PART 1: Review of Ted Park's "Broadcasting Live" Hosted by DJ Pain1

     Dj. Pain1 (Pacal Bailey) hosts Ted Park's Mixtape "Broadcasting Live," and introduces himself as a Coast-to-Coast DJ representing 608 Music and Ted as repping Arkanoid in an echoey intro that segues into the second track, "Goodmorning," with vinyl scratches and shouts from Mark "ShaH" Evans AKA Mr. Get Your Buzz Up. "Goodmorning" is a sparse sample-and-hi-hat beat with staccato dial tones. Ted talks about baking up in the morning and drops a FIFA reference between DJ shouts and alludes to his balls at least three times before the scratches transition back into the sing-song hook. Park is torn between criticizing the industry that he feels represses young artists and smearing other young artists that don't walk the walk and continue to try to dampen his "come up."
     In "Dat Ass," which sounds like a transposed version of "Goodmorning" with some hot snares, Park recants and says "no disrespect to the other Madison cats that I work with... just these gimmicky dissin'-ass rappers that can't get on my level and shit." The beginning is him ripping on the rest of his competition though, describing what he sees as the "rap Special Olympics." Park vents about kids in his school who knock his credibility because he's not hood. Park just replies at 130 miles per hour: "Stop the nonsense like fat people calling people fat drinking chocolate shakes" and goes on flowing.
   "Go Home" is a hi-pass, autotune ballad with emotional synths that float across the track as Park sings about a girl he once had who wants to return to him now that his career is panning out ("Now she at my door because she see me counting money"). He launches into a bitter, distorted flow, sarcastically declaring "I guess no one else can be successful if you aint," and then explains that he found a good girl and is afraid of other people ruining what they have together. The hook softly ushers the song out and is interrupted by the transitional vinyl, which explodes into "Lights please."
     Suddenly a chipper, head-bobbing drum loop and a chopped horn stab enter, and J. Cole greets "Broadcasting Live" listeners before ShaH's "DAMN THAT HURT!" war cry reverberates into bar one, verse one. Ted starts with some sound advice over the piano chords that replaced the horns: "Now listen bro, never fall in love on the first date, these hoes just want a trending topic..." The rest of the verse is almost a rehash of Park topics; mistrust, killing beats, social confusion, girls, and success are analyzed and allegorized. Hook. Golden. Singing, not forced. The second verse is equally refreshing and deepens the scope of the song, especially when Park expresses frustration at his dad working overseas and mom not supporting his music.