Battle That! Battle That! Competition - September 10-13, 2025

[BiggChev]

Nice feedback @BiggChev! Damn that takes a lot of effort lol.

Hahaha yeah! Hence why it took me over a week to do. Booze and drugs also help hahaha

 

[attila]

Nice feedback @BiggChev! Damn that takes a lot of effort lol.

having a vote is nice, a feedback even better

 

[Iron Keys]

Nice feedback @BiggChev! Damn that takes a lot of effort lol.

Jheez I pioneered the feedback shit. For like a year it was solely me doing it every battle!

I'm glad to see that the culture picked up especially when like multiple illiens were doing it in the same battle. Was beautiful to see, especially when I lost the capacity to be able to continue it.

I like that chev is ensuring to bring positivity with it too.

Stay ill.

 

[BiggChev]

I’ve said it before;

Everybody took the time to listen to my beat and pondered on it enough to place a vote. That to me earns some feedback.

Additionally, everybody put effort into their battle beats, especially the case for Battle That. That too deserves commentary.

On top of all that, I can genuinely say I’ve learned, copied, or been influenced by every music maker on here - so I feel it’s right to give props where I can.

Also, this is a “community.” I respect and appreciate the community, so the very least I can do is provide drunken commentary haha.

Love The ILL, enjoy all the music I’ve heard on here and big ups to @Fade doe giving us the forum/arena!!

 

[Earsblower]

You're a legend @BiggChev to take the time and effort to provide feedback like this to every single beat in this. I appreciate the good work and constructive approach brother. As for your question, yes I used reversed, chopped and different pitched samples to make a 'whole' precisely at the 0:42 timestamp but also scattered around in the beat, sometimes less perceptible, other times more. I actually like to just fuck around with shit and see what it'll become. I'm mostly doing it by ear as I don't have much music theory so you probably know more details of my beats (or how to call em) than I do haha. I just put stuff together, fiddle around, compose some shit and try to make it sound good to me. If other like it then that's a bonus.

I thought I was out at Round 2, @Armani delivered some heat man... At round 3 I thought It was possible to go in the finals NGL, but voters made their choice. Still better than last year's Round 1 loss against another legend @Iron Keys !

Again thanks mon frere for taking the time, appreciate it !

 

[BiggChev]

@Earsblower - you’ve got a great ear if you’re just experimenting and piecing together sounds/splices. Whatever process you have going, is definitely working for you. As for my music theory, it’s just academic semantics…you’d don’t need to know labels or exact terminology to make dope music.

 

[DJ Excellence]

@BiggChev Such a great and extensive review, as usual. Storytelling at its best—thank you for this.

 

[Armani]

@Armani - this is one of my favourite beats from you! The chops and textures your built up right from the start are soo interesting and unique. I've been trying to copy your sound/instrument selection, because I think you have a great ear for bright resonant instruments (ethnic plucked strings/bright pianos) which adds a great dynamic range to your music (which is what I'm trying to crib from you). Personally, I think the big "miss" on this beat, is that you didn't trust your innate sense of melody. What I like the most about your music is that I can always come away, being able to hum the main theme to your tunes. I think with this song, you 1) waited to long to bring in that catchy melody 2) it wasn't presented as powerfully/prominently as you usually do. I think that may be a by-product of trying to stretch the beat out to 4 minutes (or at least as much of the 4 minutes as possible).

ppreciate the feedback n love, and almost nothing on that beat is composed. it's like 6 or 7 samples stacked on top of eachother. the only thing I wrote myself is the piano (and horn) from 1:50 which is I think what you mean. if you want to see or know about anything or "steal" somethin in specific lmk, I can even show u the project file or mix racks or... on discord stream or idk. wherever.

and yee I probably should've brought in that piano thingy earlier. this beat fucked my ass. generally speakin I do have a tendency to make my beats quiet n bit empty cause I always imagine the rapper on it in my head.

 

[Armani]

You're a legend @BiggChev to take the time and effort to provide feedback like this to every single beat in this. I appreciate the good work and constructive approach brother. As for your question, yes I used reversed, chopped and different pitched samples to make a 'whole' precisely at the 0:42 timestamp but also scattered around in the beat, sometimes less perceptible, other times more. I actually like to just fuck around with shit and see what it'll become. I'm mostly doing it by ear as I don't have much music theory so you probably know more details of my beats (or how to call em) than I do haha. I just put stuff together, fiddle around, compose some shit and try to make it sound good to me. If other like it then that's a bonus.

I thought I was out at Round 2, @Armani delivered some heat man... At round 3 I thought It was possible to go in the finals NGL, but voters made their choice. Still better than last year's Round 1 loss against another legend @Iron Keys !

Again thanks mon frere for taking the time, appreciate it !

ngl, I knew I was gonna be out by r1. cause I heard ur r1 beat n I was like "ain't noooooooo way my beat is gonna beat whatever this mf cooked for r2"