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Just PM me your entries on PM on this site, I'm not giving Discord to ppl I don't know as such but those who 'know' me on there already can use it. 

I will not be just scoring it based on an 'overall out of 10' with decimal points making it actually out of 100.

I will be splitting up into the following categories:

  • Originality (how truly original it is for the era and genre, even if it's mainstream)
  • Obscurity (how hard is it to find, how unknown? Not just based on how few views things have, I'll use more research to judge this)
  • Aura/Vibe and how it makes me feel. (I do not like to feel too calm or too the opposite. I don't like to feel too sad but a song that makes me cry can actually score high here if it's good at doing it, take a gamble and see what I give)
  • Quality of lyricism for the Genre (so mumble rap will score low for hip hop but something just as unlyrical in electronic music may score medium-high)
  • Sexiness/pleasure of the Voice and instruments to my eardrum AKA Delivery.
  • How relistenable it is (this is not the same thing as how catchy it is because if it's catchy but after a few listens I hate that it's so catchy and stuck in my head, it will only score medium here)
I will score each category out of 20. The highest of each category by Mean Average score will be given a so-called 'medal' while the highest average of those averages will win.

  1. A song that will blow my mind.
  2. A song for dancing to.
  3. A song to chill out while listening to.
  4. A song with a dark theme.
  5. A song that makes you involuntarily daydream.
  6. A song where the vocal artist(s) has/have (an) extremely soothing voice(s).
  7. A song where the production quality is brilliant.
  8. A rap that encapsulates the genre which it is.

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Deadline is 3 days from now, no strict time.

If you send it and it's Monday the 13th of July in the US, it isn't going to count and the close it is to midnight of the EST Time Zone of Monday the more 'undeniably overdue' it will be but I'll be flexible.
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If you want to enter and I have you blocked, you are forced to enter publicly. You earned my block and that's final.
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The length to which it fits the category is only seriously factored in when I feel it really DOES NOT fit the category. The scores are nuanced for each of the 6 categories to be slightly higher (out of 20) if it extremely well fits the category.


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Wow these are unconventional categories. This might take a while.
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For #4, do you mean a song that sounds dark, a song that has a dark meaning to it, or a song that is both?
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Both or either. Darker meaning especially.
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Part of the scoring is "obscurity", which I like a lot because it increases the chance of introducing people to new music they have not heard before (which I assume was your intention)

I feel like all the songs I have submitted so far will either score very high or very low in that category and not a lot of in between lol
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So for number 8 if it is supposed to be a rap then by "the genre it is in" you mean the genre of rap or something else? Or was the word "rap" supposed to say "song"?
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Dang I have a bunch of good songs but they’re all like really well known
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A rap that you think encapsulates hip hop. Not an RnB or Soul song but a rap.
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I intentionally let all my themes be interpreted in 2 or more ways. There is no 'wrong answer' as such, just varying degrees of how high you'll score in the 'vibe' section relative to the category. You also will be hindered in other medals on that Round if you chose to intentionally choose a song that had nothing to do with the category.

I don't have an exact weighting but if you choose a really upbeat song for the chill Round, there is no way you get above 16/20 for any of the categories, if you see what I'm saying.
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I will have to pass on that category for the same reason I passed on one of warrens categories then. In other words I don't think it's an inherently bad category but I don't listen to rap. I could easily just go and find a rap that fits the requirement if my goal was to win but that really isn't my goal.
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Do you want YouTube links or Spotify
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Either/both spotify is nicer for me
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Tbh not enough have entered to make it worth
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Well I don't wanna enter if you're not gonna do it so just lemme know
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Ok then I'll go ahead
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  1. Days To Come - Seven Lions https://open.spotify.com/track/1FRFgyPNuqfXIRYlCJ1kwR?si=4Is9_0EfQV-Ml7yE0FHeqw
  2. Carbon - Crystal Skies https://open.spotify.com/track/2f8j29Eq10pDoTaZSIGDFh?si=wlabIuSoRret_zGvxSd97A
  3. Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder https://open.spotify.com/track/4Gn4b1qJ12rowCNRw5DHM9?si=tKZCjIwQQgC5sWS79TQLvw
  4. everything i wanted - Billie Eilish https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZCTVFBt2Brf31RLEnCkWJ?si=RIfIRqX2S5OTGmEEw5OY0Q
  5. Dream in color - Haliene https://open.spotify.com/track/6XEXKU9CxEcjEIGsVGj3Ky?si=IFuQM0nWRkaRC0HI2RAqEQ
  6. First Time - Seven Lions (Acoustic) https://open.spotify.com/track/4s9Na0ywXodZXScgvXmJop?si=2OBI762HRsybHQdKlQA0jg
  7. Only Now - Seven Lions https://open.spotify.com/track/6mE1m1NmzO7slSiN6vzovg?si=e__qx88wQTuhEpbeUM1cFw
  8. Therapy Session - NF https://open.spotify.com/track/6WKk8l8EXiwPBYlmSlhZWx?si=hcMw4q9vSze37DFGeCMBWQ