So I finally released my EP. (Hip Hop)

I posted a music video on the GS forums ages ago called Song for the Skinny.  It was slightly fitting as I was playing videogames on a part of it. lol Anyways, I finally have released a project and thought it would be fitting to share it with you guys.  There are a couple game references in there.  One on track 2 and also track 5.

Not sure how many of you are into Hip Hop.  I prefer the Hip Hop artists with a little more substance.  Nas, Blu, Talib Kweli, Common, KRS ONE, Kendrick Lamar (For the most part), Tribe Called Quest, etc.  Anyways, check it out.  If you're going to only give it a second, at least listen to Lemonade Stand. 

http://continuous.bandcamp.com/

woah, i expected a level 1 spambot.

You go hard in the paint my *insert synonym for African American/Black in Spanish*Fightingfan

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]You go hard in the paint my *insert synonym for African American/Black in Spanish*CR00K

[QUOTE="CR00K"][QUOTE="Fightingfan"]You go hard in the paint my *insert synonym for African American/Black in Spanish*Fightingfan

Sounds really good, not much you can do on GS OT where most of it are metal heads but keep putting yourself out there. Great sound

not much you can do on GS OT where most of it are metal heads supa_badman

[QUOTE="supa_badman"]not much you can do on GS OT where most of it are metal heads Saturos3091

I will give it a download and a listen, and report back with what I think.

I will give it a download and a listen, and report back with what I think.

DarkGamer007

[QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]

I will give it a download and a listen, and report back with what I think.

CR00K

The Music:

To start, I think you rap really well and have a great voice. I thought the beats were well done, and I liked the raw, barebones feel of the EP. You need to work on your Choruses, when I was listening to Great Girls or Song for the Skinny they really broke the flow of the song and I wish they weren't in there,  they weren't catchy. The biggest problem I had with the Choruses though was your voice, when rapping you have this really powerful, calm, and confident sounding voice, but come to the Choruses your voice sounds insecure, like a nervous person singing karaoke. The Lemonade Stand Insight was my favorite of the EP, the song was well done, contains the best of your Choruses and is halarious. Great flow, great lyrics, beat and contanis a lot of character.

The Sound Fidelity:

You should watch this video about mastering and the Loudness War

Dynamic Range Comparisons:

It's OK by Eminem (Infinite 1996)

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Not Afraid by Eminem (Recovery 2010)

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Great Girls by Continuous (The Beautiful Traverse 2013)

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It's Okay by Eminem is sonically the best sounding song of these three as it lacks almost any dynamic range compression, the vocals and other instruments peak at lower levels than the percussion. Not Afraid by Eminem is completely compressed and lacks dynamic range. One sounds loud and noisy while the other sounds natural, and more powerful. Music, especially beats have a far greater oomph and punch when a track features natural dynamics. Your EP appears to be somewhere inbetween these two, and closer to the Not Afraid track. In the future try to master your songs to look like It's OK instead of Not Afraid. For more examples and references I would check out "End the Loudness War" group on Facebook. 

Overall keep up the great work man, I will glady listen to anything your release in the future.

The beats were very good. I thought your rhymes were OK I couldnt really tell on the songs if it was  a "serious" or "joke" song. I like rappers who can do both like Eminem and Tupac and most the rappers it says you like. I've had a few friends try to rap they were real serious but you are better. The lyrics are pretty solid but we all know its more about delivery and catchy beats to "make it" now adays.

The other guy said you sounded a little nervous on the chorus and I agree but I felt kinda like that on all the songs. You just gotta go balls out full swag mode and not care. (not saying I could ever do that no way I could) but thats what you gotta do.

Good work keep going

One sounds loud and noisy while the other sounds natural, and more powerful. Music, especially beats have a far greater oomph and punch when a track features natural dynamics. DarkGamer007

[QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]One sounds loud and noisy while the other sounds natural, and more powerful. Music, especially beats have a far greater oomph and punch when a track features natural dynamics. VanHelsingBoA64

The beats were very good. I thought your rhymes were OK I couldnt really tell on the songs if it was  a "serious" or "joke" song. I like rappers who can do both like Eminem and Tupac and most the rappers it says you like. I've had a few friends try to rap they were real serious but you are better. The lyrics are pretty solid but we all know its more about delivery and catchy beats to "make it" now adays.

 

The other guy said you sounded a little nervous on the chorus and I agree but I felt kinda like that on all the songs. You just gotta go balls out full swag mode and not care. (not saying I could ever do that no way I could) but thats what you gotta do.

 

Good work keep going

AdamPA1006

YASSS. love the old school kind of vibe

Ok,now, you did say to be brutally honest...

IMO you have potential and congratulation's and doing this material from the ground up.

