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  1. Ash Holmz

    Freeway - Free at Last

    "what we do" was off of freeways first album .... i disagree about the club banger thing though .. its not always about underground/mainstream... a good track that will knock on the radio or the clubs is a good look for ANY artist..... i think people dig too deep into the whole...
  2. Ash Holmz

    Freeway - Free at Last

    that write up is old ... the album got changed around ... he says it right in the 2nd song that he got no kanye or just beats on the album. i like big spender ... it sounds like they were having fun on that track ..i like the back and forth type of flow they got goin on.... .. imo free brings...
  3. Ash Holmz

    Drop your Tech Niq! (MIXING)

    keep it simple ... i for one dont feel u need a bizallion takes of the verse.. I do one take of the the verse with an underlying "emphasis" track where u might double up ur words at the end of a line.... thats it for me.. personally i cant stand overly stacked rap vocals.... imo they are...
  4. Ash Holmz

    Drop your Tech Niq! (MIXING)

    subtley is a sign of wisdom ... less means more almost always... balance is more important than punch or aggressiveness... im no engineer, but the first step with ur tracks should be to acheive balance... u want evrything to blend properly and go togther... evrything doesnt nessecarily...
  5. Ash Holmz

    Sticky Show Your Setup!

    yeah big d them pics look official .. good shit on the diy job .. im so unhandy i dont know where to start with shit like that lol
  6. Ash Holmz

    Sticky Show Your Setup!

    them monitors are dumb close to each other .... u need to spread them apart so u can hear the stereo field..
  7. Ash Holmz

    Freeway - Free at Last

    look to the bay of the pirates and ye will find thy answer ..
  8. Ash Holmz

    Freeway - Free at Last

    ^^ yeah the sampling is great .. better than ur average speed up a loop type stuff .. some real creative stuff ... im interested in reading the producer credits because i dont have them.... the drums on some tracks are CRAZY like "when they remember" OMG them drums is crazy! u can tell they were...
  9. Ash Holmz

    Freeway - Free at Last

    Album leaked out .... all i gotta say is whoa.... Straight Heat.. kills anything that came out on a major this year that I know about at least. I thought freeways last album was a classic and this one actually probably better than his last. Im not sure if I like the production on this one or...
  10. Ash Holmz

    some real real Mc'ing

    mr fiasco got damn! . pap killed it too.. nice video
  11. Ash Holmz

    Cell phones - what do you pay a month?

    ^^^ yeah i use the features too.. in fact i hardly talk on my phone.. im sending txt messages, setting up my scedule, internet, evrything. i even use my phone sometimes to write ryhmes and hooks and store them. I know plenty niggas that will go in the studio, bust out the sidekick/blackberry/...
  12. Ash Holmz

    Cell phones - what do you pay a month?

    them bluetooth things do look dumb tho lol... esp dem dudes that keep that shit on there on all day lol... i rememebr my manager at my old job used to wear that shit all day evryday prolly still does... fucin fat dude with a big ass device on his ear like that shit was cool tryin to talk to...
  13. Ash Holmz

    What would you say is your weakness?

    my biggest weakness actually is my day job lol.. takes up too much time
  14. Ash Holmz

    Where's your head at?

    I feel u robb 120% .. u cant doubt urself... and it pays to be around people who are positive and just as motivated as u are.. i was born in a city where nobody does anything.. there was a bunch of us, like ten cats that were heavy into hip hop .. we started off recording raps in my boys...
  15. Ash Holmz

    Say Goodbye To CDs

    this a good thing for independent musicians ... cd's are much more expensive to package and distribute than digital media. with the demise of the cd and the transition to all digital distro, you will see independent labels and musicians having the same reach and opportunities that the major...
  16. Ash Holmz

    What would you say is your weakness?

    playing the keyboard
  17. Ash Holmz

    Cell phones - what do you pay a month?

    i pay just under $200 a month.. i pay for the wifes phone too.. verizon 2100 shared minutes, unlimted txt and unlimted internet..... i def dish out alot for my phone plan.
  18. Ash Holmz

    method of production

    i think its important to focus on the finished product too.. as opposed to just making beats... get with an artists and make some music... u will develop like ten times faster if u "train as a producer" as opposed to just tryin to sit in ur room and come up with the craziest beats. thats a...
  19. Ash Holmz

    Another police shooting

    i agree with myth 100%.
  20. Ash Holmz

    Why are we dumbing down HipHop?

    lol .. an unborn child could learn the words to this is why im hot .... and artists like him are prolly the biggest part of the problem as well.. he is a new york nigga with the most dumbed-down idiot flow ive heard across the board... he is a poser, i actually heard some shit form him back in...
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