Can I Guess the Most LOVED and HATED NCS Songs?!?

[@NoCopyrightSounds]

Thanks for the love!!

[@JSGRanks]

To this day I'm still so glad that you guys signed PLEEG. Dude is an underrated future bass/melodic riddim genius that deserves all the attention

[@nebuluz.]

​@@JSGRanks I agree with this statement

[@kzcheong4488]

omg It's NCS!!

[@K.C.J]

Bro is dressed like a DreamsWork villain

[@BowtiedMedia]

😂

[@garbohanzo]

the ncs community was hyping this collab up so much, glad to see this finally came out! also hi blcraft

[@BLCRAFTGaming]

hello

[@LGalaxy]

as someone whose first exposure to EDM was through NCS this was really interesting to see

[@LGalaxy]

ok i lied it was a skrillex song but that was when i was way younger

[@skyze5635]

Hard agree here, this was such an interesting video. I still know most of the loved songs here but didn't know the hated ones. This took me back, so much nostalgia

[@thisisnovae]

yea i really agree, especially when you know what the results are

[@olgavalencia2513]

I also started with NCS

[@ukbleed]

Perfectly illustrates the flaws in LabelRadars 20s snippet submission. Fellow producers just remember a rejection based on a snippet isn’t necessarily a reflection of your song as a whole 😊

[@blerg8045]

Really enjoyed this video, it’s great to see people outside of the NCS community discovering all these songs, and I hope that this becomes a series! Also as someone who got into this community through ranking videos, here are what I think the general consensus is for most of these songs for people who are interested: Diviners - Tropic Love (ft. Contacreast) [LOVED] - Surprised to see this one here tbh, I'm not the biggest fan of this one personally so I wouldn't say I'm the best person to advocate for it, but I think the love for this comes from it being popular and "nostalgic" without being as overplayed as something like On & On. Diviners is also a fan favourite house artist on the label, so I think that helps as well. bvd kult - VIP [HATED] - This one is super basic dnb to most people, plus this song is kind of a meme for the "chickenstep" vocal chops in the drops. KIRA - New World [LOVED] - Kinda obvious why this is so popular, it's gorgeous synthpop with a (by NCS standards) low viewcount so it's also "underrated". Syntact - Ego [LOVED] - It's a long overdue comeback for a one-off artist who has another fan favourite song in the community, this style of glitch-hop is just super nostalgic to a lot of people as well. WATEVA - dead! [HATED] - WATEVA is definitely one of the more derided artists on NCS + making bass house with a weird lead sound is an easy way to get a lot of dislike from the ranking community. Rebel Scum, Dani King & Centrix - Calm Before The Storm [LOVED] - I guess this stands out to a lot of people during NCS' Trap Nation wannabe days of 2019-20, personally I don't really get it. Four Eyes - Psycho [LOVED] - Has a really high dislike ratio so the ranking community roots for it, but Complextro is a genre a lot of rankers are nostalgic for. Facading - Take It Down [HATED] - The drop playing in the video is a complete and total CTRL C + CTRL V from the third - and worst - drop of Facading's previous song Walk Away (plus there's an Ableton midtempo that sound very similar), there's very little evolution and the buildups have no energy. Jim Yosef & Anna Yvette - Linked [HATED] - This is pretty much the Melodymania Vocal Edit of NCS, plus this is one of those songs that people consider to be overplayed. Dropouts - Unity (ft. Aloma Steele) [LOVED] - Nostalgic commercial house that isn't overplayed, panders to a lot of the community but probably doesn't do much if the style doesn't connect. Clarx - Shakedown - Slow future house with a weird decaying lead, plus Clarx is a one-trick pony in terms of song ideas as well. K.Safo & Alex Skrindo - Future Vibes (ft. Stewart Wallace) (Uplink Remix) [LOVED] - This sort of style is both super nostalgic and not that common on NCS, plus the original song is quite liked as well I'm pretty sure... Electro-Light - Symbolism Pt.III [HATED] - Symbolism is a nostalgic track for a lot of people, so making a worse remake of it wasn't going to go down well regardless, plus this was released in 2022 so it sounds incredibly dated and out of place. MAGNUS - Talk Is Cheap (ft. VinDon) [HATED] - "Empty" bass house tends to get a pretty bad rep within the community, so this song obviously fell victim to that. PLEEG - Spirit [LOVED] - PLEEG has been an artist with a distinct style and a solid fanbase for a while now, plus this style just obviously clicked with a lot of people.

