I like this a lot. Great production and engineering. Beat is nice - I like the strings and the hard hitting sound, a little repetitive but overall it works. Good vocals for sure. Nice flow and content. First emcee is just dope, second is ill too - took me a second to get behind his delivery be he won me over, third verse doesn't disappoint either - a little tougher to pick out of the mix; maybe different eq on the vocal track would make it stand out better. This track really reminds me of Non-Phixion which is a good thing. You guys are staying true to real hip hop so I've gotta give you your props there. This is all around professional quality and an artist that I'll have to check out more of. This gets a station add.

10/10

First impression: Intro is just a touch empty in that it runs just a bit long and is a bit abrupt of a transition to the tune. I'd like to hear something build up to the drum entrance, if even a montage of sounds ie: military helicopter vs. a DJ scratching or something... (Granted that's being pretty nit-picky, but the fundamentals of this song are quite strong...so I've gotta focus on the details )

Details like the tiny time / meter glitch going into the 3rd verse. The lyric starts in just a smidge early and interrupts the flow for a a picky guy like me. Granted, it can be a challenge when splicing in the song samples (nicely done choice of songs, by the way. Really adds to the mood in addition to the groove.) Overall, I find the reverb a bit heavy on the snare, and lacks a bit of low-end 'something' in the mix. Kick drum has some, but needs something a bit more like a bass line to really get the groove going for me. (as a bass player, i'm a bit biased though... )

Lyrics are interesting. Good rhyme combinations and mixes up the flow of the lyric nicely. The theme is a nice take on a son honoring his father, showing him that he's watched and learned--maybe even if it didn't seem like it at the time. It's obviously sincere--scoring big points from me, since people aren't alwayseager to really put themselves out there like that. Nicely done.

A thinking piece, more than an all-out jam. Points for being true to yourself, your family and your feelings. Again, nice job overall.

Hardcore rap at this juncture has been played out, its subject matter & vocabulary laid out & stomped over like the bins at the Goodwill outlet, full of wannabe psuedo Scarface/Limpdick play-act Pimps churning thru territory thats 2x recycled. Yeah, "big bad superfly, getting rich, staying high, letting bitches suck your dick, watch another homeboy die... "

Takes vision...some cat with a fresh, camara eye, a twisted sense of humor & a subversive streak to find the gold where everyone was already lookiing.

IQ has discovered a niche and mined it. f***, he owns it, with a 200+ catalogue that explores the dark, sick peepshow/pulp Americana. He does it with that familiar gangsta-bravado boast persona, using the established MIDI beat rhyme schemes & takes us into a gothic, fun house mirrored universe where nearly every rap lives up to its evocative title & delivers. I'll be picking thru these like I'm Quentin f***in Tuarantino at an endless midnight movie festival.

Start with "Victims" with its news audio sample intro then jump to the hilarious, answering machine bit which displays his sampling & editing skills - Oh yeah, kiddies, listen up to the music he's stitching with- it ain't played out samples from the GW bin, he breaks off a piece of something unexpected and fresh. Only 1 nit IQ - drop that bass down it, bleeds into your voice and muddy it up - Your fans (me) gotta hear every word.

There is no genre on Soundclick more prolific than hip hop and/or rap. Take IQ The Goon To End Them All for example, his page has a grand total of 224 tracks so expect to be there for a few week listening through that lot; should instrumental beats mixed in with 'proper' rap tracks is your thing. It isn't often, unfortunately because I happen to like hip hop, that you get these artists on the Critics Corner forum - hopefully they have plenty of their peers ripping shreds in them I've liked most of the hip hop I have been offered for review down the years particularly the grittier kind. See, I don't mind a bit of cussing so long as its fekking relevant, you understand?

Strrrriiikkkkkkee....

I am so glad I finally got to hear this artist because Old Man is the same Old Man (well bits of it anyway) by Neil Young that I loved to bits when I was a lot, lot younger. IQ' s Old Man is in fact, a song to his father. Being a father myself I would be proud and honoured to have such a song presented to me by my sons. It says more than mere words ever could. Mind you, I am heavily biased because - as I say - I love the Neil Young original. Knowing that, you would think I would be super-critical if it was handled in the wrong way. Like a lot of older songs, it has personal meaning for me and you KNOW I'd carve somebody a whole new butthole if they desecrated a masterpeice.

IQ sez as if.......

