- Perfect 10 — Challenge from Klopfenpop · Mark Cooper
- Production Powerhouse 8.2 / 10 avg across judges
- Challenge Champion 8.4 / 10 avg across judges
- Wide Appeal no judge ranked you in their bottom third
- Crowd Surfer on 37/74 ballots (50%)
- 100 Club 104 plays on SoundCloud
- Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups
- Storyteller 2,111 characters across both writeups
TOTAL REACH — 137 plays rank 16 / 23
- SOUNDCLOUD 104
- YOUTUBE 29
- VPC SITE 4
TOTAL LIKES — 4 rank 17 / 23
- SOUNDCLOUD 4
- YOUTUBE 0
Watch Out
Vocalist's challenge writeup
mades my metaphors abouts like, well, how we's are's all's like's, machine's, from our little twirly metal-wheel hearts to the facts thats we all's have three arms, one little arm, one big arm and one really big arm. This machine in particular was, within tolerances, in perfectly decent working condition when he, for all intents and purposes, got rubbed the wrong way, by a speaker who everyone in their circle thought was right, but everyone outside of the circle, could SMELL that they were. They were disgustingly right. All the time. Even in private. So, this machine starts behaving a bit more erratically, he can't get the speaker off of his mind, he was just so magnetic. He starts performing badly. He's always way too early or just too late. He takes this frustration out on the world around him. Clearly they're all just cheugy uggos with serious big ick energy. He starts performing REALLY badly. Can't afford to get fixed. All the parts are in Europe. Something about Build a Bears, I threw in, cause I went there recently with my kid and like, 7.50 for a fucking little heart thing? Teddy extortion is what it fucking is. Gotta mention my BOY semaglutides, what what! I want me sema' that, amirite? fuck! His light is gone. degaussing has to do with magnetic fields too, I think. I don't know, I'm not ICP. uh, shit, yea, um, oh, yea, like, if you keep your mechanical watch on top of your phone, there's enough magnetization to fuck it the fuck up. don't do it. Go buy yourself a Grand Seiko everybody, you've earned it!
Producer's challenge writeup
The challenge wasn't challenging enough, so I challenged myself. Percussion: One plastic multi-vitamin gummy jar. Some off-brand fake lego. One of the plastic food containers I keep some of said flego in. House keys. One metal end-piece of a pizza dough tube. One drinking glass. Tax papers. Medical packaging. Chair creaking recorded by accident. Melodic elements: One plastic bottle. One electric hair trimmer. Two elastic bands. One green dollar store balloon. All recorded using one dynamic microphone. Additional instrumentation: None what so ever.
Lyrics
he didn't he didn't watch out watch out he didn't watch out now he clocks in just to get clocked out he didn't he didn't he didn't watch out went and dove in without screwing that crown down he's ticked off, and ever since that speaker had blasted into his life it's gotten a bit off zips fast from seconds to minutes ever since that negative polarity was introduced he's become easily seduced by cryptocurrencies that guarantee he'll live long give bitcoin to the pixels or you'll upset God or worse, Clavicular people treating each other equally really hurts to picture, or as I like to say, any hate filled term that will have gotten you fired and a labeled social pariah since 1964 he was a Libby first but since accidentally falling asleep on that aforementioned speaker overnight, he chose the right path which has him showing up five to nine minutes early a week why is everything so complicated now? why does it hurt to just keep track of that wascally fourth dimension when he wants to be a source of tension for the men that like to flick their wrist to just to hear their own balance wheel it's just some dumb crappy steel antiquated tech now come see what Sam has made and check Zuckie's calibers he's lucky he had learned how escapements work so he no longer has to remain a part of these left handed time keepers going to the beat of his own mainspring, MVMT for life, shitters watch out he didn't watch out now he clocks in just to get clocked out watch out he didn't watch out deviated in the red so much that he's lost count this horo's not logical he's as poor as the pundits all say, can't even afford to go to the hospital while a handful of assholes stand on the shambles sporting new monocles we forage for topicals while the tourbillonaires treat our hearts like Build a Bears' $7.50 for the one that beats beats not having one that beats and just lights up lug to lug, this country just does not size up to our collective 10 inch wrists and