huey mack

okay so right now i downloaded the mixtape freshman 15 by huey mack hosted by goodmusicallday.com.  there's something about huey mack that i like.  he really sticks to what he knows, and just really keeps it real in every song.  most of his music is based on experiences that he's had.  he doesn't try and just follow the patterns of other rappers.  he is definitely original.  he is 19 and is a rapper out of west virginia.  ill post the link to freshman 15 so you can hear it for yourself!\

freshman 15

wiz khalifa

so as i've gotten older i've come to realize that artists change over time.  it is impossible to rap about the same things before you get famous then you do after you get famous.  it has happened to all my favorite rappers from eminem, to wiz khalifa, to lil wayne.  it wasn't until today when i downloaded wiz khalifa's first mixtape prince of the city: welcome to pistolvania.  wiz is UNBELIEVABLE.  his flow goes so hard and his raps have substance other than weed, money, and hot chicks.  yes, i've admitted that i like wiz's music he's putting out today but part of me wishes he didn't sell out.  i have a video below to one of the songs on his first mixtape mentioned above.  literally music to my ears.

follow up to philly rappers

so i realize the other day i was pretty negative when talking about meek mill's new music.  i was more critical than constructive so i just want to point out a couple new songs meek's put out that i actually have liked.  videos below let me know what you think!

please note: i'm focusing solely on meek's verses not necessarily the quality of the beat/how annoying rick ross's voice is.  

just...plain awful

soulja boy is probably the WORST rapper ever to gain fame in the history of music.  my ears just bled trying to give one of his mixtapes a listen and i couldn't listen to more of a minute of it.  i know he just went through an awful tragedy losing his little brother and that is so sad but this dude needs to find another way to make his money because his music is literally painful.

that is all

philly rappers

meek mill has been my favorite philly rapper (and possibly one of my top 5 of all rappers) ever since he came out with the flamers trilogy.  howerver now that he's been signed to maybach i feel like he's lost his touch a little bit. jahlil beats and meek mill are fire together and i just heard a new song called ham music that actually bored me....i never thought that was possible with meek mill spitting over a jahlil beats track but it did.  i can't describe into words how disappointed i am that fame may have altered meek's ability to create a hard track every time.  i find him harder to listen to now.  he received a lot of critique over the way he rapped in his mixtapes because he tended to yell, but i actually like that more than the way he's spitting now.  now i just find that i'm waiting for the song to be over and i feel like he's rapping about the same things over and over again.  talkin about some amount of money on his neck is different than another amount of money on his wrist...it's the same line in different songs and it's just plain boring.   below i have the track i just listened to (that i didn't love) and a track from flamers 2 (my favorite meek mill mixtape).  you decide which is better.

one more thing before i go.  a while back, right when wiz khalifa released his mixtape cabin fever, i was saying how i felt wiz fell off his game a little.  i take that back.  fame didn't change him i just needed to adjust to the new style of music he was putting out.  i think wiz finally found his niche in the music industry and i applaud him.  i got out and bought rolling papers (his new album) and i love it.  it's on repeat in my car.  that being said there's a chance i need to adjust to meek mill's new style as well, but we'll have to wait and see.  til then i'll just keep playing mixtapes.

artist recognition

so i've just finished up watching some interviews with tyler, the creator aka wolf haley.  this kid is 19 and has a humongous ego that either turns people away from him or attracts people to him.  he is very different in that he doesn't rap about the same stuff that every other rapper does.  he isn't afraid to rebel and he said that he's rebelled ever since he started kindergarten.  i'm still not quite sure how i feel about him.  i love that he's so different than other rappers out there, but the thing that turns me off to his music is his flow.  that's something that could grow on me though so i'm giving him a chance.  his lyrics can be very controversial for example his song vcr talks about rape (this song got a lot of backlash). the video for this song is unbelievable though.  he produces all of his on music videos.  he just released a new album called goblin that's available on itunes.  below i have the video for vcr as well as his well known song yonkers.

MUST LISTEN

new mr. focus mixtape: i hate mondays 3D

i hate mondays 3D