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| H.E.A.L. (the holy end all lexicon) by MEDL4 | 1 year ago |
 You got a banger right here man. You murdered the track ! |
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| Braghdad by MEDL4 | 1 year ago |
Boo ya!!! |
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| I Get A Good Feeling by REALNOAH | 1 year ago |
Man, flow/voice/lyrics are supa tight. Yeah, mix sucks, way too hot, but the vocals stand out big time. We never got to work together, and I would love to make that finally happen. Drop me a line if you want, and I'll send crazy new tracks in ya direction and see what happens. Alex |
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| reyes de neuvo york by byear | 1 year ago |
| All the way Premo... Thanks Whispaz. Noticed how the cat is spitting crazy good on this? | |
| Self Preservation (Snippet) by Infamus_Da_Emcee | 1 year ago |
Delivering the truth right once again Infamus. Tight flow, tighter than ever in fact. I can feel the evolution. Gotta make it. |
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| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 1 year ago |
| Thanks man. Yep, lot of men with a capital M in this song. | |
| I Lost by Symplistik | 2 years ago |
Yep! Back back on track. Sweet eerie piece, enjoyed it. You and your Triton go along very well my friend : no need to change! Peace, Alex |
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| Im not ya average cat (rough draft) by Rodamental | 2 years ago |
Coming hard Rod. You know it's always the best when you do that. This is hip hop. No chit chat. Just realness, sick beat and flows. Me like. |
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| Go Go Gadget Flow by whispaz | 2 years ago |
Woo ha, gotta love this. Crazy flow, you right. Crazy beat also. |
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| Aab Rahim by byear | 2 years ago |
| OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhn that's the ish! Ridiculous. Man I love this. This is hip hop. |
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| reyes de neuvo york by byear | 2 years ago |
| BOo yah! | |
| Twin Piks by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thank you all for listening and commenting. | |
| Universal Mind by whispaz | 2 years ago |
Nice my man! I've came accross this sample a few days ago, it's really beautiful and you chopped it real nice. DJ Muggs used it straight on the track of Xzibit first album "The foundation". But damn kid layed over another piano sample from Billy Joel : pure genius. Drums : YEAH. Well ya know me when it comes to Premier type kicks and snares. |
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| mic check by REALNOAH | 2 years ago |
Great lyrics, great flow, love the vocal parts man. |
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| Twin Piks by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks guys for your nice comments. I'm glad you liked this piece ! | |
| Twin Piks by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks Zamzam, it's good to hear that! | |
| the stranger song by byear | 2 years ago |
| Love it. You know I do. | |
| the swang riff by byear | 2 years ago |
Fukc! How could I miss that?!? That's a great tune my friend, with a hell lot of flava to it. If you were going for a vintage sound, you certainly nailed it. The nice thing with those warm recordings of acoustic instruments is that when you push it hard, the clipping and natural harmonic distortion actually sounds beautiful and add character to the track. You can feel it here. |
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| The Prophecy by uptheirons106 | 2 years ago |
| The track is outstanding : very good acoustic beat (love that), nice lyrics and good flow and overall delivery. You have something real nice going on. Now on the constructive critic side, there's a lot to be told about the mix : it's really not good and doesn't make your track shine the way it should, given all the hard work you've done to create the piece. First, it's way too loud (limiter abused, here comes the clipping) and over compressed : there's no dynamic at all in the track, everything is equally loud. The bass should be tighter, it has a lot of sub and mid frequency : give it a low cut or carve a hole in the bass spectrum with EQ to allow the kick drum to kick in between, it should work. You could also use side chaining. The vocals are actually not that bad mixwise, but they're panned too much to the left, whereas the backvocals are centered: there's no stereo spread. They could also use some gentle, soft-knee compression, and a slight boost of high frequencies (around 12KHz) to give some "air". A little delay would do nice as well. The rythm guitar underneath the chorus would love a low cut to avoid competing with the bass. The drums don't have any punch and are pumping way too much : you could use some parallel compression (keep the original signal the way it was tracked, create a bus drum where you send the original signal and compress only the bus). Ok, hope you find this usefull, and again, this is a great track. i like your approach! Peace, Alex |
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| TAKE IT EASY -inst. by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
| Reminds me of the track "World famous" by MOP. If ya know it, ya know what i'm talkin about. If ya don't, go check it, you'll be surprised. It's certainly a good direction to follow in my books. Peace, Alex |
