Pitbull - Shitting On The Industry (Mixtape Review)

I haven't given Pitbull much of my time in the past but decided to give this new mixtape, Shitting On The Industry, a listen. It definitely exceeded my expectations. Still, he is basically only a reggaeton club-banger rapper. It seems like he knows that but he does try to seem like something more this tape. Those efforts fail mostly or just come off weak in comparison to similar themed tracks by other rappers. Putting his attempts at becoming more content-rich aside, he is quite an impressive rapper for his style. When he jumps on remixes he usually adds to them with his rapid fire half-rap, half-reggaeton flow. He is one dimensional but he is not parading around being a fake gangster to fit in. Basically, he is good at what he does. I could do without all his cocaine themed concept tracks because they usually come off sounding corny, like on Dope Ball and Cocaine Cowboy. I don't want to hear him trying to become more creative, I just want to dance with my girl to his tracks. The only growth I want during his music is my dick when I'm grinding with my chick on the dance floor. The hot remixes and quality tracks he did on this were: Fire Burning, Back To The Future, Birthday Sex, Can't Stop, Give Em What They Ask For, Nothing Nothing, Survival Of The Fittest, and the Rebelution preview, 3.25/5.

01 -Pitbull-Rebelution [02:21]
(Preview) [produced by DJ Noodles & DJ Bud
02 -Pitbull Ft. Avery Storm-Triumph (Preview) [01:31]
03 -Pitbull-Pitbull Speaks #1 (Skit) [01:41]
04 -Pitbull Ft. T-Pain-Maybach Music 3 [01:52]
05 -Pitbull-Nobody Do it Better [02:09]
06 -Pitbull-Conglomerate [01:31]
07 -Pitbull-Survival of the Fittest [01:48]
08 -Pitbull-Picture Me [02:32]
09 -Pitbull Ft. Trick Daddy-City of Gods [02:40]
(Preview)
10 -Pitbull Ft. Yo Gotti-5 Star [01:34]
11 -Pitbull-Watch it Drop [02:02]
12 -Pitbull-Cocaine Cowboy [02:36]
13 -Pitbull-Shittin on the Industry (Skit) [01:05]
14 -Pitbull-Nothing Nothing [01:41]
15 -Pitbull-Dope Ball [02:11]
(Preview) [produced by DJ Noodles]
16 -Pitbull-The Music Biz (Skit) [01:06]
17 -Pitbull-Can't Stop [01:44]
18 -Pitbull Ft. Billy Blue-Yayo [02:08]
19 -Pitbull-What They Want [01:42]
20 -Pitbull Ft. Robin Thicke-Bad Girls [01:51]
21 -Pitbull-Google Me [03:51]
22 -Pitbull-Can't Tell Me Shit [01:26]
23 -Pitbull-Give Em What They Ask for [01:53]
(Preview)
24 -Pitbull-Therepy [01:45]
25 -Pitbull-O-K [01:25]
26 -Pitbull-I'm the Shit (Noodles Mix) [01:56]
27 -Pitbull-I'm in Miami Trick [01:45]
28 -Pitbull-Birthday Sex [01:39]
29 -Pitbull-I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) [01:36]
30 -Pitbull Ft. Sean Kingston-Fire Burning [01:34]
31 -Pitbull-Back to the Future [03:02]
32 -Pitbull-Hotel Room Service (Urban Mix) [04:05]

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Dorrough – Dorrough Music (Album Review)

Dorrough came out of nowhere for me. He is from Dallas and has some Texas swag. This album, Dorrough Music, is nothing serious; it is just a light and fun album that will bump in the system. His lyrics are mind numbingly simple, but are not terrible. According to his song A Whole Lotta he is 'new school hip hop.' I would have to agree (sadly). His upfront and dumbed down style is actually likable at times. He has some banging beats (some of which sound like I may have heard before). He is usually rapping about cars, bitches, and hustling. There are no terrible cuts on here but there are a lot of average and non-distinct southern rap tunes. However, he has a some banging singles that have a bit originality to them in terms of delivery and flow. This wasn't a terrible album but it leaves me wanting more consistent originality and more content. The cuts that bang were Boy I Grind, Ice Cream Paint Job, Piece And Chain Swangin, This Time You Was Wrong, Walk That Walk (familiar sounding beat though), and Wired To The T, and Trunk Bang. The remaining tracks we're mediocre and forgettable, 3.25/5.

01. Boy I Grind 4:13
02. Ice Cream Paint Job 3:57
03. She Ain't Got It All (Feat. Lil Flip) 4:09
04. Hood Song (Feat. Tomeka Pearl) 4:11
05. Flashout (Feat. Mista Mac) 3:45
06. Never Changed 4:29
07. Feel This 3:36
08. Piece & Chain Swangin (Feat. Lil Flip) 4:22
09. This Time You Was Wrong 4:20
10. Walk That Walk 3:49
11. Wired To The T 3:22
12. Trunk Bang (Feat. Tum Tum) 4:40
13. What's My Ringtone 4:07
14. A Whole Lotta 4:00
15. Caramel Sundae (Feat. Fat B) 4:27

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Raekwon - Cuban Revolution (Mixtape Review)

This new tape Cuban Revolution, said to be released by Raekwon, is parading around as an official release but is nothing more than a blend (by Memory Man) of some Clasic Wu verses. There is no exclusive content here, but no one seems to be noticing. Nonetheless it is a banging mix of various Wu verses some of which didn't get the original bump-age they deserved. It plays like new material and all fits well together. There is not much else to say here, most of these verses  were parts of great songs before the blends. Enjoy 4/5.

