Had to login to praise this one. The idea is dope in itself, but the Execution is what really takes this tape higher... In between all those tracks you showcased a shitload of talent/gift, and its a pleasure to ride along... ear for melodies and the chops to fit, rhythmic displays, the fact that you had no outside sources for each track, the EQin and layering? Super superdope piece of art right here!!! Salute.
6. "RE: WOW." In response to Reply # 5 Tue May-02-17 05:59 PM by DJW
Yo thank you. I easily spent more time EQing than chopping samples. Some of those records like the 70's female singer-songwriter LPs had no percussion other than a drumfill in the intro that I had to extract for a snare. Or making a kick out of tom-tom rolls. Using drum kits would've been so much easier, but would defeat the purpose
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22. "Man... you fire" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Jan-02-18 01:55 AM by Boogie Stimuli
Killed the whole tape
"Could It Be" is my favorite tho... the transition is nice. You have enough for a full-fledged song right there. Please contact Nas with that lol.
As already stated, "Sound Bath" & "Black Book" are nice. Most of it is tho. I was listening like "ok are there any bad beats on here at all?" I dunno if I've ever heard a beat tape with this many songs and such a high percentage of replayable joints.
Couple of observations... "Deeper" sounds like something on a Big KRIT album despite most of the tape having an "east coast" sound. "Egos" is very Flying Lotus-y. Then you basically turned into Madlib's experimental side on Disnyland, DooWop, and Tiki Ti lol. Not my favorite tracks, but I appreciate the fun spirit.
Real shit tho, you make damn good beats. Very consistent throughout the tape.
24. "RE: Man... you fire" In response to Reply # 22
thanks for the feedback!
Since I had such a wide range of genres from the dollar bin, the style of beats changed according to the samples. Egos is prob my favorite on this. Disnyland was me channeling Beatnuts.
I made two more beat tapes after this one you should def check out. The last one from just a week ago. It's my favorite of the bunch.
This month I'm going through all my records on the Prestige jazz label and making beats out of them the same way- all drums, bass, etc pulled from the record. I post all that on my IG.
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