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Hello & Thank you Jesse.
It’s great to be a part of this community!!!
I appreciate you taking the time to listen & give your honest opinion. It’s great to have you & others who don’t normally work with or listen to a given genre give a totally fresh & new perspective of what you’re hearing.
I’ll definitely look again at my correlation meter to see what you may be noticing on the stereo/mono side of things. On the mix bus I usually use the brainworkz bx digital v3 with a stereo spread anywhere between 112-120% so it shouldn’t be doing anything too crazy. I get what you’re saying when listening in mono, you always seem to definitely lose some stereo image but like you stated the Vocals, Kick & Snare are all still there and present.
Most of my hip hop tracks go anywhere between 7.5-9 LUFS depending on the song, style & production & this has been my biggest battle since I started to engineer. I’m looking to match the industry loudness yet keep it punchy, transient & have energy. I feel like there is something more I could do but, I’m kind of lost trying different things out to get me to that professional sounding final master when played next to similar songs on the streaming platforms. (Also I’m comparing my mixes/masters up against the likes of Major Label Releases by Manny, Serban, Jaycen, MixedByAli, Leslie, Mike Bozzi, Joe Laporta, Chris Gehringer, Dana, Tony…& all their 20+ years of experience.)
Again thanks for your input & taking the time to listen to the track, it is greatly appreciated.
I trust you’re having a fantastic day.
Mike Heebz =)