1.Cuban Revolution Intro
2.All That Money Is Us
3.Run Away (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & GZA)
4.Better Shoot Something
5.Cipher Born (ft. Ghostface Killah & U-God)
6.Get Your Shit Beat In (ft. Polite, Chip Banks, Ghostface Killah & Trife Diesel)
7.Slang Copulation (ft. Nas, Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah)
8.Curiosity
9.Iron Chef (ft. Ghostface Killah, Polite & Inspectah Deck)
10.A Wise Man
11.Cuban Revolution Interlude
12.We Gettin’ Knots (ft. Fat Joe, Armageddon & Big Pun)
13.Fearless Ninjas (ft. Ghostface Killah)
14.The All-Time Lineup (ft. American CREAM Team, Inspectah Deck & Method Man)
15.Live Kid (ft. Notorious BIG & Ghostface Killah)

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Havoc - From Now On (Mixtape Review)

Havoc is one half of the group Mobb Deep (and the better half in my opinion). He is holding down Mobb while Prodigy is in jail. I haven't really been into Mobb Deep since Shook Ones days and became even less a fan when they signed to G-Unit. However, this new Havoc tape, From Now On, goes hard. I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. The production was good and most of the beats were banging for East Coast production. As far as lyrics go Havoc doesn't let down as he supplies his quality street knowledge on wax.  However, he sometimes uses a monotonic delivery which can make him sound boring on some tracks. You can tell when he is feeling tracks because he abandons that lazy flow. The most personal and deep track on here that stood out the most to me is, Always Have A Choice. The banging beat mixed with Havoc’s signature rhyme style match perfectly. You can tell he worked hard to drop real content that actually meant something. This was an altogether tight tape for Havoc despite a few mediocre tracks. He has definitely begun to regain my respect. The standouts that are exclusive to this tape were Bang Bang, Handle My Handle, H Is Back, Fly With Me, Always Have A Choice, You Take Her, and Sex Tape, 3.75/5.

1 - Smells Like 9/5
2 - What’s That Smell?
3 - Bang Bang ft. Lloyd Banks
4 - That’s How You Feel?
5 - Fly With Me
6 - Always Have a Choice
7 - Letter to P
8 - Handle My Handle
9 - Call from Cousin Ferb (Skit)
10 - H is Back
11 - You Know My Name ft. Philthy
12 - Keep on Talking ft. Prodigy
13 - Computer Crash (Skit)
14 - Going OT
15 - Sex Tape
16 - You Take Her ft. Freeway and Termanology
17 – Believer

**Bonus Tracks**

18 - 24k Rap f. Raekwon
19 - Evil Deeds f. Ghostface & RZA

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Trav – Follow Me (Mixtape Review)

Trav is back with a follow up mixtape to his previous tape, The Way I See It (reviewed HERE), which we liked a lot. I am really digging his style. He keeps it gangster, but brings his own unique flavor to his music. His flow is usually dynamic and he can adapt to any beat he is given. On this mixtape, Follow Me, he deals with subjects of betrayal, enemies, and other elements of living the gangster lifestyle. Although these subjects have been beaten to death since the beginning of hip hop, Trav puts his own swag and style into his rhymes as to repackage the deal in a seemingly new way. He is on the come up and has no shortage of originality or talent. We will definitely be looking into his next tapes. The standouts were Is Everything Ok Pt. 1, Suit and Tie, Ride The Wave (old), My Bitch, No Bright Days, and Know. This was good tape from him, but packed with less bangers and more average tracks than his first tape, 3.5/5.

01 No Bright Days
02 Know
03 Follow Me
04 Is Everything Ok Pt. 1
05 Stay On The Low
06 Suit & Tie Ft. Rain
07 Money On My Head
08 I'm So Horny
09 Ride The Wave
10 First Name Last Name
11 Be Mine
12 My Bitch

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Papoose - Military Grind (Mixtape Review)

Bleys’s Papoose Rant:

Papoose is no longer a new artist in my eyes. He has been around for quite a few year gaining underground buzz by solely releasing mixtapes. Back in 2007, he was really gaining popularity within the NY street scene. He was on point with everything. He was as versatile as any artist could be. When you listened to his shit it made you want to pick up your pen and start writing rhymes (even if you were like me and had zero talent). In other words he was a true lyricist. He could spit in every style, outshine anyone, and send chills down your spine with his complex and yet down to earth street lyrics. Not only was he streetwise, but you could usually find some positive and powerful message lingering behind his music. Even if you re-listen to his old shit that you may have heard over and over (ANY of his first 14 mixtapes), you will still hear a line or two that makes you go HO-LY SHIT! His beats have never really been perfect, but he used to make them work. However, beats didn't matter much especially on his first few tapes. It was all lyricism; raw and uncut. There was a while in his career, before the deal with Jive, where his music would knock me out of my seat. Then … he got signed and down came the waterfall to water down every verse. It wasn't immediate though, it was more linear. Either way, up until early-mid 2009 I just couldn’t stand listening to him anymore.

Mixtape Review:

For an entire year between 2008-2009 most of Papoose’s tracks were sloppily written, poorly executed, missing any previous originality they may have had. It was only in the beginning of this year that he started to comeback to his old self. This new mixtape (#22), Military Grind, shows about 40% of what he is capable of. The hottest tracks on here that represent what Pap is really about as far as lyrics and flow are: Knock Em Down (so sick), Pay Homage, Will To Survive, So Much More, Show & Prove, Power Cipher, B.E.T Freestyle, TKO, and Amnesia. The rest of this 24 track mixtape ranged from mediocre to terrible, 2.75/5. I am still trying to find some way to burn Swaggaction out my memory. It hasn’t worked yet. To prevent you from wanting to chuck your ipod at the wall while listening to the bad tracks, I just took them out and left the standouts. For this version click the second (Trimmed) link.

01. Papoose - Intro
02. Papoose - Two Hitter Quitter
03. Papoose - Realest To Run It
04. Papoose - Pay Homage
05. Papoose - Knock Em Down
06. Papoose - Will To Survive
07. Papoose - So Much More
08. Papoose - Show & Prove
09. Papoose - The Return Of The God
10. Papoose - Power Cipher
11. Papoose - B.E.T Freestyle
12. Papoose - Swaggaction
13. Papoose - I Just Want The Paper
14. Papoose - Foolish
15. Papoose - Rule
16. Papoose - Goin Back Home
17. Papoose - In Da Kitchen
18. Papoose - Fellin Some Way
19. Papoose - TKO
20. Papoose - Trophy Girl
21. Papoose - Amnesia
22. Papoose - TEST
23. Papoose - Military Grind
24. Papoose - Pillow Talk

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Aztec AKA Tec Diamonds- Destined 4 Greatness (Mixtape Review)

01) Intro Feat Shiest Bubz
02) Keep Up Feat Freekey Zekey
03) I Got What You Need Feat Joe Budden
04) Hold Dat
05) Freestyle Feat Swizz Beatz
06) Dont Get Mad
07) Past Present Future Feat Foxy Brown
08) Walk In My Shoes Feat Jojo Capone
09) Freestyle
10) Its A Stickup Feat Snoop Dogg
11) Freestyle
12) Im Tellin Ya Feat Jr Writer
13) Freestyle Feat Fabolous
14) Yous A Wannabe
15) 730 Bang Bang Feat Just Blaze
16) Freestyle
17) Welcome To 730 Feat Dj Red Alert
18) Punchline 101
19) We Aint The Same Feat Freeway
20) Wisdom Feat Az
21) Murderrr Feat Daz Dillenger
22) Freestyle
23) Think Twice Feat Big Tone
24) Freestyle
25) Skit
26) Animal Out The Cage
27) All I Smell Is Money Feat Saigon

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Nifty - Da Capitol Movement

Da Capitol Movement is Nifty’s first mixtape. You might have noticed we reviewed his second mixtape The Come Up first so make sure to read that. This mixtape is just as good as his second but I think Nifty is still trying to find his own style on this. He has that unique sound on The Come Up but you only get glimpses of it on Da Capitol Movement. His flow is still amazing just not as refined. Since he is still trying to find his style there aren’t too many songs that stand out as singles. Don’t get me wrong though, all the songs are good. I’ve listened to it a couple of times and I’ve never had to skip a track. If you are a Nifty fan you have to download this, and try to listen to it before The Come Up, so you can see the progression.

4.25/5

1. Da Capitol Movement (Intro)
2. Whatcha Talkin’ Bout (produced by New Hotness)
3. Soulja (produced by Sinima of Shadowville Productions)
4. Do It Movin’ (feat ULA)
5. Where You From (The Come Up) (produced by New Hotness)
6. We Ridin’
7. I’m In Da Club (produced by Big Kili)
8. Take Me Down
9. We Go Dumb (produced by New Hotness)
10. Da Capitol (feat Yung Gutta)
11. Claimin’ SAC (feat Kid Catalyst)
12. King Kong (feat ULA)
13. The Takeover (feat Yung Gutta) (produced by New Hotness)
14. Trust Me
15. Hip Hop (intermission)
16. The Bestside (produced by Ansane)
17. Right Here (produced by Shadowville Productions)
18. Ain’t Know Me
19. You’z A Hata (feat Yung Gutta) (produced by Shadowville Productions)
20. Crank Dat (Nifty)
21. Holla’n Out (feat Kid Catalyst, ULA, Yung Gutta) (produced by Slantize of Shadowville Productions)
22. Round Here (produced by Shadowville Productions)
23. Died In Your Arms
24. Renegade (freestyle)
25. The King (Outro) (produced by New Hotness)

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Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa - How Fly (Mixtape Review)

