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Custom Made - A Few Friends
Artist: Custom Made
Producer: Chris "THX" Goodman
Album: The Lost Weekend
Label: Custom Made Recordings
Not everyone can be a social butterfly; those determined to march to the beat of their own drummers are often content with A Few Friends tuned into their wavelength. Such is apparently the case with Bluff, Element, Scoobs and Six of Custom Made, a Los Angeles foursome who, true to their collective name, come with a sound that doesn’t quite fit the mold. At first listen, the most striking facet of the group’s first Booth feature is Chris “THX” Goodman’s instrumental, which establishes a darkly catchy lo-fi groove by way of a few unique samples and provides an intriguingly off-kilter accompaniment to the emcees’ aggressive underground rhymes. The choice to forgo the traditional hook in favor of off-the-cuff spoken-word samples adds to the cut’s rough feel, but the first speaker says it best: “F*ck keeping it real, keep it raw… when you’re damn raw you know what you’re dealing with, so anything out the ordinary, it ain’t out the ordinary.” A Few Friends can be found on forthcoming street album The Lost Weekend, a compilation of tracks recorded during the sessions for ‘07 mixtape Truth Be Told.
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The production is alright and they bring some average lyrics. This track doesnt really stand out though. decent
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Hmm...don't know that I feel this very much. Production is mediocre. But flow is aight. I'll put in rotation. I'm in a good mood, if yall can't notice why :)
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1077 |
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That production is what made me love the track. I can see why some are sayin its just mediocre, but I think the simplicity of it is where the beauty/inrigue is. The emcees came wit some nice intensity on their verses. I'm feelin the entire vibe on this one.
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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The production is cool and they came pretty hard. Nice underground track.
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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I'd like to hear my local ice cream man play this as he rides around town. I kid. No, but seriously, this is how you need to come with it if you are an underground emcee. Full of passion, energetic, and plenty of substance. Nice production from THX.
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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i was really expecting somethin fresh and different.. based off a name and picture. and actually im not too disappointed. the beat is quirky and their flow fits on it perfectly. cant wait for a follow up joint
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 868 |
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real good effort on this one...likin the energy .....ill spin it
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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I'm not feelin this beat at all. This one ain't for me. Custom sounds like they have a hu@e East Coast influence. Wu tan@ in particular. They have a different style, I wanna hear more from them, but this beat is not @ood.
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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This is another pass for me. It's ok at best but I think bornoxious is a good definition for this song (boring and obnoxious lol.)...1.5?
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 332 |
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lovin this beat,very unique..spittN on point as well
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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Simple beat yes, but sometimes less is better ...
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 908 |
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Flow is alright, lyrics aren't bad.. overall, not bad, not good? I saw that a bit much, I think..
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| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 288 |
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Underground, Westcoast, I like. lol
The beat's dope, the lyrics are dope, in rotation. |
| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 314 |
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BDF took the thoughts right out of my cerebrum, specially in the second verse you can hear the Wu Tang resemblence
I, unlike BDF, like the simplicity of the beat...the guys sound average...so it all comes down to one question...would i listen to this again? probably not...2 1/2 stars |
| Posted on May 06, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3210 |
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Not bad... They sounds great, the production is pretty but repetitive! OK
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