MonsieurDongBag

I just checked out your video for this track and immediately came here to see if I could download it. Mission: success!

Can't believe I missed this the first time around but I'm glad you gave me a second chance. More than any technical kudos I could give you, I just love the groove of this track and how it makes me feel. Cheers.

This is cool, man. The piano hits are like some of that older 50 Cent/Dre style but those synths take it in a different direction. I think all it needs is a changeup or two somewhere to keep those piano hits and synth play fresh. Keep 'em coming, V. This is a nice track.

Man, I've been away for awhile...

J-Dot...this beat is bonkers, man. Very intense and layered. This track is just a solid production all around. Kudos to your work behind the boards.

MC...good to see back in action. Would've loved to see you drop a verse on this. This seems like the kind of track you would kill. That said, I'll take a hook for now.

Nepaul...speaking of killing tracks, lol. It's hard to find a track where someone is talking some realness where the message isn't weighing down the track. Your flow was controlled aggression at it's finest and it allowed this track to bump to it's full potential.

Good work all around guys. Props X 3.

First off, to all of you, nice delivery on a solid concept.

Jersey...try writing a verse sometime. You're a great freestyler but it's hard to develop lyrically when you freestyle because it's too hard for a human's brain-mouth coordination to truly spit the greatest thoughts in their mind...a person like you probably has too many to filter in real-time. I think you would benefit GREATLY from this because you've got raw skill when it comes to freestyling. Challenge yourself, homey.

Vizun, I don't think I've ever heard you rhyme before. If that isn't your regular thing, I think it should be.

As for the beat, something about it felt very generic to me and, to me, that didn't really help deliver the message. Technically, there's solid playing, a good sample flip and I can't pick anything specific about it that bothers me except I just don't get that FEELING from it, you know? I might try and return to this for repeat tries and see what's what, though.

Ultrabase, I apologize for not having any feedback to give but I'm not familiar enough with your work to assume and the track description didn't really mention it. Again, my apologies. Not meant to disrespect your contribution.

Now, as a trio, I would personally like to see more. Don't let this track be the top of the stairway, let it be the first step. Kudos to all.

Peace.

Hey meestege. I know I already reviewed this track, but I was just doing some iTunes inventory and came upon it again and wanted to say thanks again for sharing this awesome track.

What an awesome track. I always heard people talk about DJAerith's vocals but hearing them for the firsttime...wow. Jersey came hard. This is one of the finest pieces I've heard him drop. He always has passion in his rhymes but this time, he was sharp and the flow was focused.

Great production too. The beat fit Jersey's vocals like a glove (I haven't always seen that when people use his or others' acapellas) and I really like the way the track went out at the end with the soft layered vocals and EKG.

Great track all around. Kudos to all. Thanks for sharing Fern13.

I love the atmosphere of this track, man. Your scratching skills are off the cubbyhole, dude. This track just feels like...empowerment and that good vibe you get from summer.

There is a part of me that wants to rap on this. While most rappers (here) are intimidated by it, I've always been intrigued by rapping on unconventional beats. Of course, I'm a true emcee's emcee. LOL.

In the future, please don't be shy or hesitant about posting future "lefty" experimentations. They work.

I really like the piano sample and the distortion definitely adds that sampled off vinyl feel (cheater! LOL). This beat really has a Mobb Deep, circa Hell On Earth feel to it. That synth sweep in the hook is a good addition to break the beat up and avoid the repetiton.

Cool track. Are you planning on adding vox later?

Not only great playing but awesome arrangements of the slap harmonica samples. I really liked how every instrument got time to shine on it's own and in the context of other instruments. Great track. Kudos to all involved.

That bassline and the claps are straight Dillatastic! I like the sample chop, too. At first I thought this might be too repetitive and, as a standalone beat, it probably is. But throw an emcee on this with proper rhymes and I think the end result would be great. Nice work, man. Now get that emcee on here...STAT! LOL.

Cheers.

This has got a street feel to it. But it's not like your stereotypical street, it's like some Blade Runner ish. At the same time, it's got pop sensibility to it. Honestly, I think with the right mc blessing this, this could blow up. Great track.

