(til instrumental and araQual lose their breath, lol. i'll try to pick up some of that slack too)

lets go!

"chicago scotch"
http://download.yousendit.com/B8B6A38425A08E8F

I like how the tension builds with the layered samples and then is alleviated only to get tense again. Real nice composition on this one.

I'm not gonna reup the old post, but I'll get on your joint since I didn't make it in time in the other.

or some more low end somewhere. I hear you trying to
make up for the bass line with the tuba or whatever low horn
and string sound in there.
If you didn't want a bass line, you could layer another lower
pitch kick underneith the kick you got in there, to kind of fill
it out more. Nice use of medieval horns and stuff.

Peace.

www.myspace.com/saymyname3000 for electronica-styled, hip-hop influenced beats. I'd recommend listening to the second track first and if you dig it you might like the first one.

And this file is a couple of my more hip-hop styled beats put together. Some are just loops and none of them are finished, but you get the idea.

http://download.yousendit.com/EAF719DE36212D51

interesting

not for me but thats like electroheavymetaltechno

it was one of the most interesting songs in this thread thus far

That's not me singing (except for that "choir" background in the bridge). The song is a remix of a track by White Flight, who you might like if you dig Beck or a beat-driven Animal Collective.

I appreciate the feedback. Many thanks.

I heard the dnb elements in there later on in the track.
It just sounded real chaotic and wierd otherwise, with the
intro whining vocals, and the big 80's vocals later on in the
track.

I hear that swing in there. The synth kind cuts into the
bass line a little, you might want to high pass that some more.
Also at some (NOT ALOT) of distortion to the bass line and
synth, to fill them out spectral wise. You have the midi
code for that synth part? You might want to tighten it up
just a little bit in some parts, its a little too "human"
if U C what I mean, but thats an artistic perrogative if U
want to keep it that way. Peace bruh.

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Even the parts that get more clubbish fit the lyrics well, and the hip-hop-oriented x-over is ill. That bass is a nicely placed element, IMO. There's a few points where some higher-end countermelodies/counterpoint don't do so well for me, esp. near the end; it starts sounding a bit much like 70s progressive rock timbrally, which I think is very, very easy to overdo. It's not wildly out or anything, just not really the direction I myself would have taken it.

..your sounds are fat and really hard and heavy. Like it a lot! Some friends of mine are making similar music as you. They call themselves Casual Belly, check them out if you feel like it. Think they have a myspace-page too.. anyway, keep up the good work!

peace

http://odeo.com/show/5016163/1191926/download/ProvAkaBronxDaLateBloomer-NewYearsSong.mp3

Still have some tweaking to do, but *sigh* *puts on blindfold*

We are all dreamers...

I Am Music: http://bigprov.blogspot.com/

Couldn't get to that New Year's piece but the Eric Roberson song "Find The Way" is decent.

http://media.odeo.com/9/7/1/Prov_aka_Bronx_da_Late_Bloomer_-_New_Years_Song.mp3

We are all dreamers...

"Before you talk, you better know the hearts of the niggas you walk with..."

I Am Music: http://bigprov.blogspot.com/

I hear that swing in there. The synth kind cuts into the
bass line a little, you might want to high pass that some more.
Also at some (NOT ALOT) of distortion to the bass line and
synth, to fill them out spectral wise. You have the midi
code for that synth part? You might want to tighten it up
just a little bit in some parts, its a little too "human"
if U C what I mean, but thats an artistic perrogative if U
want to keep it that way. Peace bruh.

http://bigprov.blogspot.com/2007/01/on-new-years-day.html

We are all dreamers...

"Before you talk, you better know the hearts of the niggas you walk with..."

I Am Music: http://bigprov.blogspot.com/

like the idea, I would have gone for another drum-kit for a song like this - but that's a matter of taste i guess... The best part in the track is where everything blends together, the bass-line, the pads and the keys-solo.. love that!

Happy new year everybody..

These are the same beats I posted in the last one, but I'm gonna be puttin at least one new jawn up within the next few days..

Peace

www.myspace.com/knowlegeproductions

"Ain't A Dream" is heated. That's some storyteller type ish. I could hear Cormega or NORE over that maybe.