This new collabo between Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa got me pretty excited. I only recently warmed up to Curren$y after hearing his latest mixtape before this. He is kind of an acquired taste. Wiz Khalifa was one of those artists you immediately love or don’t care for, I am the former.  He has a very noticeable rap presence and an easy going rap style that fits in well with Curren$y. One downside to Wiz may be that he sounds a lot like Wale, but not enough to say that he is biting; there is a just a resemblance. This whole How Fly mixtape, as you can tell by the cover, is all about chilling out and smoking weed. There are no deep messages to be found, there are just two chill dudes making that laid back rap you can smoke to. One complaint about this would be that they both sound like they are in front of the beats rather than between them and their verses tend to drown out the beats. It is more of a sound problem. Some of the production could have been better on this as well. However most of the beats are smooth rap beats and fit in well with both artists. I feel like Curren$y lacked in the charisma and flow department at times. There were also a few weak and a few mediocre tracks. Don’t take this tape too seriously, it is fun, light music about macking chicks and smoking herb.The tape lived up to my expectations and came out to be a nice tape overall, minus the weak points. The standouts were Car Service, The Check Point, Layover, Friendly, The Life, Over The Building, and Rolling Up (my favorite), 3.75/5.

01. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Car Service
02. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - All Over
03. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - The Check Point
04. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - The Planes
05. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Fly Niggas Do Fly Things
06. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - S.D.L.
07. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - In The Middle
08. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Layover
09. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Drunk Dialing
10. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - How Fly
11. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Friendly
12. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - The Life
13. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Surface to Air
14. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Over The Building
15. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - Rollin Up

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Freeway - This Is My Life (Mixtape Review)

Before you read this, start downloading this 2 disc mixtape, because you NEED to hear it. Freeway just put out two full discs of nothing but greatness. Read the tracklist and note the number of features. There are 5. That means there are 44 x 3 – 5 verses on here, give or take a couple. And guess what? There isn’t a single bad song on here, nor is there a single annoying interlude. This could of been 2 full hot ass albums but Free wants you to have it for Free. The mixtape is about his life (which you should have guessed from the title) but there’s a lot of content here that goes beyond typical gangster rap. Freeway has a great flow, but the way he can make even the weakest rhyme sound good is incredible. I can’t remember every line because I’m reviewing off of one play-through but I know there aren’t any that stood out and broke my immersion. Free changes his style and adapts to the beat with ease. The production fit him perfectly and the choruses were all good. There isn’t a single thing about this mixtape that I didn’t like. Only negative thing I can say is that he probably wont get radio play with this, but he definitely deserves it. Oh and Lloyd Banks was incredible on Reperation.

5/5

Underlined tracks stood out a little more to me, for no specific reason.

DISC 1:
1. (00:03:50) Freeway - This Is My Life (Feat. Jay Bottomz)
2. (00:03:21) Freeway - Grindin'
3. (00:03:35) Freeway - Rocket Ship Rap
4. (00:03:33) Freeway - Reperation (Feat. Lloyd Banks)
5. (00:03:40) Freeway - The Last Two (Feat. Young Chris)
6. (00:04:03) Freeway - Bread & Butter
7. (00:02:34) Freeway - I Wanna Be Free
8. (00:03:35) Freeway - Free Mulla
9. (00:03:21) Freeway - As I Ever Been
10. (00:02:58) Freeway - Back For More
11. (00:03:36) Freeway - Keep Backing 'Em Down
12. (00:02:44) Freeway - For The Money
13. (00:03:50) Freeway - All The Cities (Feat. Young Chris)
14. (00:02:51) Freeway - NPFinest
15. (00:03:18) Freeway - Movin' Out
16. (00:03:25) Freeway - Bank Rollz
17. (00:03:14) Freeway - Do It To Death
18. (00:03:36) Freeway - The Revolution
19. (00:03:50) Freeway - I'm Great
20. (00:03:22) Freeway - Nobodys Fool
21. (00:02:42) Freeway - Together

DISC 2:
01. (00:03:37) Freeway - When I Die
02. (00:03:26) Freeway - For The better
03. (00:03:51) Freeway - Livin' My Life (Feat. Gillie Da Kid)
04. (00:03:03) Freeway - Baby Back
05. (00:02:40) Freeway - Look Around
06. (00:02:34) Freeway - Blauh
07. (00:03:20) Freeway - Diesel
08. (00:03:47) Freeway - I'm Philly
09. (00:03:17) Freeway - Rap Spitters
10. (00:03:06) Freeway - Start Wildin'
11. (00:03:07) Freeway - Long Money
12. (00:03:33) Freeway - Everlast
13. (00:03:14) Freeway - Next Up
14. (00:03:07) Freeway - Tell U Something
15. (00:02:51) Freeway - MindState Takeover
16. (00:03:18) Freeway - Get It Started
17. (00:03:33) Freeway - Hahahaha
18. (00:03:28) Freeway - Hustlaz Prayer
19. (00:03:43) Freeway - There You Go
20. (00:02:57) Freeway - Freeway's Beard
21. (00:03:12) Freeway - Count On Free 2
22. (00:01:28) Freeway - Old To New
23. (00:03:37) Freeway - Doin' Anything

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Poison Pen - The Money Shot (Album Review)

