MonsieurDongBag

The melody to the verse parts kinda sound like some early 90s westcoast, Souls of Mischief stuff. I'm digging that and your drums hit hard, gritty like you said. Didn't really feel the sound of the hook, it just didn't seem to blend well (although it did a bit better the second time when you had a bridge after it). I wish I could offer a suggestion instead of just saying I didn't like that certain part but I can't.

Overall, a nice drop. Keep 'em coming. Peace.

Love how you flipped this sample. Great job on that. I love the flowy, bouncy feel of this and the way the track builds is great, a testament to your solid arrangements. Ear candy mos def.

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I like this. The changes in the track are subtle but it remains quite detail-oriented. The sounds give off the imagery of a slow car drive down the street. Nicely done.

Your description of the track really reflected how this made me feel. In spite of the sense of calm your sounds produced, I couldn't help but feel as if something bad was bound to happen. The fact that no intense sounds busted out towards the end or anywhere made me feel like I was lucky to escape intact. Great ambiance in this.

I like this. The happy feel to it and the groove is great. You did a great job getting the most out of the few loops you used.

A masterclass on electronic music and the art of groove, this is. The multiple key tracks sound great and that bass makes me wanna say "you're a mean one, Mr Grinch". This won't make any sense to you at all but it sounds like the musical version of my thought process when designing blueprints and models for school. I'm gonna listen to this while I work on my graduate project. Inspiring.

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I love how you used different drumlines to segue the melody changes in this. I got a sense of water flowing in a river listening to this. The drums were like rocks and your sax and flute were the water that moved around them without ever moving apart from them.

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Recognized some of these loops you used...great job with them. As P_C said, a great blend of styles and sounds.

I would like to use some more descriptive words to tell you about how this track came across to me, but all I can say (besides it sounding great) is that it reminded me of a really great night out I had a couple of weekends ago. Thanks for the flashback, man. Cheers.

I really like your use of flange and phasing (or at least it sounds like flange and phasing) at the beginning to lead into the track. You have an excellent sense for bringing in and taking out the right elements at the right time which gives the track a great sense of continuity as it changes throughout.

On some kind of implicit level, I kind of did get a sense of dark pervading this track. But your sounds were like neon laser beams that ripped through the darkness until there wasn't much of it left. I love how this made me feel. Thanks for sharing.

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Real nice melodies here. That warm bassline is sick and acquits itself nicely with the upbeat flav here. The string instrument you brought in seems a bit overpowering and if you'd like, I think it might be worth exploring different instruments (the melody is more than fine though).

As for plugging instruments into FL7...I think it's a matter of whether your soundcard has the proper inputs to accept an auxiliary or line-in instrument...I think.

Nice track though, homey. Thanks for sharing.

Great job of bringing in plenty of different elements and making them work. Would've loved to see those sections stretch out a little before you brought it back but then I guess the song would be like 10+ minutes long...lol. Either way, this is solid workmanship on your part. Kudos.

Solid arrangements. You built this track up perfectly and it's got a real busy groove to it, hard not to move to this. The energy hits you like a punch to the chin when your mouth is open. I wish I didn't blow out my headphones yesterday.

Do you use a Mac? If so, I just gotta say you did a sick job with those samples. Your ear for putting them together into one coherent piece was on full display here. This is mcnasty filth.

I gotta admit, I can't really comment on the grime aesthetics because I don't much about grime. But I do know Minnie Ripperton and I love what you did with this. It's always a risk trying your hand at a classic but you pulled it off well, sir. The tempo and arrangements on the drums were great and that melody really fit the soothing tones of Minnie's voice. Like the little freakout on the vox around the 3 minute mark too. Good track all around, man. Props.

Your sound is really slick, homeslice. You got good skills on the auto-tune. A lot of peeps sound awful with that thing because they don't know how to use it but you got it on lock.

The track itself is baaaaad, dude. It's got that 30 minutes left in the club, find you a girl and find you a ride home feel to it. Dope track, Fresco.

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Yo, I'm feeling this, man. The piano is dope and I like the simplicity of the drums. Two tiny suggestions. Maybe add a less tuned-vocal behind the one you have now, something at a lower volume maybe to add a bit of clarity to it. Another is to maybe add some reverb to the clap so it's not as dry. However, if those are two elements you feel strongly about, there's no need to change it.

Are you gonna add vocals to this? Did you want someone to? I wouldn't mind giving it a shot if you want. This beat is blaze, dude. Props.

I really like how fleshed out this track is. Countless elements at play but you did a great job of finding the right place for all of them to shine in their own individual context, as well as that of the whole. The happy vibe of this is infectious and I love your use of the drum crash here. It adds a good contrast.

You really know how to tell a story through a track. The beginning really sounded like the backdrop for a moving speech before battle. The drums came in rapidly and I could really feel the march going on. At around 2 minutes, you brought in that panicky/urgent synth that just made me hear bullets whizzing and stopping with a thud, leaving soldiers bleeding like a tree oozes sap. At three minutes, the horn really set the tone for the aftermath of battle and the damage done.

Amazingly well done. Thanks for sharing this. Fav'd.

I'm with Mouko on this. This is a bad-##### track and if you just lower the levels on some of those samples you bring in, the clipping and fuzz should no longer mask your work. Gonna keep an eye out for your stuff from now on. Cheers.

When I first heard this, I didn't think the symbals would work but you proved me wrong as the beat went on. Good use of the loops though I did feel it got a bit busy at times which made it hard to appreciate the elements at play but...that just might be me. Enjoyable though.

This was awesome, dude. You had me open from the buildup. I don't know what else to say except I hope you choose to build on this idea and go for a full-out symphony because your arrangements here were excellent. DL'd and Fav'd.

Lots of dark atmospheric elements here, definitely sets the dramatic tone you were looking for. This track reminds me a lot of the electronic-rock-rap fusions of the Blade 2 soundtrack. Interesting track.

Agreed with alividlife...don't sell yourself short. This is better than some generic pop-rap. Nice chopping of the samples and real bouncy sound. Not sure if you're still working on this or if it's just a short track but if it's not done, you should definitely revisit this sometime because it has the makings of something good.