Aight breh, I just listened to the whole thing. I see a BIG difference between these beats and the ones on Poolside. You can tell that you were really just starting off because most of the tracks although have nice melodies and instruments come off sounding like loops with a few tweaks here and there while the tracks on Poolside sounded more like complete beats that were built up and structured better.
The beats I felt the most were Mr. Mingus, Mr. Washington, and Mr. Maman and those 3 don't see beats like Courtship Withdrawal or Biddies in Bikinis
The other beats I felt had certain sounds/instruments that clashed with what the vibe was. Like sometimes the beat will sound depressing which is cool, but then you'll have a lil happy type sound that will pop up and throw off the whole vibe. You really didn't have this problem with Poolside (except for Post Traumatic but you still made that work)so I saw the improvement you made. I look at this tape like you figuring out your style and Poolside as the one where you have a style chosen and just took it further.
Keep it up breh
The beats I felt the most were Mr. Mingus, Mr. Washington, and Mr. Maman and those 3 don't see beats like Courtship Withdrawal or Biddies in Bikinis
The other beats I felt had certain sounds/instruments that clashed with what the vibe was. Like sometimes the beat will sound depressing which is cool, but then you'll have a lil happy type sound that will pop up and throw off the whole vibe. You really didn't have this problem with Poolside (except for Post Traumatic but you still made that work)so I saw the improvement you made. I look at this tape like you figuring out your style and Poolside as the one where you have a style chosen and just took it further.
Keep it up breh