I like "Just The Way I Feel"...it's got a good vibe.

Peace.

yo aint a dream is some real shit.

I'm gonna try to return the favor if I find the time, but I definitly appreciate the feedback..

Peace

www.myspace.com/knowlegeproductions

sweet: love your drums on this one, nice rim! The melody is really eehrm, "sweet" I think would be the appropriate word :D. I would have worked some more on the piano-sound that plays the melody.. a little bit too cheesy for me.. But all in all a good track!

just the way i fell: well, what can I say, you probably already know this is great! The guitars panned in my right ear are sooo nice. And the voice is perfect. Good job flippin' the samples. Love it!

thats my newest one, check it out

if you like it, peep the rest if ya dont mind

Warm Miller Lites? Hated it. But "Cadillac Jawn" and "Get Away" got much style!

i appreciate the honesty man

thanks

Hey did you take "Warm Miller Lites" down? I think you shoulda kep it up bro because:
A- My opinion is just one of many. Plenty others might love it and I could be on the ouside looking in.
B- That might've grown on me. My thoughts were based on one listening.
C- (Most important) If you like that ish then I suggest that you not give a whut about what anybody say! That's your baby!

thats all, I just tend to switch new beats around alot

nice chops. love the samples

Good stuff. Didn't get to hear "Warm Miller Lites" but that may be a good thing? haha

.........

are both new ones for yall.

thoughts welcome.

enjoy.

you got some good joints on there. Nice vinyl crackle on some.
Of the new joints, I could only hear CIA. It was smooth but that
Pharoah Sanderish pad in the back ground, it could use or more
smoother transition than just the cut off you did, but that cut
off would not be too noticable if there was somebody flowing over
it. Peace.

>you got some good joints on there. Nice vinyl crackle on
>some.
>Of the new joints, I could only hear CIA. It was smooth but
>that
>Pharoah Sanderish pad in the back ground, it could use or more
>
>smoother transition than just the cut off you did, but that
>cut
>off would not be too noticable if there was somebody flowing
>over
>it. Peace.

thanks allah. i appreciate you takin the time to listen.

I'm not sure what you were talkin about on the transition tip but its all good.... I just started makin beats 8 months ago so I'm still learning alot about this shit.

yo the auro is dope

http://musicontrack.com/profile.asp?artistid=2556

it's the third one down in the list. it was a beat i made last year for an OKProducer contest where we had to sample JB's "payback". u can grab a download of it here (right-click + save-as): http://files.mp3.com.au/download.asp?id=88552&Type=MP3&ReferURL=

V.

the kick on every beat makes it kind of "housey" which
I don't usually like housey/4 to the floor type joints,
but you had the snares in there to off set it a little.
Peace.

-

it changes up at the end tho..

http://www.myspace.com/djchiefone

That horn sample is nice, as is the scratching. Sounds like some early '90s East Coast hip-hop.

the sample is crazy.

u in white plains?? word up. just moved here 2 years ago.

Nice. Like the changup at the end too. Sounds like the strings from that Primo/Termanology joint. Good stuff.

cool

I can listen to this joint by itself without vocals, it's that
good.

hot beat. love the sample

esp the scratching and the change up at the end

thanks for the listen

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The Aradical track, I didn't like how you mixed in the kick
drums, for a soul music kind of track that it's supposed to be....
Chip it down is BEGGING for a horn solo or vibraphone solo over
the top of it.

Peace.

good stuff

For real...

it's a rough draft.


1..:::the star of the story:::..

www.myspace.com/nekaybaaw9
www.myspace.com/nekaybaaw
www.soundclick.com/nekaybaaw

And these horn lineups are PFHPFAT.


I can't even think of anything at this point I would wanna hear different, really. If I dig hard, I may say that the kick ending each bar is *so* laid-back it threatens to jump the rail just a little bit. But even that is more dependent on how I'm listening than anything.


Now, Isekou throws down the phoneme-craft, but while y'all in the studio, this would be a great track to take advantage of some vocal arranging possibilities...and the possibilities would be endless.

