Kwing's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[NGHH'11 - Self vs Steve]

Self V1 - Age diss and art diss are okay but the rest is filler. Awful exit.

Steve V1 - Eminem disses are delivered really well. Scrawny diss is amusing. Nice finisher,

Stan V2 - Eminem flip, bacon flip didn't really impress me. Steve to Stan was amusing, Soundcloud flip is nice, EpiTroll diss is nice, finisher is decent.

Steve V2 - 'Trying' flip is good, the name diss was pretty good and the 'articles about yourself' hit incredibly hard. Eek. Finisher is pretty good too.

Self wins in flow and delivery but Steve punches a lot harder, something I hadn't really noticed before. I can see why Self won though.

[Big Red - 100]

Pretty good, I like how this was like a big thank you to everyone from the comp. At a few points the rhymes seemed a little forced almost like a freestyle and I definitely agree that this is a little rough, but it's still good. Biggest problem is that the ending came kind of suddenly and fast, would have been nice if you'd slowed it down a little bit for that last line, especially since the beat kind of dwindled.

[[T] - Look As You Like]

This is one mean fucking beat!! Great jungle sound to it. Other than this needing to be longer it's damn near perfect. Really unique and creative.

[MCI - Ltrane vs Jakobe]

Jakobe really bodied here. LTrane came up with a few nice shots but he didn't string as hard as Jakobe did ('worst thing you did was rip a tag off a mattress' vs 'after stalking me you're blocking me'). LTrane wasn't bad but Jakobe makes a good point that his flow is so-so and the doubling is really unnecessary.

[Heavy Metal Ringtone]

I would only ever set this ringtone for people I hated because I would never want to answer if this were my ringtone.

There's a definite groove to this. Not sure how well these low notes would sound on a small speaker but this is great.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

They work great on my phone as I added a lot of treble and mids and experimented with frequencies. I went through a few versions and tinkering, specifically for my z10. Glad you dig it!

[MCI - Teqneek vs Eq]

Teqneek V1 - Flow and internal rhymes are good, I think the voice and music disses are decent, though 'combining Elmo and Slug' isn't really terribly accurate (although I could definitely imagine him making love to a wood-chipper while rapping). That said, a lot of the bars were kind of immature, even if the stuff about Eq's girl is true it's not very poignant or specific.

Eq V1 - Wife flip and PiGPEN disses are okay, name disses didn't really leave an impression. BCT and SJD disses are vicious and definitely mark the highlight of the verse.

Teqneek V1 - Immediate mud flip is perfectly executed, though the gay joke and flow diss kind of fall flat. Teq does come off as very flowsy in this battle but Eq's flow really isn't worse. Name diss flip is good and does a good job of uprooting a good chunk of Eq's verses.

Eq V1 - Starts with a couple flips immediately, though 'clique that I quit months ago' sounds kind of wishy washy and implies Eq is indecisive. Bringing up Bummer is redundant but I like that you use it in tandem with the Eye-Cue line, the doubletime finisher is pretty good.

I think this would have been a lot closer without the "you're gay and your wife is a whore" shit in the beginning. As it stands, I just don't feel comfortable giving someone the win after they say "[your wife] blows and gives dome to hobos for dough." I think it's better to reiterate a point than begin incorporating filler when your personals don't fill up the entire 16 bars.

[Feed Into]

This is just perfect. Lots of energy and very poignant. I think the one inconsistency is how you say things aren't going to change and then you say 'we need a revolution.' Whatever, this is still refreshing as fuck.

[Odd Beets]

This is simpler than I was expecting, though it took me some time to decipher it. Seems like it's straight 5/8 with a couple 4/4 breakdowns.

The percussion here is unforgivably repetitive and the melody sounds a little weak, but I can at least say that this has a beat to it, which is more than I can say for some other tracks. I think the biggest problem with this track is that while everything seems to fit and blend, this just isn't complex enough and as a result it seems like it's missing something. Heck, you might have even been able to keep the rhythm identical if you alternated with different samples or sounds.

HellSpawnIV responds:

Wow, I really forgot all about this one. Yep, this was part of my trail and error method when I was starting. I feel like I'm much better know but that's open to opinion. I appreciate the feedback regardless. Thanks. All of my stuff now is on SoundCloud (SoundCloud.com/Vaughn-Anderson) if you're still in a critiquing mood.

[Fall Down]

Hmm. This really isn't my style but you're a dope emcee so I'll try my best to remove any bias I might have.

Listening to this/reading through the lyrics I didn't really run into anything that really jarred me. That's not to say that I think that your message is insincere, but I've heard a lot of stuff very similar to this - in fact, I originally thought the hook was a sample. You bring a lot of energy to the mic which is a little unusual given the subject matter, there's also a bit of an offset between your style and the hook, and by the time it plays the third time around I feel like it's lost a bit of its power rather than having gained more.

That being said, you have a really tight flow and the lyrics are really consistent and each word seems to 'belong' where you put it.