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[NGHH'11 - Nimbus vs Cynic]

Nimbus V1 - Autopsy line is a nice followup after round 2. Afro Samurai and Super Saiyan are nerdy but decent. Nice rhyme scheme. A few lines ('everything sounds the same') could be personals but aren't very specific.

Cynic V1 - Just an Avatar is amusing in response to two anime bars. Stripes back/hype track is a damn hard hit. Fanbase of 4 is a funny line, dick-sucking is weak.

Nimbus V2 - No fly zone is decent, south flip is decent. Incarnation of a deity is a little off-beat. Dispatching amateurs sounds nice as hell. Name diss is nice but you played the jet plane flip a little too long. Finisher could have been better.

Cynic V2 - Points out lack of multis, nice. Dropping the soap/rape lines are corny. Models with fake guns is another heavy duty diss. Finisher is also very strong.

Props to MustyElbow for a grungy beat, I'd give Cynic the win for more aggressive personals. Nimbus was more showy but Cynic was BATTLING.

[NGHH'11 - QSik vs TehSlapHappy]

Damn it. Slap raps about ass. QSik rhymes about... Ass. And blowjobs. Q-Sik's flow is more on-point, but he smudged the rhythm in bits where the syllable count really didn't require him to change the tempo. I'd give Q-Sik the win.

[CLAB - Moses vs Satan]

Tough beat. Interesting take with the uneven bar count, makes this more like a cypher than a battle, not that there's anything wrong with it.

Moses - On your knees line went over my head. Not the holy one is nice. Raptaculadocious is silly but amusing. Born addicted to crack is amusing. Holy afro is probably the knockout line in this battle. Toothpaste line made me laugh.

Satan - Magdalene line is clever. Tobacco line is okay. 'Go and buy his book' is chuckalicious. Butsaay is kind of hard to understand, I think this has to do with his accent, voice alteration, and the fact that he seems to be trying extra hard to -suppress- his accent in this one. In the end it damages his flow and delivery.

I listened to the beginning of this battle probably half a dozen times but never made it to the end due to my frustration at not being able to decipher a lot of the more distorted bits. That being said, this is far from being a bad battle. Overall the lines are pretty amusing. I think the main problem here is that the uneven bar count makes it tough to really determine a winner or even to get a feel for either emcee. I also noticed a bit of filler, which for a battle like this really shouldn't happen - picking an alias means your character (as well as your opponent's) has more history to draw on, that means just about every line should be a personal.

Teqneek edges it in lyrics and bodies with flow and delivery. Due to the mastering I would have really liked to have the lyrics up for this one.

[Inovayshun - Luke James/ThaKid]

Paper covers stone
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DUDE BARS

I'm definitely seeing an anti-9-to-5 pattern here in your tracks. The 'la la la' singing was a little samey but you have kickass flow, a kickass voice and kickass rhymes. At a few points I feel like the beat was a little too loud for your voice but there's nothing wrong with your technique or delivery.

[clabtrap 2013]

Awesome multis, interesting take on the hype track, almost more like a bio. Honestly I like the approach since it makes this different from the rest of the competition. Nice and long too.

Only issue I can see here is it's a little scrambled. "I've been doing this, I should be doing this, I hate how people slave away until they die." Whoa whoa whoa, slow down there buddy.

[Back At It Again]

Well, how do I start? I like that you're trying something new with a slow beat and laid back delivery, although it sounds more like "Teqneek with a sprinkle of Jakobe" rather than "chill Teqneek." Of course, flowing with a new style takes time so I expect you can only get better from here on out.

When you slow everything down you need to think about how your bars are going to change as well. Couplets and more poignant imagery are going to be important because the listener is stuck listening to each word for a longer period of time, and this means you really have to stress quality over quantity. This isn't exactly easy to do when I feel you had plenty of lines but still clocked in at 2:30, but I believe the rule still stands. Your first stanza expanded a bit too heavily on the 'crack addict' thing and I think that's the best example I can use to show that slow delivery can easily slip into something tedious if you aren't careful. Another reason this is an issue is because the emphasis in your bars stays in the exact same place for the vast majority of the track, something you have been called out on numerous times before.

Your rhyme scheme isn't bad but nothing really jumped out at me, and since this isn't a battle and you didn't have to manage your time or make sure that your lines fit into a certain number of bars, as well as you not being required to prove any particular point, I feel you could have played around more and experimented with more unusual syllables. I heard a couple slant rhymes that sounded a little awkward (again most likely due to the slowness). That being said your last stanza has some DOPE multies so you end on a really good note.

I think this track is the equivalent of Teq-puberty. Your style and delivery are in the process of changing and it's ugly and awkward, as puberty tends to be. That being said, I think in due time you'll end up bigger and stronger because of it (not to mention more hairy).

Teqneek responds:

Okay, taken as a stand alone critique... you do make some valid (a tad snobbish, but valid) points, and that's appreciated. However...

Every single review you've done of my stuff has been negative. I can't even take you seriously dude. You've also voted against me in almost every battle I posted on Newgrounds.

You were brought up as a topic of discussion in HDC, with the general consensus of you being a "hip hop pseudo-elitist who criticizes most people while posting below-average work himself". I haven't listened to your stuff; that's just what I read from others.

Honestly, all I have to go on is your reviews of my stuff, and you come across as polite and intelligent, but the things you say make me lose my mind sometimes.

I appreciate the time you spend on these reviews, but if all you are ever going to do is talk down to me and passive-aggressively bash my work (which I spend a great deal of time and effort on), then I'd rather you just not review my stuff because I already know what's coming.

[Possible Danger]

Got this stuck in my head and had to listen to the instrumental. Damn this is tight. Voice sampling is repetitive but everything else is perfect. Way chill and catchy as fuck.

[Typical Biz]

Nice bars, rhyme scheme is very tight. Flow is nice, you maintain your charm when you doubletime which is a big plus. A few lines were a little tacky (smoking til the weed is gone) but you've got some serious skill. The one point I'd take off is that it's just another I'm-such-hot-shit track. I know that makes up roughly 98% of the tracks here on Newgrounds but it really shouldn't be an excuse.

BummerCityTown responds:

Thank you for the kind words my friend. The tape is available on soundcloud, and bandcamp next week. So sorry for the delay. But it certainly has some more variety in the songs/topics. I hope you like it :)

[CLAB- Carefoot vs Gasmasq]

Carefoot V1 - Doesn't enunciate, doesn't make it clear where one bar ends and the next one begins.

Gasmasq V1 - Nice flow and punchlines but not many personals, reminds me a lot of the Smorg battle.

Carefoot V2 - Open mic diss is actually decent. MadFlex diss sucks because of how much you fail at flowing.

Gasmasq V2 - Women flip is okay, MySpace diss is hilarious but this is a 2012 battle, right? Lol. Finals flip is strong, finisher is strong as well.

Gas for the win, easily.