Kwing's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[NGHH'11 - Gunner-D&Mao]

You hit a lot of the words on the list but the rhymes aren't great and your diction is pretty mumbly and off-beat. I think part of this is due to the 'lazy brass' in the beat and overall it gives the song a rough sloppy feel to it... Which would be okay if it were easier to understand. The issue is that it's not.

MaoDaMighty responds:

Thanks man, I appreciate this great feedback you've been given me. I hear ya on the poor diction and weakness in clarity; I can barely understand a lot of my older works without squintin my ears. Ill be workin on improving it in le future.

[HDC: Klazik v Mao III]

You both need to speak up or tone down the beat, I could barely hear either of you. The clarity issue was made worse by neither of you really having much of a rap voice.

Klazik V1 - Went off beat a few times, seems to waste a lot of bars and uses lots of filler, also why is he whispering? The 'piss and shit' line was practically a reverse finisher, made him look worse.

Mao V1 - I like the "what'chu doin?" at the beginning, seems like an appropriate response to Klazik's verse. Not sure if potatomelon is supposed to be a personal, seems like there was a lot of off-beat mumbling too.

Klazik V2 - Asian involved in a train? Sorry, what?

Mao V2 - Interesting steak knives line was immediately brought down by a mom diss.

What is this I don't even...

Mao to advance. He brought better stage presence and didn't hurt himself as badly as Klazik on his verses. Both could have come a lot more aggressive both in delivery and lyrics. If there was a single personal in that whole battle I didn't catch it.

HDC responds:

Thanks for the vote!

Mao-1
Klazik-0

[Space Cadet]

The grainy radio is a little overkill and the singing distracts a little from the song, but I really like your style and you've got good lyrics telling a good message.

jukelames87 responds:

cool beans man, about 4 people kinda had input with the creation of this song so I guess it's a mesh of a bunch of tastes. thanks for listening

[HDC: Axtekk vs. Mao]

Not my favorite battle - nothing really jumped out at me during the first three verses but Mao totally MOPPED IT UP with his last verse. Nice personals about Ax's beats, and the the hair clipping line had me roaring.

MaoDaMighty responds:

I disagree. This is the greatest rap battle in Hip Hop history. In my humblest opinion.

Those hair clippings are coming in handy with operation Resurrection Axe.
RIP Alex <3
maybe my opinion of this battle is a bit biased...

[CLAB - Jakobe vs Teqneek]

Very close. If I were to go by the numbers I'd hand it to Jakobe - he was consistently good throughout both verses. Teqneek was more of a wild card, he was totally on fire on his first verse but dropped the ball on the second.

After a few listens I'm going to have to give this to Jakobe. I really, really liked Teqneek's first verse but Jakobe actually did a great job flipping it. Jakobe's disadvantage is that even though I prefer his flow and mic presence, he's a little slower and ultimately it interferes with his ability to land quite as many punches as Teqneek does.

Also, Teqneek's line about being a veteran was underhanded as hell. Some might disagree, but I think saying something deceptive to bait a flip and then retort with another flip is really weak.

Teqneek responds:

Like 11 years later I'm reading this and WHAAAAT? That deceptive bait line was fucking awesome and like one of my favorite shits I ever did lol. OK love y'all

[B7 - How I Would Do It]

I can definitely tell that the are parts of improvisation stuck together. With all of the drums and bass it still sounds like one big solo. I really did like this but ti seems like there are parts that just kind of fall into a leisurely 'chugging along'.

Burn7 responds:

Heh, yeah. There are definitely a lot of bits that I would rewrite or "punch-up" to make this less, 'chuggy'? Now that I'm thinking about it, there's a lot I would change. I'd actually put a piano in there for fucking starters >_>

I'm glad you enjoyed what you heard overall at least man, thanks for stopping by!

[Seed of Perdition (Lavos)]

You're definitely one of the best metal artists on this site. Nice clear sound and a wonderful energy. Haven't heard the original theme for Lavos so I can't really draw a comparison but this sounds really incredible.

Lashmush responds:

Thanks! Give the game Chrono Trigger a chance if you'd like a bit more context... :3

[Poetry - MCI '14 Hype]

Fun beat and fun track, your voice is always nice to listen to. Your rhymes were decent but you never flipped anything jaw-dropping. In particular the bars about legends and myths got a little long-winded and tedious.

Still, you're one of my favorite MCs on the site.

JakobePaulobe responds:

Thanks for the feedback! The main focus of this track was to work on my flow and delivery, lyrics being a secondary concern. I agree with the legends/myths part being a bit redundant, that's just lazy writing on my part, but it was like around 3 a.m. when I wrote it and I just wanted to get something done and released before I passed out.

I appreciate the comment, there will be more to come soon. Possibly even a mixtape in the next 2-3 months