no GLP-1 or beef tallow can pull a JLC and Reverso , so we can pretend it fits he's upset and skips his daily wind up, and is out of his power reserve used to be at the top of his game, chronometer certified never more than five seconds late every day, 80 hours he'd work now he needs service and has lost all lume even the degaussing that he had, had been unable to go on and undo all the drops to his crown and time in front of his phone now his mind's got one of its own he's gonna lose hope of ever reaching Shun Bun nirvana spring drive satori his balance wheel's got vertigo, his pallet fork's now a spoon and the rest of his insides were imported spare parts from some twitchy guy living out of his RV or Yahoo flea market watch out he didn't watch out and now he clocks in just to get clocked out watch out he didn't watch out deviated in the red so much that he’s lost count
JUDGES' BREAKDOWN
LEX the Lexicon Artist
7.00/10 score rank #12 of 23VOCALS 6PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 7Thing 1 being compared to Thing 2 A Person in Society/An Incel = A Watch You achieved the challenge but I kind of lose you after a while, the message and comparison is not focused and I don’t really know what you’re trying to say. But there is a commitment to using watch analogies throughout and drawing it back to the human in question. “this horo's not logical” - FIREEEE The vocalist is very confident in their idiosyncratic style of delivery. It’s giving MC Frontalot. But less tight in the lyrical construction. I can hear potential in it, just needs some polish. Suggest rapping on a metronome and experimenting with different meters. The watch sound is very well integrated in the production. I like the production style a lot. Noisy but works well for the theme
Mark Cooper
9.33/10 score rank #3 of 23VOCALS 9PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10Incredible flow and rhyme patterns! The track truly takes you on an adventure where it is very unpredictable which is very fun to listen to. Giving a metaphor of being machines and giving such detail throughout the song is not easy but to me you pulled it off. I like that you go against the grain and make challenges to your own canvas. Production was very dope and I'm glad that you went an extra step for extra credit for the track! Keep going!
Klopfenpop
9.33/10 score rank #1 of 23VOCALS 9PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10This track is fantastic. I appreciate the theme of working life under capitalism making one feel like a machine of labor. Creative flows, schemes, and cadence. I always enjoy your stylistic choppy stalls. Sometimes it's the syllables you *don't* rap, right? This is some of the most stellar production work for this challenge. Every element of this beat was recorded by MVR and transformed into every element we hear. I love when a competitor goes above and beyond in precisely the spirit of the challenge. This is the kind of showing I'm really excited to see. My first 10 for Challenge.
Ben Tarkus
6.33/10 score rank #12 of 23VOCALS 6PRODUCTION 7CHALLENGE 6Y'all clocked in for R1, and didn't get get clocked out. Really enjoyed the beat build for this one! I'm getting early Em vibes in the lyrics, and it sounds like you've got something to say from your chest here! I think I struggled with the flow of the words at times, but the raw emotion and meaning are there.
Richie Branson
8.33/10 score rank #1 of 23VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 9Ok as a horology connoisseur, I love that dove in without screwing the crown down bit. Flow is intriguing, intentionally off-beat broken syllables aren’t easy to pull off, but here it works. Was that a JLC reverso reference? Grand Seiko Spring drive? Pallet forks and balance bridges, oh my! Ok, you know ball! Beat helps carry the song’s theme well. Melody is hauntingly fun. Would have been dope if first hook be doubled in length (like the second one), with a beat drop on the “watch out” the start of the second half.
Audience score and rank
AUDIENCE SCORE
Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.
AUDIENCE RANK
Out of 23 teams competing this round.
- 37 voters ranked them in their top 10
- 13 voters had them in their top 5
- 3 voters picked them as their #1 favorite
FINAL BLEND
The final score was a 7.34. The song received an average voter score of 5.17 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.07.
The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how The Beatlyss's 7.34 broke down:
(5.17 × 25%) + (8.07 × 75%) = 7.34
YOUR SEASON SO FAR
- Round 1 7.34 / 10 rank #4 PERSONAL BEST
- Round 2 7.21 / 10 rank #10