ROUND 3 · FEEDBACK

YNG SLLVN

Psychedelic crime rap from Phoenix and Richmond

RANK #10

DISPLAY SCORE 7.58 / 10

Perfect 10 — Challenge from LEX the Lexicon Artist · Mark Cooper
Challenge Champion 9.2 / 10 avg across judges
Wide Appeal no judge ranked you in their bottom third
Crowd Surfer on 38/74 ballots (51%)
Niche Fave 7 voters made you their #1 — a small but devoted fanbase
Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups
Climber +4 positions from Round 2

TOTAL REACH — 21 plays rank 6 / 24

VPC SITE 21

TOTAL LIKES — 8 rank 4 / 23

VPC SITE 8

JAMAIS!

Vocalist's challenge writeup

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14vhuUiMdbShuB5xZ2BtEcxItp0FPwN2m?usp=sharing

Producer's challenge writeup

I used bray wyatt's entrance song shatter as the foundation for this song. I also really like iyo sky's entrance so I used a little inspiration from there with the 808 hits. Listen it was three days I met the challenge trust me

Lyrics

avast, and all hail the one Captain Yazz
Dwayne J couldn't hold me out on rainy Alcatraz
alas, instead I'm your problem now
smoking weed singing shanties hanging off the port bow
Sailed up and my pirates started blasting
like Frank Reynolds, Charlie Kelly missing that action
it's rat bashing, bag over the head smashing
salt for sea slugs with every trans action
I do crimes for the same reason the sun shines
because it's my light and it's tantamount to divine right
the same reason that dancers dance and buzzards buzz
or whatever, are you a cop? stop with all the hot fuzz
I am a hard fist inside a soft glove
and if you fuck with me I'll hook your cup up with that foxglove
what's the score? (40-Love!) Time for forty and some love
you can drop and give me 20, I'm the Skipper of the sub

you ever seen a specimen like me? (never!)
with a pirate flag blowing in the breeze? (never!)
looking hotter than Miami South Beach? (never!)
looking like she's gonna punch you in the teeth? (never!)
you ever bagged an elf in public? (never!)
then put him in a kaftan and he loved it (never!)
you ever heard a purr that's so velvet? (never!)
I got style babes and you cannot help it (never!)

La Cannonball from the top of the top rope
but we're on a pirate ship so that's a hundred feet up, ya dope
tots of grog, London Fog, deluxe Mirage
we got mayors under our belt after the crime barrage
the crew's like three hundred thousand sheets to the wind
thought a done deal was done cuz we know how to fuckin' win
turnt on dark magic that turnt me all arrogant
then bards swarmed the gangplank looking ever so grim
they said that we took their friend (and we did)
they had come with one of our demands (give us our gift)
the band started to strum and stomp (let it begin)
but when Varrick opened his fucking gob (it was a diss)

have I ever heard such disrespect (never)
will I let my whole crew stay in check (never)
will my mood swings not break your neck (never)
it's on you fuckin bards, I don't relent (NEVER!)

Never once in my life have I been dissed straight to my face
and you will rue the day you pluckers took my cherry that way
not even Peaches has a hope to fuck that pain all away
y'all will be a bunch of vegans with some egg on your face
you defaced me -- and your time will come
this is the undercard before the main event bell is rung
this is not our retort, this is a drop on your tongue
before the Captain finishes what you bards have begun

motherfuckers

JUDGES' BREAKDOWN

LEX the Lexicon Artist
8.00/10 score rank #12 of 24

VOCALS 7

PRODUCTION 7

CHALLENGE 10

Good bars and good production. Rapping is tight. Maybe my favorite beat from your team so far. I know you're building on the lore of kidnapping Mayor Franciel and all that. While not wrestling, it does meet the challenge of chronicling the rise and fall of a larger-than-life persona. I like that the fall of the main pirate was getting dissed in public.
Ben Tarkus
8.33/10 score rank #8 of 24

VOCALS 9

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 8

I refuse to give this a perfect score but it's damn near there for me. I'll give you some digestible feedback... The vocals are seamless. These are bars, filled with potent potables and laced with poison a la foxglove. The beat is punchy, powerful, and pungent with aggression. I was really digging it, but I was looking for a little more in the transitions and drop. Y'all had the opportunity to take other VPC competitiors to the ring for a throw down and instead you dragged a loveable gaggle of bards into criminal territory and that's heel material if I've ever seen it... but the storyline for the challenge leaves a bit on the table I would have liked to see create a full scope of your wrestling persona. You're continuing to develop on every round and I don't want to see you slow down!
Richie Branson
8.33/10 score rank #13 of 24

VOCALS 8

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 9

Definitely a heel walking out to this. This beat is nice, very gritty. I think it overpowers the vocals in a few spots, but it’s not too detrimental. Vox are witty, laughed at a few spots, energy was good as well. Would have liked the hook to roll back in one more time.
Klopfenpop
8.67/10 score rank #4 of 24

VOCALS 9

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 9

Okay this is full-strength Yazz. "Ya dope!" lmfao. Some all-time Yazz bars in this one. I love the crowd response bars with "Never!". This feels like an actual indie wrestler intro theme. Like, I could literally see this being perfect for a rec center match with the regional league. Really enjoy everything about this. This bassline nasty. Love the little marching snare vibe. Really feeds into the walk-in vibe and narrative. Carrying that leading triplet cadence into the hat and kick is great. Highlighting it in the hook was brilliant. That one cadence is a whole hook for this track. Really catchy.
Mark Cooper
8.00/10 score rank #15 of 24

VOCALS 7

PRODUCTION 7

CHALLENGE 10

What a huge comeback from the both of you. I can really hear the improvement throughout the rounds and I really enjoy this one. Vocalist was very direct in the sweet spot of the mix despite the crunchy synths that could of easily been too much in the song but luckily it was applied to taste. Love the wrestling references and energy. Most definitely gave a old school WWF villain vibe throughout the song. Great work!

AUDIENCE SCORE

5.53 / 10

Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.

AUDIENCE RANK

7 / 24

Out of 24 teams competing this round.

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

FINAL BLEND

The final score was a 7.58. The song received an average voter score of 5.53 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.27.

The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how YNG SLLVN's 7.58 broke down:

1.38 from audience

6.20 from judges

(5.53 × 25%) + (8.27 × 75%) = 7.58

YOUR SEASON SO FAR

Round 1 6.01 / 10 rank #19
Round 2 6.72 / 10 rank #14
Round 3 7.58 / 10 rank #10 PERSONAL BEST
Round 4 7.47 / 10 rank #11
Round 5 7.49 / 10 rank #18

TOTAL REACH — 21 plays · rank 6 / 24

TOTAL LIKES — 8 · rank 4 / 23