I'm baffled by some of these battles i've been in.
It seems that people don't "get" my beats or something.
I try my best to put my beats in the genres they should be in and yet people freak out when they see my beats in any genre.
For example, this battle: http://www.mybeatshop.com/beat-battles/showbattle=12406

In this battle, was my beat too different from crunk?
More like "new school crunk" perhaps?
I'm just wondering if yall think my beats aren't fitting to these genres they are in (when comparing them to other producers beats) that most people believe to be better suited to the contemporary styles and forms in each individual genre that yall may be
more accustomed to hearing on the radio nowadays?

Yes, that beat is definitely more new school and experimental. It's still fire but my initial 10 second reaction from the get go from both beats is that the drums in your opponents beat clearly place it in the more standard and defined "crunk" or "mean mug" genre beat which is known for the kick on the 1, 7, 13 with the the snare on 9 and 25 and hi hats every other note. Your beat comes off with more emphasis on the instrumental which is where I think most people make the distinction between "crunk" or "mean mug" style beats.

I love what you're doing though man exploring uncharted territory and not afraid to get something new popping. Keep it up man don't stay confined to any boxes.

Thought so. I've always thought that these guidelines that you must follow, in order for your beat to be able to fit in each genre,
are too defined.
Music is math basically but I believe it should be more based on emotional value,
instead of just using certain instruments, melodies and construction to define a genre.
Of course the beat itself should have the essential basics that make it fit a certain genre but it should be more based on the
creative process of evoking the genres real emotional value.
That's essentially what im doing here, trying to put a twist on these genres and bringing the emotion to
life instead of just combining notes that eventually create some sort of semi to really catchy melodies.
By the way, when I write "emotion", I don't mean songs that make you cry, I mean music that brings all
kinds of emotional impact when the listener listens to the beat. The point is to take them to another
place with ur music, not just another beat, and that's what I'm working on, feel me?
faceman wrote:

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Yes, that beat is definitely more new school and experimental. It's still fire but my initial 10 second reaction from the get go from both beats is that the drums in your opponents beat clearly place it in the more standard and defined "crunk" or "mean mug" genre beat which is known for the kick on the 1, 7, 13 with the the snare on 9 and 25 and hi hats every other note. Your beat comes off with more emphasis on the instrumental which is where I think most people make the distinction between "crunk" or "mean mug" style beats.

I love what you're doing though man exploring uncharted territory and not afraid to get something new popping. Keep it up man don't stay confined to any boxes.