Fancy a nice free professionally made album? I made one :)

[Cozwin]

dont know if this helps at all but maybe throw your music on lastfm? has a huge fan base and a media player software too.

[Zhaoman]

hey just listened to the album once through and lovin it. this has the same cool, smooth sound as kanye west's graduation which is one of my fav albums and the rythmns are amazing. it feels even more polished than a lot of the big commercial albums i've got recently (paper trail?). i've never heard any of jay-z's work before because i'm not a huge hip-hop fan but this has made me want to discover more of it. thanks for the great download, i'm off to get some headphones

[muddyfox470]

Well done lad! Good to see a release All the best!

[unreal]

hey just listened to the album once through and lovin it. this has the same cool, smooth sound as kanye west's graduation which is one of my fav albums and the rythmns are amazing. it feels even more polished than a lot of the big commercial albums i've got recently (paper trail?). i've never heard any of jay-z's work before because i'm not a huge hip-hop fan but this has made me want to discover more of it. thanks for the great download, i'm off to get some headphones

Many thanks! Yeah, Graduation is the most similar album I can think of to it in terms of raw sound due to the balance of sampling and electrosynths used throughout. I quite liked a few tracks on Paper Trail myself but it doesn't win over Graduation... As I mentioned above though, Jay Z really is one of the best out there and he's one of the most respected artists in the game at the moment for a reason so I wouldn't hesitate to check him out further (Particularly the Black Album and Blueprint 2.0)... There's MANY MANY great artists and producers out there, but unfortunately many are shunned aside out of the limelight by really terrible artists out there (I won't name any right now but there's quite a few lol)

http://www.gybo5.com/

Get Your Bootleg On might well be worth a look, has a massive community and now I think has ties with XFM ...

Thanks, never knew about that site - I'll check it out now! And Last.fm, thanks chaps

[JimmyBoy]

i remember your timberland / nelly furtado remix, premiscious girl or however its spelt, just giving this a download, fair play for getting signed though mate!!

[unreal]

i remember your timberland / nelly furtado remix, premiscious girl or however its spelt, just giving this a download, fair play for getting signed though mate!!

Haha thanks man! I'm surprised everyone remembers that disc, haha

[Whiternoise]

Pray is awesome

I love Rob D and it's a great mashup!

Was it you who did the promiscuous remix a while ago?

EDIT: Facepalm, just read the post above. Awesome mix

[Zhaoman]

Been giving it a good listen. Roc Boys and Sweet. Sublime. Roc Boys is the most listened to track so far, maybe because I have a soft spot for cool synths, but it is so chill and smooth it's bliss. Sweet is a heavyweight song, in the lyrics the melody and the rythmn, and definitely deserving of the word 'awesome' and definitely one of my favs from the album so far.

Party Life is shuffling it's way into my list of musical masterpieces. I love what you guys have done with the source material, the build-up is so good - very reminiscent of "Barry Bonds" but much more substantial (and ultimately satisfying) .

There's so many good songs it's hard to do them justice: Say Hello, Blue Magic, American Gangster, American Dreaming are all so unique and sound so polished. Each song holds it's own place in the album and adds a new flavour to the mix I just can't get enough of them. (Say Hello is very very listenable.)

Pray and Success are easy crowd pleasers, but I have a few niggles with them. Pray is awesome when you fire it up but the 'Rob Dougan' novelty wears off after a few listens and I found myself wanting a bit more from the song, especially listening to the freshness you bring to 'Clint Mansell' in Party Life. Success again is cool the first time but it starts sounding a bit repetitive after a few listens. I think maybe Success could've featured a bit more going on in the background especially with the depth of Roc Boys still fresh in the mind.

Hello Brooklyn 2.0 is very fresh, dynamic and just generally cool. It sounds more original and innovative than Pray or even, dare I say it, Roc Boys. There's so much going on in the song while still sounding so spacious (not cramped at all), the only thing I would say is that you guys might've been able to go a bit crazier with this song ('Reanimation' style) and really flesh out the sound to the extreme.

No Hook is so cool and smooth. The chorus is addictive (can't stop singing along). Fallin, I Know and Ignorant **** are really good songs too; Ignorant **** is a great nod-along . Intro is a great little number, is it just me or is the intro from 'The Documentry' by The Game a complete rip-off of this one by Jay-Z? I really didn't like 'The Documentry'...

For me, Unreal (you ) and Ghost's mixes had a bit more variety and sounded more original than Nick Crescendo's (his stuff were still very good nonetheless). Nick's stuff seemed to all rely on addictive synths which make them very listenable but Ghost and Unreal seemed to ring with me a bit better despite Crescendo's work being easier to approach. Wow I still can't get over Roc Boys, Sweet and (omg) Party Life. SO epic... (whatever ur vice is... get into ur comfort zone haha )

[unreal]

Been giving it a good listen. Roc Boys and Sweet. Sublime. Roc Boys is the most listened to track so far, maybe because I have a soft spot for cool synths, but it is so chill and smooth it's bliss. Sweet is a heavyweight song, in the lyrics the melody and the rythmn, and definitely deserving of the word 'awesome' and definitely one of my favs from the album so far.

Party Life is shuffling it's way into my list of musical masterpieces. I love what you guys have done with the source material, the build-up is so good - very reminiscent of "Barry Bonds" but much more substantial (and ultimately satisfying) .

There's so many good songs it's hard to do them justice: Say Hello, Blue Magic, American Gangster, American Dreaming are all so unique and sound so polished. Each song holds it's own place in the album and adds a new flavour to the mix I just can't get enough of them. (Say Hello is very very listenable.)

