kevlar kohleone
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So what would u rate it?
Just dropped a new freestyle
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I don’t rate music on a number scale or anything like that, I just think of it in terms of how it makes me feel / if I feel anything at all, and that’s how I think you should be looking for feedback besides critiques on your technicals
Technically speaking I’d say your flow is solid but your enunciation could use work because I can’t actually understand a lot of the words you’re saying, and you need find your ethos as a writer because this veers a little generic. I’d also say you should experiment with different rapping voices / work on that more
kevlar kohleone
Pro
Respect the critique
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D.C.
Im not a real put a number on it type of guy.. It’s dope enough for me to want to go back & listen to again. Even tho it’s just a verse. It’s a solid verse. Definitely good enough to hope you keep posting joints..
kevlar kohleone
Pro
What was everyone’s thoughts on the mix itself?
kevlar kohleone
Pro
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If you’re going to be a serious rapper and rap over beats like this, at least shoot it in a studio/setting where you make it look like a freestyle (funk flex style for example) because just ripping a beat and putting a track out is not the wave in 2023.
Good bars, voice is like a mix of Benny and Conway to me. Overall for the song 6/10
Good bars, voice is like a mix of Benny and Conway to me. Overall for the song 6/10
kevlar kohleone
Pro
Appreciate u listening. As far as the video aesthetics go tho I was thinking of something more a long the lines of like a royal theme to complement the direction of the song
I mean it’s your project
I just don’t think you’re going to get anything to catch using stock footage and free styling over a beat that’s over a decade old. It’s not very captivating. It looks cool I guess so if that’s the point then you hit the nail on the head
If you’re looking for some more organic traction, something like this (especially over a recycled beat) would grab my attention more
kevlar kohleone
Pro
Let add a little more context
At the end of the last song I put out b4 this one I mention bars on I 95 which is a Connecticut based platform which was originally supposed 2 shed light
on talent in Connecticut which it hardly does & when they do the representation is not all that great & it’s not just them theirs other platforms that will throw nikkas a bone every now again but they don’t be picking the right nikkas in my opinion so this song kind in a way picks up where that one left off.
This why I start this song off by saying “Why they holding these nikkas up high like crown
ain’t a fit 4 me/ I’m really him… Who in the town paint the glyphs that we/ correlate wit the carvings on clay tablets/ I done wrote hymns in cuneiform text & made classics.”
This song is about the people who possess the power 2 give nikkas the look but never seem 2 do so properly because if u pick a nikka 2 rap on ur show who’s not all that great in a way by having them up 2 represent connecticut ur basically saying their the pick of the litter so what does that say about the rest of the nikkas in the state that really rap?
That’s u why I also go on 2 say “ who the fukk died & left these nikkas 2 be the taste makers/ when we all know the baggy stuffer & the plate scrapers/ if were 2 place wagers they know who the stakes favor/ that’s why I never gave a fukk about the nay sayers.
In closing if there was an original beat that I was feeling more than this in terms of how it complements the vs I would have named it “ The Declaration Of A Crownless King” or “The Man In The Arena” from the Theodore Roosevelt speech
where he says “
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
At the end of the last song I put out b4 this one I mention bars on I 95 which is a Connecticut based platform which was originally supposed 2 shed light
on talent in Connecticut which it hardly does & when they do the representation is not all that great & it’s not just them theirs other platforms that will throw nikkas a bone every now again but they don’t be picking the right nikkas in my opinion so this song kind in a way picks up where that one left off. This why I start this song off by saying “Why they holding these nikkas up high like crown
ain’t a fit 4 me/ I’m really him… Who in the town paint the glyphs that we/ correlate wit the carvings on clay tablets/ I done wrote hymns in cuneiform text & made classics.” This song is about the people who possess the power 2 give nikkas the look but never seem 2 do so properly because if u pick a nikka 2 rap on ur show who’s not all that great in a way by having them up 2 represent connecticut ur basically saying their the pick of the litter so what does that say about the rest of the nikkas in the state that really rap?
That’s u why I also go on 2 say “ who the fukk died & left these nikkas 2 be the taste makers/ when we all know the baggy stuffer & the plate scrapers/ if were 2 place wagers they know who the stakes favor/ that’s why I never gave a fukk about the nay sayers.
In closing if there was an original beat that I was feeling more than this in terms of how it complements the vs I would have named it “ The Declaration Of A Crownless King” or “The Man In The Arena” from the Theodore Roosevelt speech
where he says “
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
kevlar kohleone
Pro
I mean it’s your project
I just don’t think you’re going to get anything to catch using stock footage and free styling over a beat that’s over a decade old. It’s not very captivating. It looks cool I guess so if that’s the point then you hit the nail on the head
If you’re looking for some more organic traction, something like this (especially over a recycled beat) would grab my attention more
Not stock footage there’s a few castles in connecticut I’m thinking of shooting in front of & renting a kings throne chair
2 really sell it
kevlar kohleone
Pro
Any other thoughts regarding this
Not stock footage there’s a few castles in connecticut I’m thinking of shooting in front of & renting a kings throne chair
I was saying stock footage based on what you already had posted. Wish you well breh
Honestly I don't think you're at a point yet where soliciting feedback on the mix makes sense. Mixing is both a subjective art and an objective science - subjectively it needs to reflect the feeling you're going for and that's hard to judge since it seems you're still finding your voice as an artist and rapper. Objectively, the only feedback you should value is from professional engineers and yourself, and on your end you have to develop an ear to learn what to listen for and how to listen, which takes time and learning and is a more advanced part of the process
Keep working and self-evaluating at every step. You're at a stage where you need to solicit feedback often so don't be afraid to get shytted on and don't get defensive when it happens; that's part of every artist's journey. It takes years and years and hours and hours to get good at this, for most people at least. Draw inspiration from everywhere and everything, keep working at your craft like your life depends on it, and most importantly have fun with it because that's the only part of making music that truly matters