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[Yun+WS - Victims]

Yun Classic

A better take on this sample than, I believe it was "Simon Says"? They went too upbeat and treble happy. The break is butter, the samples all mesh excellently and sound like they have the same origins with the grit being well placed on everything. It gives the feeling that the track as a whole is one cohesive unit rather than three or four samples thrown together. That's what you and Spawn have going for you, the fact that you mix, EQ and lay down FX to give the overall track that togetherness. Keep it up and don't be a stranger while you've got that head in those books, wink wink, nudge nudge.

Peace

[Random Acts Assassins]

Where the f* was I when this dropped?

And why have I not been paying enough attention to the AP? Seriously, this is super-nice, for sure. Great quality, good choice of beat, excellent verses from both of you. I like the pacing on it, excellent flow. Ya'll keep it pimpin', and sorry I'm late to the party.

Peace

HeLLsGaUrDiAn responds:

You were probably masturbating to spawn and bill giving eachother some head, I mean I was...wait, no >_> Anyways thanks a lot for the support man and I'll keep an eye out for your stuff when you start releasing some tracks, iight man stay up.

[My Way Home]

Nice flip

Very well done, good chops. Kanye doesn't really flip samples much if you notice, he usually just loops the individual parts of a track, pella and instrumental, in 3 or 4 pieces. Good job on putting your own style on it.

Peace

MC-Q responds:

yea ur right, he usualy jus loops it.
but thanks for your review mane.
And stay up cuz theres more to come.

[fuck rav-ill 2]

Seriously...

Both murdered him and he can't even comprehend it. Read the review, lil Dopefiend...Linezo outed you on this one. You can't even stand up to Merc by yourself like a man, run'tell Logan you need help with ya lines, ya spit, a stolen beat, everything. And it still ain't gonna matter because garbage begets garbage. Wait, lemme dumb it down for you...Logan is garbage, so how's he gonna help you?

Merc, you already know man. Beast on the microphone, quality puts anything the dopehead could do to shame, and this cat claims he's pushin' major weight in the industry with his homies? Ya sound like you record on a karaoke machine, serious. Up your mic game, learn how to flow, learn how to talk, and stop hidin' behind lil Logan's skirt. Keep it pimpin' Merc.

Peace

[fuck rav-ill]

HAHAHAHA

"I run Gotham!" Fuckin' punches and he's got no return fire...wow! Don't kill 'em.

You know the quality is on-point, the wordplay, the track in general. Sweet like sucrose.

Peace

[Yun - Serotonin]

Serious

Downloaded and loaded into the mp3 player. This one is getting back-to-back playtime with NYNShell. I was expecting some "iri-ir-ir-ir-ri-di-di-piri-depressio n!" scratches to come in at around 1:40 or so though...Or Serotonin sample from somewhere. As always, butter and sex meet.

Peace

[Nocturne des Remords]

Not sure about the decibel boost...

I have surround emulation via my X-Fi card, so I have to step down to a smaller system or push it through bargain comp speakers if I want to hear what others are complaining about. It sounds fine in these phones and on the 2.1 system I run through the card. Very quiet, but that was the intention. The moodiness of the piece comes through. My only real critique is the sudden cutoff on the ending rather than a slow fade-out, which is expected on a quiet track like this. Otherwise, it's minimalist classical, very well done and that's a compliment for sure because minimalist pieces don't have alot of sound thrown in to mask any mistakes or bad instruments. It takes a bit fo work to get simple pieces like this to sound warm. Keep it up.

Peace

S3C responds:

Thanks for the refreshing review!!!

I already gave the song a 10 dB boost after the guy below me said it was too quiet, looking at the waveform in an AE the peaks were extremely small hahaha....

hmm, i probably will fade the waterphone out, good idea!

I didnt really have any intention to make it minimalist, its just that my current keyboarding/pianoo skills prevent me from playing more complex shit, haha :P but i'm really glad you this one is good it gives me an inspiration to keep on practicing. Thanks a bunch for the kind words and crits man!

[WS - Rig Rap Track]

Wink wink, nudge nudge

I'm pickin' up what you're layin' down.

Great 16 on a great Rig loop. A good, quick spit on this one. Cannibal Brigade! And, of course, the Silent Minority.

Peace

[WS - Zatoichi Tribute]

Psstttttttttttt...

I'll be back in full effect Monday morning. Got alot in the pipes and got some good shit goin' down after my wedding finished up. I'll have those pellas I been promisin', photos and some extra to dish out on Monday.

As for this, Zatoichi the Blind Masseuse couldn't have done it better himself. And kiddos...remember that Ventrillo isn't for 5/5's...that's what TeamChat and Skype is for. Seriously, I'll hit ya'll up ASAP, but Monday morning for me is looking like the earliest I'm gonna have.

Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

war-spawn responds:

I expect much from you IG-sama.

[-=LJC=- Amygdalic Atrophy]

Quite nice

Not sure why this hasn't been heard by more people. This is the kind of experimental track that I'd think the AP would appreciate most of all. Very smooth tracking, very tight sounds and no clips. You have a mastery of the effects you use, regardless of whether they are presets or not. Frankly, the whole anti-preset movement is a little silly since the vast majority of musicians from the dawn of the Synthesizer age have used presets rather than trying to emulate the Moog Elite and devoting large chunks of their lives to learning what every Osc. and LFO does to a sound.

That being said, the drums and pads are the best parts of this track. I've never really been one for IDM and the glitchier music, but this one holds onto a classic musical approach without venturing so far away from thematic tones and musical composition that it sounds more like a playroom full of babies pounding on blocks. Very nice track, keep these coming.

Peace

LJCoffee responds:

Wow - thanks for all of that! I was planning on doing a whole series of these with a common theme or two... All I need now, s the time :)