[@BLCRAFTGaming]

good analysis

[@hyitytiu]

Amazing collab. BLCRAFT is a cool guy and this NCS guessing game is a great idea. It would nice to see this become a series.

[@oliverstoica4341]

The midtempo track and the pleeg one were great

[@bloxyranks]

the midtempo track is literally ripped from kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIDOc3R-p7ODeZI

[@delmaoficjalny]

6/15 Wow, this is so fascinating to see how similar yet different both the NCS and Monstercat community are. I too thought I would get most of it right, and I'm really surprised by the end result. That was a great experiment, hope to see more stuff like this in the future.

[@Nomadder]

11/15 What a fun idea for a video! Love to see you step into the shoes of your contestants, and I liked playing along as well. I'm always impressed with how many songs I come out of these videos or NCS ranking videos wanting to check out later. Excited for next episode!

[@BowtiedMedia]

Thanks for the comment! We’ve got at least a couple more coming down the pipeline!

[@wishimaru2102]

That was fun :) I got 15/15 obviously, yes I'm flexin ^^

[@BowtiedMedia]

*flexing intensifies*

[@wishimaru2102]

@@BowtiedMedia XD

[@ipsentorres8776]

Nice

[@NightLeafieee]

This is really some interesting content. Been listening to EDM since 2015 and it's NCS which brought me into this genre in the first place. (Of course i got 15/15) This gives the perspective of someone who doesn't really know NCS a whole lot, and that to me is something worth understanding. Great video!

[@johpojohannes]

11/15 but I think I had a bit of luck with some guesses. Very fun episode, loved it!

[@BowtiedMedia]

Will be interesting to see how I do next time ;)

[@ashesazurr]

10/15| NCS was the second label I started listening to so I knew a couple of these. I was surprised you didn't know who Jim Yosef was.

[@Daniek7NL]

Nice video!

[@BowtiedMedia]

A Brand new NCSBoat community has sprung up on discord if you'd like to join and vote on the entire NCS discography: discord.gg/daekFM7FKe ALSO, today is day 1 of 2 (Minimum) for the Memberthon 2.0! Join channel membership today to make me upload daily videos :)

[@duc_inert]

I'm disappointed that BL didn't talk about Chickenstep when talking about VIP

[@SoulStar0]

vip overhated asf

[@geonheekim7465]

Wow... More tracks than i expect got Loved. Kinda half of tracks that i guessed was wrong. Loved songs are much more than i thought. Interesting fact though.. Thanks!

[@1uunar]

Awesome video!

[@BowtiedMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jfredd]

9/15 ! really cool concept, glad it's being done again with another label

[@j.w...]

Exited to see some more NCS content

[@ShadowOfBuchko]

I was 12/15 on this. Very fascinating to see how it compares to Monstercat tracks lol!

[@osmanjani9798]

same!

[@CoGames_]

As a NCS Ranker I am excited to see the songs. 1). Tropic Love is soooo nostalgic and beautiful! Love Diviners! Definitely loved 78/100 2). VIP by bvd kult. Cool enough and not that special. I know this one is not loved. I gave it a 73/100 3). A New World by KIRA!! SO BEAUTIFUL. That has to be loved! 85/100. Oh yeah thank god! 4). Ego by Syntact. That one is loved purely because of the comeback and shallow. 72/100 cool tho. 5). Dead! No not loved 😂 WATEVA did a good job tho. I like it. 74/100. 6). CALM BEFORE THE STORM?! YES! Loved for sure! 100/100!! Last drop is amazing. You should have played that part. 🔥🔥🔥 7). Psycho is pretty cool. Love the vibe. But I think it’s hated. Idk tbh. 83/100. OH?! Loved?! Wow. 8). Take It Down by Facading. He has made some cool New Beat. But this one was a sort of rip-off from walk away. This one is hated. For me a solid song 75/100. 9). Linked! I love Jim and Anna! Loved!!! For sure! 78/100 HATED?! WHAT?! 10). Unity is loved. 72/100 not really for me tho.

