Kwing's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[One Heart]

Seems kind of emotionless to me, honestly. The drums are too abrasive for a somber beat, but the melody is too somber for something more aggressive. This beat gets stuck somewhere in the middle and I don't like it. You could have put in some bass for more of that aggression or toned the entire thing down and used a lot of fading and ambiance for something gentler.

[MCI - TK vs Eq]

TK V1 - Goofy and smooth at the same time, brilliant rhymes and awesome flow. Neanderthal line is kind of hammy. Trying too hard is a decent personal. Razor finisher is amusing.

EQ V1 - Cut yourself flip is amusing. dictionary.com line is solid but TK's rhymes really weren't overkill or fanciful, they flowed. B-hole made me roll my eyes. Emo bangs is a decent flip. Gay bar is lame, anime diss is better. Finisher went over my head.

TK V2 - Opening with stuff about your bars is great. People showed up at mine is great, sex life is nice, equalization is another strong one. Coffee flip is unnecessary, should have used a punch line instead.

EQ V2 - Biting line is a good way to attack TK changing his voice. Geico line is a little cheesy. More emo stuff, okay. Pasty diss is amusing, coffee finisher is amusing.

This is a really tough battle to judge. There are a lot of punches but a lot of them fail to hit. TK flips like mad in his second verse but EQ is more consistent with flipping but TK went first, so I'm having some trouble picking out a winner. Another issue is that EQ leans pretty heavily on flips - the personals he threw were good but few in number, which leads me to believe the battle might have swung more heavily in TK's favor if he'd gone second. I would have to give it to TK by a tiny margin, partly because he had a more natural flow and partially because he didn't double himself into oblivion.

[_-_Silent Hill_-_]

Far too much sampling with the voices, Promise Reprise is a little too redundant and overall it damages the track a lot. The pounding percussion 2/3 of the way in salvaged what had previously sounded quite lazy, however even then it's quite simplistic.

Lova-Gurl responds:

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[Nghh11 Mcko Nimbus Vs. Mao]

Nimbus - Wouldn't have gotten the song references if I hadn't seen the quotes in the lyrics. Wasted a lot of bars talking about semen, it's a major minus. Second verse has the flips but they don't sting. Overall his verses seem more like a research paper than a battle.

Mao - The clitoris line is a real eye-roller, the advantage you have over Nimbus is that you didn't stay on that topic for as long as he did. "Copyright infringement" was good but I feel like I could have made it a little meaner. Crucifixion and clergy lines were boring, I might have tried to tear up the semen lines (your bars are sterile, mine are fresh, etc etc) Second verse is similar with some alright personals and a little bit of filler.

I really wasn't feeling any strong hits either way. That being said, I feel like MadFlex had a point that Nimbus just wasn't aggressive enough. Mao wasn't exactly going ham either, but he was a bit more direct and to-the-point, even though his flow suffered a little bit. Neither came with very strong rhymes or any multies, which is a gigantic minus for both of you. Mao for the win but I think both of you were lazy as hell.

MaoDaMighty responds:

this was my first battle... but thanks for the words, I always appreciate the feedback

[(1) BCT vs (8) MC BoB]

MC BoB needs to mix his vocals louder, I would have even taken popping and clipping over a muffled sound if it meant I could understand what he was saying. His flow in the second verse was somewhat off-beat and generic. Grenades, penises, butts, and a 'fuck you.' Yeah, okay...

Bummer for the win. How did BoB even get BCT in the ring?

[Jakobe - Ripped Through Time]

A little too much distortion on the guitar and a few bits seemed really repetitive (several times I was tempted to chant 'black and yellow black and yellow' along with the guitar). This reminded me a lot of Episode 666 by In Flames, though you have a lot less progression and overall musical prowess here to be honest.

Far from bad, but this track hits my ears like flat soda.

[Ex!!! - Out There]

Whoa, top quality beat right here. Percussion sounds really raw and tribal. Melody is not nearly as repetitive as 90% of the beats on this site, which is another gigantic plus. This has a bit of a video game feel to it on top of the hip-hop thing, which isn't a bad thing at all. Reminds me a lot of a game called Crypt Raider.

[MDJ vs Teqneek]

Ugh, why did Teq have to double his entire fucking verse? Made it much harder to listen to, yuck. That's not to say Q-Sik's vocals sound great either - way too quiet. Maybe that's just his delivery, I don't know.

Q-Sik - Bodied with personals. EQ is a nice one. Multis and no personals is not so much a good line as it is an important one that needs to be said. Rhyme scheme is, as a whole, pretty weak. 20 tracks is okay, Byron line is pretty solid. The War-Spawn battle seems a lot like nitpicking and a waste of bars but I also like that you touched on the bias votes. One of the reasons I find it hard to sympathize with Teqneek is because half the time I scroll down to write a review I find him bitching about the votes, either in his own review or in responses. In this sense, that whole strain of bars is like a slow, badly-aimed punch that Teqneek was dumb enough to walk into. Last four bars seem kind of contrived.

Teqneek - Q-Sik vs Glitch happened two years ago. DUDE. Kentucky line is decent but it's more of a reference than a diss. I totally get why you tried to flip a gay diss after Rav vs Emergency, so no points off for making a false prediction. I like how you smudged "can't rhyme" in order to rhyme. Very clever bar, works out in your favor. Then you come with four bars that all have 'damn' as the penultimate word. Four bars about religion made me cringe. For fuck's sake dude. Really? REALLY? I feel like I'm reading rhyming YouTube comments. Shitty battle host is a decent line, Blest told me enough for me to understand that this is a definite personal.

I feel like I'm being really unfair voting against Teq all the time even as he out-flows and out-rhymes his opponents, but I really do judge based on personals, and honestly Teq had a lot of lines that brought himself down as well. You referenced prescription medication twice, vaginas twice, penises twice, and you called your opponent a leprechaun. I do appreciate multis, but if you're writing multis for two consecutive lines of filler there's really nothing special about it. Try coming up with one or two personals that form a multisyllabic rhyme and writing another bar or two of filler around that.

Also, I think it's really funny how you two are both hypersensitive and how you both called each other out on it. Mark as a host and Teqneek as someone who can't stop talking about the voting system.

Q-Mark-ency for the win. Teqneek is more than capable of winning battles (seeing as he officially won this one) but he needs to start stacking some wit on top of his technique (har har).

AxTekk responds:

ayo always interesting to see how other people heard this battle bruh. I'd probably choose Mark too, just cause I find him fucking hilarious and he was so damn steezy on this track but honestly I couldn't pick. Thing with Teq is that he always gives you this hilariously over-the-top spectacle whenever he goes in. I think seeing Teq perform this kinda ridiculously verbose, flowsy, hyperenergetic straight-from-the-heart shit while spitting about people being leprachauns and blowing goats might make people appreciate his style more. Teq is pure spectacle.

EDIT: also lmao at the Teqneek thing
it's blatantly just cause I dissed you for liking Teq and Fats bruh
no other plausible explanation

[Chapter 2: I am Alex]

You trolls. Do you know how long I spent looking for a Chapter 1? Well, okay, maybe I only spent 20 seconds searching. Awesome Twilight Zone/Lost shit going on here. The ending is nice and creepy but damn it, I want more!

Instrumental is great, voices are great, dialogue is great. Could have used some sound effects. Footsteps, wind, ocean current, etc.