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| el bosta loco by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Hypnotic beat. Perfect for Mc'ing. Great blend of samples. |
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| Music for a Chase Scene by obikaye | 2 years ago |
| Love the sound you have : there's lots of air in the recording. Excellent playing technique, and superb composition. Would be nice to try and do something based on those rythms. Peace, Alex |
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| BLACK ORPHEUS by alexandre | 2 years ago |
Obikaye, this is a very nice compliment, thank you. Though I'm pretty sure the track doesn't deserve it  |
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| midnight breaks, breaks by gideon | 2 years ago |
People, feel the vibe in the drums : THIS IS the groove every drums should have. People, feel the sample slicing : THIS IS the truth. Can you get more hip hop that this??? Nope my friend, can't do. |
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| flowers on the wall by gideon | 2 years ago |
| Right here, you're mad But in a fukcin good way!! |
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| son of a snooze fest by gideon | 2 years ago |
| Crazy **** man. Personal favorite : the 3 piano notes at the beginning of each mesure : sets the whole atmosphere. Then comes the cavalery. | |
| new daze by gideon | 2 years ago |
1st verse is mind blowing. Prod is always top notch. Those slightly out of pitch sounds work very well, complimenting the lyrics. It's crunchy, dirty and yet lovely Great track my friend |
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| HOLY WARZ by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks Amateurpro and Landlockedman28! Peace, and thanks to all for listening |
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| BLACK ORPHEUS by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Arn : thanks, Mccello's version is by far the best i've heard and maybe not only on Icomp... Landlockedman28 : I'm glad I helped you discover another way to experiment this melody. Realnoah : thanks man. When do we work together? |
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| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Deadgiveaway, Realnoah : thanks guys. Medl4 and Byear will come up with something on this track, it's gonna be terrific. Stay tuned! | |
| Jan.11.2009 (Dylan Session) by ATCBeats | 2 years ago |
SupaDupaFly track, love the Dylan riff and the drums, but what's up with the bass people? C'mon! |
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| Va. Prevails feat. Born Unique by whispaz | 2 years ago |
Da bomb my man! Born Unique killed it (reminiscent of Everlast here). Beat is dope. Watchout the mix, lacking some mids to give body to the track. minor fix. This IS a killa track! |
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| Byrd ft. Dead Giveaway by DeadGiveaway | 2 years ago |
Oh yeah, love the idea of making a rap about the golden ratio, very creative and original.Great track. Next one about Fibonnaci suites? Peace, Alex |
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| MTL to NYC to worldwide by rustyred | 2 years ago |
Oui oui oui, de Montréal à NYC, et du Québec à Paris, le gars est de retour en style!!! Excellent beat, really love how you mixed those couple of different samples to get such a nice laid back flava. Works real nice with any kind of lyrics. Makes me wanna right, which means it's a perfect beat for MC'ing. Specially love the 2 part of the beat. Lots of variations. Peace, Alex |
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| Imminent Fury by DJMarvel | 2 years ago |
OH YES my friend, this IS good, damn good : kind of eerie, yet hard. To put it in simple words : a Marv beat. Glad you back man. Keep it up. Peace, Alex |
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| Matraya by UnderdogRising | 2 years ago |
Stellar!!!!! When I heard the beginning I was like : **** they took a very famous beat from somebody on the radio. It's only when I saw Deadgiveaway in the title that I realised that I know the track so well because I listened so much to it when he uploaded it on Icomp haha excellent, already a classic!!! |
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| the meaning of music -inst. (fixed delay&levels) by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Murda track. Love it. Really great man. |
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| evidence by REALNOAH | 2 years ago |
| This got attitude. Feels like a story telling beat. I almost didn't recognizer the drums loop, because it fits so nicely to the instruments you played. Maybe a little tweak on the cellos part would do nice (little EQ, and maybe less dissonance in the chords played, though it's part of the composition). Peace, Alex |
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| HOLY WARZ by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| I am somehow not really happy with the result yet. The choir bothers me the most. Maybe some singers would be better... Anyway, thanks a lot |
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| Charley Down. by DeadGiveaway | 2 years ago |
Remind me of the jazzy piano beats from M.O.P. Firing Squad album. The contrast with an hardcore MC would make this track a real firework! That kick / bass combination is grimin and rattling my speakers, feels good man. |
