We based our song off of the 90s Bristole based genre Trip Hop. Trip Hop is a combonation of Down Tempo electronics, the beat of Hip Hop, and the influence of Jazz. In our song we created we leaned heavily on Ambient and Electronics, with a lot of vocal samples. A lot of our samples were from older movies or speeches, for example the start of the song has Richard Nixon's Speech - "I am not a Crook", and some quotes from the movies, 'Gone with the Wind', 'Blade Runner' and many others. We wanted our song to put you into a deep, relaxed mood, so our precedents are in that dark tone, there is rain and some jazz at the end, with a solid beat under the song. 

During our four day process, naturally, we had some disagreements. There was a whole section of the song that changed the overall vibe from dark to happy. We used an upbeat synth and different, more light vocal samples. We ended up taking this entire large section out because it did not fit with the rest of the song. The coolest thing about trip hop is that each song transports you to a mood or an overall feeling, and that feeling does not change untiD the song is over. 
Another section of the song that changed a lot a guitar part in the middle. We had made that string section in the beginning, but we did not have anything to move the song forward during its course. Even though we wanted to keep the same dark vibe throughout, we needed something to progress the song in order to keep it from being boring. 

While we were designing this song, we had a very clear vision of what we hoped that it would be, and while it took a slightly different form than what we initially intended, It did not stray too far off course.  We wanted to create a slow, sample oriented track with a less clearly defined skeleton than that of traditional songs.  And I'd like to think that we succeeded.