MaoDaMighty's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Angel's Call]

Intro lead up until about the 40sec mark felt awkward (the box and skippy beat didn't really work in cohesion imo), mayeb takes another listen to get used too;). But then the more verse friendly structure dropped and it fell nicely into place. I rather enjoyed the change up too, had a kinda icp beat feel to it (in a good way. the bass WAH is quite satisfying. I fairly diggin it.

Libby-Shimmz responds:

Thanks Mao!

[Ugly [DEMO]]

dope song. solid. If I hadn't lost my ipod, it would be on it.

budjohnson responds:

Thanks bro!!

[How it Ends-GZ]

That flow! Goes! Really enjoyed the quick rhymes schemes on this. Lyrical content was creative and most of the rhymes dropped naturally without feeling forced. The mixing is very decent; very audible and appropriately leveled to ride nice with the beat. Im a bit torn, i like the solo vocal track, but I think that some subtle adlibs might add a lil more character to this rap. Beat is dope, very olskooly happy vibe feels on it.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thanks very much. I actually had some adlibs recorded too, but got a little impatient with the mixing and scrapped them.

[Lights [HOOK ONLY]]

I really like the way you did "lights" , the subtle crackiness of this in general works well with beat, me thinks.

budjohnson responds:

the subtle crackiness is actually a trademark of q sik

[Never Thought I'd- FlashYizz Ft. DJDj]

Oh my, that narrative stream and a flow to deliver it so diversely, really hits a stride and carries the established theme throughout this song. Lyrics on point, real and hearty. The beat; very vibey, with some nice instrumental accompaniment, the pianos are a very nice touch. Most of the vocal samples, I'm digging, the choral singing nice. The Lil Jon "Hey" and other hype, not so much; thought it clashed a bit with the mood of this. Vocal mixing- first 2/3 dope, very audible and meshed well with the beat. The rap bars at around 3minutes (and the outro rap bit) , the lap top mic set up became apparent. Which is kind of impressive, considering all the vocal range displayed before/after the ear bleeding parts; either you have an awesome laptop mic, or you got some impressive mixing skills or both.

Big props bro. Hope to hear more from you!

NeoAlchemist247 responds:

So awesome to hear from ya, Mick!

Thanks for the breakdown. I deff was less than satisfied with the way a lot of parts sounded, but yeah. The laptop mic is quite limiting. I hope to bring you more in the future!

[Meditate in Moshpits]

Dope flows, sick beat, I might drops something on this...

Unodir responds:

Mickey,

Great to hear from you brother! It's been a few years. I appreciate the positive feedback. The track is WIP and needs substantial mixing and I still haven't spit my part. It's funny how life happens and priorities change. Lately I have been getting that hunger back for some production and word play, thus the recent postings.

Enough about me, how have you been? Repentence and Mysterium are fantistic tracks man.

Keep up the good work. If you ever come across any of my beats and would like to spit hit me up and I'd be happy to send out the individual track originals so you could play around with them.

[Crooked Design [DEMO]]

I'm very much enjoying this. Very stream of consciousness/ real af bars on this. The flow, very chill; the juxtaposition with the harsher vibes on this beat make the points hit harder, kinda. The hooks could use a lil more energy or conviction, me thinks. The honesty is the most best part of this though. Looking forward to seeing where you take this one!

budjohnson responds:

Sensei Mickey <zeeen>

[Ferris Wheel (Attempt 1)]

Diggin this mix. The overlayed vocals make the repetitiveness of fairly familiar phonetic flabs fabricated for Ferrish Wheels and ferris wheels accessories seem more intentionally satirical. The shifting tones in the track are intriguing; this is good, but it can also make it difficult to interpret which bars are meant to be deep and which are the whimsical lyrical wizard styles. Beat reminds me so much of Crono Trigger; not sure if Vash samples, but either way, dope. Very creative song here.

Teqneek responds:

Thanks Mickey. Yeah- rough draft. And I'll record and upload the finished version eventually. I just wanted to drop this first because I like it and I'm impatient.

["Nowhere To Run" Instrumental]

Post Era Spaghetti western, set in along a coastline somewhere slightly tropical OR a reboot of a Tarantino film, but done with respect and honor, by an A.I director-bot (that has been specifically designed to direct a cinematic masterpiece--bot also has an implanted soul, so it's all good). Plot; probably something to do with something stolen, and going to retrieve it, with a vengeance. Characters: band of brothers styles; a bunch a bro die, spoiler alert. McGuffin: magic shoes, magic ring, power staff or magic bullet.

Basically, this is a dope beat.

SkyFromD-Squad responds:

haha exactly what i was going for

[I Rob People (feat. Sky)]

I love all the references in this, holy moly Batman there's tonnes of em! I liked the way Teq ends his 1st verse and starts the 3rd with that "rob" emphasis word play. The transition verses between Teq and Sky was executed very nicely. Sky's more grimy verse was juxtaposed well with Teq's hyperbolic whacky bars.However, I don't think this was Sky's best outing on the lyric side of things; there were a few dope bars, but a lot of it sounded a bit generic. Teqneek's flow was a bit rushed at points and the delivery fell off on some bars with a higher count of syllables. That, mixed with quiet vocals, made a lot of the bars inaudible; which means all those dope references would be lost if the lyrics were not posted. Really liked this beat; Axtekk really kills it with those funky computer horn things!

Dope track all together though. Has a sick old school feel to it.

Teqneek responds:

Thanks Mickey. I think I'll go ahead and make some adjustments tomorrow and re-up this track (or, replace the audio file I mean.) heeding you and Fats' advise. -Brrrrrrr-