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| Grain of Sand. by DeadGiveaway | 2 years ago |
Man, you never fail to deliver some of (if not THE) hottest ish on icomp. That kick thumpin in my chest like crazy, love it. Peace, Alex Ps : don't worry, lots of cats noticed people don't comment much anymore... don't know why! But when it's hot, it's hot |
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| Trying to hide by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Man, I would love to hear some of your pure lyricist hip hop tracks!! | |
| beware the hidden evil -inst. by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Hot, specialy the reverse effect. Don't know what is happening and why nobody comments anymore. Maybe because there's a lot of newcomers with crap that waste the space... I would use the vocal sample at the end to make hooks, or even EQ it out and lay it under the whole track. |
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| watch what does happen -intst. by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Doin it again man :classy bouncin sampled ish. Is it greek? Love the vibe, but most of all I like the break with the stomp and the guitar like hypnotic 2 notes. Would make a great beat on its own. Maybe bring it more in the track. Peace, Alex |
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| Fear (Infamix) by Infamus_Da_Emcee | 2 years ago |
| Keep it up man | |
| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Primo is always a great inspiration, thanks | |
| HOLY WARZ by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks Seanuel and Telemetry. Appreciate the love! Peace, Alex |
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| Running by conorj | 2 years ago |
| Gotta agree with Gideon : it's supa tight for a Club track... and yet needs little tweak to allow someone to spit on it. THat's a great first track, welcome to icomp! |
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| song for my love by gideon | 2 years ago |
| Fender Rhodes = miam. Nice heartfelt song, where's that MTV Award fo da best love song of the year !! |
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| Dear Mr. Governor{better intermission} by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
| The scratch works well in between! | |
| thanksgiving is an abomination by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
| Pointed this out several times man. I mean, if ya got 5 listens, OK. But it's always 100's and nothing... go figure. Anyway, I like the track very much and I crap on Thanksgiving (well, I'm french so I guess it doesn't really matter!) |
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| Nippon Style by peptalk | 2 years ago |
| Icomp didn't like the original title in Japanese caracters... So for those interested (and ANY hip hop composer should dig EVERY single track from Mihashi, seriously), the original song is called "Ah Sofuren" |
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| Nippon Style by peptalk | 2 years ago |
Wooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiii |
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| Exhibit A (Freeverse)Volatile Mixture Preview by Infamus_Da_Emcee | 2 years ago |
Brilliant bro', simply brilliant'. The beat is murda. Get this recorded the way it deserves, it'll shine. |
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| Show Off by JmAYone | 2 years ago |
Oh man, I understand your music so much! This is EVERYTHING I love when it comes to creativity in Hip hop. |
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| Chickenheads and Crows by JmAYone | 2 years ago |
Oh my! This IS the bounce. Seriously, this is one of the hottest tracks I heard in a while on Icomp. |
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| eternal beings instrumental by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Shaolin style! Boo yyaaa |
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| 40s Beat by bryanbassett | 2 years ago |
| This is so creative! Well done sir | |
| Club Beat 3 by aokamura | 2 years ago |
| You always have the craziest drum patterns. This one is a banger fo su! | |
| SMILE instrumental by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
| So many people listening, so few people commenting... I LOVE that sample. Very well done sir. Throw a bass and you've got a hit |
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| Dear Mr. Governor by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
Yep, tight. Great choice of beats. Like both verses, strong flows. |
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| look above (instrumental) by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Like that a lot Medl4, looks like sampling can be the way to go fo ya. There's plenty room for rhyming on this track. |
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| Guitarehop by peptalk | 2 years ago |
Oh nice my friend, very nice. That guitar is hypnotic, and the drums really compliment it nicely. Maybe add a little bottom to the snare so it sits right there. Oh, and there's something that clips regularly... don't know if it's the bass+drums or what. Anyway, a great A track. |
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| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks man! | |
| MY LIFE IS MY OWN (instrumental) by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