[@sougamerz_621]

How are you everwhere? It seems every video that has "NCS" in its title has a comment by you

[@yaska7399]

Really enjoyed this game, even as a long-time follower of NCS some of these are hard to guess ngl

[@bulba]

let's gooo!

[@kirillstricke1387]

i would like a 2020-2024 ncs ranking please!!!

[@nighthawkgamer2]

This would be so cool with other labels too

[@WaveSamu]

I got 11/15. And I can't understand why the Kage style track is not loved haha

[@bloxyranks]

It wasn’t a youtube release (only on spotify and other services) so a lot of people didn’t really know what it sounded like, personally i think its amazing

[@imHxriZyN]

Awesome vid

[@AgentGamer5000]

As a hardcore NCS fan, this was really fun to play along myself. The only one I got wrong was Jim Yosef - Linked, as the community myself I got most of these easily.

[@greg_levine]

My favorite NCS songs: 1. Tobu & Syndec - Dusk 2. Tobu & Marcus Mouya - Running Away 3. Tobu - Seven 4. Tobu & Itro - Cloud 9 5. Tobu - Hope 6. Tobu & Itro - Sunburst 7. Tobu - Good Times

[@morfie8209]

Don't you think Tobu is also worth listening? Those you listed are nothing compared to him

[@greg_levine]

@@morfie8209 🤣🤣

[@bidderankings5041]

I got 13/15. This was so fun to watch!

[@zadinx]

been loving some of NCS recently but idk anything other than the last years and the really popular 2014-16 tracks lol give me smth from 2018/19 and i’ll be clueless

[@lostwrld_xunder]

As a NCS fan, I got 13.5 names correct. However, I do enjoy some hated songs and dont like some loved songs, just like Bowtied. These days NCS has gone more experimental and I don't really like this, so I don't listen to NCS that much recently...

[@LGalaxy]

imo it’s the best direction they can go for if they want to keep the label fresh and desirable for upcoming and growing artists

[@yaska7399]

​@@LGalaxy I think the best thing for NCS to do for the future is to actually achieve a balance of uniqueness and experimental stuff in electronic music as well as commercial replayability (aka the "genericness and mainstreamness") so they don't completely fall off and die with lesser and lesser views. Otherwise it's just all unique and experimental stuff, but no large audience for it. And if there's no large audience, there is no revenue for NCS. They need to grab on to the mainstream somehow to retain their position in the music industry, to retain their high view counts and provide something for general people. NCS has always had a large audience behind its success, so it still needs that large audience. The way they could do that now, is make NCS the center for mainstream, commercialized music, which will attract many people who listen to more "surface-level" mainstream music to the label. Using other platforms like TikTok for this is beneficial, like they are doing. And, because they have a sublabel now, all the unique and underground stuff can be released on Arcade, for newer or smaller artists with something unique to offer for electronic music specifically. So a combination of both what Lostwrld said and LGalaxy said. Releasing both mainstream music and underground music is the most financially succesful, healthy and diverse way to keep NCS popular and growing in the future, in my opinion. This is especially convenient to execute now, since they have a sublabel. There'll be music for people that aren't really into the underground or experimental EDM scene, and then there also will be music for people into that. A mix of both will keep the label healthy. And above all, NCS should strive to always represent genre and style diversity on the label, not really focusing on anything too much (unlike the loads of future house or DnB they've signed recently), and instead giving a spotlight for various different styles of electronic music (and even music in general) constantly. If NCS heads to the only unique and experimental route and nothing else, their views and retention will keep dwindling until to the point they can't sustain going forward with the label and might need to shut down. If they only focus on mainstream music, they fail to provide for the audience of the underground electronic music scene, which many of us are for example. So I think they should focus on both for keeping both sides in check and simultaneously growing as a dynamic and multidimensional label, with music to offer for various different people looking for various different styles of music.

[@ursa8772]

I like how he got the answer right for Symbolism pt. III despite getting the reason wrong. Also I got 11/15.

