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The.Widely.Unknown
@2GooD Productions

Annalisa Flip:

Nice intro, bass comes in nicely. Sound selection is dope too. I like the composition, but do feel it still needs some work. It's a little too static/predictable to my liking. (A bit on the "safe" side if that makes sense.) Adding even more swing to the drums and piano (bounce) and really empasize the change of chords at the end of each 4 or 8 bars would get the job done IMO. For example, at 1:30, bass goes down but the strings stay the same... If you let the strings go up (in the same scale, maybe even syncoped or with double tempo) the track will generate more movement/excitement. As a standalone instrumental, I think a bridge would really finish it.

Rapid Fire:

This is dope, I like the dark moods/atmospehere, proper brag and boast beat! Nice job on the part where the extra strings come in. I guess that's what you ment by inspired by Lord Finesse (and the sleighbells of course)... @ 1:02 it seems like the bass is clashing, but maybe it's insuperable because it was already in...
 
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Annalisa Flip:

Nice intro, bass comes in nicely. Sound selection is dope too. I like the composition, but do feel it still needs some work. It's a little too static/predictable to my liking. (A bit on the "safe" side if that makes sense.) Adding even more swing to the drums and piano (bounce) and really empasize the change of chords at the end of each 4 or 8 bars would get the job done IMO. For example, at 1:30, bass goes down but the strings stay the same... If you let the strings go up (in the same scale, maybe even syncoped or with double tempo) the track will generate more movement/excitement. As a standalone instrumental, I think a bridge would really finish it.

Rapid Fire:

This is dope, I like the dark moods/atmospehere, proper brag and boast beat! Nice job on the part where the extra strings come in. I guess that's what you ment by inspired by Lord Finesse (and the sleighbells of course)... @ 1:02 it seems like the bass is clashing, but maybe it's insuperable because it was already in...
Thanks, I will definitely be returning to them both and will keep your comments in mind when I do. Will be back to beatmaking after work on thursday
 

BiggChev

Defo Not Timbo
Battle Points: 150
@2GooD Productions

Annalisa:
I think this is a great example of your sound comes across a bit more stripped back and reserved. The drums still have weight and the mix has your usual brightness to it, but the whole piece feels just a bit more restrained. Musically, it's a very 'complete' beat. Even that bit at 1:37, fits, but I don't think I would've missed it - nor would I have grown bored of what was already going on. The horns towards the end are great. The turn around at the 1:32 mark was really well done too!

Rapid Fire Flip:
This is cool, I like how you took @hosie's soulful bit a bit darker. I love seeing these collabs and how one thing can morph into something else really fucking cool with someone else's influence. Definitely need to run some more Rapid Fires.
 

attila

ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
This is pure gold. Perfect as a pool theme. To me, there's just too much delay on the solo guitar; that's not nice. In reggae, the echo is typically placed on the third beat of each measure, rather than on the quarter beats. I don't want to say you can't break the rules, but you can achieve some improvement in some way with that delay, in my opinion. Besides this, it's excellent! Bomboclaat!
 

attila

ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
not all my tracks are with sample, but often in hip hop beats. So I came up with this track, where there aren't any (although maybe it's more reggaeton than hip hop )
 

attila

ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
This is pure gold. Perfect as a pool theme. To me, there's just too much delay on the solo guitar; that's not nice. In reggae, the echo is typically placed on the third beat of each measure, rather than on the quarter beats. I don't want to say you can't break the rules, but you can achieve some improvement in some way with that delay, in my opinion. Besides this, it's excellent! Bomboclaat!
I'm listening to it again, and it's really a bomb. The drum pattern and the details are nuances that make the piece stellar. I could put it on loop and stay there for hours. The guitar solo... I'm not sure. Maybe it's not the delay; perhaps it's the repetition of the last phrase, the one at 0:16. I'm not even sure what doesn't convince me, whether it's a technical thing or a matter of taste, but something there doesn't quite match the quality of the piece, for me. It needs some other opinions!
 
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