The Scholars - Extra Credit: The Prequel To Keep Ya Grades Up (Mixtape Review)

The new mixtape Extra Credit: The Prequel To Keep Ya Grades Up from the young and talented hip hop group The Scholars blew my mind in many ways, but also let me down. These guys have the lyrical and wordplay skills down pat. I couldn't believe some of the rhymes on this, it was crazy at times. Their rapping is reminiscent of AZ's Doe Or Die. I won't go as far to say they are comparable, but there are elements on here that really brought me back. However, they have one serious weakness: they can't flow over hard banging new age beats, their style is just too low key. They are strictly backpackers and should try to learn this quickly or they will lose their focus. Both rappers have skills with wordplay, intelligent lyrics, and sick punch lines. I will be watching them closely to see if they can find their place in rap in the near future. The 5-stars in my book were: Beautiful Spring and Ghost Incredible. The other standouts on this were: Danica Patrick, Raise The Bar, Go!, Feelin’ It, no Biters Allowed, and Way To Go. There are some low points on this tape, but the highs are just too good, pick this one up guys and listen, 4/5.

01. Beautiful Spring (Prod. By Stew Rat)
02. I Don’t Even Think
03. Cry Now (Feat. Franchise)
04. Danica Patrick
05. Maybe One Day
06. Raise The Bar
07. Not My Type (Feat. Josh Everette)
08. So Many
09. Go!
10. Born On Halloween (Feat. Mac Miller)(Prod. By Jev The Ghost)
11. The Illness
12. Feelin’ It
13. Wesley
14. Ghost Incredible
15. Sound The Alarm (Prod. By Old Man Frankie)
16. Pocket Full Of Pesos (prod. By Sledgren)
17. Top At The Bus Stop
18. Killin’ Shit
19. No Biters Allowed
20. Way To Go
21. No Thank You
22. Murrrder Dem (Prod. By That Platinum Sound)
23. East End Familia (Feat. Mac Miller And Vintage Radio)

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Fabolous - Loso's Way (Album Review)

I don't think Fabolous has ever put out a bad CD and I'm happy to say that he still has not. Loso's Way is everything you would expect from Fabolous. There are a ton of singles here and the only song I can't stand has Jay-Z on the chorus. Paul Cain's feature was garbage, which is weird, since I loved all his previous appearences on Fab's albums. It feels like Fabolous tried a little harder to put a message in his music but he's mostly rapping about how Gucci'd up he is and still complaining about the same problems. I don't mind though because Fab really knows the formula for a hot song and his flow is as good as ever. Bleys' favorite song is Pachanga, mine is probably Lullabye. If you're mad at the score blame camel face.

4/5

1 The Way “Intro”
2 My Time feat Jeremih
3 Imma Do It featuring Kobe
4 Feel Like I’m Back
5 Everything, Everyday, Everywhere feat Keri Hilson
6 Throw It In The Bag feat The Dream
7 When The Money Goes - Remix feat Jay-Z
8 Salute feat Lil Wayne
9 There He Go Featuring Paul Cain, Red Café and Freck Billionaire
10 The Fabolous Life feat Ryan Leslie
11 Makin Love feat Ne-Yo
12 Last Time feat Trey Songz
13 Pachanga
14 Lullabye
15 Stay feat Marsha Ambrosius
16 I Miss My Love

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A Message From Chris Brown

Chris Brown finally apologizes about the Rihanna incident and begs your forgiveness. Can you ever forgive him? I can, just as long as he tells me which STD she gave him.

JR Writer - Cinecrack 1.5 (Mixtape Review)

After hearing Summer Off on one of the Dipset mixtapes JR Writer became my favorite member. Unfortunately that's the only song I heard by him and it definitely hyped up my expectations for this review. I get the feeling that if you like JR you already know he has a different approach to rap, but the fact that he sounds like he's having a rap battle with me loses its appeal after a couple of tracks. His style is very limiting, because you can never have any content in a rap battle. JR will forever be your typical shallow gangster rapper. Once in a while he has a clever line but most of the time you're just listening to average insults. The worst part is that they sound like they are aimed at you since JR has no one else to direct them towards. He might do alright in a battle but he won't ever get signed like this.

