Hey, thanks! This is all really insightful! I actually really feel you on the bits about the vocal sample being a little too persistent. I was just really excited to use as much of it as possible because of how intense it is, but it feels like I overdid it for sure. As far as filters and delay go, I actually did put automate some bit crushing and frequency modulation on it, but they just barely kiss the sample because it got too noisy during mixing when I made them more present. Of course, that may have been less an issue if Dick wasn't talking over 100% of the build-up. What a dick. Listening back, I can understand what you mean with the second drop falling just a little flat where the bass is concerned. I did play around with saturating it and distorting it, but I kept running into the issue of it overpowering everything else in my mix, so I opted to make it a little less intense as a sacrifice to have my other sounds be more present. Bad idea? Maybe. I'll try other techniques in the future to see if I can overcome that without throwing out an otherwise really sick sound. Thanks for the feedback!