My MAIN problem with it is you're delivery... I't feel's liek you're readig out of a paper and it's not just flowing out of you with meaning("great girl",I think, is the exception, with that track you can tell you're connected to the song and meant every word, It was authentic. That chorus was very bad though :/ you don't have a nice "singing" voice.) Lemonade stand was another good one, interesting song and story and a nice delivery/flow. That is something you def. have to work on, I mean that is why Biggie, tupac etc. transcended to the "mainstream" because the way they delivered the song was just awesome-sauce, you felt every word and could connect even if you've never experienced what they were expressing(Kendrick Lamar is a good modern example). Idk what to say about "song for the skinny", couldn't take that seriously at all lol.

Idk what intention's you have, If you wanna "get big" or w.e BUT I feel that the sound you are currently using is very generic(it seem's like every amateur rapper that start's out goes to this sound automaticaly...90's was amazing for rap and hip-hop but I think that specific sound and vibe is gonna stay in that decade) so it might be hard to accomplish that :0 

I think that covers my feeling?...anyway good luck and "never give up on you're dreams" ;3

Good stuff.  Cool to have an aspiring musician on the board.  I don't listen to a ton of rap (mostly random stuff like Lupe Fiasco, Tyler the Creator, Mackelmore,  a little Talib Kweli) but you sounded good imo.

Nice, it's always refreshing to hear something I can listen to around my moms. kind of remind me of songs Lupe, Mosdef, and Talib will make. The market for this is slim but with the right connects you can make some noise. If you're in the NY area P.M. me. Maybe I can throw a few numbers your way. Stay at it, brah.

YASSS. love the old school kind of vibe

 

Ok,now, you did say to be brutally honest...

 

IMO you have potential and congratulation's and doing this material from the ground up.

My MAIN problem with it is you're delivery... I't feel's liek you're readig out of a paper and it's not just flowing out of you with meaning("great girl",I think, is the exception, with that track you can tell you're connected to the song and meant every word, It was authentic. That chorus was very bad though :/ you don't have a nice "singing" voice.) Lemonade stand was another good one, interesting song and story and a nice delivery/flow. That is something you def. have to work on, I mean that is why Biggie, tupac etc. transcended to the "mainstream" because the way they delivered the song was just awesome-sauce, you felt every word and could connect even if you've never experienced what they were expressing(Kendrick Lamar is a good modern example). Idk what to say about "song for the skinny", couldn't take that seriously at all lol.

Idk what intention's you have, If you wanna "get big" or w.e BUT I feel that the sound you are currently using is very generic(it seem's like every amateur rapper that start's out goes to this sound automaticaly...90's was amazing for rap and hip-hop but I think that specific sound and vibe is gonna stay in that decade) so it might be hard to accomplish that :0 

I think that covers my feeling?...anyway good luck and "never give up on you're dreams" ;3

marluxia101

I definitely know I need to work on my delivery. It's inconsistent. I just gotta find that right one and be 100% at all times. Next project, I'll make sure of that. Don't think I didn't listen to what you said. I guess I'll have to try to be even more different. You're the first person that has said that so far, but I'll definitely remember that. I was thinking about doing an acoustic hip hop album in the future. Don't really see that much, if any.

I'll leave you with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itKfXuFCPPg

Btw, sorry if some of this doesn't make sense.  I'm tired as hell atm.

[QUOTE="marluxia101"]

YASSS. love the old school kind of vibe

 

Ok,now, you did say to be brutally honest...

 

IMO you have potential and congratulation's and doing this material from the ground up.

My MAIN problem with it is you're delivery... I't feel's liek you're readig out of a paper and it's not just flowing out of you with meaning("great girl",I think, is the exception, with that track you can tell you're connected to the song and meant every word, It was authentic. That chorus was very bad though :/ you don't have a nice "singing" voice.) Lemonade stand was another good one, interesting song and story and a nice delivery/flow. That is something you def. have to work on, I mean that is why Biggie, tupac etc. transcended to the "mainstream" because the way they delivered the song was just awesome-sauce, you felt every word and could connect even if you've never experienced what they were expressing(Kendrick Lamar is a good modern example). Idk what to say about "song for the skinny", couldn't take that seriously at all lol.

Idk what intention's you have, If you wanna "get big" or w.e BUT I feel that the sound you are currently using is very generic(it seem's like every amateur rapper that start's out goes to this sound automaticaly...90's was amazing for rap and hip-hop but I think that specific sound and vibe is gonna stay in that decade) so it might be hard to accomplish that :0 

I think that covers my feeling?...anyway good luck and "never give up on you're dreams" ;3

CR00K

I definitely know I need to work on my delivery. It's inconsistent. I just gotta find that right one and be 100% at all times. Next project, I'll make sure of that. Don't think I didn't listen to what you said. I guess I'll have to try to be even more different. You're the first person that has said that so far, but I'll definitely remember that. I was thinking about doing an acoustic hip hop album in the future. Don't really see that much, if any.

I'll leave you with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itKfXuFCPPg

Btw, sorry if some of this doesn't make sense.  I'm tired as hell atm.