1.5/5


01. JR Writer - Intro 1.5
02. JR Writer - Live From Japan
03. JR Writer - Im From Harlem Baby
04. JR Writer - Say Hi To A Hustler
05. JR Writer - Who Could Fuck Wit Me
06. JR Writer - There Aint No Hotter feat Fred Money
07. JR Writer - I Grind
08. JR Writer - The Beats On Fire
09. JR Writer - Movie
10. JR Writer - This That
11. JR Writer - We Like The Cars feat Lil Wayne
12. JR Writer - He Man
13. JR Writer - Lyrical Homicide
14. JR Writer - Work Musik
15. JR Writer - What You Call The Best
16. JR Writer - Me & My Eagle
17. JR Writer - Stand Up
18. JR Writer - Mj Tribute

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Ro Blvd & U-N-I - A Love Supreme (Album Review)

The recent collaboration between Ro Blvd and rap duo U-N-I really surprised me. I didn’t know much about U-N-I’s, but I knew Ro Blvd would come hard with those top notch backpack rap sounds. After listening to this album a few times U-N-I seem like a mix between Cool Kids and Lupe which definitely makes for a tight sound. The album name A Love Supreme comes from the 1965 jazz record by John Coltrane. The original album is actually one of the most critically acclaimed jazz albums of all time. Considering the long history of jazz that is no easy accomplishment. To name your album after something so highly praised you need to come with your A-game. Ro holds up his end on the production tip, but U-N-I let up a bit lyrically at points, namely on Voltron and Stylin. There were a few concept tracks on here that really grew on me after a few listens: Pulp Fiction Part 1 where U-N-I put their own twist on the Quentin Tarintino classic and Halftime a slowed-down, deep rap ballad exposing some of the dramatic low points in their lives. Overall, this was a great album filled with amazing, dynamic production from Ro and original, substance-rich lyrics from U-N-I. Again, there is no point of posting the standouts because I would basically be listing the entire tracklist. This another project I hope all you guys pick up, 4.25/5.

01 My Life
02 Windows
03 Supreme
04 Hollywood Hiatus
05 Lately
06 Pulp Fiction Part 1 f. Fashawn
07 The Grudge
08 Voltron
09 Stylin
10 Hammertime
11 Calendar Girls
12 Lauren London
13 Black Sky
14 Halftime
15 A Love Supreme

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E-Clipz - Fuck You Play Me (Mixtape Review)

E-Clipz is an underground emcee from South Carolina. He has a rapid-fire flow and that’s about it. If you have heard one of his songs you have heard them all. He has just dropped a new mixtape Fuck You Play Me. I wasn’t a big fan of the production for the most part, but some of the tracks on here are pretty dope. There is also some record scratching which works well at times, but for the most part detracts from the tape. He is usually rapping about how he deserves his piece of the rap game and how most rappers don’t deserve the success they have. However, I have yet to hear something that separates him from the rest of the rap game. He can certainly spit, but I feel like he lacks the ability to match most of the beats on this tape. It wasn’t all bad; he had some really hot tracks after he found the right beats to match his flow. The standouts on here were Get Money (really sick flow), That Nice, Jackin For Heat, I’m Gon Go Off, and Something’s Wrong, 3.25/5.

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Micah James - Agorphobia (Mixtape Review)

I was going to post this tomorrow, but I can’t wait. It's already 4 months late. Enjoy.

Back in 2006, one of my favorite albums ever, Early Morning, was released by the Breakfast Club and Ro Blvd. The production from producer Ro Blvd was amazing (way too slept on). The Breakfast Club is composed of a few underground emcees from California, all of which were lyrically talented. Each rapper came hard with amazing lyrics and substance, one of which was Micah James. Although not my favorite of the group, he was nonetheless very good. He is a substance-rich, lyrically-creative emcee. He has a J-live/Blu (for those of you who know either) vibe and can be categorized as smooth hip hop. His introspective lyrics are so well crafted you rediscover new punch lines upon every new listen. All the production on here is chill and matches Micah’s style perfectly. I loved this mixtape. You just need to try him out and you will be hooked. I hope you guys like this as much as I did. The standout tracks are basically the entire tape, but Making My Way, Drink One More, Underage Girls, MacDope Pro, All Cats Are Grey, Light skinned, and Dream Final. This shit is so damn sick, you need this tape for the simple fact that you haven’t heard of him. Wake up bloggers it’s time to get up, hip hop is at the door. Go answer it, 4.5/5.

01. The Day's Breadth (Bottom Fly - "Riverside Crates")
02. Making My Way produced by Bombay
03. Free Speech produced by Bombay
04. Curls (Madvillain - "Curls")
05. Drink One More Feat. Bobby (Ludacris - "One More Drink" Feat. T-Pain)
06. Underage Girls Make The World Go Round (KMD - "Peachfuzz")
07. MacDope Pro (Aphex Twin - "Bbydhyonchord")
08. All Cats Are Grey (The Cure - "All Cats Are Grey")
09. Refitted Fragments (Madlib - "Another Batch (Play It Again)")
10. Lightskinneded (Jay Dee - "African Rhythms")
11. Little Brother (Black Star - "Little Brother")
12. Dream Feat. Bobby & Free Speech produced by Ro Blvd.
13. Searching produced by Bombay
14. There's Something Against Us (The Smiths - "Miserable Lie")
15. Agoraphobia produced by Micah James
16. The Rain produced by Ro Blvd.
17. Rainy Dayz (Remix) (Remix) (Raekwon - Rainy Dayz (Remix) Feat.
Ghostface Killah)

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