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i'm stuck between 1 and 2.

1 was simple but effective. i could hear griselda on this. the slow tempo, the underwhelming drums, but the bassline gives this life. its a dope beat.

2 is also dope. the filters were clean, i feel like the drums couldve got busier, like the hats mainly, but the understated snare rolls would be less effective. i dig it.

3 is cool too but my thing is the mix. while the samples filtered and muted for lack of a better word the hats are the same and its just i dunno, when the sample cuts in clean it sounds like this is what it shouldve been the whole time, but i guess it'd get repetitive. its not bad at all though. just not feeling it as much as the first two

4 is boring. the strings sound gross and whoever made it shouldve listened to it with fresh ears and realized this. easily the worst beat of the bunch.

listening to 1 and 2 again i think i have to give it to 2. i want to give it to 1 but 2 is the more complete solid beat. 1's bassline is fire, if the drums were more inspired it would probably take my vote, but again at a tempo that slow its probably best they were so understated, because if they ain't busy it would make it sound MORE empty if that makes sense, with them being understated it diverts more attention to the bass, and melodic properties of the sample.

so really its a tossup to me, i think i enjoy 1 more, but i have to vote for 2, because i almost enjoy it as much, but its also just technically better as a BEAT? this is a shit vote.

also lol at us all using the same sample. i think that answers the question of "what do you look for in a sample" pretty resoundingly. i made something with another of the samples but didn't like it. i also didn't like the one i submitted, so that should go to show how terrible my other one was. but i'll always submit SOMETHING

good job guys