Soundboy,
Alright I'm trying this again. Now I made it past the intro. Definitely a different feeling groove here, which I like. I'm not liking the sounds of the guitar-like instrument, a little cheesy sounding. Loving the string work here though, it brings a nice feel to the track. I'm with Raticus on the shaker point, too much dead air, although I think that could work if you used a grittier sound like a lo-fi hi-hat. I like the reverse cymbal you're using, it sounds like it has some sort of cascading sample at the end, very cool. Overall tight track here.
I'd like to listen to this whole track, but I'm on a dial up and can't wait for the whole track to be buffered. If possible when you post beats can you give us direct links to your site so we can choose the quality for ourselves, otherwise some of us miss out on this great work.
Again nice work on the track Soundboy.
BTW, if possible can you post in my Producers Please Read!!! thread. I'd much appreciate it.
Stray