JackRocker's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Forgotten (Bugg)]

Nice!

Sounds great. A lot more "rapper-friendly" than your previous beats. I think an MC would have a pretty easy time putting some lines on this track. I love the echo on the piano. Pretty solid beat here man. Keep 'em coming.

BuggMusic responds:

Thanks a lot :)

I tried a lot of new things in this, glad you liked it!

[Im still alive (NY11) (8b]

Nice

Everytime you make an 9-bit song, it sounds like it should be put into an old NES game. The melodies are really beautiful actually. I like the length too. Your other 8-bit songs tend to be a little too short. This one is perfect. Loving the sounds dude.

Calamaistr responds:

ill keep in mind to make whatever ill make in 2012; long aswell :]

thanks for the review man.
-cal

[Fat Joe (instrumental)]

WOOOOO!!

Great beat. Awesome use of vocal sample. I'm currently going through all your music, downloading and adding to my iTunes library. I've noticed that I failed to review some of your older music, and I'm doing that as I go. Thanks for sharing all this amazing music. Keep up the awesome work dude!

Crueltool responds:

I'm surprised that you missed the track from the entire list. Hope you find some beats more. ))))) Thanks my friend!

[One & Two (instrumental)]

Downloaded

Wasn't sure how well I'd like it when I heard the drum intro...then you went CRAZY with the scratching, and I loved it. From there, it just took off, with a great bassline, and a beautiful melody. I love the samplework. Great job dude. I'm putting this one on my iPod.

Crueltool responds:

I thought make different intro. All the way, it's just intro)). Thanks Dude!!!

[Scoundrel - Dureagon]

Great

Makes me wish I could rap...Good work dude, and good luck with the new project.

DJDureagon responds:

You can rap! You gotta believe!

[[--Asian Descent--]]

Great

I give it a 10 for the vocal sample. Couldn't hear the bass really well, that's something you might wanna try to bring out more in your mix. Pretty cool drums too. Don't really have much else to say, I'm a little hung over, but seriously dude...I love it. Peace.

DJM00se responds:

haha thanks man! yeah that sample has a kick in teh sample so i filtered it out so you dont hear the kick. anyway thanks for the review man!

[Cave Covenant (instrumental)]

Perfect

Drums: 5/5-Typical Rama drumming style. No complaints here.

Bass: 5/5-While I generally prefer a funkier sounding bass, the bass in this complemented the rest of the beat perfectly, and sounded great. Good work on that.

Strings: 5/5-Sad, yet sweet. To me, the strings in this song sound like sadness, intermixed with a bit of hope. Great concept.

You're getting a perfect score from me on this one. Couldn't find a single thing with this beat that I would change. This beat, like your others, reminds me of just strolling down a city street, possibly smoking a cigar. Could even remind me of when I used to bump music like this while skateboarding. Great, solid beat here. Thanks for sharing.

Crueltool responds:

Thanks my friend!!! Keep em listening))

[Keeper Of Salvation (instr.)]

Great :)

Intro sounded cool, but I'm not sure I really understand what it was meant to be..Until the piano came in, then it sounded freaking awesome. When the brass notes came in, and the beat dropped, the entire track just became *AMAZING*

Brass: 4/5-I love good brass in my music. Trumpets, saxophones, anything, really. This is no exception. Makes it sound like a really good battle beat. Maybe a little note variation would have helped it sound just a *little* better. Nice work on it overall.

Bass: 5/5-I've always loved your bass tone. The funky rhythm of it adds an additional element to it. When combined with the brass, it makes this an awesome instrumental.

Drums/Percussion: 5/5-As always, you've got a solid beat going on. I love the fills you add as well. Very high quality drum samples.

Other Instruments: 5/5-Lot of nice synths and the like in the background, creating an awesome atmosphere for this track. At parts it had a *very* haunting feel to it. I think some of these synths should be used in some of your future submissions, because I'm really liking the sounds.

Overall Score: 9.5/10-Very solid beat here, although your lead instruments could use a little more variation. Keep up the good work dude. I'm trying to be more constructive with my reviews.

Crueltool responds:

Agree with you. Me stopping a personal disappointment. But i will fight with it)))

[Corruption Avenue (instr.)]

I'm so effin' drunk...

This goes great with my drunken mood. Maybe I'll PM you a more in-depth review when I'm sober. Thanks for sharing this dude. Sounds awesome... :)

Crueltool responds:

Thanks dude!!!