Bang Like Chop by Young Chop

The GBE producer releases a trap banger featuring Keef and Lil Reese, dopeness!

Don't Do Drugs Kids by Flatbush Zombies

Kinda ironic that the title contradicts the feeling of this song. One of trippiest Flatbush Zombie songs I've heard in a while, dopeness!

Pilot by 50 Cent(video)

Man, this track got that throwback feel to it. Animal Ambition coming June 3rd, dopeness!

Too Much by Que

The hardest song off of Que's, Who Is Que EP, which is out today. Bet this is gonna be stuck in your head for days, dopeness!

Bennie and the Jets by Miguel

Ever wondered what Bennie and the Jets would sound like hiphopified? Well, Miguel brought along Wale to one of the coolest sampled tracks I've heard in a while, dopeness!

Throwback Thursday: Tattoo by Alliance

I was listening to this song today, and I had to post it. Fabo from D4L makes this track with hilarious commentary. This was the jam way back, dopeness!

Impressive by Jazz Lazer

Mally Mall's newest artist releases a banger and invites many famous and up-and-coming rappers along. Rozay, Mally Mall himself, and Casey Veggies join him, dopeness!

Don't Worry About It by 50 Cent (video)

Fiddy realeases technically his first single off of Animal Ambition. CMG Boss, Yo Gotti, is featured. Animal Ambition drops June 3rd, dopeness!

Hotplate by Moody Good

Some awesome lyrics mixed with an awesome drop. Doesn't get much better, dopeness!

Stoopid by Krown Royale

https://soundcloud.com/krownroyale/stoopid-ft-gucci-mane-prod-by

Banger by Krown Royale produced by Chase N Cashe. Big Guwop is also featured, dopeness!

Covered N Money by Future

The second single off Future's Honest album. Sonny Digital mans the boards and creates a street ready instrumental in which Future raps on. Honest comes out April 22nd, 2014!

Always by DJ Scream

The MMG DJ releases his first single from his upcoming Hunger Pains album. He brings along Que, Waka, Gunplay, and Tracy T for this street ready banger produced by MPC Cartel, dopeness!

Computerized by Daft Punk

Daft Punk unleashes an unreleased track form their Random Access Memories LP. Hov is featured, and Kanye is co-producer, dopeness!

Wolf On Wall Street by Big K.R.I.T.

Not exactly a homage to the movie, but nonetheless a great track in the series, dopeness!

Reckless by Trae The Truth

Trae invites the The Lox for an old school lyrical banger, dopeness!

King Slayer by Wale

Off the upcoming Catch The Throne mixtape. Wale destroys this, and the beat is insane, dopeness!

Thorns and Horns by Lupe Fiasco

Lu is back with some deep, deep lyrical meanings(using like 4 double entendres in the first 4 lines). Ab-Soul joins him for a stellar verse, with the last verse is both of them trading lines, dopeness!

Album Review: Mastermind by Rick Ross

            Rick Ross’s Mastermind album has finally come out. I have to say it was the most anticipated album for me. Ross always has been one of my favorite rappers of all time. He is very versatile when it comes to his verses, and his albums always find a type of balance to them. I had very high expectations for Mastermind, and Ross delivered, but not completely.

            The first track, Rich Is Gangsta really set the mood for the album. The soulful side at least. Black Metaphor flips an amazing sample “Soul Searching” by Average White Band, and Ross proclaims how “rich is gangsta”. And amazing intro.

            Ross goes to a trap beat for his next, which surprisingly is produced by Jake One. This epic track is also pretty touching when he gives shoutouts to all his dawgs that have been killed.

            Rozay follows “Drug Dealers Dream” with a skit about the shooting that took place last year on his car. Never been a big fan of skits, but this skit is a major theme throughout the album.

            Nobody is basically a remake of Biggie’s hit, “You’re Nobody (Till Somebody Kills You)”. I wish the track wasn’t just a remake, but Ross honestly does his thing. Thankfully French doesn’t have a verse, Puffy is just Puffy. “You wanna walk around with them or you wanna walk with God, nigga?”-real talk

            Devil Is A Lie was the first single off Mastermind, and I still listen to it to this day. This song is simply one of the dopest songs Ross has ever made, and Hov is the cherry on top. That sample tho…

            Mafia Music III shows Ricky going Jamaican, and he brings along dancehall artists Mavado and Sizzla, to truly bring that vibe. Ross delivers a lengthy verse, laden with many metaphors explaining how he has a don. Not one of my favorite tracks off the album.

            War Ready is the “is the anthem the streets been waiting for”, and this track was also the second single on Mastermind. MikeWill cooks up a bass led, gunshot laced beat. Ross and Jeezy have verses filled with gangsta references. This definitely is one of the most turnt tracks on the album.

            A lot of this album is homage to 90’s hiphop, and “What A Shame” is one of those tracks. Ross starts with saying a line from “Shame On A Nigga” by Wu Tang Clan, and proceeds to rap about his cars and weed.

            Now we get to probably my favorite track on the whole album. Scott Storch is back, and provides a horn led beat that Ross destroys. His flow on this track reminds me of old school Ross, and it is incredible. This track bumps, and features Keith Sweat-what a combination.

            BLK & WHT is a storytelling track about drug dealing. This D Rich produced banger contains the controversial Trayvon Martin lyric(his explanation of this lyric was not the best). This track is like any other Ross track.

            Another skit, and we are at “In Vein” featuring The Weeknd. This track is basically about getting drunk. The real standout in this track is the beat-really atmospheric.

            Sanctified, I would say, was the most anticipated track on the LP. The beat is produced by Mr. West, Travis $cott, and DJ Mustard. Kanye goes off here. He touches on his recent rants, how he is a god, and of course his woman. Sean handles the chorus and hook, and Rozay provides an alright verse. The beat is fire though, because of how it crescendos on each verse.

            God flow right here. I mean the song is called, Walkin On Air. Another D Rich produced anthem, and Meek has to be featured on it. This goes hard, but this sounds like a regular mixtape cut.

            This next song is magnificent. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League flip the same sample used in 93 Till Infinity by Souls Of Mischief(one of my fav hiphop samples-jazz and hiphop what can go wrong?). Weezy actually has the best verse on this song, which makes me have high hopes for the Carter V. Great ending to an ok album.

            Man…I wish more of the album was like Thug Cry, Supreme, and Rich Is Gangsta. The LP was good, but not to my expectations. He shows balance, but not enough lyricism for me. (3.5 out of 5 stars)     

            

King Shit by Big Boi

Sir Lucious Leftfoot comes with another mashup that is my new favorite mashup. "In The A" is mixed with "Run For Cover" by Reija Lee and Kito, dopeness!

New Agenda by Big K.R.I.T.

The first entry in the "Week of K.R.I.T." series brings Krizzle and Rozay over a smooth rolling beat produced by K.R.I.T, dopeness!