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Beat Fights Fight #346: attila vs. Armani  [Fight Ends: 3 days, 15 hours, 40 minutes left]

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  1. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Yeah, the human feel really comes from Being super meticulous. Typically the first kick and snares are always dead on for me. Once i get the hi hats (with a variety of velocity) I’ll lay down drums with about 30% swing, then go and VERY slightly nudge around every third snare hit or something...
  2. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Fewer plugins and more “basic” stock plugins. These days it’s just the. Built in saturator in Maschine. In Logic, EQ, slight EQ and a limiter. Midside EQ has really helped in terms of not relying soo much side chain comp which leaves everything squashed and flat. As for LUFs, I was having a...
  3. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    I will for certain elements. Like, if I want that swing jazz ride cymbal feel. Speaking of, something else I’ve grown out of is having a “global” swing level. Having different groups or instruments around a similar swing % can yield some cool result and add a more humanized feel. It’s a...
  4. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Appreciate you! I was fortunate to grow up in a house that always had funk and disco playing (courtesy of my mum) so I wasn’t to concerned about the “notes” or instrumentation (phased Epiano, funky guitars, organ and bass). The decision to go old school, was more of a personal challenge, and...
  5. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Thanks @Iron Keys I had a feeling most people would go for that 2001 sound so I wanted to try going old school. This is probably the most “research” I’ve done for a beat in a while. Between listening to The Chronic on repeat and watching a few videos; there were a few things I was able to pick...
  6. BiggChev

    SHOWCASE: June 8-15, 2025

    Thanks! Glad you like it. I promise you, these lines toook MANY takes lol.
  7. BiggChev

    SHOWCASE: June 8-15, 2025

    @K-waz was busting my balls for having not finished/releasing this project - so I figured I'd throw it up here. Collection about a 1.5 years of music. This was coming out of a long lofi/jazz phase. It still has some jazzy elements. All the guitar and bass was recorded by me. Apologies in...
  8. BiggChev

    SHOWCASE: June 8-15, 2025

    @attila This is very nice! I think somebody rapping on it would spoil it. This is really dope - this is genuine art to me. I love the textures, atmosphere and emotion. It evolves, breathes, comes back around and keeps going. SICK!
  9. BiggChev

    SHOWCASE: June 8-15, 2025

    @NaiN Nephilim This is a cool remix. I had to re-familiarize myself with the source material as I wasn't really into Young Buck. I like it, but something I mentioned in the Beat This thread, that era of Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit was soo polished and almost over-produced, I kinda became indifferent...
  10. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Edit: How many different ways can I say "Trademark sound" @2GooD Productions You got all the major hallmarks in there and made a sick beat. You got the worm synth/sine whistle lead down perfectly. If someone asked for the platonic ideal of a Dre beat - this would be it. @hiziezer Super...
  11. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Get that Balderson 5 year old in ya!
  12. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Being Bri’ish and all
  13. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Always pictured you as an aged Stilton guy.
  14. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    While yours didn’t “scream” Dre - I could easily hear Xzibit on it. Maybe even fit on the Man vs Machine record.
  15. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    TIMBALAND!
  16. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    George W. Never found the nuclear war heads because @Armani hadn’t hit puberty yet
  17. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    The drums are the deceivingly hard part. Listening, they sound super simple. Then when you go to make them it’s a different story. You start by telling yourself “keep it simple” and realize “there’s something missing.” Next thing you know you’re wildly over doing it.
  18. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Well earned. I thought I at least had a runner-up quality beat. Next time!! …unless it’s Timbo themed lol
  19. BiggChev

    Beat This! Competition - June 11-12, 2025

    Congrats @2GooD Productions I’ll swing back later to drop my usual essay lol. @Iron Keys still eats corn the long way!
  20. BiggChev

    SHOWCASE: June 8-15, 2025

    @DJ Excellence Really digging this! I was actually thinking about asking you to do a 83 ou Taktika remix. Maybe something like "mon mic, mon 40 et mon blunt." I remember watching French Kiss back in the day on Much and getting put on to some Quebec bangers.
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