| What I really miss here is a good grindin bass line / or a jazzy acoustic bass fingered to phatten the track. The samples are nice, this is real smooth. Peace, Alex |
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| Lover man by DJBE | 2 years ago |
| Ok, if you don't mind, here's some advices : - the drums at the beginning don't really fit the sample, especially the big "not very jazzy" club clap. When you switch the drums towards the end, you have a much more natural drum sound that really compliment the jazz sample. You should keep it all the way. - You really hear the gap in the mix between the sample and the drums : a little verb on the drums (very little, or even a subtle delay) together with an overall mix compression to "glue" things together would really help getting a balanced stereo image and the feeling of elements "recorded" together. - center the kick and snare image, don't pan them left and right unless you want a special effect from it, but not for the whole song. - put a groovy bass line to phatten it! Little little tweaks would make this track a killer beat, really! Hope you don't mind the critics, just trying to be constructive Peace, Alex |
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| Simple by DJBE | 2 years ago |
| Smooth man. Gotta love Al Green for sampling : 90% of what he did is so hip hop. | |
| Thats Why by DJBE | 2 years ago |
Excellent! Love the sample (well known but well used), good boom bap drums. Nice break in the middle of the beat. Must have been a nightmare to chop all this in Ultrabeat. I mean, the tool sounds good, can be OK for drums, but for playing samples, it's hell (sounds a bit choppy when repeating the sample for exemple). A good substitute to a real MPC in the digital world : Motu BPM. Peace, Alex |
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| DJ Premier is like by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| "See in this world there's two types of people...those with loaded guns and those who digg" (The good, the bad and the ugly) You digg my friend, you digg... in the crates! |
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| King Of Cali by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
| From the east to the west. Plus I'm french. Man, do we cover large |
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| NONE ARE ALLOWED by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
That flow, man... that flow is ridiculous |
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| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Yo thanks Byear, Medl4 and Gideon (the Western trio)! I hear you Byear on the mix. The headroom is something I always aim for. I'm tired of the loudness war : everything you hear on radio is mashed, without any dynamics. I don't use limiters. Ever. It's as loud as it can naturally be. | |
| The Realness by peptalk | 2 years ago |
| Sample is HUGE. Drums maybe not so much. Well it's only a preview, so I guess you're also looking for constructive comments (as we all are) and that would be mine : match those drums with the sample quality. Kick with more bottom, snare less snapier and maybe not mixed kind of far like it is now (seems "behind" the music if ya know what am sayin?) This will be a great beat. Peace, Alex |
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| Nostalgia by peptalk | 2 years ago |
| Great puzzle of samples, extremely well used. Lot of attitude in this track. It's good as such, doesn't even need an MC. | |
| Dkay and Crafty - So Easy (collab remix) by peptalk | 2 years ago |
That's simply excellent. The beat is da bomb and the cats spit like crazy on it. The first MC is very talented. Great track, thanks for sharing |
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| Rap money by peptalk | 2 years ago |
Oh yeah, smooth. That beat is crazy good. Pity the scratch cuts aren't synced, since it brings that complete hip hop flava. I really enjoyed it! |
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| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks man, you really nailed the overall idea of the mix. I wanted it to get that Premier minimalist feel, with clearly identified elements in the stereo field. There's a fair amount of analog modeled gear (SSL, API, Neve) used, but I've so much to learn regarding mixing. | |
| Remix - Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks guys. I feel this version has much more attitude to it. | |
| more than meets the eye (ft & produced by BYEAR) by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
60 listens, no comments? Ya gotta be kiddin! This is huge : a malefic beat and 2 real MC's with murda flows. Love it! Seriously you murdered the track Medl4 and Byear. I wish we could work out something together... |
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| Collateral Damage by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
| The vocals are way too loud compared to the beat and they need some mix fixing (reverb, compression, delay, EQ, etc) to sit tight on the beat. | |
| Emotionless(Open Collab) by Verbalist | 2 years ago |
| This is simply excellent. Great track, great singing. Love the sample. | |
| Promise Me (Open Collab) by IcePack | 2 years ago |
Ya really have "your sound" Pack! I instantly recognized it was your beat, i could do it blindfolded. Nice, eerie, very "pop" in the best way. Radio ready |
