Drake is easily manufactured?

Eddie Huang’s (of Hip Hop DX) opinion is that Drake is not a good representation of Hip Hop because he isn’t like Kanye; he is easily copied. He certainly brings in the pre-teen bitches aka the experts on quality hip hop. Still, I wouldn’t want to be on stage copying this. Full story HERE.

On the real though, I respect Drake’s music. Freestyling off a Blackberry or not, he can sing and rap. I bump his shit even when my lady isn’t around. I don’t need serious/meaningful hip hop lyrics all the time. Sorry haters.

Kaz-well – Fish Outta Water (Album Review)

Hip Hop DX rant:

First off fuck Hip Hop DX. They really fucked up on this one. This album was definitely sick. I don’t know much about Kaz-well but I do know he knows how to make a great concept album. He is from the Bay area but doesn’t show any characteristics of Bay Area music that I am familiar with. Yes Fish Outta Water has the same title as the recently released Chali 2Na album, but who gives a fuck. They were released a week apart.  Actually, it looks like this came out first but the original release date for Chali was June 23, 2009 (pushed back to July 7), one week after Kaz-well’s release. This was obviously a coincidence and will have no affect on this review.

Album Review:

Kaz-well seems like a somewhat amateur rap artist who put his all in to produce the best album he could. His lyrics are crafted perfectly to match the 80’s inspired beats provided by DJ Scotty Doo. This album is inventive in so many ways, but does have its low points, mostly due to the apparent inexperience of Kaz. This album comes together as a spiritual, emotional rollercoaster ride. The album begins with his description of his development as an artist stemming as early as infancy. Kaz then shows us he is more than just a stereotypical rapper: first he gives us a motivational track, Whisper of the Gods and follows it up by telling listeners tales of how he  shines with his artistry as opposed to showing off material possessions on Take Me Home. His “back in the days” track, Three Words, takes listeners to his teenage days of puppy love and heartache as listeners witness Kaz getting left by his schoolyard girlfriend. This was probably my favorite just because it is so relatable, not to mention well produced. Kaz touches on so many different subjects on album it is overwhelming. He isn't afraid to get spiritual on here as well. On the track The Beach he is trying to find his definition paradise (heaven, I guess). This type of subject exploration will most likely limit his acceptance in the rap world. Accepted or not this album is thought provoking, original, smooth, and positively inclined. Aside from some noticeable flaws in Kaz-well’s rap delivery the album is near perfect in my eyes. There is no point in breaking this album down track by track, it is a purely conceptual album that is done in such a way that you feel as if Kaz has taken you just where he wants you to go: on a trippy ride though time and a mystical walk in the clouds, 4.5/5. Are you ready for it?

01. Krazy Glue ( 3:40)
02. Whisper Of The Godz ( 3:13)
03. Take Me Home ( 3:55)
04. Three Words ( 4:12)
05. Ain't So Far Away ( 3:01)
06. The Beach ( 2:56)
07. Another Day ( 3:42)
08. Right Here ( 3:28)
09. Let Me In ( 4:39)

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Stack Bundles – R.I.P.

Stack Bundles, I miss you man. I still bump your shit on the reg. No one has that charisma like you man. Your tracks are always in constant rotation on the pod. Timeless for real. No one will ever come close to you in word play, style, or flow. I was just missing your shit today so I wanted to put it up. SQUAD UP!

 

Real deep hood shit.

 

No one was fucking with you.

 

This should’ve been your beat.

 

Good concept, keeping it real, paying respects the right way; one of my favs. Yeah he talks about Winni Pooh on a track, what of it?

 

Classic. Classic. Classic. Nas who?

 

If anyone is looking for Stack tracks you can hit me up I got ‘em all or hit up Farrockstar

Curren$y - This Ain’t No Mixtape (Album Review) Late

Curren$y Rant:

I have only recently started following Curren$y, “tha Hot Spitta,” after his past two mixtapes. He has what he describes on the track Galaxy as a “mild tone’ flow and it doesn't change much from song to song; you either like him a lot or you don’t like him at all. He has a lot of fans who all feel he is the best in the game. So, when I first heard him I had my expectations built up to hear some ridiculously different shit from the dude. However, on my first listen I didn't immediately feel him and brushed it off as misguided respect. I thought he had a really average flow, but once I figured out his style was more of a laid-back lyricism, I started to let him in to the Ipod. He has put out a bunch of mixtapes most of which are solid hip hop gems. Once you get past his low key style you really start to like the dude. He is a quiet, mellow rapper with a lot of intelligent lines that you may miss on initial judgments.

Album Review:

Curren$y’s freshman album, This Ain’t No Mixtape, probably shouldn't even be considered an album. It is exactly like his mixtapes and has no new concepts at all, just slightly improved beats. Still, true Spitta fans have jumped at the chance to purchase his album after having been leaked 7 mixtapes for free. Curren$y’s problem on some tracks is that he will get noticeably lazy with his flow at some points during verses.  Common subjects in his raps are: hitting groupie girls that he gets from rap stardom and also how much better he is than the rest of the rap industry. I feel he is not any different from many other artists in terms of content, but his style and blatant authenticity repackage the common occurring themes into a whole new rap offering. Re-gifting is acceptable in this case. He is very relatable because you can feel he is actually living what he's talking. I think there are a lot of rap fans who are like me and have not figured out what is so good about the dude. My advice for you is: play it over and over, it gets better with every listen OR just simply light up and smoke to it. The best track on here was Food For Thought, it was hot in all aspects: lyrics, beat, and hook. The other hot tracks on this album are: Blown Away, Scared Of Monstas, Elevator Musik, On My Plane, Sail On, Power Button, Food 4 Thought, Galaxy. Although there is nothing out of the ordinary on this release it is more of the same consistent intelligent laid back lyrics fans expect from Curren$y laid over unique smooth hip hop beats, 3.9/5.

01 - The briefing
02 - Get it ya self (feat. Deelow)
03 - Blown away (feat. Deelow & Jean Lephare)
04 - Scared of monstas
05 - Elevator musik
06 - On my plane (feat. Deelow)
07 - 16 switches spitter
08 - The Jets son (feat. Deelow & Jean Lephare)
09 - LOL (feat. Trademark Da Skydiver, Deelow & Jean Lephare)
10 - Sail on (feat. Young Chris)
11 - Got it
12 - Power button
13 - Up here (feat. Young Roddy)
14 - Cook up (feat. Bun B & Deelow)
15 - Food 4 thought (feat. Mickey Factz & Amanda Diva)
16 - Galaxy (feat. Deelow, Jean Lephare & Whodinsky)
17 - Look up at The Jets (Exclusive Hidden Bonus Track)
18 - Top of the money (Exclusive Hidden Bonus Track)
19 - Something like (feat. Street Wiz & Fiend) (Exclusive Hidden Bonus Track)

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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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