Fav'd.

You got this deep bassline that is just the steady backbone of this crazy track dancing all around it. I like how it goes from a harder feel to a softer one in the middle and then it kinda finds a middle ground between the two styles, incorporating a few new sounds too. A real great job on the arrangement here. The song developed so well and it ended in style. Props, dude.

Fav'd + DL'd.

I know this is stupid but I feel blasphemous giving you advice or suggestions. LOL.

I like the sound of this track but for some reason I just think if it were at a slower tempo, it would be insanely great. There are so many great sounds in the arrangement and I think that the uptempo nature of the track hides some of it. I like the idea of the percussion elements remaining at a fast pace but perhaps the melody parts like the guitar and horns slowing down with give it an interesting contrast...perhaps even a dirge-like feel that might enhance the message in your lyrics.

As far as the musicianship, arrangements and vocals...it's all there in quality. Nicely done.

As I was listening to this, I kinda had the same thoughts as Fujisam mentioned earlier but after thinking about it, I kinda liked how it went without drums or bass. It sounded interesting.

That said, my interest is piqued even more to see what you do with this. It's quite possible you had ambitions of drums and basslines but just didn't have the time or proper feel at the moment to add it. Either way, gonna check back on your tracks to see if you update this later.

Cheers.

The drum line just guides this whole thing. NePaul came real tight on the mic. This definitely has that b-boy swag to it. NIcely done by both of you.

Ton voix peut faire fondre la beurre. Just amazing. As great as the beat is, I almost wish it was a bit lower so as not to share the spotlight with your vocals.

Everytime I check out one of your tunes, I always tell myself I need to check out more and I never do until I chance upon one again on the Tracks page. I'm not really familiar with dubstep outside of what I've heard from you but I can see myself becoming a fan.

Your arrangements are great. Even when this gets to the sonic assault parts of the track, I don't find myself wincing. Just closing my eyes and nodding uncontrollably hard.

This may not be crazy on the extras but who cares. It doesn't sound like it needs any more. I like you bring it back to just the piano sample in the hook.

The softer piano and horn samples contrast nicely with the harder drums. I don't know how I feel about the track just ending abruptly though. That aside though, this was tight.

It almost sounds like you were clandestinely approaching a weird space voodoo ritual in the deepest brushes of an unmapped jungle. Then around 2:40ish, you unsheathed your guitar and showed the space voodoo natives a different voodoo ritual.

I mean this in no bad way when I say this doesn't hit me so much a song as it is an experience with sounds. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers.

ps. you uploaded this on my birthday...weird.

Ahhh, Battle Toads....LOVED that game!!! I remember being so awed by the pause music back in the day, hahaha.

Onto the beat, this is really well done. Battle Toads was a good choice because even though it still has a video game feel, these beats often tend to be overly happy-go-lucky. There is definitely a slow mobbin' feel to this. It's also nice to hear more than one sample from a video game. Not easy to incorporate so kudos on that.

Now to go dig up that sample from the water level in Mario Bros. Cheers.

Love the slow rolling feel of this. You got a good contrast going between the the higher synths and the basses.

This is pretty dope, man. Even though it's a bit short, the one thing I took away from it was how infectious the samples sounded because of the pace. Real cool. Props.

Lot of interesting changes throughout the track. At first, the drums going off-beat every so often bothered me until I found a rhythm in it. Brilliant.

Great use of the samples. You pretty much spoke through a aural movie trailer. Cool track, man.

Damn, like this beat man! Especially the synths in the hook. Ill.

Lyrically, this track defines what I like most about you: your willingness to just do your thing. Instead of letting yourself be defined by what you don't do, you choose to define yourself by what you do. Respect.

Flow sounds good throughout. Not sure what problems you had on the second verse before but it works just fine here. Your last few bars on this just took the track out in style.

Fav'd and DL'd.

Nice intro. Like how it went from an intro with the loop, to letting the chop play out before bringing it all in to the beat. Like the AM radio feel to the sample. Your drumwork sounds like "ganjabless" music. Cool track all around, bro. Nice.