_

nice mixing with the spoken word vocal also.
I would space out that double kick some more to get it
ON or NEAR quantization....

but i agree..it's the one thing that's pissing me off about this track.


..:::the star of the story:::..

www.myspace.com/nekaybaaw
www.myspace.com/nekaybaaw9
www.soundclick.com/nekaybaaw

www.myspace.com/asylumantigen

I think the mc's sound like they are trying to catch up with
the tempo, but that's the mc's fault, for trying to fit so many
words in per bar, but the track is butta. Nice pads, kick, and
hand claps.

Peace.

got a new beat up called Cold World

http://www.myspace.com/producerao

Cold World - Not feelin the way you fit the samples together during the chorus or whichever part starts at :30, feels too repetitive. Other than that I really like this one.

Haven't gotten to listen to the others yet.

nice laid back feel though. Peace.

RAR file :
http://akabrownsugar.free.fr/bitsof/akabrownsugar--bitsofakabrownsugar.rar

or as a single MP3 :
http://akabrownsugar.free.fr/bitsof/bitsof.mp3

enjoy.

gettin it now.

V.

then introduce more later.

you could extract just one or two out of the folder if you wanna sit and just go for a jogging with the whole 40-track project.

just an idea.

..........

V.

it's cool, we settled this via pm.

would appreciate comments

and i feel bad not checkin other peoples beats but my connection is too slow, it takes half an hour to hear one track


http://www.myspace.com/mphenix

some of those jazz sounds cut out to fast during or after some
of the snare hits. Makes it sound like some hesitation.
Introduction was more continuous, liked it more, but you
had some abrupt vocal samples there to. Investigate some very
limited verb or delays on those vocal samples.

cool, thanks - i was conciously going for the hesitation on night, like a deep pocket for the beat, and didn't want to use too much reverb etc
i'll keep it in mind though, i do make some choppy shit


http://www.myspace.com/mphenix

http://www.purevolume.com/thenameofthegame

just click on the title of the song to listen

and if you critique my shit, i'll critique yours.

dope

y'all are no Ming and FS, but y'all got that funky white
jewish don't give a fuck laid back joints. I'm mad
reminiscent didn't have a real bassline really.
I liked the salsa joint the best, also the percussion (congas etc.)
could be really fleshed out by not having it repeat every 4 bars
with the same rhythm, use some adlib percussion in there somewhere.
I realized this is a finished product, just my observations.
Otherwise the Salsa joint is some great downtempo. Peace.

as for that missing bassline, i purposely didn't add one because my man tony green (he wrote the basslines to every song on doggstyle (gin and juice!) and 2001) is laying down some live bass on both of these next week

and as for the congas, im gonna mix that up definitely. thanks again for the critique, much appriciated

check out the newest songs, all at www.myspace.com/sensualharassment
thx to you and to okayplayer

i just peed myself tho

flint btw

you gonna have singers on this?

thx! i don't know, i would need to find the person... maybe get someone to rap over it... guess that's why i am in here, find something that might work u know? what do you think i should do?

definitely

sounds really good man

im gonna check the other ones out over the weekend

gonna try to remember anyway

thx! i don't know, i would need to find the person... maybe get someone to rap over it... guess that's why i am in here, find something that might work u know? what do you think i should do?

Grown 'n sexy. Nice chord changes.

thx man, i appreciate it...

I am loving this vibe dude. A break from the norm...

_

thanks man... let your people know about it and leave me a message on myspace if you need anything

thanks man... let your people know about it and leave me a message on myspace if you need anything

keep it up, and break out the mostly loop formula for most of
it, i.e. try to have some solos in there that last longer than
a couple bars or longer than four bars.....
Your oldest track is the exception to my critiques above.
Sounds like alot of musical variation in that one with the keys.


