can ever put out. Welcome to the Block List club...now your name will join such illustrious names as War-Spawn, Bleek989, KillBill, and the list goes on and on and on and on........Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

MC-Q responds:

Lol
but thanks 4 tha love
btw way i been on tha block list for tha longest time

[Cannibal Brigade - Cannibals]

Hahaha! Yeah

4 month old Cannibal Brigade track, LONG overdue. Love the pauses, good drama in the mix. I coulda done better and as always I've got the lower quality mic, but we've all pushed way past this since then. 5 & 10 for the Cannibals...we oughta do another. Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

[Don't Spill My Drink]

As always...

Killed anything the haters can bring against it. Please, don't spill my DRANNNKKK!

It's got that H-Town Drank Sippin' vibe and the lyrics all groove together. Ya'll keep that shit up, serious.

Peace

CaliberTheButcher responds:

haha good looks my dude. haha ima have this bangin up in the fairbanks radios. haha holla@chaboi

[Yun - Trance Lead Template]

Template would be great...

Except there are as many different sub-genres of Trance as there are of Hip-Hop. Vocal, Progressive, Psy, Goa, Expi, Acid, and those are just the "main" ones...then you've got flavors specific to various artists, such as Benassi's bass pumping monstrosities, BT's strangely ambient Trance, etc. etc...My progressive stuff takes on different flavors from track-to-track, I've even got some kind of Moby/Benassi bastard child track hidden away someplace...a weird one that, with the throbbing Benassi bassline and a crazy Moby-esque melody and harmony section...

Anyways, this is a great track, with superb mastering as usual. I really must learn your secrets on mastering, as my own version of mastering takes alot of time and trial and error remastering after pushing versions through various speaker systems, from the Bose in the car to the stereo to the monitors and back again.

Peace

[amen with lyrics]

Lovin' it

You always come through on those Yun/W-S beats, Merc. Your voice matches up with those classic break grooves the best. And you've got a good grasp on mastering your voice to match the track, spot-on. Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

mseemercury responds:

thx man we gotta collab soon bro