Alright...
I thought they both were tight. Unique in their own right. I'll do this...
If had made the beat --
Thobrom -
First off, I'm disregarding the video footage, since this was a "beat" battle. 2nd, it was a pain in the ass downloading a 124mb avi over the course of an hour just so I could listen to 1:48 of audio. Would have been nice just to stream it.
Now then... Really like the sounds you chose, everything fit nicely. It had a roughness to it. Dug the drums. Definitely could have used more variation. I think on the drums and the bass. The synth bass was only 3 different notes through out the whole song. I would have rocked that $hit. Made the bass dance around the empty parts you left open. Other than that it had a solid groove. Kinda reminded me of something I would have heard on a scion commercial. I was waiting for the sales pitch at the end.
On a end note -- Keep doing your thing, but realize their is always room for improvement. These fellas on here are good folks. There's a wealth of knowledge and hundreds of years experience making music between us all. But most of us don't take kindly to bashing one another for the sake of building an ego. Of course, we have all bumped heads with each other at one point or another, but if your man enough to shake hands at the end of the day, then we all win. That's called community, brother.
Ivory Viking -
Dug it, man. Had that anthem sound to it once again. Great mix down. The cuts were on point. It had plenty of elements to keep it going. I think it could have used a little more variation. Somewhere in the middle of the beat. Maybe on the drums. Not sure. Other than that, the one thing that I would have changed, would have been the pitch on the crash cymbal. Seemed like tuning it a little more would have made it fit better. But hell, most of my beats always have some contrasting pieces that don't fit together.
That's as unbiased as I can be. Hope to see more 1 on 1 battles here, with a little more "friendly" trash talk. The winner should challenge another person after it's over. I cast a vote when the polls up. See yall!