Immortal Technique's right hand man Poison Pen has come out with another album, The Money Shot. You can tell by the title that Poison Pen isn't holding anything back as far as content. However, his rapping skills are average, as are his concepts. His delivery is also average. What sets him apart is his voice. His unique rap delivery often has him extending the accent and drawing out annunciation of words. It effectively gives him a signature sound but gets old fast. It is certainly captivating on tracks he is featured on but not for an entire album. The production was average on this but had its highs and lows. This album was not meant to be anything more than a walk through Bed-Stuy, NY guided by Poison. As far as guests on this, I am not sure why he raps with Immortal Technique. They do not share any of the same content and contrast each other pretty badly. This is noticeable on The 2nd Amendment; the track was sick but Poison did not belong on it. The only standout track from Poison was Bk's Fat Boy . I guess Wtp can also be considered a standout because I enjoyed the concept and found it catchy and entertaining. The rest of the songs were average with a few mediocre singles thrown in for good measure, 3/5.

1. The Money Shot (Intro) 2:59
2. What's Hood? 3:29
3. Brooklyn Party 2:54
4. The 2nd Amendment (Feat. Immortal Technique) 4:15
5. My Dude 4:56
6. Bk's Fat Boy 2:18
7. Finished! 4:05
8. Magnifique (Feat. M.o.p.) 4:42
9. O.e.o.g. (8 Ball Junkie) 1:13
10. Grip Up (Feat. Block Mccloud) 4:44
11. Drunk & Don't Care 4:21
12. Shut Up (Feat. Silkk The Shocker) 3:33
13. Facebreaker (Ft. Swave Sevah) 4:12
14. Wtp 3:03
15. One Drink 2 Drink 4:19
16. Goons R Us (Feat. Gillie Da Kid) 2:53

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Rich Kids - Money Swag (Mixtape Review)

The Rich Kids have a very unique sound that grew on me over a few weeks. None of the members of the group take anything away from a track and have an excellent chemistry. They also have very good transitions from verse to verse. The Rich Kids all have good flows that kept me immersed in the music. The one problem I had with the tape is that choruses and beats on this often outshine the actual verses. On a couple of songs it sounded like it was a production problem. The lyrics aren't deep but it's fun. Stand out tracks were All In My Video, Ball, Rich Kids, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, and Swag Worth A Million.

4/5

01. Rich Kids Ft. T.I. - Intro
02. Rich Kids - Wassup
03. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley - Hey Now
04. Rich Kids - Shine
05. Rich Kids - Skit
06. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley & Young Dro - Patna Dem
07. Rich Kids Ft. B-Hitz - Swag Attack
08. Rich Kids - All In My Video
09. Rich Kids - Skit Sho Guns
10. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley & ATL - 36 O's Freestyle
11. Rich Kids - Ball
12. Rich Kids - Rich Kids
13. Rich Kids Ft. Yung L.A. - Yung L.A. Speaks
14. Rich Kids - I Don't Wanna Grow Up
15. Rich Kids - Bankroll Walk
16. Rich Kids - Skoolboy Speaks
17. Rich Kids Ft. Brandon & B. Hitz - G'd Up B'd Up
18. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley - Starburst
19. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley - Kaelub Speaks / Money Swag
20. Rich Kids Ft. T.I. - TIP Speaks
21. Rich Kids Ft. Cooley - Swag Worth A Million

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Nipsey Hussle - Bullets Ain't Got No Names V.3 (Mixtape Review)

I hadn’t paid much attention to Nipsey Hussle in the past, but this new tape, Bullets Ain't Got No Names Vol 3, was hot. Before this I had only heard Nipsey on some feature tracks and random street singles that he released on DJ tapes. I wasn’t feeling him on them so I chose not to pursue him. This new mixtape made me sorry I was sleeping on the dude. You can tell that Nipsey is keeping it original in flows and subject matter on this. The tape had banging west coast production the whole way through, nice features, and hard rhymes from Nipsey. He has nice flows that get switched up every track. I was surprised to hear that he could really adapt to each track even though they were all very different beats. His voice is low key but he does a great job of not getting overpowered at all by the beats. Many of his rhymes are about his rags to riches story which is something that never gets old. He even has a political track that bangs just as hard as the rest of the album. That soul track Rap Music was ridiculously hot. It had banging rhymes, blazing production, and a nice message. Overall this new tape has turned me into a Nipsey fan. I was feeling it the whole way through, no need to name the standouts, 4.5/5. This is some quality shit play it over and over.

1. All My Life (Freestyle)
2. We Gangbangin Ft. Coby Supreme, Jay Rock & Glasses Malone
3. Gotta Take It Ft. Lloyd & Taslema
4. The Hustle Way
5. The Best Rapper
6. Interlude
7. Speak My Language Ft. Lloyd Banks, Cory Guns & June Summers
8. Diamonds
9. CEO Ft. Yung Brodee & Kid Cali
10. Fastlane Youngstas Ft. Rimpau
11. Rich Roll Ft. Taslema
12. Walk In My Shoes Ft. Yung Brodee & Rimpau
13. Rap Music Ft. June Summers
14. Strapped Ft. Coby Supreme
15. Shed A Tear Ft. Coby Supreme, Hoodsta Rob & Baby We Dogg
16. Hoodstar Ft. Coby Supreme & Hoodsta Rob
17. Payback
18. I Could Never Lose (Outro)
19. Killin Em Cuzzy
20. Bucketheads

