Killah Priest - I Killed The Devil Last Night (Mixtape Review)

If you are looking for something completely different from your average hip hop, you might want to check out Killah Priest. His music is full of thought-provoking metaphors and concepts. He uses a lot of theological/religious references and combines them with tales from the hood. The end result is music that is dark, cryptic, and yet gangster as hell. When you are in the mood to be taken away from the mainstream garbage on the radio and want to be mentally stimulated, throw on a Killah Priest album and get taken into another dimension. There is no one else who even comes close to what he does with musical concepts. This new mixtape I Killed The Devil Last Night is right in line with what you expect from him. He begins by telling listeners of how he fought with and then killed the Devil. The rest of the mixtape flashes back and forth describing the ways he humanizes the Devil as a hood-dwelling gangster. Priest reveals how he met, befriended, and then eventually had to part ways from this “Devil.” Many of his concepts on this are told in poem/story form and not in traditional rap format. This can turn many listeners off, but I feel like it is an effective way to get across his messages. This mixtape started off really strong then ended below average and it was also way too long. Priest’s weakness is that he devotes himself so much to a concept that he would rather go off beat or out of sync than abandon his message. Also, his acting in skits can get a bit corny. Lows aside, this is one of the most inventive and interesting mixtapes I have ever heard. If you can stand something radically different than what you are used to, pick this up. The standout SONGS were, The Long Ride, Wu Hoo Freestyle, Power Freestyle, Puff A Cloud, and The Coming, 3.75/5.

1.Killah Priest - I Killed the Devil Last Night
2.Killah Priest - The Book
3.Killah Priest - The Chase
4.Killah Priest - The Long Ride
5.Killah Priest - Wu Hoo Freestyle
6.Killah Priest - Power Freestyle
7.Killah Priest - Drinkin' With The Devil
8.Killah Priest - Color of Murder
9.Killah Priest - The Devils Eulogy
10.Killah Priest - Psychic Priestyles
11.Killah Priest-Vendetta Kingz-60 Sec - Forever Regiem
12.Starkim - Minds
13.How We Met - Skit
14.Killah Priest - Dark Evening in Hells Pool feat Rasul
15.Killah Priest - Brooklyn Style
16.Killah Priest - My Daughters
17.Killah Priest - Don't Stop
18.Killah Priest - Puff A Cloud
19.Killah Priest - Edge of the Night
20.Killah Priest - Black Jesus Freestyle
21.Killah Priest - Amazing
22.Killah Priest - Vampire Lord
23.Killah Priest - 3 6 Freestyle
24.Killah Priest - The Coming
25.Killah Priest - The Funeral
26.Tha Advocate f Willy Northpole,Killah Priest,Stat Quo,Doitall,Big Lou,Hussein Fatal,Sha Stimuli,Mr.
27.Outro

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Memphis Bleek - Signed & Sealed (Mixtape Review)

I haven't heard about Memphis Bleek since his album 534. Honestly I thought the dude quit rapping or something after falling off so hard. This mixtape might be alright if Bleek didn't need to get back into the game but it's hardly good enough for a starving rapper. Dude should be hungry for fame but he doesn't sound like it. Bleek sounds the way he did on the album except the production on this is worse. Didn't like any of the tracks enough to hold on to it.

1.5/5

1. (00:00:22) Memphis Bleek - Intro
2. (00:02:39) Memphis Bleek - Notice I'm For My Fam
3. (00:00:32) Memphis Bleek - G-Baby Skit (Feat. G-Baby)
4. (00:02:39) Memphis Bleek - Get Low Mother Fuckers (Feat. Cali & G-Baby)
5. (00:02:26) Memphis Bleek - Say So (Feat. Uncle Murda)
6. (00:03:26) Memphis Bleek - No Drout (Feat. Casino)
7. (00:02:16) Memphis Bleek - Bitch We Get Low
8. (00:02:22) Memphis Bleek - Strapped (Feat. Cali)
9. (00:03:42) Memphis Bleek - Don't Get Ya Head Bust (Feat. Pharrell)
10. (00:00:35) Memphis Bleek - Crook (Skit)
11. (00:01:52) Memphis Bleek - That Paper
12. (00:01:39) Memphis Bleek - City Lights
13. (00:03:13) Memphis Bleek - Money
14. (00:00:30) Memphis Bleek - Hood Bitch (Skit)
15. (00:01:10) Memphis Bleek - Hood Bitch
16. (00:01:47) Memphis Bleek - Plenty Money
17. (00:02:41) Memphis Bleek - Wetter
18. (00:00:29) Memphis Bleek - B.I. (Skit)
19. (00:03:10) Memphis Bleek - You Don't Know (Feat. Pharrell)
20. (00:01:59) Memphis Bleek - I'm Hood
21. (00:02:01) Memphis Bleek - It Goes Down
22. (00:00:46) Memphis Bleek - Cali (Skit)
23. (00:03:00) Memphis Bleek - Pay Back (Feat. Cali & Baby-G)
24. (00:00:29) Memphis Bleek - Outro

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50 Cent Likes Money

If you love fake beef as much as I do, you'll be happy to know that 50 is at it again. This time he's gearing up for a Jay-Z beef and even wants to release Before I Self Destruct on the same day as the Blueprint 3(September 11th). Clearly getting wrecked by Kanye didn't do anything to humble this dude. Although, maybe now that hes fixed his buck teeth, the ladies will come through and buy 3 albums a piece. I'm betting against it though.