Old Man is a production marvel - especially for the genre, and the seamless mashing of the two tracks is a joy to behold. Not sure of the lagality of all this but who cares when you have such a hot tune in your grasp. Trust me, if you liked the original too, you are going to love this. What about those who are not 102? What do they know and care about rocks golden age? What they would hear is a classic example of how to sound fresh, exciting and relevant. IQ raps like a pro, with a deep beautifully recorded voice that makes reading the lyric sheet redundant and not a swear word in sight. When I came to thinking about how to rate this, I tried real hard to put my predjudice aside and look at the track objectively but whichever way I looked it always came back to the same thing.

MUST HAVE blend of rock and hip hop. A gem.

"I Heat Up, I can't cool down,
Got me spinning, around and round"

Love your flip on it sounds really good, sounds space-age-ish with those weird sounds but it makes for a cool track cuz people will be like "what is this crazy sound I'm hearing"

very unique
i love something thats different then what u hear everyday and i give u praise 4 that
good drop, def a good outcome.

its pretty dope man has that necro feelin up beat n everything. Ideas 4 topics are endless with this joint here thanks to the chorus you got here.

The beats are really good. Your content seems to be unique though. The delivery is good too a little horror-core-ish but it works.

Man, your whole page is fire, one of the best people on Sound Click fo sho, new shit is tight too.

i think that u need to put the song on here that u have with aesop rock. that is one of ur best.

Yo that message is f***in nuts dude that cant be real...funny as hell!!

Facts is Banging Homie,,,stay up

Dude I love the Triple J diss haha great sh*** man.

Damn bruh you gotta unique style. Something I could vibe too. Ya beat selections goes well with your vocals

everythings there though flow in lyrics is on point that first track enemies til end is ma fav

nice. dig the topic, and good flow on this one

This joint is fuckin' crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!! Man your a mutant !! I will loose the little bit of mind i got left to this track. "The gathering" is that deal. Keep bangin'. MY PEN JUST CAME ON HER PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!

That piano is sick, and idk what that sound is in da back (sounds a bit like thunder) but it makes da beat even betta.

go0d ish, 10/10

Ok the piano is HARD! I'm definately feelin that.. You need some body gritty grimey on here fo sho....

A hard spit would do this track justice.

kill n rob shyt lyrics are cool you got sum obvious 1s I can predict and others that surprise and thats dope right there.
Your voice is unique and nice wordplay.
¨Blaze in the booth and blazin the booth¨ haha good shyt man

I dig your ideas, you gotta lot of concepts, keep at that shit fam...

Nice tracks. I especially like the last one. How you feel. I like that storytellin' mode. Kinda reminds me of "Who Killed It" By Nas. All sounds solid, all I can say is keep it up.

don't remember hearing you but you nice with it...

this is ill..piano is cool..real grimy..i fuks wit it...

now thats something I would love to grace...

Dawg.. one word to describe this:
SAD (Stylish And Different. lol)
Real original man, nice song for a tight lyricist to lay a street/comedic flow over to demonstrate his swag. Chorus.. nice extra.
Good job man...

Awesome! So different to anything else I've heard in ages. And that hook is sick.
Good job IQ

Haha. I luved the hook sumthing different spit sum off the wall shyt on it.
Id hop on this if thats cool with you.

f*** i love that beat in educated emcees, shit joint is hot for sure, you got a pretty tight voice man. you flow is up and down, you can rock it crazy...
   

checked out your shit, i'm really liking the delivery, dark sound man, i'm feelin it, keep it up

"fresh flows and beats sound....all interesting indeed"

you definitely got on my mixtape ...i'll holla!

I like your sh*** alot man, im accepting two of your tracks onto the mixtape "The Influence of Evil" and "Strugglez"

well, in all honesty, he got some dope lyrics.

and the beat wasnt bad to me at all. Sounded real demonic.

So all in all, was DEFINATELY that underground shit.

Nice track tho homie. You got skills.

Im diggin the voice.......and I like the lyrics man, and your self produced shit.

listenin to the infuence of evil.. the beats dope..
shits grimey.. lyrics were well approriate for the track.. delivery trips me out..

shits different.

Lovin tha beat, nice sample in the beginning....and end...

Real shit right here..

"Religious when its convient, but they scumbags behind closed doors"

way to flip the james brown, it sounds good.

this track is pretty good fam....the flow is pretty good..your voice is rough its pretty dope.....lyrics were pretty good and the flow was overrall good....
   

just wanted to let you know that the flow was the shit and the lyrics
are
hitting it right on ur music is the shit man dont ever stop

sick like i like it ,,,reminds me of brotha lynch hung ,,,sounded quality

ur flow gets better everytime i hear it.def murdered this one

i love your music it is hot as shit