Peace.

thanks... work in progress, right? just trying to get a general feel from them, the critque was exactly what i needed, thanks alot, i appreciate it

hold ya head (might change that title in like three mins but...)

ft iLife and the Mighty MashComp

www.soundclick.com/haj

stripped and basic works great here

Back from the beat retreat check out some of my new stuff

www.myspace.com/tapgenius


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I like the beat and keyboard line. I can't decide if that applause sample (?) is annoying or not, but it's a pretty interesting idea.

the crowd claps kinda threw off the title but it works... its dark
i love it

i was surprised to just hear mash on the hook

never heard ilife
man you have access to ore mcs than a lil bit

_

Peace to Ilife and Mash Comp on the SCIENCE.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vl6jzq


yup. "cars that go boom" l'trimm but another song. that's radio-style slap mashed with hyphy mixed in with a lil bit of sampling. bite it.

intro
16 verse
8 chorus
4 break

one of the most sonicly pleasing sound textures ever.
Grate arrangement here, and nice contrast with the vocal
phrase.

My resolution this year is to write and FINISH a track per week.
Here's the foundation track, "Pop Khorn", some atmospheric
dubstep steez. Peace and big up the 144 K / 1000 BPM rockers.

http://www.thephysicalscience.com/popkhorn.mp3
alternative link
http://www.bazzworks.com/an/physical/popkhorn.mp3

dig the "atmospheric" vibe. i'm no jungle/DnB head, but i feel like if you had a faster tempo on some of the high keyboard/synth percussive sounds the track would have more energy and keep the attention longer...but i feel the downtempo vibe for sure with this piece.

It's like grime, only more deep, or more instrumental, than
with rhymes (like Dizzy Rascal, da Streets and dem).

It's like grime, only more deep, or more instrumental, than
with rhymes (like Dizzy Rascal, da Streets and dem).

That's a really cool beat, but I think different drum samples could really improve the song. Nice track, though.

just wondering?

Nah, so take what I said with a grain of salt. I'm not familiar with the genre at all.

Peace.

listen to the beat samples and place comments

listen to the beat samples on http://myspace.com/illhack and place comments

..............

Dear y'all,
I have decided to bring my music to the best damn beat critics on the web. That's whussup. Hear me at www.nextcat.com/havencredible

2007...boosty breaks...dembeatsdembeatsdembeatsdembeats

the way you introduce, cut, and repeat vocal samples and phrasing,
it doesn't sound good. The beats though are smooth.
Work on change the envelope on your vocal samples, use some
delays and reverb, but sparingling. If you just chop the vocals
in and out, it sounds too abrupt. Peace.

i like the hats

some of there music serving hosting is on the blink, so I can't
hear some of y'all songs, especially the newer songs you are
asking people to listen to. Have a back up, or host your own
on your own website. Peace.

and i really dont usually listen to the stuff i have to download

winds up cluttering my machine too much

that's why I include two links, the 2nd which you can easily
stream with winamp, vlc or something similar.

I don't like having to click yousendSHIT megaupload and rapidshare.....

when putting this shit together, im looking for notes in the sample regardless of whether or not it has a chick from the 70's sayin "hotsauce" or "dumplin'", i know what your sayin tho, on some tracks i get more concious about vocals, but cmon, i dont have all week for one beat

.........

That's what's good on the breakdown of my beats. As far as cutting the vocals samples and phrasing, Exhibit A: the Van Dross sample on "Other Side of the World" OR Sade on "This May Miss U". These were supposed to be unclean and abrupt. That technique was inspired by a track on Freddiie Foxxx's very slept on KONEXION cd. He got a piece called "Step Up" where his deejay does a live (and I admit clean) turntable rearrangment of Audio Two's famous verse, "Step up if yu wanna get hurt!" into "If yu step up, yu get hurt!" The idea is to rearrange the words of a well-known verse or sentence into a completely different sentence, verse or phrase, thereby creating new or ironic meaning. I mean, who knew Luther Van Dross was concerned about Bush frontin on the aircraft carrier? LOL... I dunno man, I just make a sincere effort to stay on some off-center ish. Experimentation with vocal samples is a pasttime within a pasttime for me.

What do mean by "changing the envelope"?

As for not taking all week to clean up vocals, I really do this off inspiration so sometimes I complete 3 songs in one day with fractions left over or sometimes it may take a month to finish constructing the core beat not to mention the bells and whistles.

...............

