DJDureagon's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lost]

Oooooook this is great.

Those drums are sex.. And that sample is totally ambiguous but beautiful. If I had one gripe it would be that the sample blares a bit. It's better at the more quiet moments. The song evolves nicely and without too much flare, but that's the beauty of it.

BOULLIE responds:

Thanks for checkin out the sounds once again Dureagon.

[Try & Realize]

I like it too. The vocals here are nice especially the samples using the tail end of them. This could use a groovy bassline to flesh it out a bit. One that isn't constant but sneaks up on you form time to time. That's just my brain talking though with my mind thinking.

zekee responds:

I hear you on the bassline. Too bad that the original file for this beat was on my old computer.. AInt no goin back on this one! It is what it is.. ;/

[Helpless]

You gotta turn that volume up a bit dude. I think the drums here are a bit too restrained. The sample is quite nice and the rapid chops you do work here well. Im curious as to where you get your samples from.

zekee responds:

Yeah well i wanned to keep the drums here a bit laid back and keep the focus on the sample. Still I am quite useless when it comes to mastering and such, so I gladly take in the critique :)

I search for most of my samples on iTunes or Spotify. I start out by selecting either Jazz, soul or pop and then just look thru about 100 albums and songs til i find something usable. Most of the time i don't, but then there are days I do and thats when i sit down and make a beat.. :)

[Thats What They Say]

I like the sample. The drums are nice in this one and the chops you have are good. You are a machine gun chopper for sure. Its unfortunate you couldn't pull anything else out of this.

zekee responds:

Thanks for the love man

[Is This Me?]

Original. But very... you. I like the drum groove you got going on. I see what you mean about the chops being short, but that's ok. You should try to mix up short and long cuts in some of your songs to make them more dynamic.

zekee responds:

Thanks for the review man. I feel you on that cutting, Im trying to make that shit work but damn, it's hard to break an old habit.. ;D

[Deep Eyes]

Groovy

I like the choice of instruments. I wish they could be a bit softer overall as some of them come across kind of harsh. I d like the melody and the drums ar eon point as usual.

eppskevin responds:

Yeah, after hearing this in the car, I can hear the high freq bleeding through. I'll probably clean that synth up to smooth that high freq out. Thanks, Dureagon!

[CLAB - Nerfgun vs Jakobe]

Doooooopeness has been achieved.

Jakobe to advance. but much muuuch respect to Timmy. After all is said and done just fucking make an album together please.

[CLAB - Gasmasq vs FatBeat]

Fierce battle and a close one.

Overall Gas' flow was tighter and his attacks were more numerous. There were clever exchnages on both sides but for overall quality i give it to Gas

[CLAB - Chainsaw vs Flip]

Chainsaw to advance.

The flows were nice but Flips verses just were aggressive enough.

[CLAB - Blest vs Byron]

For content. Byron.

For flow. Blest.

Its a close one but Id go with Byron for the more damaging insults.