Story from Sixshot

The Game wants YOU!

14 hours ago game TWEETED the following:

IM STARTIN A WORLDWIDE SEARCH 4 THE DOPEST MCS MALE & FEMALE 2 FORM MY NEW GROUP "THE GOON SQUAD" SEND ALL MUSIC 2 MYGOONSQUAD@GMAIL.COM RT

I don't know why hes yelling at us but hey, at least hes smart enough to use Gmail.

Twista to Join Bone Thugs?

The following is from an interview featured on hiphopdx:

DX: When I spoke to Krayzie Bone back in March he said he planned to have a couple of collaborations between himself, Tech and Twista on his Coming From The Midwest compilation. So can you confirm if the three lightning-tongued legends of the Midwest will be bangin’ out some joints together for that?
Twista: Anything that them guys ever ask me to do, I’m gonna do it. So if you hear it from they mouth, it’s official. I don’t care what it is. Even if they tell you something that I don’t even know about yet it’s gon’ be official, ‘cause we got a sense of a unified movement with our style of music and how we do things. And we all from the Midwest, and I want us to be able to rep the Midwest to the fullest in the same way that the south and the west coast and everybody else [reps their region]. So, we got a renewed sense of how Hip Hop is to be represented from the Midwest.

DX: When are we gonna finally get a whole album from y’all as a trio…?
Twista: Really, it’s something I could really start getting into now. I got a couple of projects under GMG that I’m trying to knock out [first]. We got a Do Or Die project that me and Traxter are about to go in together and put that project out. And then I’m definitely gon’ try to get in with Krayzie Bone, ‘cause it’s been overdue, and we already made plans and announced it to the people. So, I definitely wanna get it in.

DX: You think it’s just gonna be you and Krayzie, or maybe you, Krayzie and Tech?
Twista: Oh nah, I’m trying to do the Bone [Thugs-N-Harmony] album. The project I’m talking about doing is I’ma be an honorary member of Bone and we just gon’ do a Bone album. It’s just Twista is gonna be a part of the group.


Hit this for the whole interview.

Twista - Category F5 (Album Review)

What has happened to Twista these days? He used to go really hard with Ruff Ryder’s on that gangster tongue-twister shit (video posted below). I guess those days are over for him. Joe Budden said it best when he pointed it out on his 15-minute track with “Twista is still tryin’ to recreate Slow Jamz.” I miss the pre-Kanye Twista and I am sure most of his male fans are missing him too. He still has a strong machine gun flow, but he won’t give up the single hunting. Roughly half of his new album is a single of some sort and aimed directly at the ladies. There is nothing wrong with making songs for the ladies, but Twista used to be a really hard MC. All I can hear when I listen to this album is: sell out. The standouts on here were Jump Off, Yo Body, Talk To Me, Misunderstood, and a Bigger Gun. This new album Category F5 (tornado reference) seemed more like a light breeze, 3/5.

1. Misunderstood F/ Buk

2. American Gangsta

3. Fire F/ Lil Boosie

4. Talk To Me
5. Yellow Light F/ R Kelly
6. Walkin On Ice F/ Gucci Mane & OJ Da Juiceman
7. Wetter F/ Erika Shevon
8. Billionaire F/ Busta Rhymes
9. Yo Body F/ Do or Die & Johnny P

10. Hustla
11. Gotta get me One F/ Static Major
12. On Top F/ Akon
13. Jump Off
14. Wanna See ’Em Buss F/ Liffy Stokes
15. Birthday

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Willy NorthPole - Tha Connect (Album Review)

I have been trying to figure out this Willy Northpole album for a while. He is one of the only rappers I know from Arizona that is getting a decent buzz. He had sort of a runaround with G-unit and it was rumored he was almost signed by 50 Cent. It never happened, but what did happened is that he signed to Luda’s label DTP. He released his solo LP to the acclaim of many of his fans. However, I have a very different take on the album, I thought it was garbage. I will say that Willy has a nice gangster/cocky vibe about him, but completely lacks in delivery. His monotone and tired sounding voice translated to zero rapping skills. It is 100% clear that his production carried him throughout the whole album. It was banging production the whole way through, which made me think it was going to be an epic album. I was let down badly by his Willy’s rapping skills aside from his surprisingly awesome concept track: Ghetto Tour Guide. There were a few other standout tracks on this (mostly due to production): The Life, Body Marked Up, and Hood Dreamer. I saw brief glimpses of potential on here, but until he steps his game up he will have trouble finding fans outside his local buzz in Arizona, 2.75/5.

1. Intro
2. Hood Shit
3. The Story
4. Skit (How Hard)
5. Body Marked Up
6. Hood Dreamer Ft. B.o.B.
7. Feeling Alright
8. Skit (Ghetto Tour Guide)
9. Ghetto Tour Guide
10. #1 Side Chick Ft. Bobby Valentino
11. Vegas Lights
12. The Life Ft. Ne-Yo
13. Dear Lord
14. Skit (At Salt’s Grave)
15. Heaven

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