Big Ax-D - Adveristy

[Blu]

Sweet, really awesome. For some reason, I'm in love with the hook. 2nd verse was gold.

[Tash8]

The drums need a bit better mixing imo, some reverb on that clap would help. Your flow is very well done on this and i like the change ups when you go a bit faster. The hook is mildly catchy but too me it's too simple and very plain, would love maybe like hum singing during it. I'm not sure I understood the exact concept of this. Anyways I like your rhymes in the second verse more than the first verse, overall it's a cool song, nothing to rave about though. The beat really isn't my type, but I do have that hook stuck in my mind.

[B.A.D.]

Sweet, really awesome. For some reason, I'm in love with the hook. 2nd verse was gold.

thanks a lot my friend glad u liked it

@Tash.- thanks for listening bro, I appreciate your feedback. yeah, prolly the drums are not that well mixed... but I think I may have fucked on the panning instead of the volume or effects.
thanks for your tips bro

[°[~CHR!$~]°]

sick ass beat Ax really diggin it...not sure about mixing the elements of a beat but sounds all good to me....
but i wasnt such a fan of your flow...it was nice but real jumpy and seems controlled at times..
i saw what u was goin for but you got some way to go work on smoother transitions between each bar..and dont forget to control your breath-taking breaks between each bar..
with that said....hook was neat...panning was right on point...all your layers matched up but then again we got the overlay problem on verses...too loud...
if you go from this i would say -2.6dB to -3.8dB...or even lower depends..
but yeah...overall its a nice average track....

[B.A.D.]

Mr. C, thanks a lot for listening and feeding man, I appreciate your comments.. I dont think though, that the overlays where too loud, that was my main point of attention on this track and well, listening to it again I cant find any issues with em ... I have em on -3.5db ... thats low enough.

thanks again brother, I'll keep in mind the breathing thing

[SajN]

Been a while since I listened to you, so let's see...



Beat isn't really my type, but I don't dislike it, kinda stuck in my head.
The lyrics are good, I feel you started of a little weak but you got better afterwards, 2nd verse had better rhyming
Though, I don't know if it's only me but it seemed like you had "problem" with controlling your breath after almost each line in the first verse. Like, I could hear you take a breath loud, and it kind of disturbed me

Not bad by any means though, it's an alright track

[°[~CHR!$~]°]

I dont think though, that the overlays where too loud, that was my main point of attention on this track and well, listening to it again I cant find any issues with em ... I have em on -3.5db ... thats low enough.

obviously not lol..nah im not sure
but here's a lil insight how i keep my volumes on tracks maybe it helps
Overlays On Verses: -9dB to -14dB
Adlibs On Verses: -1.5dB to -3dB
Hook Volumes: Main -0.2dB , Left and Right between -2.9dB and -4.5dB

what i figured out.. rappers have basic overlays..which are those very low once...then some highlighting "Hype-Overlays" in case you wanna emphasize special rhymes...which should be half as much as the basic overlays (about -4dB to -6dB)..and adlibs
hope it helps or not..actually i didnt try out myself yet....i just figured out how to double layer a whole verse the right way...so this will be next on my mixing marathon haha...
also i learned to have the exact same Mixing Base...like i mix the same way i mixed my verse...then in the end just add echo or some effects in case they needed but u prolly already knew that lol..and afterwards mess with volumes and EQs in multitracks
didnt wanna interrupt your topic..just head ups

[B.A.D.]

yeah, ofcourse they do... but they are mainly used as a guide, they dont appear on the final mixdown, thats why you cant hear them.... but some rappers do add one extra overlay, but its people like Trick Trick n shit that like to shout lol.... but it doesnt fit me.


