09-08-2013, 08:02 PM
Allright!! This is a pretty tough mix. You've done really great job getting some serious low end punch out of the kick drum. Also some the creative choices that you've made here and there really help the song dynamics. In general this mix drives really well!
While the tough compression attitude works really well in some aspects, I feel when applied to everything is little too much. The guy who did the original mix seemed to like the vocal approach here, but I feel that the compression is simply too much for this kind of music. So far it seems to me that the only drastic treatment rap vocals get (in rap music general) is simply to put them ridiculously loud. Somebody else ("client") might've totally hated this vocal sound. I also think the epic reverb for the verse raps feel little out of place. I feel it's a safe bet to reverberate everything else but keep the rapping bone-dry.
While the tough compression attitude works really well in some aspects, I feel when applied to everything is little too much. The guy who did the original mix seemed to like the vocal approach here, but I feel that the compression is simply too much for this kind of music. So far it seems to me that the only drastic treatment rap vocals get (in rap music general) is simply to put them ridiculously loud. Somebody else ("client") might've totally hated this vocal sound. I also think the epic reverb for the verse raps feel little out of place. I feel it's a safe bet to reverberate everything else but keep the rapping bone-dry.