Chill

I'm getting down to this, but I'm also realizing this piece is rather minimal. Hip-hop generally tends to be kind of in-your-face, one way or another. The piano melody seems like it works pretty well, and I see where you were going with the strings...

If I could make a couple suggestions though:
- I definitely think that the drums need more here; Hip-Hop is built around a hard-hitting drum-beat, phat bass-line, and great vocals.
- The drums realllllly need some attention, and the mixing could use some fine tuning as well.

Overall; not a bad submission, but this definitely needs a few changes before I can really classify it as an EPIC piece.

Keep at it though, you're not too far off!
~Dj Sonik

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Very calm

Well I like the classy intro here anyways as it gives a good feel that the song will be going places and doing things as the song moves forth and keeps going. Kind of feels like the start of some cut scene leading up to a boss as well I think. The tune is just really nice on the ears I think.

The piano is really nice to listen to and I love how it rolls here with the urban feel in a good way too. The drums and claps make a very nice pair that work together as well as they give a full drum beat as well. The violin gives the song class and makes it all the more better too which is really cool to me.

Overall, very cool mix of classic and hip hop, not too bad all, really enjoyable.

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Ok, thought I might as well review this.

I can't give much fine-tuning advice on this, but I can point out some things that desperately need working on.

1. Equalizing the reverb kick. It causes too much of a disturbance in the other levels, and takes over the track when it hits. This isn't an extremely big problem though.
2. Repetitiveness. The song is basically the same throughout the whole thing, just introducing and dropping out different instruments. I notice that there's not much other than quarter notes and chording in it (not counting the bass).
3. Intros/outros/transitions. They are a lot more important than you'd think. The opening of this is boring, the same thing repeated twice. Only strings as well. I think that it should have a bit more than one instrument opening it up, or at least varying the notation more, shifting the volume or some filters. The same kind of thing for the outro, rather than just a loooong fadeout. While the transitions part doesn't matter that much, that's because there isn't really anything to transition between.
4. What is with the "This DJ's so funky, man!" at 3:01? It seems EXTREMELY out of place to me.

Ok. Now for the good bits.

1. The bassline is awesome. I enjoy basslines, especially when they're well-done. The bassline in this song is generally really good.
2. The drums are executed pretty well, aside from the one reverb kick.
3. The instrumentation is decent, there's nothing wrong with it that I can see.
4. It truly does sound like something hip-hoppy. While I don't particularly like hip-hop, I do have to congratulate you on getting the right sound, it definitely succeeds there.

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