Kwing's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Obsideo vs. Milk Dud]

Obsideo is pretty relentless with his punches and hits with a lot of personals, though many of them are really geeky and matter of fact rather than something that would make a crowd go wild.

Milk Dud threw me with the echoing and off-beat delivery. I understand that this is a troll account, but delivery and mixing is something that shouldn't be tampered with beyond the limits of what is easy to understand - tvJohnny and Jang Gang are great examples of emcees who have done gimmick battles that turn out to be surprisingly funny. It would have been nice to have a more fleshed out persona battling here.

Taking all of that into account, Obsideo actually makes himself look worse by taking this battle seriously.

[CLAB - Eye-Cue vs Fats]

Hot beat.

Eye-Cue V1 - Animation diss is okay I guess, the appearance disses are excessive but charming.

Fats V1 - A little scatterbrained but there are a shitload of flips and punches.

Eye-Cue V2 - Immediate flip on the age diss, Family Guy, EQ, and name diss.

Fats V2 - Similar style to his first verse - tons of punches but again he jumps topics very spastically. The doubletime is also a little difficult to catch.

This is a really great battle. Both MCs stay focused throughout the entire battle and bring unique styles. Eye-Cue comes out on top in terms of style and flow but Fats comes with better lyrics. I relistened to the battle to say if either MC pulled ahead with multis or rhyme scheme and didn't notice anything particularly outlandish about either, so I'm going to have to go ahead and abstain from voting on this one.

[(untittle song of no name]

Damn good. Has that dark and serious flair that I'm used to hearing from Spawn's work. Too repetitive and short to be a full track, obviously. FINISH IT.

Druids-Warcry responds:

spawn did all the drum work on this, this song was made in 2009 and its now 2014 I do not think this song will ever get worked on.

[Lavendar]

The ambient stuff fading in and out is nice and offers that chill trippiness you're going for and really keeps things dynamic but I feel like it's kind of dragged down by the takataka-takataka-wee-wee-chuck rhythm going on through the WHOLE track. The rhythm is interesting and kind of threw me for a loop for the first 30 seconds but after three minutes I was really aching for a change.

AxTekk responds:

Aaaahhh, see I'm going for a very 2-step/ post dubstep style feel with this, and you kinda need a steady base to dance to with that shit (even though this track isn't really incredibly dancey, I like that you can still kinda groove to it). Still getting the hang of working with different swings, so if this rhythm gets a bit grating it's cause I'm still figuring shit out but I will say it isn't just a simple one bar loop (which it sounds like at first).

[Not F***ing Working]

Huh. The synergy between the beat and lyrics reminds me a lot of Mindless Self Indulgence.

Whoa, you bring a lot of energy in this one. Part of this is the beat, which is surprisingly fast. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I would have preferred if you'd picked a slower one. The lyrics start off strong but I feel like it got a little whiny as the song progressed which was a distinct turnoff.

As always, you bring multis by the boatload and flow smooth.

[SWAG CITY]

This beat really grew on me. The first time I heard it it just wasn't doing it for me, but the more I listen the more I realize the sheer intensity it brings. I like how it bears some resemblance to some kind of siren and how its blistering fast percussion make this really intense.

DiroNomer responds:

I am really glad you feel his way, as I think that it the best way to feel about something. I have songs I listened to where I thought it was okay at first, but then it just sneaks up on me, then I'm loving it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

[WS - Misanthropy]

Hands down amazing. Dark and brooding, this beat is monstrous.

Enunciation slipped a little here and there so there were a handful of bars I didn't catch but part of this may have also been the mixing, the beat is much louder than the vox.

[CLAB - Boss vs Byron]

Boss V1 - "When you try to rap fast you fuck up your flow" is quite nice but you sandwiched it between two gay disses and finished it off with filler.

Byron V1 - Gay flip is decent, but you keep following it up to the point where it makes you look worse. Boring delivery diss is quite good. Major minus for rhyming 'self' with 'wealth' twice. Bad mic diss.

Boss V2 - Launch pad flip is decent, hypocritical flip is nice, microphone flip is pretty good. The voice diss was alright.

Byron V2 - Name diss is slightly amusing. Crash and burn flip is alright. Internal 'ize' lines are okay. Finisher is terribly awkward, you could have put this line earlier in the verse and thought of a better finisher.

This is closer than I thought it would be, but I'd give Boss the win mainly due to Byron's surprisingly poor rhyme scheme.

[NGHH - Gasmasq vs OxyJin]

Holy crap. This is the first time I heard OxyJin battle and he's damn good.

Gasmasq V1 - Lots of multis but lots of filler. "All you do is whine" is the one personal but you rag on it pretty well and make good disses out of it.

OxyJin V1 - This guy flows real nice, can't stand the doubling on his vocals though. LARPing diss, bringing up Cynic, pretty lame name disses.

Gasmasq V2 - "Life is like a personal diss" is amusing, Cynic flip is just as lame as the original hit.

OxyJin V2 - MickeyMao diss is nice, bringing up LARPing again is a pretty big mistake because it makes this verse highly redundant.

Not too many personals here but both went pretty smooth. I'd give Gas the win for getting a little more personal.

[chinese hip hop final version]

Man, this is NUTS. I'm loving the minimalist approach with the use of occasional sound effects. The strings and drums are tight and make for a very potent duo. THIS is what you spit over.