Feb 23, 2025 Excited to hop into this tape by Myers. After he dropped The Love Guru in 2009 I haven't checked out most of his stuff but I hope this is similar to his Austin Powers days
Feb 23, 2025 Stoked to get with the halloween energy with this mixtape from mr. Myers. Equally as stoked to show y’all what I have going on with my tape next sunday tho. I’ve been frantically choosing songs, putting them in an order that is appealing to my ears, and then switching up everything and starting anew for like a month now lol. Can’t stop swapping s--- out.
Feb 23, 2025 What really helped me was listening to my mixtape on a drive. Once it hit correctly during the drive, I KNEW that had to be the tracklist order.
Feb 23, 2025 Totally agree! Problem is, besides the mixtapes posted here by others, I haven’t listened to anything but these 16 songs since I started creating the mix lol. I am kind of derranged.
Feb 23, 2025 You might be experiencing ear fatigue. It’s like when mixing engineers work on the same song for too long, they gotta take a break to refresh their ears so they can judge the mix accurately. It might help you to do the same and maybe even listen to other music. Then come back to your mixtape and maybe have a different outlook on it
Feb 23, 2025 Took a break last week and listened to the drake and pnd album. All of a sudden my mix was sounding like the musical cancer cure.
Feb 24, 2025 @jankland - Into The Jank-Verse REVIEW Score: 10.0 (16/16) Sorry for the multiple delays on this review, was not as free the last few days as I had imagined. The build up has been worth it though, as Jankland has my first 10/10 given for Mixtape Mania, and my first overall 10/10 given in this thread! I enjoyed every single song! My jaw dropped when I heard Kendrick on Yeah Right, because I haven't listened to Big Fish Theory yet so congrats on being the first mixtape with a hidden feature that excited me like it was a brand new album. It was cool hearing MAVI again after Botiz suggested that great album he dropped last year for the 2024 bracket thread. Noname's track was dope too, and the closing 4 songs all hit as I expected them to. I think having the live version of Bartender added a lot as well. AMAZING tape Janky! @AOTWClub Mixtape Mania Rankings: 1. Into The Jank-Verse - 10.0 2. EVERY ROO HAS ITS DAY - 9.4 3. The Trudeau Tape - 9.4 4. 1.20.25 - 8.1 5. Get Wreck'd - 5.6
Feb 26, 2025 @Michael Myers - Halloween: Revival of Michael Myers review The AOTWClub has been bestowed with a loosely thematic mixtape! I respect the effort. I’ll get right into my review by saying that the first track does a good job of setting the mood up and playing into the whole halloween idea. On its own I found it a bit bland though. The Watcher 2 is an instant classic and I loved hearing it here. Such a bumpable track! That beat is just great, classic Dre. I enjoyed the following Spineshank song, interesting how it simultaneously represents a Linkin Park ripoff (LP from the early 2000s), and everything LP would want to be nowadays but is pretty much failing miserably at (Cut the Bridge). Honestly From Zero, including this track, sounds like it was written by my adolescent nephew. I sadly disliked the following tracks from SZA, Miley, and J Balvin. Power is power is not a bad track but is just not my cup of tea. The Travis verse was the nail in the coffin here. Miley Cyrus has this weird vocal delivery I’m not that big on and the recycled pop-rock instrumental did not do her any favours either. Rio just did nothing for me over 4 listens. Body Talks is some Zara or H&M music and sounds like something Eminem would’ve sampled on the director’s cut of Revival. I enjoyed the second leg of this mixtape a lot more than the first, I’d say. Hustler Musik is an undeniable classic, Wayne sounded so hungry back then. Fire song. The following song by the Sounds was good, I enjoyed it despite of the production sounding a tad cheesy at times - there was a lot of interesting ideas mixed in too; those saved the song for me. I somewhat like the Steppenwolf song too. My only gripe is that it sounded muddy as h---. The song by Nena was easily one of my favorites. Great intro, buildup, vocals. It sounded very theatrical. From there on out, I enjoyed all 4 remaining songs. Smoke Like a Fire was a lyrical exercise over great, grimey production and La Respuesta was a proper b-----r which mentally took me to a beach party and poured me a shot of mezcal. Nothing to add about Evanescence, always love hearing this song. Classic. The Demi Lovato song closes the mixtape out. I’ll be d---ed; I did not recognize her game before, she went hard as f--- on Still Alive. 6/10 @AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau
Feb 26, 2025 @Michael Myers - Halloween: Revival of Michael Myers I'm absolutely shocked I never expected a Halloween mixtape from the Michael Myers him self, the man whose hole personality is based on horror movies. That being said I respect you for trying to stick to a concept, most of previous mix tapes have not. Some absolute bangers on this, with a pinch of trash sprinkled on top.You could have pulled the theme execution off a better by making it darker, which I was hoping for. Some poppy songs didn't really fit the theme Half a bonus points for picking my favourite Wayne song of all time 6.5/10 @Justin Trudeau
Feb 27, 2025 The Revival of Michael Myers Midnight Monster Hop- Fun intro track! 7/10 The Watcher 2- Always felt this song was super under the radar, Jay goes off and i love the production. Wish Dre still rapped like this. He sounds so different nowadays 8/10 Beginning of the End- enjoyed this song and had never heard it before, not my favorite or go to type of music but for what it is it's solid. 6.5/10 Power Is Power- not a bad song, don't really love any of these artists but still a solid track. Travis Scott f---ing sucks though and brings it down. 6.5/10 WTF Do I Know- Miley annoys me, I don't really like this song. It's not awful it's just not a song i like at all. 4.5/10 Rio- No, just no. I don't even know how to rate this. I don't like this type of s--- lol 2/10 the production isn't bad Body talks- this songs pretty fun, not my type of music but it's an okay song. 5/10 Cut the bridge- one of my fav songs off the new linkin park album 6.5/10 Hustler Musik- this guy is so overrated, this song is boring for me. 4/10 Something to Die for- enjoyed this song, catchy song and decent production. 5.5/10 Its never too late- love this kinda rock music and steppenwolf has some great tracks. Just super nostalgic for me from childhood 7/10 Song with the weird name- no thanks 1/10 Smoke like a fire- it's okay, I don't really have strong feelings about this song one way or another. 5/10 La Respuesta- yall like some weird tracks sometimes lol 2/10 Bring me To life- classic song, f---ing love this one 9/10 Still alive- a scream sound track song from an absolute attention seeking freak of an artist, I don't mind the song but demi is a freak show mental case. 5/10 84.5/160= 5.2 @AOTWClub
Feb 27, 2025 Michael Myers - Halloween: Revival of Michael Myers wait... Revival? First, here's the track-by-track Midnight Monster Hop- Pretty Fun intro. The Watcher 2- Great track. Rakim’s verse is underrated. It's a shame that Truth Hurts basically disappeared after the early 2000's Beginning of the End- Not usually my thing but I liked it actually. Power is Power- Good track, but feels out of place WTF Do I Know- Same as track 4. Rio- I think I enjoy the track a bit more than other members because i can actually understand what he’s saying lmao. I like the track but again, it sounds out of place Body Talks- Same as tracks 4 and 5 Cut the Bridge- Its alright, not really my thing Hustler Musik- great track, C2 is a masterpiece. Something to Die For- Couldn’t really get into it sadly It’s Never Too Late- Pretty Good The Nena Song- intro reminded me of the Terminator 2 opening. I like it a lot actually. Might be my favorite song out of all the ones I hadn't heard before Smoke Like a Fire- I really like the verses and the beat, but the singing on the hook…saying it’s not for me” would be an understatement. Also this is unrelated, but have any of y'all seen the RZA guitar center video? f---ing hilarious lmao La Respuesta- Same as Rio, but I like this one more. Bring Me To Life - Daredevil 2003 Flashbacks. Reminds me of all the alt kids i knew in high school. This song has been tainted a bit for me personally since I had to witness someone singing it multiple times for weeks (very long story, it was some rock band that fell apart. I did k--- during my performance of Personal Jesus though ) but i still recognize that it’s pretty good. Still Alive- Not really my thing. At least it isn’t Kings Never Die lmao So, what's the verdict? While there were a few tracks I couldn't get into, I did like the majority of the tracks. My main issue though, is that the cohesion is all over the place. The cover, title and the first track make it seem like the album is gonna go for some Halloween vibes. The actual tape however seems to go back and forth from early 2000's rap classics, to modern latin artists to mainstream pop and so on. There's still some good tracks on here (I legit really loved the Nena song even though I can't pronounce the title lmao), but as a whole I feel like the tape didn't have a clear sense of direction. Still though, big thanks to @Michael Myers for the mix and yeah. FAVORITES: Watcher 2, Hustler Musik, the Nena song, Bring Me To Life Rating: 6.5/10 @AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau
