Libby-Shimmz's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[New Story]

Wow, thought this was sampled from a Boards of Canada track at first. Wonderful synths. What plugin did you use to make them?

That snare roll is really nice. The minimal drums are very fitting on the whole.

I wish the bass stayed after its initial appearance. After it drops out, I'm left craving its accompaniment. Nice that it comes back for 8 bars near the end.

4/5 8/10

Rorrapalooza responds:

So that synth is a Parsec Spectral Synthesizer on Reason. It's ratio knob between Oscillator A and B is really useful for this track, as it shifts from B in the beginning to A, and then dead center for the "hook."

As for the bass, my plan for increasing cravings worked perfectly, mwahahaha!!! Lol, I know exactly where you're coming from. Sometimes it's a hard choice between maintaining a full groove and extrapolating upon it, or dropping it back down to rebuild it again. In this case, I chose the latter.

[Smoke]

Dooope bars! Got a lyric sheet available?

Rorrapalooza responds:

Thank you kindly! I'll grab the lyrics and post em up here shortly!

[Worst Day Since Thursday]

Love the bars Teq! 'Tis a damn shame Friends no longer on Netflix and The Office is leaving the platform too, lookie, I can't tie my shoes!

Why was your slushie $37?

Teqneek responds:

Checking account overdraft :(

[Lovely Daze]

Not bad. Diggin' the sample. Not really feelin' the drums, particularly the reverb on the snare, but am diggin' what you've done with the syncopated hi hats. The hi-hats give this a Trap/Modern feel, but the sample is givin' me mad chill vibes.

Not bad JP!

4/5
7/10

supafreshpjs responds:

strong agree its my most poorly mastered one too so far

[Grim Reaper]

Dope bars Teq!

Love the beat.

Would love a lyrics sheet yo!

5/5 10/10

Teqneek responds:

Thanks yo, I will upload lyrics soon, lol I was too impatient to include them

[Concept Appraise]

Nice concept you have here Dureagon.

Is that bass part of the kick or a low-pass filter on the sampled track?

DJDureagon responds:

That be a grimey kick there. Most of the sample track bass is filtered out. Save for one small segment.

[besides (demo 2)]

Dope lyrics! Love your style already and I've only heard one song!

Singing on the hook! That's a much under appreciated aspect of underground Hip Hop.

When this is released proper will you include a lyric sheet?

It's about time I check your stuff out, never thought of doing so before I saw a comment of yours on B-radG's latest beat. I think you've been a fan of mine for at least a year and I never returned the favor.

Love this whole thing, can't wait to prowl through the rest of your page.

5/5

heyopc responds:

The full version should be available on itunes and spotify and google play etc. lyrics are on there. glad you like it!

[IDK]

I feel like the second instance of the hook is not as good as the first or third, but that's just my opinion. The internal rhyme schemes are awesome and expertly placed, so that makes up for the negative opinion.

The beat could be better to be honest. I hear clipping, which is either due to the loud and low audio quality of the beat and the vocals. Actually it is the vocals clipping. Need assistance mastering? I wouldn't mind helping out. :)

"A bar away from a country song//
I lost my car, my job, and I lost my dog"

Did you lose your canine companion recently? Condolences in regards to that last bar in this couplet.

With the theme being IDK, is this another one of those tracks wherein you're trying to get back into the hang of rapping again? I feel like I've heard much better than this from you in the past.

All in all, not bad.

8/10 4/5

Teqneek responds:

So basically what you're saying is give up. WELL TOO BAD LIBBY SHIMMZ, I'll probably be doing this til I'm 146 years old.

And yeah I had to put my 12 year-old beagle down recently. It sucked. The vet showed up and I was still sleeping so his knocking woke me up. . I dashed out of bed to meet him at the door, and in a matter of 2 minutes the deed was done.

So- due to my oversleeping, I never really got a chance to give my dog a proper goodbye. It was really sad for me because my dog was the only thing that stuck by my side through every shitty moment in the past 12 years. She deserved a better send-off than that

[your soul , my beats]

Dope sample!

Needs something more tho...

KingSandy responds:

you right tbh