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Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 7 (Quadruple Mixtape Review)

Chamillionaire has just dropped a 4-disc mixtape that is apparently his last installment in the Messiah series. I haven't really enjoyed much of Cham's music in the past, but was open to the possibility that this mixtape, Mixtape Messiah 7, could convert me into a repeat listener. That was not the case with this tape. For an entirely freestyled tape it is impressive, but as far as listening goes this tape should have been brushed over with fine-tooth comb before its release. It was clearly done in a day or so. He didn't put enough effort into perfecting his verses and flow. On most tracks he had to either speed up or slow down his flow to finish his bars. Trying to fix mistakes by adjusting flow is just evidence of poor writing/bad freestyling. Another problem I have with him is that he constantly takes the flows of the original tracks he is freestyling over and does not really change the feel from the original song. He doesn’t put his own twist on the song, he seems like he is just adding a verse on it. He also tries to get on tracks that can not accommodate his flow. Many of the beats used on this just did not blend well with his bassy voice, namely the mainstream beats he used. He did a terrible job singing on a few songs. His flow usually had at least one thing wrong with it whether it be rushed, off beat, or having poor punchlines. I felt that most of the guests outshined him on the feature tracks. I only liked 5 songs off of the two discs which had fresh material: Internet Thugs Attack, Solo, Say Goodbye (minus Cham’s singing), How We Do It, and King Of Tomorrow. Denzel Washington had a terribly stupid but catchy hook and should also probably be considered a standout (mostly due to Z-Ro’s contribution and the hot beat). The remaining tracks ranged from average to mediocre for one reason or another. For having released such a large quantity of songs, this most recent mixtape has me looking for more quality over quantity in future Cham releases. Maybe I am just a born hater of Chamillionaire (because the initial reaction on the net has been all positive), but I just wasn’t feeling this, 3/5.

Disc 1:

1. The Final Chapter
2. Famous Feat. Famous
3. Internet Thugs Attack
4. 100 million
5. Best she ever Had
6. Breathe
7. I know ya Mad Feat Bun B
8. Denzel Washington Feat Zro
9. Day Dream
10. Jewelry Skit
11. Gucci & Fendi
12. Playa Status
13. This Morning
14. Comin down candy
15. Solo Feat Crooked I
16. The One
17. Still hustlin
18. Bike Repo Skit
19. Scratch That
20. Dead Presidents
21. Successful
22. On My Grind
23. Lonely at the Top
24. Life goes on Feat Tony Henry
25. Say Goodbye
26. For the money Outro

Disc 2:

1. The Final Chapter 2
2. Still Gettin Money
3. In My City Mayne
4. Big Deal
5. I'm 2 Good
6. How We Do It
7. The Realest Eva
8. Aint Nobody
9. King of Tomorrow
10. City Lights
11. Just Smile
12. FInal Story
13. I'm On It- Bonus Track

Disc 3:

1. Denzel Washington (Watts Regular)
2. Best She Ever Had (Watts Regular)
3. Old School Break (Watts Regular)
4. Internet Thugs Attack (Watts Regular)
5. Day Dream (Watts Regular)
6. Jewelry Skit (Watts Regular)
7. Famous Feat. Famous (Watts Regular)
8. Breathe (Watts Regular)
9. Mixtape Madoff (Watts Regular)
10. Dead Presidents (Watts Regular)
11. The One (Watts Regular)
12. Life Goes On Feat. Tony Henry (Watts Regular)
13. Scratch That Outro (Watts Regular)

Disc 4:

1. Denzel Washington (Watts Screwed)
2. Best She Ever Had (Watts Screwed)
3. Old School Break (Watts Screwed)
4. Internet Thugs Attack (Watts Screwed)
5. Day Dream (Watts Screwed)
6. Jewelry Skit (Watts Screwed)
7. Famous Feat. Famous (Watts Screwed)
8. Breathe (Watts Screwed)
9. Mixtape Madoff (Watts Screwed)
10. Dead Presidents (Watts Screwed)
11. Break (Watts Screwed)
12. The One (Watts Screwed)
13. Life Goes On Feat. Tony Henry (Watts Screwed)
14. Scratch That Outro (Watts Screwed)

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Travis Porter – I’m A Differenter 2 (Mixtape Review)

Travis Porter has the goofy vibe that you expect from the cover of this mixtape, Im A Differenter, except the three of them are also from the south which magnifies it 10x. These dudes' voices sound like a cross between lil Wayne and Rich Boy neither of which impress me. Not only do they sound like them, but they are even goofier than them both which is no easy accomplishment. The production on this was was good, but sounded like the standard ATL beats that we have all heard 100X. When they rapped I could hear periodic points of talent. However, their content is childish and mindless. Their best song, Turnt Up, is a memoir on how they turn the radio all the way up when driving. They rap as if they are talking to an infants. I was ready for one of them to try and tickle me through the radio. When it was over I didn't want to hear any hip hop for the rest of the day. Garbage, garbage, garbage, 1.5/5.

