by trojansoldier » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:39:30 am
Alright live thoughts:
Track 1
Sounds like a Bollywood film on a slightly warped VHS tape at first... Zooey Deschanel reference...?? I, like, actually feel a like this track is giving me a contact high... Yep, there's the Harry Potter reference. I don't mind this actually, the slight syncopation in his flow is a little bit weird and that chorus is terrible. Dude, do not even try to hold a note, just do the rapping thing and watch your syllable count cos it is off at times and.. oh, it's over... Well. That was.. not as bad as I feared?
Track 2
Oh this is gonna get weird. I can just tell right away. Cringe at those "intro shout-outs" rappers and shit do. Here's the best and it is some real Fruity Loops Pro shit... Ew, the EQ on those clap/snare sounds is way too high, each one is like a karate chop to your head. He's doing a good job of holding this wreck together with his rhymes I guess... God knows what he's going on about though cos he kinda sounds like he's being made to do this as a homework assignment or something - like, put some gusto behind it would ya? And then wow - suddenly it is loud and cavernous because he doesn't know how to mix properly but apart from that I've kinda gotten tired of this one.. It has outstayed its welcome in a way the other track didn't. He's better when he's in/stoned raps/out.
For a Swede his enunciation is good but yeah, when he sounds bored as fuck how am I meant to be excited?
He wasn't bad Ralphy. 2.5 stars.