OK. The only reason this is the first entry is because it was what I was listening to when I decided to create the blog. Just a coincidence.
When I saw this mixtape was out, I was looking forward to hearing it. I liked Guilty on the Dilla and Black Milk tracks I heard. But I have to say, I was very disappointed in this release. He never seems to find a style that suits him. One track he’ll talk about how hard he is, the next is a more laid back hip hop track. I was actually going to give up on this about halfway through but decided to tough it out. Glad I did because between tracks 18-25, he starts to put out some quality material when he rhymes over Dilla beats or pairs with the aforementioned Black Milk (whose Popular Demand album is worth checking out by the way). Unfortunately, he reverts back to the same uninspired delivery of simple lines that ruined the first half of the mixtape.
A second problem is DJ Rhettmatic. He seems to leave most of the mixtape alone, but every 3-4 tracks he has to remind everyone he’s there by repeatedly mixing the track back so you can hear the first two bars of the verse a few extra times. Whoever told him that this was a good idea is not a friend.
I’m not sure who decided on the arrangement of the actual tracks, but the “stray bullets” concept probably comes from this. The tracks follow no flow at all. It feels like one of those homemade mixes where the person just wants all of the tracks on there and doesn’t listen to it as a whole. Hopefully, he has more to offer next time. I’d give him another try because I’ve heard better quality from him in the past, but another offering like this and I would probably give up on him.
Rating: 2 out of 5
When I saw this mixtape was out, I was looking forward to hearing it. I liked Guilty on the Dilla and Black Milk tracks I heard. But I have to say, I was very disappointed in this release. He never seems to find a style that suits him. One track he’ll talk about how hard he is, the next is a more laid back hip hop track. I was actually going to give up on this about halfway through but decided to tough it out. Glad I did because between tracks 18-25, he starts to put out some quality material when he rhymes over Dilla beats or pairs with the aforementioned Black Milk (whose Popular Demand album is worth checking out by the way). Unfortunately, he reverts back to the same uninspired delivery of simple lines that ruined the first half of the mixtape.
A second problem is DJ Rhettmatic. He seems to leave most of the mixtape alone, but every 3-4 tracks he has to remind everyone he’s there by repeatedly mixing the track back so you can hear the first two bars of the verse a few extra times. Whoever told him that this was a good idea is not a friend.
I’m not sure who decided on the arrangement of the actual tracks, but the “stray bullets” concept probably comes from this. The tracks follow no flow at all. It feels like one of those homemade mixes where the person just wants all of the tracks on there and doesn’t listen to it as a whole. Hopefully, he has more to offer next time. I’d give him another try because I’ve heard better quality from him in the past, but another offering like this and I would probably give up on him.
Rating: 2 out of 5
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