Battle 55 (the Roland™ sponsored one): Voting!!

[Teewok]

Aight here are my votes...

Elhuana/Dibiase/Wax Inspektor all share my number 1 spot as each beat is ill in their own respect... and I mean ILL

Other Votes in no paticular order:
Wundrkut
Oaxaca
DJ Just Jeff
Project Waxwick
Computers
Jay Lost
Fauna

PEACE!

[ormo]

everyone came the fuck through.
personal favorites are
jmoki- this beat is so stompy man i just want to hear some mc kill over it.
ellaguru- the drums sucked me in man
dibiase- just a real clean pro sounding cut from start to finish sure banger
creep nasty- raw flip man.
amable- stylistic man

they all were tight and i downloaded all of them and have been adding them to a album on my ipod and bumping hard on loop. like one of you said before me: if i wait a minute my top ten would change and settle.

but as of now having listened to all the beats i feel like the whole of artists that came on this did solid.

this was really fun man i gotta get down on that open chal stuff.

[Amable]

What's up, fam!!?? Much props to everyone who got in on this battle. I had a lot of fun working on the beat and was amazed at everyone's take on the samples. I need to give each track a good listen before I vote. I'll be back soon!

[kel]

my top ten (in alphabetical order) and why

Adru: yeah your attitude sucked but this is about music, beat is nuts... if i had not heard any of your other music i might accuse you of not using the og samples

Computers: best drumwork. your style is unique mang. first computers track iv'e heard in a minute that doesn't include a dissonant piano sample i knew something was missing

Count Sierackula: 1st place. shit is HAUNTED!!!!!!

Dibiase: fuckin magician, 2nd place

IIIII: you know how people say 'everytime i listen to ___ i hear something different'... that's you. still worshiping the owl on my ealry morning weed-walks

Jonwayne: i started laughing when this one came on cuz it was too exaggeratedly dope i couldn't believe it. gimme a verse on this one!!!!

Oaxana: a damn red alert. if i have a heart attack i'm blaming it on you. i got anxiety problems already sheesh... good work

ormo: lo-fi bliss. 3rd place

Project Waxwick: breakdown sounds like a damn live band. lovin this ish!

Wax Inspektor: Dope! definition of a flip. only problem.... you don't give yourself enough props!


KEEP BATTLING! I'm joining the open challenge this time

[dp]

dibiase- i acctually heard this track on his myspace before knowing it was his battle track and i loved it. everything is on point as usual
elhauna-loved everything drums/strings ambiance real dirty
ellaguru-honestly i loved the real offbeat choppy drums. everything else was superficial...not in a bad way. dirty beat
iiii-damn, just a good beat
jaylost-loved the strings boiiiiiii
mokiiii- real dirty beat homie, steppin that game up
jonwayne-i love your beats, so simple yet interesting such an original sound. grimey.
ormo-i agree with dibiase love that el-p feel man.
wax inspector-i just love the all around feel of this track
wunderkut-rawwwwwwwwww

[balazs]

nice beats here. props to everyone. its gonna take some time to check em all out and vote.

juxt - audio two influence props!! i like the sound of this dirty snare too.

thanks man. yeah, i had some trouble this battle so i just did that as a joke and named the beat "i get faceplates, faceplates i got". eventhough i dont think Im gonna be getting any faceplates this battle

[Les Braun]

Computers: best drumwork. your style is unique mang. first computers track iv'e heard in a minute that doesn't include a dissonant piano sample i knew something was missing

lol
Thanks, kel.
It's actually the first time I didn't use library drums in a beat. I think I'll start chopping breaks for drums from now on...
Checking out all tracks again right now, will vote when I'm through with them all...

OK, here are the beats that appealed to me the most, in alphabetical order:

Ellaguru - Loved the drums, but you also took the parts of the synth sample that noone else took. Great job, man.

J. Griz - Something about your beat reminded me of Billy Jean...
I liked that you used unique, minimal samples, too.

Jon Wayne - Real nice beat. I'm glad that someone else also used only the 404 and a tape recorder, man

Oaxaca - Loved that pitch work. Kinda psycho, but I enjoyed listening to it.

But really, everyone did a pretty good job.
This was my first battle, and I gotta say that doing this was pretty fun. When I have time in the future, I think I'll participate in another battle.

Good luck, everyone!