Pray and Success are easy crowd pleasers, but I have a few niggles with them. Pray is awesome when you fire it up but the 'Rob Dougan' novelty wears off after a few listens and I found myself wanting a bit more from the song, especially listening to the freshness you bring to 'Clint Mansell' in Party Life. Success again is cool the first time but it starts sounding a bit repetitive after a few listens. I think maybe Success could've featured a bit more going on in the background especially with the depth of Roc Boys still fresh in the mind.

Hello Brooklyn 2.0 is very fresh, dynamic and just generally cool. It sounds more original and innovative than Pray or even, dare I say it, Roc Boys. There's so much going on in the song while still sounding so spacious (not cramped at all), the only thing I would say is that you guys might've been able to go a bit crazier with this song ('Reanimation' style) and really flesh out the sound to the extreme.

No Hook is so cool and smooth. The chorus is addictive (can't stop singing along). Fallin, I Know and Ignorant **** are really good songs too; Ignorant **** is a great nod-along . Intro is a great little number, is it just me or is the intro from 'The Documentry' by The Game a complete rip-off of this one by Jay-Z? I really didn't like 'The Documentry'...

For me, Unreal (you ) and Ghost's mixes had a bit more variety and sounded more original than Nick Crescendo's (his stuff were still very good nonetheless). Nick's stuff seemed to all rely on addictive synths which make them very listenable but Ghost and Unreal seemed to ring with me a bit better despite Crescendo's work being easier to approach. Wow I still can't get over Roc Boys, Sweet and (omg) Party Life. SO epic... (whatever ur vice is... get into ur comfort zone haha )

Whoa thanks for this epicly thorough review of the album Glad to see there's so much positivity. I guess our perfectionist attitude to this album paid off! I think one of Ghosts tracks was made 5 times until he settled on the final one.

I'm glad you were able to identify the wide variation I was trying to showcase in my tracks, from the 80's sounding Roc Boys to the harsh piano ballad of Say Hello... it's my style so I did so, but Nick and Ghost also brought their styles to the table which made the album so well balanced as a whole. Thanks for the very analytical comments though, seriously! It's nice to see you paid attention to the album so well.... Hello Brooklyn was a deffo toughie (my dads favourite track lol!) as it was a track I purely had from imagination and had to race to get onto the drawing boards. But because of the airy/noisy drums, it was really difficult to layer it more and take away the attention (that I wanted) from the drums. But now I look back on it I agree with you, I could have taken some alternative routes to perhaps hype it up slightly more in parts to create even more energy.

I love the track Sweet myself too... its got such simplicity but it's so on point that it works really well. I find Pray always makes me nod the hardest once it drops due to the nice simple but harsh drums. And I find Success reminds me of Final Fantasy music, lol!

Can you identify the sample used in the intro? You may be quite embarrassed of what we indirectly made you listen to with that track! haha

(didn't really like The Documentary myself, just Hate it or Love it and Put You On The Game)

[JimmyBoy]

after lisening to it i cant believe you mixed jan hammer - crocketts theme with roc boys! much prefer it to the original! awesome! you deserve a deal with genius like that mate. out of interest, who was it who discovered you then ?

[Stoo]

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Flabbergasted!

Art, Photography, stunning remixes.. Is there anything you can't do!?

The world's at your feet chap

[unreal]

after lisening to it i cant believe you mixed jan hammer - crocketts theme with roc boys! much prefer it to the original! awesome! you deserve a deal with genius like that mate. out of interest, who was it who discovered you then ?

Many thanks mate! Haha that's not too important right now, especially as the situation is currently in its infancy so is quite complex. Once I'm making those hits though, I'm sure you'll know (lets hope!)

Downloaded..

Flabbergasted!

Art, Photography, stunning remixes.. Is there anything you can't do!?

The world's at your feet chap

Aw thanks fella! Haha I've noticed I only seem to dabble in creative things though LOL

[Zhaoman]

haha is that backstreet boys in the intro? i listen to backstreet boys anyway so u better try harder next time

:Update: American Gangster - so good, just made my favourites list.

For the record: I thought Paper Trail was great but I was saying that even a huge commercial album wasn't as consistent as urs (what the hell was 'You Ain't Missin' Nothing'). Oh and yeah I thought 'Hate it or Love it' was very good along with 'Dreams' and 'Put You on the Game' but everything else was forgettable. Keep up the work dudis I can't wait to pay for ur stuff

[Professor Frink]

Can't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Will download and have a listen, thanks.

[unreal]

haha is that backstreet boys in the intro? i listen to backstreet boys anyway so u better try harder next time

:Update: American Gangster - so good, just made my favourites list.

For the record: I thought Paper Trail was great but I was saying that even a huge commercial album wasn't as consistent as urs (what the hell was 'You Ain't Missin' Nothing'). Oh and yeah I thought 'Hate it or Love it' was very good along with 'Dreams' and 'Put You on the Game' but everything else was forgettable. Keep up the work dudis I can't wait to pay for ur stuff

Haha yeah it is! Grats on spotting it

Many thanks for the kind words man! I think a little of its success in terms of sound is that this was a carefully orchestrated project rather than what typically happens in an album where 40+ tracks are recorded and the best 15 +/- make the final thing. We spent a LONG time designing this thing! And I'll let everyone know if I ever get famous hehe

[Zhaoman]

Had to say it for the record: I Know ft Calistylz (Nick Crescendo), INSANE! what a tune. It just *clicked* one morning, the beat, all the different sounds he brings into the mix, I was blown away - definite new fave song on the album. A year on and Roc Boys is still the most listened to song. It's become a regular morning wake up song for all the lads haha. American Gangster, Party Life and Sweet (in no particular order) are all up there. Ignorant **** and Fallin' are really coming into their own too. A year on and still not a sinlge bad song on the album, one of the best albums of 2008 haha. u can congratulate nick crescendo on making an absolutely sick song. thx again dude, and keep me posted on new stuff.