These are both interesting beats.. Theres a whole lot going on in beat #2.. Makes it hard for any artist to do something over that.. If its just a beat for the purpose of being JUST A BEAT, then yeah, it absolutely works..
Beat #1... Not my bag of candy, but I can see someone jumping on this.. I do like the breakdown of elements and letting the instruments ride.. I might have added another sound underneath the 2nd breakdown after those 4 bars came in again - just to give it a slight variation or twist..
Again, both beats are interesting.. Neither one of them are my lane, but salute to both of you guys for entering..
My vote has casted.......