[final track] 12. sleepless nights cypher prod. by SKIMASQUE BEATS

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  1. Narsh
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    Dec 8, 2015
    Hahah I can c that, I just personally like it cuz how it leads into the hook :allears:
    Yeah for sure, this is the first track where my whiny voice makes an appearance hahah

    Strap in the next track tho m8 cuz I go overboard there as u kno but I really think it works (+that hidden verses towards end) :)
     
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  2. Narsh
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    5. ur mind (sonic) prod. by 2AM

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    What's on ur mind

    I want it all want it all want it now
    I called her up she stuck up on my sound
    I wanted her wanted her make her smile
    I want all want it all want it now
    What's on ur mind
    Back and back we go till we reach a sign
    Trapped in past promises all of this swine
    Asked me what I want I Moved like a mime
    Say something please
    Unleash the vibes
    I'm high on life
    Im high despite

    Smooth like some butter i really do want her
    f--- her no other one can come between
    And I need her right now drinking my genius

    Fall out over promises
    And Then we get honest
    And then we get silent and then we learn phonics
    I'm loving the way that you carried your conscience
    I'm constantly fighting for ways to be vibrant
    To shine in your eye like a diamond in flight
    And I'm eying your lies as a way to surmise
    That I might not be open or easy to cope with
    But you didn't speak true until truancy tutored it
    We're one in the same so let's sever uncertainty
    Marry me honey I'm hurtin w urgency
    top 3 on this tape for me, this track has my out there style of delivery for a majority of it but i think my mixing helps it work -- even it stutters at first. i really enjoyed recording this s---, and that "hidden" verse towards the end should hopefully provide a breath of fresh air. i love the contrast between those two parts, and recording that 2nd verse itself was a great process. the flow subtely changes like every 2 lines there ("im lovin the way that u carried ur conscience/im constantly fightin for ways to be vibrant/to shine in ur eye like a diamond in flight/and im eyeing your lies as a way to surmise"). that outro isnt half bad either. i kind wanna make a video for this lol but im all on my own for this s--- so i gotta figure it out. but yeah, i really hope you guys enjoy this s---.
    make sure to tell me whats on ur mind :emoji_wink:
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  3. Fire Squad
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    Dec 8, 2015
    I Want Freestyle - Pretty impressive that you managed to freestyle that 2nd verse, it felt very natural and there wasn't any major loss in pacing, normally I'd figure there would be a moment of silence before someone starts spitting again haha.

    Ur Mind - The vocals sort of dampened the experience but I can see the huge Thugger influence during the first half before that double-time flow. Definitely gotta work on that sing-song flow but once you get that down you gonna be a problem :rickross:
     
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  4. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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    2nd verse the highlight.

    Beat is nice.

    Your flow on this is just too whiny for me. :sad2:
     
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  5. Narsh
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    Dec 9, 2015
    yeah its weird haha sometimes the outcome of freestyling sounds 100% more natural than anything i couldve written

    yeah im definitely gonna keep working at it :mynig2:
    whats on ur mind on ur mind on ur miiiid
    i want it all want it all want it aaaaaall

    :mjcry:
     
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  6. JG2
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    JG2 Thugger Lover

    Dec 9, 2015
    i love dis. so catchy haha already stuck in my head. this is nice.
     
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    JG2 Thugger Lover

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    that bass comes in soooo hard
     
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  8. Narsh
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    Yeaaaaah that s--- is so lit lmao
     
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  9. Narsh
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    you guys are too slow man

    6. I Don't Mind It prod. by GHOSTOF91

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    lyrics
    i dont mind it
    dont mind it

    no i dont mind any of this
    yes i keep tabs if you trip
    if you hate what i am doing
    just quit
    following me like a b----
    worrying bout how i get rich
    or if slip into abyss
    or if continue to make lowkey hits
    or if i get home safe and sound by like 6
    what are you something like guardian?
    wingardium leviosa in my arteries
    im flyin im higher than ships
    but im ornery
    leviosa not sah you s---
    my parents believe in my frivolity
    so why is it that you are lecturing
    no i dont mind that they pissed
    the space between then n now glitched
    ay
    smokey im hard to see mist
    me when i left the city like a prince
    free
    of the duties that become a king
    clean
    and fresh like i sprouted in spring
    and stressed cuz they want me to sing
    and blessed cuz i feel it within
    i
    bought me a wraith in my dreams
    dream
    for something that aint yet been seen
    they need me to polish their sheen
    and

    i dont mind it
    dont mind it
    this was the first track i released from this tape, definitely one of the best mixed cuts on the tape. the layering might be a bit too much but when i showed the first take of the song to ordinary joel he didnt like the hook so i just kept messing with it till it became more listenable
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  10. Thy
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    Thy 000000

    Dec 9, 2015
    Yeah I still don't mind this track. Good s--- Narsh.
    :wow:
     
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  11. JG2
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    i love this song. it sounds so godly when the second part of the hook comes in, the "don't mind it" part. really nice track.
     