[@BowtiedMedia]

Sometimes you just stumble into the right answer

[@ipsentorres8776]

Good Guesses Game For 2 Years Ago😦

[@BowtiedMedia]

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[@david_coulter]

Can I use NCS music in vids without getting copyrighted? I’ve never heard of them but assume by the name it’s free reign…

[@bloxyranks]

Yeah you can, just check the description of the tracks to see how to credit them

[@BowtiedMedia]

Yup! That's pretty much the point of their existence haha

[@kallashiOfficial]

There are certain Monstercat songs that are copyright free, but it's very uncommon NCS isn't the only copyright free label, by the way. You have labels like Exobolt, SILKENWOOD, Nightmode, and perhaps more with quality EDM music!

[@bloxyranks]

@@kallashiOfficial akchually ncs is tje only one🥱🥱🇱🇷🥳

[@patrickthedilphin]

From what I've seen in the NCS ranking community, the opinions are very different than from the average fan. Below is what I interpret every song as being from that community: 1. Very loved, people tend to find songs like these very nice and nostalgic. Personal opinion: Average 2. Very hated, people don't like what's called "chickenstep", and find the chicken type vocal chops to be very annoying. Person opinion: Good 3. Extremely loved, super popular among the ranking community, has a very spacey and nostalgic sound that people like. Person opinion: Amazing 4. Extremely loved, glitch hop is generally loved in the ranking community and this is no different, very catchy for most people. Person opinion: Phenomenal 5. Very hated, his is one of 2 ping-pong style songs on NCS, and the style is found to be very annoying by people in the community. Personal opinion: Below Average 6. Extremely love, there are hardly any people in the community that I've seen who don't like this, and everyone else seems to love it, including me. Personal opinion: Phenomenal 7. Loved, this song has been hated by a lot of casual fans from what I've seen, but in general it is loved by the ranking community. Personal opinion: Good 8. Hated, very unpopular among the ranking community for basically being a more basic version of his previous tracks on NCS. Personal opinion: Solid 9. In the middle, I've seen a pretty big split between people who love it and people who hate it, but no real edge towards either side. Personal opinion: Good 10. Loved, has a very nostalgic sound that people in the community really like, there's a very strong taste for older house songs in the ranking community and this is one of them. Personal opinion: Meh 11. Disliked, people in the community for the most part to be too basic and boring, but there are definitely some who love the catchiness factor of it. Personal opinion: Phenomenal 12. Unbelievable loved, I can't recall a single member of the community who has EVER said anything negative about this song, and I would agree. Personal opinion: Great 13. Very hated, people in the community are pretty split on the original and tend to like the 2nd one, but don't like this one due to assuming it's view hunting and finding the drops to not be as nostalgic as the other 2. Personal opinion: Great 14. Hated, I've seen some people in the community who like this chill deep/bass house style but in general it's a little generic compared to the rest of the ep it came out with, and people don't really like the repetitiveness in the community. Personal opinion: Bad 15. Loved, people in the community find it very catchy, although not as much as some of his other songs, but is overall loved for its chill and catchy nature. Personal opinion: Amazing Awesome video and hopes this series comes back in the future!

[@kallashiOfficial]

bro said “no monstercat artists” and then dani king was there edit: also anna yvette 😭

[@bulba]

vocalist

[@BowtiedMedia]

Yea I believe BLCraft was excluding artists that are primarily vocalists in that statement

[@kallashiOfficial]

🤓

[@j.w...]

@@kallashiOfficial 🤓🤓🤓

[@ipsentorres8776]

No Monstercat artist, only NCS

[@thomas_nutter]

You gotta start reviewing NCS tracks at some point ngl

[@BowtiedMedia]

We'll see what the members vote on!

[@LGalaxy]

he did review the if found & nøll collab

[@BaysidePark]

8/15. Here are a few of my thoughts. Helps that I actually listened to dead by WATEVA and I hated that track. Take It Down by Facading sounds like the kind of midtempo that bores me. Shakedown I actually liked as well. I said hated for Future Vibes (Uplink Remix) just because of the chipmunk vocals. Talk is Cheap I was able to guess hated because the percussion mixing is off, even though I like it.

