OptimisticOctopus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[CLAB - Byron vs Scuare]

Definitely Scuare. Great rebuttals, Byron's verses were very one-track minded and his flow wasn't anywhere near Scuare's.

[Spaze - Light Years Away]

You should seriously consider: "Spaze...the final frontier" as an intro one of your songs. Good shit.

[CLAB- Scuare vs Emergency]

See, Scuare knows that REAL men watch Sesame Street. :P They just don't style their lyrics after it. The "white trash is a state of mind" bit was not only a great flip, it's also really true, which made it that much more impactful. That and Scuare just seemed to have a lot more energy and presence. Emergency sounded like he was high. Or half asleep. That said he still had good verses. Good rhymes, flow, etc. On a technical level he was fine, but he just didn't bring the passion that Scuare did. Pretty much everything he said was contradicted by Scuare's verses.

Scuare to advance. Still a great battle though, and one of my favorites so far.

[My Life Go Boom]

You rocked it fine. And what a thing TO rock. Great job Senator, great job Tekk.

Poniiboi responds:

Gracias. You were very optimistic.

[Screw You Guys]

Hey, haters gonna hate, right? I'd say this is a pretty fucking cool beat, if a little bit unrefined.

Poniiboi responds:

Thanks!

[CLAB - PiGPEN vs suddle]

Suddle easily. He flows way better over the beat that Pig picked, and his disses hit home with me a lot more. He gets about as personal as you can get and almost sounds like he has a vendetta against pig, whose disses are funny but lack that righteous fury. Sure there was some filler here and there, but even that was entertaining and the positives outweigh the negatives.

PigPen was alright, I definitely felt his agression more than Suddle, but it felt like he was trying to channel Tyler the Creator when he's intentionally rapping poorly.

[Finger of Suspicion]

Gah. Your beats are either too long or too short for me to rap to. I love them, don't get me wrong. :P But this is too long for my single verse song and too short for any of my 3-verse ones.

[Sacred Rain - LoveKavi & MrDsl]

Holy shit, the only way this'd be any better is if it had some harmonica every so often. I know it's supposed to be an R&B loop, but I wrote a rap that is perfect for this. Mind if I use it?

LoveKavi responds:

Ha thanks and sure go ahead! just credit me ;)

[CLAB - Chainsaw vs Flip]

Flip for sure. Chainsaw's first verse was pretty painful to listen to flow wise, and with almost no real attacks on Flip. His second was better, but it still wasn't nearly good enough to make up for his first, or even compete with Flip, who started his second without a beat just to show off. He flowed better, his lines were better, and he stayed on the offensive consistently.

[Clab - Pigpen Vs Teqneek]

If Psi is the best lyricist I've heard so far, then Teq has the best flow--with amazing lines to match. What else can I say? Perfectly on beat, brutal/hilarious disses (The KONY line was pure genius)...I knew Pig was beat halfway through Teq's first verse.

As to my evaluation of Pig, he had some sick verses and an interesting style that he brought to the table. But there was really nothing there to elevate his shit above Teq's. Also, explaining what a morphemon was...maybe it worked as a joke, but it wasn't really good comeback material.

Teq for the advance.

PS: Pig, I just have to ask. No hate, but what's your obsession with freestyling? I mean, in almost every review I've seen from you, you claim that one guy or another "obviously" wrote it beforehand. How do you know that? And then you make the equally unprovable claim that you came up with your verses off the top of your head. I'm just saying it doesn't make you look good, man--and by extention your verse. If anything it makes you come off as kinda insecure (not saying you are, either).