Given everything I just took the time to write, how you figure I'm not interested in honest feedback? Actually I started by thanking y'all for feedback. Quote anything I said that means I ain't intersted in honest feedback.

It has been brought to my attention that when I said "That's what's good..." I may have been misunderstood.
"That's what's good" usually means "thanks" in Durham, NC. My response to your critique was not a rebuff, recoil, revulsion, ricochet, recalcitration, repulse, renitence, insurrection, remonstration, revolt or otherwise oppugnate opposition to your critique. Feel me? Squashed.

even tho i said myspace sucked..lol

two hands if anyone is interested

mind you..

the name two hands seems so much better suited to a subject which this song has nothing to do with but...

eh

emcees= flud, mashcomp, and shamelessplug

a pad, sax pad, trombone pad, something, just to break up
the monotony of
the beat and unnoticable "hook/bridge".

Two Hands Rough Mix: That's a ill sample! (it's not like BUT) it reminds me of that cut off Supreme Clientele where Rza looped a horn (or whatever it is) being snatched back then threw the beat under there. Yours is a little more sophisti but still complements the beat without upstaging it.

what the fuck is vocal placement

............

and you ain't even post a beat, and it look like you only
responded to your man and dem????!!!! Is it really all of that?

someone else's beats...ha!

But now that I look at it, I wonder if he just has no idea how the post/reply system works on here. He must have thought that even though the line connected from reply to Durham's reply, you were actually replying to him. Hence d.e.m.'s being all outta place and talkin about stuff that don't even pertain to him.

Iunno tho *shrug*

Soundclick: "A New Phase" and "You've Got Me Down" = heated.
That's what's good...

i apologize, i dont know much about message board etiquite,,, what the fuck am i suppose to think, when hes postin right after mine....

Feedback please!

Thanks!

who is the God flowin' on the track? Great lazy
pad melodies synths and organs, simple but effective boom bap
on the Manifestations KQ Mix. Another day joint, same stylo.
Rainful Roots, ill intro with the grand piano and rain ambience
GREAT DOWNTEMPO/ACID JAZZ right there. Threw me for a loop,
tempo wise, on the Daydream and Vertigo joint. I see where
you tried to go with that, it's hard to catch what is supposed
to be the down beat at first, I mean it's almost some very stripped
down broken beat rhythym wise, or just that 60 bpm smokers
groove joint. The drums on that one are a little too "gritty" to
me but probably because the percussion isn't mixed that high in the
mix to releive the contrast with the grit on the kick and snares
at some parts.

Overall:

I want some vinyl next month my peoplez with some INSTRUMENTALS
of the jointz!!!!

Peace.

I did it yesterday. I'm going to make some changes since my ears are "fresh" today.


Pe@ce

It's called JUMP ON!

lo-fi URL: http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4859814&q=lo

hi-fi URL: http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4859814&q=hi

and that organ could use some volume envelopes to make it
not as boring, if U playing this as an instrumental. Peace.

nice.

what the best track on the boosty myspace is...

i posted a new track on my page, called love of the doe...it's the 1st track. Check it out... www.myspace.com/djkachi ...you might like it...peece!

that phat track is cool...i like the beginiing drums too that lead into the others...you may wanna town down that snare just a little though in my opinion though

>that phat track is cool...i like the beginiing drums too that
>lead into the others...you may wanna town down that snare just
>a little though in my opinion though

oh you right...the drums definitely need to be turned down...i didnt mixx it before posting...thanks for peeping it out!

great job on the mixing, vocals, scratches and music production.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=40879music

www.myspace.com/jaescottofasylum

check it out at myspace.com/borderinginsubordination

it's cleverly titled "thanks RJ"

hollaback with the feedback.

thanks.

www.myspace.com/mathematicsandscience

to be listening to the red hots.

peace

..........

www.myspace.com/mathematicsandscience

PEACE!

i really lik that dope opera joint you needa get someone to rock over that.

for taking the time to listen. i lost the password for this sn i'm using right now and i made that other one at work. but i can use it at home because i remained logged on later that one time yahhmean?? i'm flash.