[@EthanGangadinST]

I also listened to dead and it’s one of favorite ncs songs

[@ampersandrue]

12/15 bring me on the show ill do so good im gonna flex, been listening to ncs longer than monstercat

[@BowtiedMedia]

Haha you are more than welcome to do it with BLCraft if you want, as I would be cut from the game if you play :P

[@poisoned4000]

How long is the memberthon going so far 👀

[@BowtiedMedia]

2 Days! But a certain stream will be soon and I suspect it will go up after that!

[@gindamusic1296]

Not off to a good start when the first song comes out of the gate sounding like generic youtuber top 10 intro music and it's loved. That is insane.

[@yaska7399]

what about the rest?

[@foxxo8349]

That's what a genre is. You could walk into a death metal concert and complain why it sounds like bikers acting tough.

[@CoGames_]

11). Shakedown is pretty good, but remember that it was not so well received… right? 😂 79/100. Yep hated… 12). Future Vibes Remix is loved for sure 74/100 13). Symbolism Part 3! I liked it but I thought not so many did, so not loved. 74/100 14. Talk Is Cheap. MAGNUS and VinDon. This one is hated. Although I love it 83/100. (Oh yeah this sounds like Kage hahah). 15). Spirit. LOVED. I know it’s loved. I hate it tho. 33/100

[@kallashiOfficial]

i got 14/15 damn Unity 😭

[@ipsentorres8776]

It's okay, you almost got perfect score

[@BKLYN_TZU]

I grew up in the '90s listing and loving Electronic music but the thing I don't understand what do you kids mean it's too repetitive that's how music is made back in the day that was considered the groove of the tracks but since you kids aren't going to clubs and are just listening to this music through your phones and laptops I guest I can understand why you all would call it repetitive.because y'all arent in live settings hearing this music

[@delmaoficjalny]

interesting take, and i totally get your point. personally i never was in any dance club or on a concert (because where i live there are no any, but i'd love to try it out someday), but i can see how home listening is very different from listening to the same track through big speakers or somewhere where the atmosphere is way different. the thing about repetitiveness is, in my opinion, that i don't believe repetitiveness is necessarily a bad thing overall, but the producer have to make sure to mask this feeling of repetitiveness, either by changing very small things in the track or for the sake of world-building or creating atmosphere. the best example would be progressive house which i enjoy every now and then, which technically can be repetitive and they can get pretty long, but is still fun and great to listen. the best example i can think of would be deadmau5's stuff.

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@delmaoficjalny delmaofficial thank you for understanding I'm from Brooklyn NY back in the mid to late '90s me and my friends use to go to the dance clubs in Manhattan it's a totally different experience listening to these tracks at home and being in a climb.

[@BowtiedMedia]

Hey that's totally fair! There are obviously a lot of reasons at play for why tracks feel more repetitive, despite being substantially shorter. Yes, attention span being one of them. But I think, for me personally, it's the context in which it's repetitive. If it's a longer, 6+ minute track made for clubs or with a building beat, I anticipate some "repetitiveness" and embrace it because I understand the purpose in which it was created for. On the opposite side, if a song is like 2-3 minutes and feels "repetitive", it feels like a waste of already short time you've got with the track. I personally am a fan of longer, "repetitive" tracks, but it feels like you really gotta dig to find them nowadays!

[@BKLYN_TZU]

@@BowtiedMedia Bowtied Media hi Bowtied cool episode I get exactly what your saying there's a huge difference between Electronic music from the past vs. now obviously because EDM has a certain type of sound too it that it can get a bit annoying lol i thought about it after i wrote my comment i have to agree that it does unlike what they use to call Electronica or IDM in the '90s which focused more on organic sounds while EDM does have a more computerized sound.

[@ov_alp]

nice

[@danielcosta1888]

Nice

[@BowtiedMedia]

nice

[@hactervrut1948]

Shakedown by clarx is hated because its a part 2 of Hay, but Hay is 100 times better

[@wizwilzo]

how is linked by jim yosef hated?? whatttt i swear everyone loves that song

[@jhjkuik]

Me when NCS

[@nmkranks]

pog

[@BowtiedMedia]

pog

[@bloxyranks]

pog

[@twofingeredgost]

seeing linked being hated is a crime!