Fresh Produce Beat Battle 1: Swiffness! v. tommyj56304 (Winner: Swiffness!)
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Tha Killa
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What up fellas? I know this battle has taken a minute to get under way, but I wanted to make it so that everybody had enough chances to prove they're the best in the game, so please excuse the delay.
This is how it's gonna work out. Each producer has until tommorow @ 5:00 PST to check in and post their beat for Round 1, in this thread, to be judged by your peers, AND the panel of judges I have selected. The winner of Round 1 is awarded 1 point
And if ya'll need a memory refreshment for the rules for Round 1:
Today's style of beat will be Rap-Rock. Here's an example of that style of beat. Here's a more recent example of that style of beat.
Round 2 will begin, in this thread, on Wednesday afternoon.
This is how it's gonna work out. Each producer has until tommorow @ 5:00 PST to check in and post their beat for Round 1, in this thread, to be judged by your peers, AND the panel of judges I have selected. The winner of Round 1 is awarded 1 point
And if ya'll need a memory refreshment for the rules for Round 1:
Round 1 will consist of each producer submitting one of the hottest beats of their choice in the style that I give you. So if I ask you to submit a ? Souf beat each, the best beat, both sonically AND thematically, wins the Round. So if you ain't versatile, or at least have beats of different styles I suggest you pull out now. For each round I'll give you a day to submit that beat and I'll PM you a reminder of the deadline. So if you ain't already got a hot beat that fits the style that I ask for, make one nagga!
Today's style of beat will be Rap-Rock. Here's an example of that style of beat. Here's a more recent example of that style of beat.
Round 2 will begin, in this thread, on Wednesday afternoon.
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"It's over Anakin. I have the high ground."
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Where's tommyj at?
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lol, did you visit dude's soundclick?
he's still in that "Wow, I made this!" larval stage -
Swiffness! wrote: »lol, did you visit dude's soundclick?
he's still in that "Wow, I made this!" larval stage
He has until tomorrow at 5:00 PST to prove you wrong. -
lurks.....
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tommyj56304 wrote: »You underestimate my power
Don't try it...
http://www.zshare.net/audio/789611863a492cf9/ -
Bwahahaha! Swiffness!, you're a fool for that! I wouldn't underestimate Tommy though, if I were you man. There are 3 Rounds to these battles so you can't afford to slip up not once. Me and the other judges will deliberate after he drops his beat.
You should see what I got in store for the next few Rounds. I got a surprise for you ? tho. -
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The other judges will be here later, but here are the two criteria we'll be judging on:
1.) How well does your beat fuse the two genres of Rock and Rap both sonically and aesthetically......
2.) Which beat could I see myself rapping to, and which sounds better to me?
With that said, I think Swiffness!'s beat fit criteria 1 better than Tommy J's. I think the war theme was a great idea for this style of beat, and the "Time to test our spirits!" part was both hilarious and actually a good addition. It's a solid beat and a great opening shot to this battle.
Yet I'd have to say that Tommy's beat fits criteria 2 the best because although it does have a New Age Pop power ballad feel to it, the beat itself is still pretty good in spite of that. Even though I can definitely tell the Kanye influence. The synths are a great touch (albeit simple) and the groove is aesthetically pleasing. That's not to say that I can't see myself goin' off to the Swiffness! beat, because that's a beat I can see somebody use for a Super Bowl promo because of the grandiose quality of it, but me personally, I'd have to give the slight edge to Tommy. It was a tougher decision than I expected, but even though these beats are on opposite sides of the spectrum, they both have a lot of qualities you look for in a dope beat.
I'll give you both the acapella to remix while I wait for the other judges to chime in. Gimme a min to find it. -
After the other judges chime in on the victor of Round 1..........Tha Killa wrote:Round 2 will consist of me giving each of you a modern Hip-Hop/R&B song's acapella track to remix and whoever constructs a better beat than both their opponent AND/OR the original producer, wins the Round
Round 2 begins with both producers remixing THIS song to the best of their ability. And whoever wins this Round will be awarded 2 points.
So make it count! I expect your submissions by Friday evening. Let's say 5:00 P.M. PST? -
Know what? ? it. How 'bout the rest of Fresh Produce judge these battles and whoever gets 3 votes first wins the Round?
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Yeah....I JUST got back to the crib after being exiled for exterminator work since Tuesday.
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Swiffness! wrote: »Yeah....I JUST got back to the crib after being exiled for exterminator work since Tuesday.
Ok fam/ I'll give you 'til Monday if you need it. -
As far as round 1, going along with the judging criteria:
I'd have to agree with Killer. Swifness beat definitely followed the rap rock format a little more faithfully with the heavy guitar. I like the aggressive metal sound.
As far as what beat would sound best with a rapper, I'd go with the second beat. It had the bubbly new wave sound that was prevalent in 80s rock and it was a simple but great beat so I can easily see someone riding off of it successfully. -
jackthemack wrote: »As far as round 1, going along with the judging criteria:
I'd have to agree with Killer. Swifness beat definitely followed the rap rock format a little more faithfully with the heavy guitar. I like the aggressive metal sound.
As far as what beat would sound best with a rapper, I'd go with the second beat. It had the bubbly new wave sound that was prevalent in 80s rock and it was a simple but great beat so I can easily see someone riding off of it successfully.
So who, in your opinion, takes Round 1? -
I've been super busy myself. I'll try to get the remix in this weekend if thats ok with killer and swiffness. Its been fun so far.
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tommyj56304 wrote: »I've been super busy myself. I'll try to get the remix in this weekend if thats ok with killer and swiffness. Its been fun so far.
Yeah it's cool. Just keep me posted man. Like I said, I can give you 'til Monday if you need it. -
both beats were good; I vote for swiffness - I see dipset makin' a dope-ass anthem outta that one; props fellas!!!!
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cot dammit killer, that acapella is faster than the original bpm.
and the way nas's flow floats on that song, you pretty much need the original as a frame of reference, even tapping along is treacherous
i even looked up blends other people did and they're all offbeat as ?
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Swiffness! wrote: »cot dammit killer, that acapella is faster than the original bpm.
and the way nas's flow floats on that song, you pretty much need the original as a frame of reference, even tapping along is treacherous
i even looked up blends other people did and they're all offbeat as ?
i am ? furious
No problem. I can find another one for you guys to flip if you want. I got a lot of ac's to give ya'll.
Then again, it IS possible.
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Its up to swiffness. I put something together, but its not very good especially compared to the one killer posted. You say the word swiff. I'm down to do a different one otherwise i'll post what i got.
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nah its cool, i was blowin off steam. i suck at matching acapella vocals so whenever I get a acapella that's different than the original, I feel like a colorblind man tryin to solve a Rubix cube lol
finding the remix killer posted would've made it easier....as it is i broke up the acapella into sections and dragged them around so it sorta fits -
http://www.zshare.net/audio/791807169120f990/
be sure to listen all the way thru
i hate New York btw rofl -
you rocked that ? , brainiac - stuck with the theme and er'thang!!! good ? bruh!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD4rGBHE2_s