Very solid man. I'm not a big hip-hop fan but there's something about a Brit rapping that gets me, sounds more intelligent somehow. I love The Streets, Tricky and Massive Attack are probably second on my all-time list. Anyways,
I like the vinyl effect, though it's a little too predictable, it sounds like a loop, which is no good and I think lends to it annoying some. I don't know if you heard Massive Attack's newer album or Bjork's Vespertine, let alone some good old fashioned Autechre, but the effect can be really intricate and make a track, it's just gotta have a rythym all it's own, and definitely not so cyclic. Otherwise only things I think could help are some slight pannings with your hats, widen the field, and maybe bring out the ad-libs (if there are any?) a bit and pan them out too, like I say widen it all. But for real a great track and I definitely wanna hear the final mix.
Oh and hey I just put up a new track (let alone some older ones) and would be real happy if you could check them for me, not hip-hop but sequenced/electronic based schtuff, definitel hit me up if you get a chance.
laj
