I’ve listened to everything a couple of times now, and even though this was very hard to judge, I’ve narrowed it down to a top 3!
Lots of great tracks guys, so I guess my top 3 is more a matter of taste than an actual ranking of how good the beats are. I have some notes on every track, but I’ll post those after the results are revealed so I won’t spoil which one is mine haha.
1st: track 2
I love the samples used, the buildup, the variation in the drums and all the details. The bassline coming in is what really did it for me. Great track! Also nice fit with the acapella.
2nd: track 5
Very unique. I love every sound you used. Everything sounds really full but defined. The sound matches the slowed down doom vocals perfectly. This is not something I would make or ever heard before, which I respect a lot.
3rd: track 9
This is a banger. I love the beat coming together once the vocals come in and the variations. Nice chaotic drums as well. This one also gets props for doing the classical music sound best.
Honourable mention: track 6, for all the reasons already described by others!
I’ve listened to the tracks a bunch of times. My number 1 spot I liked from the first listen and that didn’t change, but after that it was tough! Here goes:
1 - 8 for the sheer fun vibes. Lash on those filter sweeps and 404 style DJ looper effects and be damned. Could have sounded super corny but just worked for me
2 - 13 grew on me, I liked what was happening behind the chorus/breakdown in particular, simple but worked
3 - 5 the slowed down acapella is just on the edge of being unlistenable, but again it grew on me. I liked the sounds chosen and could imagine Doom spitting over it for real
Well done everyone, these battles are a blast, and thanks to polarfox for organising this one
Damn wished I knew where the bar was at and I put some more time in. Mine is the worst one haha. Sick beats!! Too tired to find words in english now but:
This one just smacks so hard! Great chops, acapella on point, and it even managed to use the vocals from Shostakovich (I myself had trouble with this ). The mix is really well done too!
2nd: 12
This is a really solid track. It has a simple but memorable main loop that gets little extra variations every now and then to keep things interesting.
3rd: 13
There is a fine line between crazy cool and crazy stupid, a line that I like to tread a lot, which is why I rather enjoyed this one. Is it typica? No. But, it’s absolutely bombastic! The scratching, the variations, drum glitches, all of it is super fun.
Hard to know what options are available on any given forum. Plus I think polarfox only joined recently; how soon do new accounts get poll-creating privileges?
). The mix is really well done too!
