- Perfect 10 — Vocals from Ben Tarkus
- Perfect 10 — Challenge from Richie Branson
- Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups
TOTAL REACH — 15 plays rank 14 / 24
- VPC SITE 15
TOTAL LIKES — 5 rank 13 / 23
- VPC SITE 5
maggots on tha corpse of a shattered god
Vocalist's challenge writeup
Hermes Tha Alchemist wants to evolve mankind into godhood and discovers that to do so requires combining tha souls and bodies of many humans into one being, he decides tha best way to do this is by powerslamming candy asses
Producer's challenge writeup
Crafted an intro theme for Hermes and used it as an intro and bridge in tha main song
Lyrics
maggots on tha corpse of a shattered god Minds molded mainly by Mammon in Pandemonium In a sea of quicksilver, sulfur mixed with sodium We can find a deeper truth, not just a peoples opium And move beyond tha bigotry and theological odium All is one, as above, so below I gazed down at tha sky and saw a king in yellow robes A snake eating it's tail, a chimera eating tha sun Tha blood landed as letters writing how tha cosmos begun Every bit of every star has been here since tha beginning Eventually forming into beings capable of conciousness and sinning A dwarf within tha flask staring at me grinning He put on a haughty air and said "Son, are you winning?" A better humankind, a better world is possible I'm only a nihilist when it comes to tha mereological Shout out to Maria, my alembic ready to cook If you forgot your origins, I'll remind you in tha hook We were meant to be so much more We were meant to be so much more Soul, Spirit, Body, mixed with nature split in 4 We were meant to be so much more I awoke in a glass chamber upon a bed of roses Can no longer tell tha difference between gnosis and psychosis Complete tha magnum opus is my modus operandi But doing so requires power many leagues beyond me A bowl sat beside me filled with melted lead I could smell tha fumes of sulfur as it thrashed about and bled As tha corpse dissolved I witnessed something beautiful A silver crescent moon at tha bottom of tha crucible It reflected tha suns rays and asked are you aware A god to a man is a cube to a square Tha truth was always there, you just had to reach and grasp it But most respond with vitriol when exposed to tha acid Is it magic, is it madness, is this truth or is it science A god is a unity of tripartites in alliance? Imbibe tha Kimia and have no need of an afterlife I reached into tha crucible and became tha first sacrifice Tha moment has arrived for fighting There is no escape or hiding Darkness will be broken open Shattered by tha crimson lightning
JUDGES' BREAKDOWN
Klopfenpop
6.67/10 score rank #16 of 24VOCALS 7PRODUCTION 7CHALLENGE 6Okay, I'm not sure how successfully the intro theme was woven into the song for the bridge. Overall though the beat is solid. The bars are there, but more poetic than expository. I'm sure there's a narrative if I unpack it, but it washes over me as general vibe-setting for Hermes. I think the Elements intro would have made a really cool intro theme to develop. Overall solid song, but a little disappointing on the theme incorporation.
LEX the Lexicon Artist
8.00/10 score rank #12 of 24VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 8I commend Ishida for trying a new style of writing. A little metacognition and poetry quite suits him actually. Production is solid as it always is. I like the intro theme and I can see a wrestler walking out to it, although the chop of the sample really misses the mark on one of the repetitions. I like the poetic style and appreciate the venture into less familiar territory. While this is a larger-than-life persona, just by the writing alone, it didn't quite meet the challenge of crafting a narrative of the rise and fall of that character, nor can I really envision his motives. The promo video does make it clearer what this character is supposed to be like.
Ben Tarkus
8.00/10 score rank #13 of 24VOCALS 10PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 6The track itself is very strong- it's a bop, and these bars are absolute bangers. The lyrics are strong and laced with intent and chemistry from the beat... which never had my head still, by the way. I think my main reservation with the score this time around is the challenge portion. Without challenge notes, I would struggle to find the actual meaning of the song and how it ties into the challenge directly. Not a complete failure, mind you, but having it spelled out in the story would have carried it a little further for me.
Mark Cooper
7.67/10 score rank #19 of 24VOCALS 7PRODUCTION 7CHALLENGE 9Good submission. Definitely like the lyrics and delivery. Please be careful of heavy compression on vocals because it can make them sound muddy at times with heavy bass. Production was solid, recommend to shape the 808s in the track so thw vocal can be more potent in the mix. that would definitely bump the track score up. I feel that you basically got the challenge but I was looking for something a little more clear to understand in the premise.
Richie Branson
9.33/10 score rank #6 of 24VOCALS 9PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10Street Profits, but kung fu masters walking out to this. Beat is really good. Drums mixed appropriate AF. Vocally, this is executed well. Waxing poetic over a trap beat is not easy. The vocal sample popping in at the end seems to clash with the rest of the song’s vibe, but otherwise, I don’t have much to complain about here.
Audience score and rank
AUDIENCE SCORE
Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.
AUDIENCE RANK
Out of 24 teams competing this round.
- 32 voters ranked them in their top 10
- 14 voters had them in their top 5
- 2 voters picked them as their #1 favorite
FINAL BLEND
The final score was a 7.20. The song received an average voter score of 5.01 from the community, and an average judge score of 7.93.
The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how Tha Go Hamurai's 7.20 broke down:
(5.01 × 25%) + (7.93 × 75%) = 7.20
YOUR SEASON SO FAR
- Round 1 6.79 / 10 rank #13
- Round 2 6.67 / 10 rank #15
- Round 3 7.20 / 10 rank #14
- Round 4 8.00 / 10 rank #8 PERSONAL BEST
- Round 5 7.74 / 10 rank #14