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  12. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Dec 9, 2015
    I DON'T MIND ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
     
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  13. Mike Tyson
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    Dec 10, 2015
    @Narsh I gave this tape a listen, and your flow has gotten so much better over the last 12 months. My issue with your rap voice is your ability to enunciate, and while some rappers get by on that, I feel like your voice comes out too muddy on some tracks. It's an easy fix though, just YouTube some vocal exercises. Other times the experimental flows you use like Off The Boat just don't work for me.

    Your ear for production is solid, but I feel like you need to dumb some of these tracks down. ur mind is a great example of a song in which you took a simple approach and it paid off. It's one of the better songs on the tape. Sounds a lot like Thug. Compare that joint to Off The Boat, and OTB really does sound like a mess with the layered vocals/starts and stops on the vocals at times. ayyyyy is another example of a very simple joint that turned out great.

    I don't like I Don't Mind It at all. Not the production, not the hook, not the way your voice is drowned up by that wack production either.

    Other than that, good effort man. You're making strides, but you're a long way from finding what your sound really is. On this tape, you're somewhere between Young Thug and a full experimental Narsh. I still don't know who the real Narsh is after hearing this top down. It's coming together for you though, keep working and keep improving man. Good job.

    My fav song: Livin' My Life Like A Prince
    My least fav song: Off The Boat
     
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  14. Narsh
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    Dec 10, 2015
    Oh fire a--- review :daps:

    I'm definitely working on making my songs more complete and accessible...I know a lot of what I do is too haphazard. A lot of good insight here tho thanks man

    I'm a bit confused on how off the boat is a mess partly because of the layering but aaay works haha if anything the latter is more messy to me...

    Glad u liked livin like a prince :allears:
     
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  15. Mike Tyson
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    at the 1:40 mark in Off The Boat, I didn't like how the hook overlaps the verse.

    ayyyy is way more experimental with that flow, yet it sounds better because the song has undisturbed forward progression. That probably doesn't make sense, but I hope you understand what I mean.
     
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  16. FlawlessT
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    Liked both last songs mate, whats on your mind is a b-----r :)
    I dont mind is too short, i want to hear more, its like again from Young thug :emoji_disappointed_relieved:
     
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  17. Narsh
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    nah it makes sense...i personally like off the boat but i knew it was out there when i made it lol. like the entire beginning of the 2nd verse sounds like its underwater (on purpose) :ohno:

    thats why you gotta download it and/or abuse the replay button :) :emoji_heart:
     
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    7. aaaaay prod. by Kid Ocean

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    Takin a bar everyday x4
    I got a whole lot on me x2
    Juggling jobs ain't been free
    Hustling I like money

    Hustling like all my elders
    Hustle hard but I'm not street
    I'm an mc, I'm anomaly
    Why are you lecturing me
    Im takin a bar everyday x2
    I got a whole lot to say
    I got my moon on my team

    Takin a bar everyday x4
    I got a whole lot on me x2
    Juggling jobs ain't been free
    Hustling I like money

    Paid, like My college degrees
    Why do they expect this from me
    I got the wonder in me ay
    I got the innocence seen ay
    Since simpletons simply speak
    I'm talking till i feel obsceneeee
    I'm as simple as simple can be
    I just wanna be free in the wind
    Not misspeak
    Im takin a bar everyday
    And tell em I got a lot to say
    Then I don't speak for a week
    I'm weaker than weed that's beneath
    Me, I bought me a wraith in my dreams
    I bought me a wraith in my dreams
    I bought me a wraith in my dream
    Im floating to Faces to unseen
    I'm chosen to be like a kid
    I'm chosen to be like a king
    I'm chosen to get lost in pink
    I'm chosen to sing but I can't
    I love her I bought her a mink
    All of these thoughts that I think
    I really do hope they come tru some day

    I'm Takin a bar everyday x4
    I got a whole lot on me x2
    Juggling jobs ain't been free
    Hustling I like money

    I'm Takin a bar everyday x4
    I got a whole lot on me x2
    Juggling jobs ain't been free
    Hustling I like money

    I'm taking a job every day
    I'm dropping a job everyday
    I got a bar on my brain
    I got a car I ain't paid
    probably the most "experimental" s--- s--- on here...ill just wait to see what you guys think. :ohno:
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    vibessssssssss so smooth
     
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  20. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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    Waveyyy
     
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