As in nothing really that WOW'd me or whatever. However, as I said before.this is nothing NEW from him. Much like Jeezy, the beats covers up his limitations.
One thing I will not knock him for is his ear for beat selection. The tape is nothing out of the 's the same ol' coochie coochie (Gucci Gucci). In Gucci's case, you need to have a knack for beats and understand that Gucci's lyrics, are not at all at a level of let's saaaaaay Nas.but has the tendency to shock you with flow and humor underneath his mush-mouth delivery. As it has been told in the past, as well as heard, when you listen to pretty much ANY Gucci Mane record/tape/album, do not go into the shit expecting things such as you know, extravagant wordplay, intricate rhyme schemes, clever metaphors, you need to listen to it with an open mind, and basically a tolerance for ignorance. So it has been almost a week since Gucci's sequel to his previous Gangsta Grillz tape with DJ Drama has been released to the public. But it is the album that will solidify it. So quite frankly, I agreed with most of the editorial, and I hope that people (the artists in general) realize that mixtapes can get you to that next level. There is a huge difference between being inspired and jackin' someone else's steez. However with me, I choose to not dumb down, but to attract those different sounds and styles into my own. Mixtapes for me, are ways to provide a glimpse into my skills, and where I can creatively go all out and show the city (the world) that this is what you can expect when I begin to work on my album, where the album is served to reach the "casual listener". (Chamillionaire).Īs an artist myself, I am unsigned, no label, and reside in a city, where our hip-hop scene has limited exposure (unless your name is Ray Nitti). Other times, artists have no choice BUT to release mixtapes, due to being shelved and blackballed (Joe Budden) to still make the listeners aware that they're still out there and still droppin' heat. And despite contrary belief, mixtapes still serve as a purpose to break an artist, and increase his stock (once again Drake). However, sometimes, mixtapes serve as the outlet where artists can truly express themselves artistically and their albums (usually the case with major labels) are basically the product that is made to drive the "casual hip hop listener" to go to Best Buy or whatever record stores are still open to buy the CD or at least buy it off of iTunes. Some mixtapes come out and you wish that THIS was the album (Trey Songz's new mixtape). When it comes to an overload, it makes you wonder, what is even the point of putting out an album when you got 10-15 mixtapes of material. How many Gucci tapes do we really need out there? I'm surprised Charles Hamilton put out THAT many tapes thinking we'd still keep an interest. Where it also gets sad, is that these DJ's are profiting from it. I think where the problem mostly lies, is that right now, there are one too many mixtapes and even more DJ's that are putting out the same shit that you found on the latest Drama or Whoo Kid tape.
Yes, I agreed, there is a huge problem with that. And it is at a point where mixtapes are held at a higher account and importance than the actual album. Not only that, but we're seeing a lot of new artists get love from the bloggers and the heads combined (Pac Div, Tiron, Diz Gibran, QuESt, XV) and others who increase their popularity from mixtapes (Wale, Slaughterhouse). Mostly recognized for Drake "changing the game" with his So Far Gone mixtape and Gucci Mane getting more publicity and street cred than what he really deserves (not only that but I am getting sick of mentioning both).
For example, I believe 2009 will forever be remembered as "the year of the mixtape".
As I am listening to Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah 7 (the first disc at least, second one still to come), I now come off of reading an editorial on, in regards to yes.the mixtape.Ī lot of good points were made in the article.