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| HOLY WARZ by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks, ya'll too kind. I agree it could use some tweaks. will see about that! Thanks again for listening, downloading, etc. Feel free to spit the truth on it (know what am sayin Infamus, right?) |
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| Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Chill Rusticalia, I didn't write this song (oh my I so wish, but I didn't). It's a very famous classic song originaly written for Dion, but it has been sung by many artists through the years since 1968, my favourite being Marvin Gaye version. The excerpt here is from a french group that I worked with (great singer) who authorized me to cut a piece of the hook (credit at the bottom of description). I didn't think anybody would think those are my lyrics since it's such a well-known song... Keep it cool |
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| HOLY WARZ by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks Whispaz, bringin' the true hip hop flava is what it's all about! Thanks Becwil, I'm glad you liked it! |
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| King Of Cali by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
| I gotta agree Whispaz, the cat who engineered this beat has a little something goin' |
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| Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| This is such a warm welcome... thanks so much Beatle, Medl4, TRF, Rusticalia, Melly and my brothers Gideon and Whispaz! Medl4, the sound you like is a piano heavily processed : I played it in Logic and applied hipass filter, a classic reverb plate, put it through the Amp designer for guitar tone and put chorus and distortion. It's sits nicely. I might upload another version where this piano is all over the verses. What ya think??? |
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| Trying to hide by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Oh oh oh. That's nice Melly! I love Immortal Technique, he could totally rip this off... I'll shoot him the beat hehe | |
| END OF MAY / JEDI MIND TRICKS by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks MellyOmaticz. I tend to agree with you. Nobody actually never managed to lay down lyrics in a way that complements the music, because the beat is already very rich. It'll stay "empty". | |
| SHARP SWORDS by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| It's such an old track... I don't even know where I've it! Anyway, thanks Medl4, Melly and my man Whispaz. I'll see if I find it, whether I can spice things up with the violins. Good ol' east boom bap |
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| Planet Theme by whispaz | 2 years ago |
Perfect soundtrack for a good 70's blackxploitation movie... or a good ol' classi sci-fi ! Anyway, bouncin' all the way |
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| Heal the Wounds by whispaz | 2 years ago |
Muuuuuurda! This is so smooth. Love the jazzy feel. Man this is seriously trippin! |
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| Abraham, Martin and John by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| I so wish I could sing like Marvin Gaye. Unfortunately, can't do It's just a little snippet ot the original hook. Thanks for listening Soundhound! |
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| I didnt see anything officer. by MEDL4 | 2 years ago |
Tight, love the bouncy bass. Mix-wise, nothing much to say, it's pretty balanced. Maybe a little tweak on the bass / kickdrum duo : seems there's a little conflict. The bass has a lot of bottom around 120-150 hz. And the kick drum is pretty fat on those frequencies too and you kind of get the "pump" and not the "snap" from it. I would put a hi filter cut on the bass around 150hz, and maybe a little boost on the kick drum around 1khz to give some snap, while cutting the top end (around 3 or 4khz) of the same kick drum to tighten it up. All I could say man, this rocks! |
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| June.5.2009 by ATCBeats | 2 years ago |
Faaat. I know those drums, you used it very nicely. Bass is outstanding. Great track |
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| King Of Cali by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
I like the contrast : this is easily the most east coast beat you can find (and I ever made), and the Cali flavour you bring kicks in real nice. Great job! |
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| Righteous Kill(Open) by Verbalist | 2 years ago |
Outstanding track : great vibe, great flow, great beat, great lyrics. |
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| FANFARE (preview) by alexandre | 2 years ago |
| Thanks all. I guess it's not that bad after all haha | |
| World By Storm by Enertron | 2 years ago |
| Solid track. Enjoyed how you built the beat to constantly grow with light changes. NIce Peace, Alex |
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| Battle Cry by TrueRhymeFlows | 2 years ago |
| This is my favourite beat from Army of the Pharaohs album. Nice track, mc's doin their thing. You gotta give props for the beats you're using, 'cause a lot of people here might think they're yours. Like this, comments will focus on the lyrical deliveries rather than the beat. Peace, Alex |
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