Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Saga of the Fallen Warrior]

Good

Very nice track. Everything fits quite well here. The beat and the way you rap to the beat sounds very nice. Also, the background music sounds very fitting to the title. The melodies sound like a tribute to old karate movies, very nice.

Also the flow of words you present here is very good. Yesterday I reviewed one of your songs saying it sounded a little choppy from time to time. But here nothing is choppy, it all sounds very good and very natural. Nice work!

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BAF responds:

yeah I remember thinking the same thing about the karate movies when I first heard it. I spent a lot more time on this song than "Froze to the Bone" mainly because the beat was made by people here on newgrounds and I didn't want their music to be associated with something that sucked or even just mediocre.

[Froze to the Bone]

Good

There should be more lyrics written about true emotions. This whole "gangsta" image some rappers try to build up is so overused and pathetic that it really isn't fun to listen to most of modern rap today.

So, I really like your lyrics here. They are just true feelings and I think nearly everyone has felt like this in his life.

While your flow is quite good most of the time I have to agree with MickeyMao. Sometimes it sounds a bit choppy. So maybe you should "proof listen" your songs, or just record a very raw demo to check if the lines are really fitting to the beat or if you have to work on them a bit more.

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BAF responds:

I'm glad you like the topic, rappin' about topics like this or telling stories is much more natural to me than talking about selling drugs and bitches. Funny thing about the chopiness is that since I rapped it sometimes it can be hard to detect because I expect it already because I'm the one who said it if that makes any sense, I've thought about sleeping on a track for a night before uploading it so I can take a step back and listen to it without any pre-existing bias. Maybe I ought to start. Thanks for the review man.

[My Workshop]

Good

Wow, the lyrics are very long, nice. I like hip hop best when the rapper has something to tell (and preferably something else than "I'm the greatest and here's why"). You came up with a nice story so it is very interesting to listen to it.

Only thing I didn't like was the mechanical like way of speaking in the first few lines. Maybe that was intentional, since you are rapping about "a mechanical hand drops down", but I didn't like it that much.
I think you develope a more natural voice later on, or I just got used to the "mechanical" style. ^^

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BAF responds:

You hit the nail on the head pretty much, my delivery is something I will be focusing on for the future as I believe I have the lyric writing down pretty well. for me it's a lot more fun to write a story than just 3 minutes of me telling everyone how great I am at rapping. Thanks for the review Haggard!

[Zombie House Party!]

Not my cup of tea

Well, this seems to be a very experimental track and seems to me as if this would belong in the "Noise" genre if that would exist on NG. There are parts that are very interesting (for example from 1:12 to 1:45), but at other times it just seems to be random noisy samples thrown together.

Also, the backing track gets boring very quickly, as it never seems to change. It's just the same for nearly 7 minutes.

Overall, the song is... interesting, but nothing I could listen to for too long. Especially those growling sounds take the fun away for me in this track.

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[Halo Master Cheifs Spacewalk]

Creepy... and relaxing at the same time

I never played Halo, so I don't know how close to Halo's music you come with this track, but it sure sounds nice.

The intro is very creepy with it's deep hummings. Almost sounds like some track from Resident Evil, heh. Later on, when the more "spacey" hummings set in, the track becomes a mixture between creepy and relaxing. The higher pitched notes sound very relaxing, but the deeper pitched notes that can constantly be heared seem to foreshadow that something is amiss and that it's better to go and investigate rather than sitting on the terrace and taking a nap...

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[Spread Your Wings - BK]

Nice

Wow, this is indeed very relaxing. The voice at the beginning is very nice and sets the right mood for the track that follows.

Even though the song is over 5 minutes long it doesn't get boring one single second. There's always something happening that you like and listen to. Either it's the nice melodies you have in this track or it's the nice backing track.

Also, the outro is done very well. I like how you slowly "build down" the song by taking away instrument after instrument. The reintroduced voice works also very good here.

Overall, a very nice and well thought out track. Keep it up!

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[DjTyph - Let's Do The Mario!]

Nice remix

It's hard to come up with anything original when it comes to music from mario games, as it all seemingly has been done already. But this is in fact very original. Nice take on the propably best know main theme in gaming history.

Too bad the song is so short though, just about over a minute. It would be nice if you could add some more parts to it. Maybe even use music from other stages in there as well.

Unlike Fro, I didn't like the vocal samples in here too much, but I have to admit they add a bit varity to the song. It would propably sound a bit bland if the voices wheren't there.

Where I agree with Fro though is the ending. It's really messed up. Sounds as if you suddendly lost interested and left the song unfinished.

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Prodigal responds:

Haha, thanks for reviewing. I actually made this for a flash collab, but i have no clue what the progress is right now. It was just supposed to be short and powerful, and indeed it is. I threw in the vocals so that it had more of a mario taste, and I didn't do alot with the vocals :P The song is left unfinished because it was supposed to be a collab on it's own between me and BeatSource, but I think we both forgot about it, so i'll just hustle up and try to finish this myself.

Thanks Haggard!

[Distorted Reality (DjTyph Mix)]

This song takes no prisoners

it just shots all who stand in the way straight in the face. It's pretty fast paced, there are hardly parts where you can take a deep breath, because it is so full of energy and - yeah, fast paced. Just when you think: "Oh good, a slightly slower part" another kick sets in and the song continues in the same speed as before.

I quite like that, actually. Just the right song to play at the top of a party, when the crowd is ready to rock the house. ^^

After that the party might as well end, as it is possible that people will not only rock the house but completly destroy it. XD

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Prodigal responds:

I love psyching people out with fake slow tempos. It gives me boners. The song would be great for a party but I think the adrenaline itself would rock the house.

Thanks for reviewing!

[Nephelheim]

Slow intro, awesome song

Yeah, the intro is indeed too long and too slow. You may want to cut it down a bit, because the song that follows is actually pretty amazing. Very hard drums and melodies, I can imagine people would really like to dance to this in a disco. The song is full of energy and I guess it makes people want to dance.

So yeah, try to find a better intro. :)

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Centrist responds:

Okey dokie. I'll see what I can do about that. ^^