1. Im A Differenter
2. A.D.I.D.A.S.
3. Shyyyyyd
4. Teach You How To Ball
5. Life Of The Party Feat Band Geekz
6. Can I Hitter Freestyle
7. Who Is Travis Porter Skit
8. Nicki
9. Come With Me
10. 7:45
11. Boom Boom Clap Feat Stack Money Boys
12. Whole Hood Fuck With Me Feat. PLP
13. Travis Porter Sex Rules
14. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
15. Cant Get Enuff Of Me
16. Travis Porter Hood Awards
17. Papparazzi
18. I Remember
19. Good Times
20. Turnt Up Feat Atl & Yt
21. All Good
22. Differenter Soldiers Outro
23. Some Head Feat Dat Guy
24. Thats Dem
25. Black Boy White Boy
26. Uh Huh Ft. J Money

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Lil C-Ash - Music Is My Weapon (Mixtape Review)

I may regret saying this later but Lil C-Ash is my new favorite southern rapper. If you’re looking for some hot shit to bump in your car, you need to download this, and I mean yesterday. This mixtape is 60-80% singles and the production is top notch. Lil C-Ash has a unique voice that is full of charisma and is the complete opposite of monotone. His flow is incredible for someone I’ve never even heard of and he doesn’t ever seem to falter. The punch-lines on this are really excellent and whack rhymes are scarce. The features never outshine and the sampled beats are great. Lyrically, this mixtape isn’t very deep, but southern rappers can get away with that. The biggest complaint I have is with the fact that C-Ash is a corny ass name. Some of my favorite tracks are I’m Here, Thats Why Dey Mad, Can’t Fuck With Me, Got That Bank, In Da Bay, and I Feel Good.

4.25/5

01 - Music Is My Weapon (Intro)
02 - I'm Here
03 - I Ain't Going Back
04 - Everybody Know Me
05 - Eat Em Up
06 - Cant Fuck Wit Me
07 - Smoking Good
08 - Showed Out (Single)
09 - Million Bucks
10 - Me And My Money
11 - Got That Bank
12 - Real Good
13 - Im Clean
14 - Falsetto Remix
15 - Swang
16 - In Dis Life
17 - Represent For My City
18 - Thats Why Dey Mad
19 - From Da Back Prod By: Doc Ren
20 - In Da Bay
21 - Rockstar Stutin Prod: By H.B.
22 - Tool On Deck
23 - I Feel Good

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Nifty – The Come Up (Mixtape Review)

Discovering Nifty is one of the reasons I am that I'm glad I started this blog. Filtering the garbage music out of hip hop has forced me to discover new artists and also keep a record of the music I like. Nifty is like Ace Hood and Tyga wrapped into one. He has a rapid-fire west-coast flow but also has dimension and substance in his raps. The production on this new mixtape, The Come Up, was with out a doubt album quality. The hooks on this were well crafted and addicting. The tape itself was a bit long but thorough and dynamic the whole way through. Nifty raps about the usual southern rap subjects but he has completely original, yet mainstream-ready style. He can switch his flow to adapt to any track without sounding out of place. Plain and simple this dude has it all. The standout tracks are not worth naming because this entire tape is fire! Bump it in your vehicle, 4.25/5.

1. What It Do
2. Higher
3. We Aint The Sane
4. So Easy
5. Rydah
6. The Come Up
7. My Dick
8. Diggin On U
9. Im Fly
10. Momma
11. Amazing
12. My Grind
13. Drop That
14. U Dont Know Me
15. Hey Ma
16. Crazy
17. My Life
18. U Think U Gangsta
19. How Do I Survive
20. Outro

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Tony Yayo – Public Enemy # 1 (Mixtape Review)

Tony Yayo has released three mixtapes in the last few months and I guess it's time we reviewed one. The consensus in hip hop has been that Yayo is least talented member of G-Unit. I would have to agree with that statement (except for when 50 is really trying hard to suck a rapping). Scanning through these last three tapes you will stumble upon lazy efforts, off beat rapping, weak lyrics, but some traces of originality. Most of the songs on these tapes had decent beat selection but then Yayo just destroyed them with his rapping. Not only that but there was really only one song I like out of all three of them: They Hate. On these mixtapes his raspy voice makes for a somewhat gangster sound, but his lyrics and delivery ruin what little he has going for him. He is just not a good rapper and bores me most of the time. These tapes weren't all bad; there were some decent tracks that I don't really care to name, but they were there. However, most were bad and just plain boring. Also, I am not sure why the fuck Cormega would do a track with him. It really disappointed me as did Cormega's off beat verse on it (one of the worst I've ever heard from him in terms of delivery). Even though Yayo still puts out mostly garbage I still download his shit in hopes that he might step it up and produce some listenable music, but he always lets me down. Die hard G-unit fans will probably do everything they can to defend his laziness and sloppy delivery, but the reality is he is just not making good music and hasn't to the extent of my memory. One upset fan on Dat Piff said that this music put him to sleep, so I might think about playing tonight if I can't get to sleep before 12. Download this if you need some good bedtime stories, it might be a good alternative to counting sheep, 2/5.