and i'm gonna rock that beat, i rhyme too. if you like the beat, you're likely to love the rhyme.

peace and thanks again.

pretty lo fi stuff, I would have to see how they work
with mc'ing over it, since that's what it seems like U were
going for, just straight up backing instrumentals for mc's.
They were simple and decent, just very lo fi and lots of
stuff cut or filtered out in the high end, which seemed to be
by design.......

nm

episode 2

"Saying Though" RJD2 Sweet Pieces remix (downtempo)
this was from a remix challenge on okayplayer at
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=26&topic_id=20260&mode=full

download
http://www.thephysicalscience.com/sayingthough.mp3

stream
http://www.bazzworks.com/an/physical/sayingthough.m3u


I'm going to ditch the j hudson sample later, but everything
else in there is straight from the sample pack, just
eq'd transposed, compressed, delayed, verbed up, etc.

to be honest it's not really my style of production, but the technicals are there, your shit is typically clean and sharp.

i dont like that buzzy synth that comes in on the 4th bar, it sounds kinda cheesy, but that's like my only knock against the compositional pieces.

i think some of the synth levels could come down but that's really nitpicking. this is well done. i really like the flanged (phased?) variations you add to the drums to give them some movement. something i'm trying to incorporate more myself.

and resonance. What daw do U use?
Thanks for the GOOD critique. Peace.

something new I just made today.

this isnt bad at all.
i think you should really concentrate on 2 things-

variation

layering

i say variation, because except for maybe one section/bar where they dropped, the drums were pretty much the same. the synth didn't really match the vocals imo, the original sample kinda matched sadat's vox in that it was an airy sample, ethereal almost. fit right under sadat's reflective choice of words and imagery.. since you used this synth, i think maybe some sections where the synth stuters for like, a bar or two, drops out completely, or maybe both the drums and synth stutter together, would give the song a little more movement so it doesnt just plod along.

as for layering, i say that because the finished product as is kinda sparse. sometimes sparse is really good but sometimes it leaves a little or a lot to be desired. in this case it's just a little but there still feels like there could be something more. if you added another synth stab here or there, a simple string note being played over top the synth, a bass line, nothing fancy, maybe one note over the first and second kick in each loop of the drums, it would give the song alotta depth and make it more interesting, give sadat's words more oomph (because let's be honest, sadat didnt get very deep on us here, and left to their own devices, his lyrics are fairly ho-hum)

hi tek's beat carried him for all intents and purposes, and it's because it had enough going on to make his verse official.

I appreciate it man

one beat up on the page. this is one of the first beats i did where i used a sample. i only been doin this for a little while and soe feedback would be dope.

www.myspace.com/themagneto

if this is your first time, this is great..
suggestions:

bassline if you could. nothing too fancy.. but i'm guessing that if this your first time sampling, you usually play stuff out?

if so, playing a bassline (if you have the tools to do so) would be a good look.

the drums seem kind of garish and sore thumbish, they dont really blend with the track imo.. some reverb to give them some wash would do good for them... and maybe a hat in there to kinda hold it all together. oh and the the drum loop gets tedious after a few turns, try dropping out a snare or a kick here or there, giving it some change.

sounds good though.

thanks for the input. yeah this is one of my first real beats with samples.

i dont know exacly know how to create a bsslin on fl yet. im workin on it though i dont now the program perfectly or nothing. soon i am gunna be getting me a chap drum machine off e-bay so ill be outta this fl shit.

meaning make the kick thump more, to give the track a low
end to balance the mid/high range flute stuff overall.
Also a kick with a long sustain too, and maybe dirtied up
a little bit with SOME (not alot) of distortion or overdrive.

Peace.

...on my myspace page

you got fire. no lies.

but if the beat is for emcees than make the drums a little more clear. itd be better to flow over

thanx man, i think'll do that if i ever decide on using it, but for now it'll remain an instrumental

"letting go"
follow the myspace link. feedback please!

in my sig, these arent brand new but i figured i would submit them...


www.myspace.com/emancipatedsouls

a new set.

www.myspace.com/mathematicsandscience

peace

dope joints. feelin the drums also.

thx man,
peace