ROUND 3 · FEEDBACK

imp & navi

uncanny, astonishing, adjectiveless

RANK #6

DISPLAY SCORE 7.96 / 10

Perfect 10 — Vocals from Richie Branson
Perfect 10 — Production from LEX the Lexicon Artist
Perfect 10 — Challenge from Mark Cooper · Richie Branson
Vocal Standout 8.4 / 10 avg across judges
Production Powerhouse 8.6 / 10 avg across judges
Challenge Champion 9.2 / 10 avg across judges
Crowd Surfer on 41/74 ballots (55%)
Niche Fave 5 voters made you their #1 — a small but devoted fanbase
Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups

TOTAL REACH — 25 plays rank 3 / 24

VPC SITE 25

TOTAL LIKES — 8 rank 4 / 23

VPC SITE 8

the best seller

Vocalist's challenge writeup

their origin: "Born in the necronomicon found in pits of brimstone" their rise to fame: "Mythos rose through hip quotes and incantations invoked" and their eventual fall from glory: "Plot twist, soul wrenching for the dapper best seller." You gotta pay for it. Hit the cashapp. (I'm a heel in case you couldn't tell, and that includes to YOU dear judge. Wrestlers do not break their kayfabe even in non wrestling scenarios.) Addressing the listener directly: "Y'all want the rest of the angle?" "Hit me with some bread, I might give you some more" "Ring the cashapp." "YOU gotta pay to get the hits."

Producer's challenge writeup

The opening music is used and reinterpreted throughout the song, melodically, vocally, and thematically. Also, if you don't understand why this song is one of the most indie wrestling songs of all time, i can't help you ;)

Lyrics

The best seller
The best best seller

The best seller
The uncanny trickster
You want the bigger picture?
Ring the cashapp

$theuncannyimp on cashapp

You gotta pay to get the hits! You wanna know how this came to be?
My name is Imp, pronouns they/them, the manager is Navi
Maneuvering atheletes think they ready for combat
Amusing: the wacktastic 'gainst imp armor bronze clad

Born in the necronomicon found in pits of brimstone
Flew in on the back of dragons with materia bestowed
Mythos rose through hip quotes and incanations invoked
Scrawled sigils summon sounds til the demonreach your earphones

Selling my injuries? Closest thing is the track length ending
Plot twist soul wrenching for the uncanny dapper bestseller
White knuckling to the script, VPC one hot promoter
Ifrit's fire scorch chromatids of faces to get over

Y'all want the rest of the angle? It's wild for the fee
And I don't freestlye cuz my style ain't free
This is just the promo, I've been needing(/kneading) this dough
So hit me with some bread, I might ya some mo', ayo!

JUDGES' BREAKDOWN

LEX the Lexicon Artist
9.00/10 score rank #4 of 24

VOCALS 8

PRODUCTION 10

CHALLENGE 9

"And I don't freestyle cuz my style ain't free" - ayyyyyyyy Love the humorous play on the whole challenge! Production flawless. Catchy jingle. Great intro theme. Very clear character conceit. Deducted points because there wasn't as much of a clear "narrative", but I understand that I would've had to pay for it to get more info.
Mark Cooper
7.67/10 score rank #19 of 24

VOCALS 6

PRODUCTION 7

CHALLENGE 10

Very creative approach to go drum and bass promoting cash app like its a DLC for content. lol! very enjoyed the lyrics and the premise. Only thing is sort parts of the vocals were just a few inches off beat in terms of delivery. Production was solid and dynamic throughout the track. Really cool intro and the disclaimer was great too. it reminds me of fatboyslim style production. good work!
Ben Tarkus
8.67/10 score rank #4 of 24

VOCALS 9

PRODUCTION 9

CHALLENGE 8

A strong offering to R3, and this may be your catchiest song yet. I very much enjoyed the incorporation of the Wrestler intro into the song and the whole track is short and sweet while delivering some great visual verbiage, but I will not hit your cashapp to learn more about your character, that's your job to meet the challenge! :P All in all, it's a great submission, and was just shy of getting full marks from me.
Richie Branson
9.67/10 score rank #2 of 24

VOCALS 10

PRODUCTION 9

CHALLENGE 10

Yeah, definitely Irwin R Shyster or Ted Debiase vibes from this intro. Beat is insane, let’s start there. Vox are good, love the energy. Flow ever so slightly dips out of pocket in a few places, but the energy makes up for it. Song damn near makes me want to donate to a particular $nerdcore artist’s cashapp.
Klopfenpop
8.67/10 score rank #4 of 24

VOCALS 9

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 9

IMP! This is dope. Be the character. Love the switch-ups, esp the DnB breakdown. Navi is always such a great pitchperson in skits. (The Incredible Human Putty comes to mind "Master of the pliable arts!"). Love the vibe. These drums remind me of Republica in a great way. These are some great Imp bars. Short and sweet, straight to the point. This feels great and leaves me wanting more in a good way. On CashApp!

AUDIENCE SCORE

5.64 / 10

Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.

AUDIENCE RANK

5 / 24

Out of 24 teams competing this round.

41 voters ranked them in their top 10
22 voters had them in their top 5
5 voters picked them as their #1 favorite

FINAL BLEND

The final score was a 7.96. The song received an average voter score of 5.64 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.73.

The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how imp & navi's 7.96 broke down:

1.41 from audience

6.55 from judges

(5.64 × 25%) + (8.73 × 75%) = 7.96

YOUR SEASON SO FAR

Round 1 7.54 / 10 rank #2
Round 2 8.14 / 10 rank #3
Round 3 7.96 / 10 rank #6
Round 4 8.62 / 10 rank #1
Round 5 9.12 / 10 rank #1 PERSONAL BEST

TOTAL REACH — 25 plays · rank 3 / 24

TOTAL LIKES — 8 · rank 4 / 23