01. Tony Yayo - Public Enemies Intro
02. Tony Yayo - Niggas Bleed
03. Tony Yayo - Gang Life Pt. 2
04. Tony Yayo - Weed And Hennessy
05. Tony Yayo - Rep Your Set
06. Tony Yayo - Bing Monsta
07. Tony Yayo - Public Enemies Skit
08. Tony Yayo - It's On
09. Tony Yayo - Streets Keep Callin Me Feat Cormega
10. Tony Yayo - Neva Gonna Change
11. Tony Yayo - 3am Freestyle
12. Tony Yayo - Fuck The World
13. Tony Yayo - Scarface
14. Tony Yayo - Public Enemy No. 1
15. Tony Yayo - Outro

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Dipset - Diplomatic Reunion 3 (Mixtape Review)

This new Dipset tape Diplomatic Reunion 3 was almost album quality. It was released by Mixtape Eveloution which commands respect (if you know anything about their reputation). For the amount of garbage that gets released by Dipset this was a good selection of tracks. I don’t think there is a bad one on here (only a few mediocre tracks), which is rare when it comes to Dipset releases. All of these tracks are the bests of the recent material released by each member in Dipset. The only thing I didn’t like was Cam’ron’s rapping on some of these tracks. His slow flow only works well on certain tracks, but he'll still try it on every song he makes. J.R. Writers part showed the best of his recent work from his last few mixtapes (the last two of which are reviewed Here and Here). J.R.’s buddy Fred Money has gotten so much better since he started hopping on tracks with him a few years back; I am actually starting to like him. Hell Rell put out a nice single for the ladies and it wasn’t corny. With Jim Jones you either like him or you don’t (I’m the former) but he does what he does best by putting his deep voice and baller swag over a few nice remixes. There were some quality cuts on here and it turned out to be a above average Dipset mixtape with nice bumpablity, although most of the guys on this aren't even speaking anymore. The standouts were Huslter’s Serenade, Stunt hard, Who Could Fuck With Me, You The Baddest, Neva Stop, and Shorty’s A Rider, 3.9/5.

1.Hell Rell - Shorty's A Ryda (Feat. Lee Carr)
2.Camron - We Here Now (Feat. Vado)
3.JR Writer - All I Know (Feat. Fred Money)
4.Jim Jones - Neva Stop (Remix) (Feat. Maino, Juganot)
5.Juelz Santana - Out The Bottle (Feat. Vic Damone)
6.JR Writer - Dollar Bill (Feat. Fred Money)
7.Hell Rell - Ain't Gotta Say Too Much (Feat. JR Writer)
8.Camron - Different Cloth (Feat. Vado)
9.Jim Jones - Piano Lessons (Remix) (Feat. Collin Munroe)
10.JR Writer - There Ain't No Hotter (Feat. Fred Money)
11.Jim Jones - Break Me Off (Remix) (Feat. Gucci Mane, Raheem DeVaughn, Bossman)
12.Camron - We In This Thang (Feat. Yung LA, Vado)
13.JR Writer - Who Could Fuck Wit Me
14.JR Writer - Stunt Hard (Feat. Fred Money)
15.Camron - Professional (Feat. Byrd Lady)
16.Jim Jones - Hustler's Serenade (Feat. Nakim)
17.JR Writer - We Like The Cars (Feat. Lil Wayne)
18.Camron - You The Baddest (Feat. Vado)

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Young Chris - The Network (Mixtape Review)

Young Chris has had somewhat of a fucked up career whereas many fans thought he was destined to blow back when he was with Young Gunz, but for some reason he just didn’t. He fell off for a bit but as of late he has been grinding hard trying to resurrect his buzz. He has a “whisper and yell” flow which some say sounds like Jay-Z. I agree, I hear the similarity, but I can only sleep at night after listening to him thinking that Jay-Z bit his flow as opposed to the other way around. This new collabo with Don Cannon was a pretty successful project for the most part. If you like Young Chris’s flow at all you will like this tape. He really works hard on here and you can tell he is trying to regain his buzz. He maintains the Young Chris sound while still switching up his style enough to make it seem dynamic across the tape. The guest spots worked well and there were only a few tracks I wanted to pass on (anything with Peedi Crakk is an auto-skip). The most personal track on this was Grown Things. It is acoustic-based and lets listeners connect with Young C as he breaks down a nice track for the ladies. My favorite on this was the Wale and Rhymefest collabo, Kickdrums. Each rapper came real hard over the nicely produced remix of Nothing To Worry About. The Other Standouts were Free Peedi, Last 2, Not Going To Fold, Baby Girl, and Ride Wid Me, 3.9/5.

1. Intro
2. Superflyness
3. Free Peedi f. Tu Phace & Beanie Sigel
4. Fresh To Death
5. Hot Shyt f. Peedi Crakk, Black Thought, Tu Phace & Wale
6. Breeze
7. Last 2 f. Freeway & Beanie Sigel
8. Not Going To Fold f. Remy Hendrix
9. Kickdrums f. Wale & Rhymefest
10. Baby Girl f. Pha
11. Rap Money f. Tom Hardy & Freeway
12. Ride With Me f. Twista
13. Sail On f. Curren$y
14. Young G Sound f. Neef
15. Grown Things f. BJ
16. Want To Love You f. Raheem DeVaughn
17. Rough Side f. Rell

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