[elhuana]

1.adru - the beat is pure fire.
2.Amable - you created an awesome melody from those samples. Simple but really dope.
3.Antee - classic hip hop joint which I like a lot!
4.Black Snow - A little bit too silently recorded sample, but as for the first beat on 404 its not that bad
6.Computers - really good drums. The main sample melody could be bit too repetitive but overall beat is good.
7.Count - I love the drums plus this acid-like bass. Murky and really good beat
8.Creep Nasty - Nice melody with interesting snare
9.Dibiase - dope usage of effects. Really solid beat!
10.Just Jeff - nice drums
11.DMAN - reminds me of "Requiem for a dream" Really like it!
12.DoctaKay - I like this filtered bassline plus the drums
13.huana iz huana
14.Ellaguru - a lot of crazy tunes in this one plus heavy drums!
15.Fauna - I like reverbed part and playing with frequencies a lot
16.IG9 - damm, I cant recall any beat from ya IG9 despite you're a real "dinosaur" here No offense of course, beat is crazy in its own way
17.IIIII - nice 404 bassline plus drums. I;d know that this is your ish even if you didnt label it
18.JayLost - really cool parts of the sample used. Plus nice n classic drum
19.J.Griz - rally nasty BASS! Plus you've got an interesting sounds coming later
20.JMoki - raw n dirty shit!
21.JonWayne - I like those pitch playing and other effects later on
22.Juxt - damm you Juxt, you and your jokes ;P I like the vinyl sim play
23.Kel - A lot of really nice sounds in this one!
24.LFD00M - shit, I didnt like it ;p sorry Heard better beats from you!
25.Oaxaca - very "intensive" beat, a lot of cool sounds and nice drums!
26.Ormo - LoFiness everywhere. I like this distorted shit despite over half of the beat is "drumless" but it;s all about experimenting!
27.Project Waxwick - nice melody! sounds like from another planet!
28sp404beatz - didnt like it that much, sorry#2 but the drums aint that bad!
29.SteveC - a lot of tight effects plus 404's bassline which I like
30.Teewok - Classic banger from my man TEE! Absolutely tight.
31.timfromtexas - definitely the best used pitch effect I've ever heard. Really nice drums, plus the overall sound.
32.Wax - Like I said before, reminds me of dj shadow shit, nice drums and nice filter usage.
5.wundrkut - I like your drums very much man
It was really hard to decide but my votes goes to numbers(lol):1,2,3,7,9,11,18,30,31,32
Much respect to all the brave warriorz who participated in this one!

[Antee]

yoyoyo my vote goes to Adru, your beat is pure fire man, super chops and bangin' drums i dig it a lot.

Dibiase: your shit is crazy, i like how do you flip the sample, your drums programming (cool swing) and the great use of the efx. I love listen to your track smoking some good shit.

Elhuana: i really like your track, great work with the chops man, mad skillz.

Ellaguru: già sai cosa penso del tuo beat, BOOOM!!!

JonWayne: nice job man, i love these zombie strings, it's time for the living dead to return from the hell!

ProjectWaxwick: dope beat man! cool drums.

Teewok: nice beat man, i like the drums and the subsonic bass.

Wax Inspektah: really cool lo fi drums man.

Wundrkut: po-po-pooow shit is hot man, great chops and nice drums and swing.

[Jmoki]

ahhhh, i just wrote a massive review of everyones beat, and the page died on me,,,,,,,,



that sucks, it took me like an hour too

[Jmoki]

My votes went to, wundrkut, dibiase, ellahuana and john wayne....

If i get time il rewrite my thoughts on everyones beat, they were all good tbh, its just these four that stood out in my mind..

dope stuff everyone

[elhuana]

Jmoki, you mean ellaguru or elhuana?
cuz there aint no ellahuana here

[iG9]

@elhuana yeah i haven't put out much lately. My last few tracks are here http://soundcloud.com/ig9

@foreign devils if any of you win i'd be glad to act as your states address. pm me if that's the case...

haven't listened to the tracks yet, thoughts posted soon...

[hurlingdervish]

it may be hard to tell, but i think people like Dibiase...

[dibiase 1]

second time around listenin these were some other beats that stood out and gave a good listen .amable ur beat is dope like the drums and the way u used the sample. kel u always have crazy drum programmin switchin up time signatures ,and the efx u used on the samples dope. j moki u came with the dirt ball ish lo fi slap. good job. antee ur beat is dope nice chops and u cant go wrong with the boombap. jay lost ur beat is dope , but when the second half of ur beat kicks i really dig that. i like how u used that part of the sample with the efx it gave ithe beat a nice groove.oaxaca nice drum work and chops of the sample real gutter track. black snow nice attempt for ur first battle. just boost up ur sound record into work program ur usin or cd burner and usin compressors on the 404 helps. make sure when u record u slightly under the red or barely touchin the red with the levels. i had that problem too for years. adru ur beat is dope. nice chops and breakdowns and the drums and hihats sound like they been ran through a sp 1200 extra dusty. has a premo feel to it sorta. i still got more to write on everyone. btw the more i listen to ormo beat man that shit is gutter very very raw. its becomin my fav.