@ Sajn
thanks for stopping by and listening man, I appreciate your feedback bro, cheers... however, what do you mean started of a little weak?... I think the first lines are interesting and define the whole concept. I agree on the breathing lol... but Im gonna be stuck with that for the rest of my life unless I stop smoking... which I can't ....
thank you for feeding me bro

[mceddie]

really really good man, the rhymes were clever as hell man. the fow was nice, and your rap voice is unique. not like anything ive ever heard, the beat is wierd but still dope lol.

keep it up

[SajN]

@ Sajn
thanks for stopping by and listening man, I appreciate your feedback bro, cheers... however, what do you mean started of a little weak?... I think the first lines are interesting and define the whole concept. I agree on the breathing lol... but Im gonna be stuck with that for the rest of my life unless I stop smoking... which I can't ....
thank you for feeding me bro

You're welcome!

It's something with the first 4 lines, maybe it's the rhyming that kind off put me off, but it got much better after the 4 lines. I like what they are saying, like you said, it defines the whole concept, so that's not a problem. I think it was just the rhymes that me not like it as much.

[B.A.D.]

@mc eddie
thanks a lot my brother, I appreciate you listenin, glad you liked it

@sajn
hmm, probably is the way I started, very slow paced... I dunno... but still thanks for sharing your opinion man.. happy birthday by the way

[B.A.D.]

haha thanks man, I appreciate you popping by and commenting bro

[Vettori]

The beat was well made, Sort of plain. I couldnt say what would make it sound better, maybe some bass. Youd have to experiment. I can understand the things your saying, But some parts i'm not sure i understand to much..you sort of held one tone throughout the verses. I think you need to work on your annunciation.and expression.

Like someone said, You always make new songs, and variety is good. But Work harder man..i want to hear some serious songs

[Kez]

Aight sorry it took me a while lol, I listened to this soon as you posted it.

This is definately a very abstract track. Very strange structure. The beat is standard Ax fare, it sounds good. I don't really get the relevance of the Chappelle quote but it's certainly something different. I liked the sampling you did in it though, the vocal sounds in it are well implemented and they don't distract, but they sound good, as you mainly only notice it clearly at the very end when the beat fades out.

Your flow goes with this beat pretty damn well, very well crafted to it. You can tell. No rushing to make words fit in time either, which is good. Delivery is very cocky and strong which is good for this track.

The hook is nice, but then again you always come with hooks so that aint really a surprise. I like how you overlayed two different pitches for it and kept the higher one a bit lower volume, that worked very well imo.

The lyrics and concept though, to be honest I dunno if it's just me I honestly didn't really know what you were saying half the time lmao. Some of the lines were certainly good, like the Joker one and shit. But I don't get why you randomly start talkin about Yelawolf haha and the elephant rhyme and shit after just seemed very random to me and rhymed for the sake of it. The rhymes were pretty good though, you sometimes don't use multis as much, especially in tracks like this, but you use a fair amount in this track which is good. I understand it probably isn't the kind of track you're supposed to look deep into but w.e. Just what I thought. And I know the song's called Adversity but I didn't really see that title's meaning in this track very much.

So yeah certainly an enjoyable track on the ears, very easy to listen to, but clearly one you're not really supposed to look too deep into lol. Still, I listened to it a fair few times over the course of the days, so it obviously did it's job.

[B.A.D.]

@ Vettori.- thanks for listening man, I appreciate that.. but umm... lol it had a bass, a pretti unique one too. so check ur headphones mate. Thanks for the feed tho, I'll work on the annunciation abd stuff. thanks man, I have a different one lined up next to this

@ Mattias Kesic.- hahaha, thanks for feeding can't believe Im getting feed from Kez
lol... anyway, thanks a lot man, thats great review and I damn well appreciate it, on the topic, lol the song is about me becoming an adversary (to life, people, w.e.) and my worries about going through that process, thats why you might seem lines come on randomly, but all of em are methaphors. Adversary like the Joker or Anakin Sky walker, nervous being jelous of other rappers, consitpation and release, stuff like that.. Elephants.... in the room... (the elephant in the room saying)... so, lol, Im acutally saying stuff but bit too methaphoric lol. Got your pm btw, havent read it yet. I'll get to it. Thanks again fro feeding bro, I appreciate that