Liking that Coldplay sample
I was just listening to that album earlier today.
Excellent mix with it too, makes for a great beat to just spit all over; not too much melody, just the right rhythm.
If you could make this into a song, I would suggest;
- [For the chorus] Pulling a more active sample from that song to use for the chorus, and leaving it more up in the front of the beat so that (for the chorus effect) it isn't so background-ish.
- Mastering/replacing the drums; they sound low-quality and too basic.
- Keeping the beat at the same pace. I just went and listened to your Demo, and didn't like it much.. at all. haha. Too quiet and too slow.
Also, if pulling another sample for the chorus wouldn't work, then perhaps
- [For the verses] leaving in the lower-pitched background violins (the ones that start off the original song), and taking out the sci-fi-sounding ambiance out. That would leave your current sample as a chorus, which would sound amazing.
If you still have the files for this one, or if you can get back on it from scratch, I think it would turn out great. I'm definitely downloading this one in case I ever feel like spitting on it... and of course if I do use it I'll ask you before posting.
Good beat, great to freestyle on, gonna be fun to try writing on.