ROUND 8 RESULTS
Brace yourselves. Well, some of you.
Lolzeez: Death Grips – Get Got
What the f*** is this. I assumed this was made by a guy who’s permanently on speed? It’s so crazy that it’s funny at first, but I start to dislike it the more I listen to it. I can’t really imagine anyone who would seriously listen to this and think it’s good music, except for Ali G. I dislike this.
4.8/10
Elite: DJ Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World
It’s ok, but it’s pretty boring. It’s relaxing in some way, but it’s definitely something I would really listen too. It’s not very good.
5.4/10
Scorpion: Abstract in the Sky – The Magician’s Sleeve
This was really new for me, I’d never heard trip-hop before. But since it is pretty much a combination of hip-hop and electronic, I accepted it. Anyway, it’s quite nice actually. Pretty relaxing. But it lacks variance a bit, I’m not too fond of the electronic beats and I don’t know if I could listen to an album full of songs like this. It’s not bad though.
6.3/10
lonestar: Al Green – Love and Happiness
Pretty decent soul/R&B. The lyrics are bad, but I’ve never heard good R&B/soul lyrics (I haven’t heard much though). It’s a pretty relaxing song and has some really cool parts, but overall it lacks a bit of variety. I couldn’t listen to an album full of songs like it though.
6.6/10
black_floyd: Drag Rap – Showboys
Well, this started out way cooler than I expected. The story told by the lyrics is pretty decent too. But it all goes on for way too long. About 3 minutes in the lack of variance broke my concentration. The beatboxing part is pretty cool, but after that it’s all the same again. It’s a cool song, but it needs more variety.
6.6/10
MoraWintersoul: Pig Destroyer – The Machete Twins
Right. Grindcore. You know, this was probably the best grindcore song I’ve ever heard. It’s not all about speed and it doesn’t have any pigsqueals. Still, it’s not too great, it’s a bit boring. I’ll probably love this when I’m drunk but you won’t get more points just because of that. Still, better than I expected.
7.0/10
Dr. DTVT: Young MC – Bust A Move
This was definitely not bad! Groovy song. Some cheesy lyrics, but who cares. It’s on the edge of being too long (little variety) though, but it’s definitely not bad. The percussion bit near the end is really cool! Pretty good song.
7.3/10
crazyaga: Massive Attack – Angel
Wow, this is actually a pretty cool song. I don’t really like the start because of the sound of the beat (I hate that kind of electronic drum sounds) and the vocals, which are a bit too whiny IMO. But it’s still a bit haunting and it becomes way more haunting later on, when it kind of explodes with added drums, a bit of guitars and bass. It’s pretty great actually.
7.5/10
Big Hath: Tower of Power – Soul Vaccination
Pretty great soul song. It has some great instrumental stuff going on. The vocals are pretty cool, the lyrics are not, but it’s soul, I wasn’t expecting better. The percussion is great and the trumpets are great as well. It’s just a very cool song.
7.7/10
Nihil-Morari: B. Dolan – Kate
This a really loaded song like you said, but it’s very good. I don’t think it’s really rap though, but it’s close. It’s more like spoken word IMO. But it’s really good and tells a really loaded story.
8.0/10
STANDINGS
Scorpion has been beaten! (for now)
Nihil-Morari 67.9
Scorpion 67.3
Big Hath 66.3
crazyaga 65.8
MoraWintersoul 65.0
black_floyd 64.5
Dr. DTVT 63.5
Elite 63.3
Lolzeez 61.0
lonestar 60.2
FORBIDDEN LIST UPDATE
Added:
B. Nolan
Tower of Power
Massive Attack
It's time for the penultimate round... an open round again!
ROUND 9: BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
This round you must send me 1 song of any genre that's not on my Forbidden list. BUT: You must also send me another song that fits one of the previous round themes to replace a song you sent me in that round. To put it this way: try to improve one of your entries, but abide to the rules of that round's theme and the current Forbidden list. You will once again receive points for the song you send me for the open part of the round, but you will receive bonus points for the improvement song. These bonus points are equal to the difference in points between the improvement song and the song you first sent me in the round you are trying to improve. And please state which round's entry you're actually trying to improve. Get it? It's not that hard, but I feel my explanation made it seem harder. Whatever. Deadline is next Sunday, 21:00 CET. Good luck and have fun!
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