Critique My CD [Mechanical Animal]

ok...

1) your production is terrible. although it's tough to EQ with a subpar microphone (laptop mic?), even with basic programs like garageband you can compress the tracks and reduce the mids so it doesn't sound like a walkie talkie.

2) work on your flow. start writing some stuff down and practicing before you record.

3) your rhymes are subpar. some are some decently funny similes ("slammed like a door", I like that one) but listen to any hip-hop and you'll find that it's just plain out better.

I started where you were at age 15 and I got hated on a LOT. I have a natural talent for writing lyrics but the flow took me a while to get down and delivery is still being worked on after 3 years in the game. Just keep at it and you'll get better. Invest in a better microphone (check the Blue Snowball USB mic, it's the one I use) and learn to set up home studios with echo-muffling technology such as pillows and a homemade pop filter (stretch an old dress sock or something over a wire hanger and form a circle with it. place it in front of your mic and you've got your high amplitudes filtered out a bit).

Just keep at it, stay up, and keep rhyming. You'll get better as you write and record more and more.

^im going to review that as constructive critism...

I actually didn't like it at all, keep trying though, and invest in some better equipment. My setup cost me about $500 but at least it sounds amazing.

my setup cost me $100 in total (not including instruments) and it can sound pretty professional. there are ways to get around the economic factor.

^agreed

and also, your vocals have awful cuts during the song, do it in one take, or smooth it out a bit.

I'll just go to my standard response to terrible shit like this:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mnw4ngd2vnn/Mechanical Animal Bonus CD [2010].zip