The party's over. The supreme court has just ruled that Nas has to pay $44,000 a month in child support to golddigger Kelis! I heard this shit and it made me noxious inside. Kelis is fucking crazy. That is fucked up, no one pays that much for child support. I don't care how rich you are. Nas isn't even that rich, I feel bad for the dude. THIS is why you get a prenup.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
This new Z-Ro collection My Favorite Mixtape was much better than the collabo album with Chill (reviewed here), but still not top notch material from Z-Ro. He has proven he is better than this. He is still up to the same old Z-Ro content rapping about the everyday struggles in the ghetto that fans love to hear. The production was also better this time around compared to his last release. Still, I can’t help but get the feeling that he is rushing shit in the studio. This tape was all pretty much average to above average except for a few tracks. His flows were good especially on How Does It Feel, but his singing seemed a little lazy on some of the tracks. The standouts on here were Southside, Still In The Hood, Sunshine, How Does It feel, Hard Times, and Who Could It Be. The Chopped And Screwed version is good too if you are into that shit, 3.5/5.
Disc 1 (Regular Speed):
01. Intro
02. Shelter From The Storm
03. Talkin’ Down On Me
04. Southside (Feat. Big Mello, Trae, Gheto, And Cl’Che)
05. Still In The Hood
06. Interlude
07. Life (Feat. Puff)
08. Sunshine (Feat. Lil’ Keke)
09. Nothin’ Left 2 Live 4 (Feat. Guerilla Maab)
10. How Does It Feel
11. Still Standing (Feat. Lil’ Flex And Big Mello)
12. It’s Gonna Be Alright
13. What’s My Name
14. Let Me Live My Life
15. Tell Me What You See
16. Hard Times (Feat. Trae)
17. Interlude
18. Get Yo Paper
19. Mix Session
20. Who Could It Be (Feat. Guerilla Maab)
21. I’s A Playa (Feat. Guerilla Maab)
22. Outro
Almost a decade after his debut in hip hop, Trife Diesel (formerly Trife Da God, New York's “backbone”) has dropped solo album from out of nowhere, Better Late Than Never. For those of you who don’t know Trife, he is a member of Theodore Unit (and formerly of T.M.F.) headed by Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan. Trife has an aggressive and high energy flow that some compare to that of the late Big L. He has only a small body of work (mostly consisting of guest spots) for having been in the rap game for so long. Still, he is always reliably laying down hard verses on quality tracks. He did have what many consider a classic collabo album with Ghostface Killah in 2005, Put It On Da Line. His new solo album is exactly what I would've expected from him back in 2005, but it’s 2009 and I’m not sure if I can hold it to the same standards. Either way, this new album is packed full of diesel Trife verses, but I wouldn't say this album is classic material. The production was okay and had its highs and lows. There were only a few tracks on here I would consider heavy street bangers, the others we're concept tracks and personal tracks, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, he really needs to stop rapping with those wack ass T.M.F. dudes (Kryme Life and Tommy Whispers) and just stick to respectable rappers. There weren’t any weak tracks at all except for some of the verses from his guests. The standouts were Better Late Than Never, Powerful, Project Leaders, Respectfully, and We get In. Just when fans thought they were going to run out of gas, Trife has come back in to the game to refuel fans with some fresh Diesel, 3.9/5.
01. Better Late Than Never
02. Wanna Be A Rapper
03. We Get It In
05. Prey Vs. Predator Ft. Kryme Life And Tommy Whispers
06. Project Leaders Ft. Freeway And Termanology
07. Repectfully Ft. Ghostface
08. Listen Carefully Ft. Tommy Whispers And Kryme Life
09. Blind Man
10. Live Nigga Night Out Ft. Ghostface And Wigs
11. Stronger Man Ft. Kryme Life
12. Powerful Minds Ft. Royce Da 5′9
13. World Today
14. Direct From The Ghetto Ft. Tommy Whispers
15. What Did I Do Wrong Ft. Slash
16. Mother Like You Ft. Mike Payne
Luguz is an underground MC from Jersey. He has just come out with a mixtape called the Rock Premier 2. Luguz is really nothing special. He tries to be one of those emcees who is rapping in an attempt to resurrect the “real hip hop,” but the fact is that he just isn’t that good. Luguz is often letting up his flow and getting off beat by trying to fit his lyrics into his bars. He has some potential, but shows his weak points pretty frequently. It is clear his amateur flow still needs work. This new mixtape pays homage to the old school rap style with Luguz attempting to go in over some of the classic beats from 90's super producers Pete rock and DJ Premier. The tape was not exactly good, it was more just listenable. The standouts were You Know, Classic (featuring my boy Rain), and The Rock P 2 The Warm Up, 2.25/5.
01. Intro
02. Down With The King '09
03. What U R ft. Tom Gist
04. Just Cause
05. You Know ft. Outasight
06. Piece Of Your Fame
07. Way Before ft. Smiffson,A.P. & Nucci Reyo
08. Who's The Best? (Skit)
09. Do It All ft. Esso
10. Classic ft. AC,Rain & Nickelus F
11. Do It Like This
12. Pete Rock (Skit)
13. Internationally Known
14. DJ Premier (Skit)
15. Outro
16. It's Only Right Ft. Smiffson
17. The Rock P 2 Warmup
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