Originally Posted by Apexx

Konvict NYC, Damn a little EQing or a better mic man, you'd have a platform that'll really draw the character in ya voice out. You sound liek a combination of a whole bunch of mixtape and mainstream rappers which makes you your own rapper in your own respect. Good beat choices too, I can see the sound you're goin for, def mixtape status. I could see you in like 2-3 years in the mixtape circut with a healthy following or on some Fight Klub shit. If you had a better mic, or even better EQing, you'd be aware of where you're at like 'hmm ok, so now I'll do this and propel your self to a whole new level. Right now, well it's like this, you're like a plant in the dirt that's too early to harvest...but a smart farmer knows that it's gonna yield good product for a long time. If I had a list of "up and comin niggas to watch for", you'd be on it.

You're young, so ya voice to older people is like 'damn, this is the voice of a generation here' so it's easy to grab that attention almost like a shock factor. You luck out too because your voice has its own harmonics that really shine on your adlibs, hooks, and most other places your voice is layered. Better quality gear would make that stand out even more. You're good with the abrasive stuff but your natural range isn't equally strong with the slower tracks, which is like most people but it's more skewed in your case which I suspect is partially due to beat choice. It's better that way because the appeal you're molding is sparesly populated with slow tracks so you in some ways level your self out. As you keep on going deeper into this, make sure you mix up some interesting subjects and stories in your song catalog to reinforce your overall image to your fan base, which will be dudes from about 16-30. Older dudes will liek your shit, but they'll be too embarassed to say they liek the music of a dude so young, but once your voice gets deeper you'll have that older market AND the audience you're already growing up with. That's "long term money" son. Just make sure to stop recyclin punches, cuz no body's gonna wanna hear the same material in different songs, especially not THAT close, you gotta spread that out a few months at least - and I'm talkin about that "chillin with jesus" line that I heard before.

All in all man, all you need is...some good EQing maybe even a good mic... some time, and some quality exposure and you'll be a recognizable "identity" ready for shows and battle circuts etc. Better qual on your vocals will make your punches and what not pop out more. The biggest dudes in the industry start young like you are. Stick with it man, don't get ya head swole full of your self cuz that'll be your downfall, and believe me, in your case, it'll pay off. Big time.

Pexx.

Originally Posted by The Revelation

Scared cuz these are old but

www.soundclick.com/therevelation

ATW Anthem
Let Me In Collab
Speak On It

Originally Posted by SPuL™

word props on this

www.soundclick.com/spul



1. "Shake That (Break It Down)"
2. "This Way, Thay Way" ft. Triple_N
3. "Y'all Know Me"

thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Apexx

SPuL, your lyrics are well written, you could use some heavy EQing in your lows to bring more bass and some grit out of your voice. it sounds like structurally you have it together but the verbal packaging doesn't feel effective, it doesn't grab. Could be your mic, but you'll still come up with some EQing. Your cadence is what is seperating the rhymes from the deliv. Sounds like you should be spittin the lyrics completely differently with different attenuation on the words. It makes you unique, but not that marketable in that respect. Someone would have to connect with your content or your background in order to be a "fan", rather than

your tracks are good quality, but sound too formulaic and liek you're going through the motions. Theres no creativity injected in it, just sticking with what worked the last 40 times. Some variety in the tracks would be welcomed. All the verses are recorded and adlibbed in the same style, all spit in the same flow, same deliv, etc. only difference is the beat and sometimes the topic. Got redundant REAL fast, especially with your cadence as it is it started to wear on me as I listened to it.

All in all, I think you need something new and fresh in your style. you need to break every "routine" you have right now and change your self because you sound like the progression of a stagnant artist too stuck in their comfort zone. You have the materials you need to be ill, just not the order and packaging.

real talk as always.

Uno.

Originally Posted by Half Breed

Umm

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Check Out

"I Need No Introduction"Ft.JD(Im Second)
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/son...&songID=4098281

"The Streed Breed"(Intro Track)
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/son...&songID=4098894

"The Man Behind The Mask"
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/son...&songID=4102510

Thanks

Originally Posted by Apexx

Half Breed aka this is the 17th time I changed my name, man your mic BLOWS. You should EQ like...immediately. close this window right now and bust open a track and start EQing. You've got som punches and some entertaining lines, but the weak sound quality makes it A: hard to hear B: hard to listen to. For me who's not used to your acent (since some words rhyme in your accent that don't rhyme in mine) this compounds the prior two problems into a glob of "say wtf?". Some tracks I can hear your mic screaming in the BG so I turned em off for two reasons. I can't fuck with high pitch sounds and also a mic that sounds like that will immedately make you unmarketable since no one wants to listen to bad quality vocals. You got lyrics and pretty solid beat choices, just busted vocal qual. You'd shine once you adress that. Your flow came back on time, I can remember when it used to be busted, look liek you fixed that up nicely. If you adressed those fidelity issues you'd have an album that even underground US heads would buy, or at the very least listen to and be interested in. You need some tracks that show off your lyrical juggling and writing ability more to break the routines and subjects you use now. Don't make the mistake oh so many people do and stick your self in a vein of meloncholoy music and shit like that because that gets old REAL fast. People get tired of hearing you talk about your problems so steer clear of that. That subject matter + your voice = bad combo of boredom. Your voice should stay clear of anything that's monotone, it just won't endure, at least not with the gear and settings that you have now.

You should come back to this thread once you get a new mic ANNDDD EQ. Notice that those two are together, not seperate. don't half ass your own music because you're robbing your self.

See you then.

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Originally Posted by Jay 286

yea man...like i said imagine w/ studio quality, all i can afford is my 15 dollar dynamic radioshack mic...so yep, but yea i hear what your sayin on the other stuff...thanks

Originally Posted by Apexx

I can't "imagine with studio quality" because you'll sound completely different. You'll also react to your sound differently too because you can hear things on better gear that you can't hear on cheap shit.

aka: a whole different rapper.



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