Beat This! Competition - May 27-28, 2026

[Armani]

Think that's confirmation that my music is no longer for the ill.

on crip?

 

[Armani]

Nah, my recent results and stuff. I'm getting good feedback elsewhere. So unless being lied to, it's just that my music ain't for here no more. Stylistically

honestly, main reason I couldn't really listen to your beat was the sfx. pipe noise gives me goosebumps. idk why. I guess it reminds me of mom.

 

[Kane the MOD]

@Iron Keys I sampled 3 loops from the intro of Another Day by Jeff Liberman. Lowered velocity and pitch. Rearranged with pitch variations and added a vocal sample.

I liked your beat.

Don't overthink the results. New day, new battle.

 

[Iron Keys]

@Iron Keys I sampled 3 loops from the intro of Another Day by Jeff Liberman. Lowered velocity and pitch. Rearranged with pitch variations and added a vocal sample.

I liked your beat.

Don't overthink the results. New day, new battle.

Bro your beat literally just sounded to me like something I'd listen to.
Like 'this is something I'd listen to and be inspired by' or chill to.

I dunno, I'm making a very specific vibe, don't seem to appeal to the ill

 

[Iron Keys]

the sfx. pipe noise

Care to elaborate - honestly I'm a little unsure what referring to?

Someone who gave me feedback mentioned the fx (positively) but in a very specific way and didn't think I'd used anything out of the ordinary so to speak


EDIT: oh wait I know what you man by pipe noise lol. But yeah if you meant something else by sfx then lemme know

 

[Armani]

Care to elaborate - honestly I'm a little unsure what referring to?

Someone who gave me feedback mentioned the fx (positively) but in a very specific way and didn't think I'd used anything out of the ordinary so to speak


EDIT: oh wait I know what you man by pipe noise lol. But yeah if you meant something else by sfx then lemme know

pipe nose. you know. bubble bubble bubble bubble prlrlrlrlbrbbrlblrblrbr.

but in general, my completely personal feedback would be that everything's too "apart" in the beat. "guitarrr! bass. drum drum drum. guitarrr! bass.". it doesn't really feel consistent. no glue. I don't mean mixing glue I mean production/creation glue. it feels like a batch of good sounding sounds on top of eachother rather than a cohesive piece of music. I don't feel any rhythm to try to follow whatsoever. what are the drums trying to do? maybe you were more trying to win and less tryna make a beat. you're clearly capable of better.

in contrast it could've purely invoked some emotions in me instead but, it's not really doing that either. AT ALL. it's too "correct" to be emotional. actually now that I think of it, I can't hear a single risk in this beat. and that pipe noise is murdering me.

also I don't know if I make any sense - someone more professional hopefully either backs me up or calls bullshit - but the mix feels "too clear". like I'm not talking about it's too clean (which btw, it IS too clean too but that's a diff story / matter of taste) but it feels like everything's TOO in-my-ears. I feel like I'm in a hospital waiting room. the mix smells the alcohol they clean stuff with. the beat sounds like inside of charlie puth's vagina. soap-soaked and no libido whatsoever.

and fuck that pipe!

(vocals sound a bit like chika btw)

 

[Iron Keys]

pipe nose. you know. bubble bubble bubble bubble prlrlrlrlbrbbrlblrblrbr.

but in general, my completely personal feedback would be that everything's too "apart" in the beat. "guitarrr! bass. drum drum drum. guitarrr! bass.". it doesn't really feel consistent. no glue. I don't mean mixing glue I mean production/creation glue. it feels like a batch of good sounding sounds on top of eachother rather than a cohesive piece of music. I don't feel any rhythm to try to follow whatsoever. what are the drums trying to do? maybe you were more trying to win and less tryna make a beat. you're clearly capable of better.

in contrast it could've purely invoked some emotions in me instead but, it's not really doing that either. AT ALL. it's too "correct" to be emotional. actually now that I think of it, I can't hear a single risk in this beat. and that pipe noise is murdering me.

also I don't know if I make any sense - someone more professional hopefully either backs me up or calls bullshit - but the mix feels "too clear". like I'm not talking about it's too clean (which btw, it IS too clean too but that's a diff story / matter of taste) but it feels like everything's TOO in-my-ears. I feel like I'm in a hospital waiting room. the mix smells the alcohol they clean stuff with. the beat sounds like inside of charlie puth's vagina. soap-soaked and no libido whatsoever.

and fuck that pipe!

That's weird, as, other than matching the vibe of the theme - that's the only way in which I sought to 'win'

This is the kind of beat i make these days for my personal enjoyment and preference.

I feel the beat has more 'feel' than most of my other beats you'd have ever heard on here.

Strange that the sounds are coming across as clean, as the main one is amp recorded and going through amp sims and saturation

(vocals sound a bit like chika btw)

Just some random home acapella ripped from YouTube and pitched down - how to get the Chika sound?
Oh also put the most subtle autotune on them for whatever reason

 

[Armani]

This is the kind of beat i make these days for my personal enjoyment and preference.

make more pop music?

 

[Armani]

That's weird, as, other than matching the vibe of the theme - that's the only way in which I sought to 'win'

that's just sumn I do when I fuck up so idk. maybe that maybe sumn else

 

[Fade]

You win some, you lose some. Don't overthink it.

 

[Iron Keys]

No overthinking here - the thought was very quick and precise.

 

[Armani]

No overthinking here - the thought was very quick and precise.

stop thinking

 

[Iron Keys]

stop thinking

That's what the AI boys have chosen to do

 

[Fade]

You've been doubting yourself for years with the battles and we've had this discussion a million times.

 

[Iron Keys]

0 doubt 100% fact.