Top 10 Mixtape Reviews 7.23.15

1. Snow Tha Product is one of the most talked female MCs on the underground scene, and she’s definitely making noise with industry reps. “The Rest Comes Later,” is a 15-track mixtape with all new music from Snow, and will leaving you scratching your head and wondering #DaFuck is taking so long for the industry to sign this Beast!

2. If Drake isn't writing these bars, he sure is performing them with Drake-like precision. Either way, our neighbor from the north is here to stay! 18 tracks of top notch lyrics and features is all you need to over shadow the umm unexpected beef. Hmm I see Kanye, Wayne and Eminem laying down verses...#DaFuck is all the noise for #MeekMill?

3. On Verse Simmonds installment of FYF (F*ck Your Feelings 3), you here a diverse mixture from Jeremih to Fetty Wap. You won't skip a track, but if you do you'll land on something else that will pull you in even deeper. Gucci Mane, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown also went into the studio to show some support. Yep...Download! 

4. Master P position as the General will never be challenged. His Luciano Family artists, TEC, Maine Musik, Ace B and Eastwood are well worth the listen. P drops some bars on this mixtape and a slew of other soldiers join in to complete the Money Mafia Master Piece. Download the 24 tracks and get familiar with the Fam.

5. What's in a name? Rich Homie Quan and DJ Jazz don't waste any time in answering the age old question. Quan's voice shuts down any skepticism and continues to push his "I Am Rich," brand to more households/mobile devices throughout the world. Lil Mook, Offset, and Reese step up and show out as well. 

6. Download Lil Reese's new mixtape "Supa Savage 2"! This long-awaited project is 15 tracks deep and features production by hitmakers London On Da Track, Will A Fool, Chief Keef, DJ L, and many more. If you're familiar with the 2013 "Supa Savage” release, you'll love this and keep it on blast!

7. Laced with 14 tracks, "Trapology" is the follow up to King Gucci and features guest appearances from Fetty Wap, Jadakiss, Young Dolph, Lil Reese, Snoop Dogg, Young Scooter, Riff Raff, and many more. And your ears will be blessed by the production sounds of Mike Will Made It, TM88, 808 Mafia, Southside, KE On The Track, and more.

8. Alley Boys, "Definition Of Fuck Shit 3," is finally here. His Duct Tape ENT Label mate trouble joins in on the rhyme fest along with Master P, Al-Doe, Yung Gwapa and more.  Producers Zaytoven, Will A Fool, Chefry Kitchen, Ed Keels set the tempo for this amazing product. 

9. Problem has brought back his Mollywood series. This is just part 1 of Mollywood 3, which is a two-disc mixtape. Welcome to Mollywood 2, dropped in 2012 and it's definitely overdue. The Relapse (Side A) is packed with 18 tracks, production from Problem himself, Salva, League of Starz, Authentic, Qwest and a few others. Problem is well worth the listen and the download.

10.  S/O to DJ Kurupt and his Street Corner Gangstas Summer 2K15 mixtape series. The usual mixtape suspects may be featured on here but the DJ gives his own great mix. Future Feat. Drake, Meek Mills, Rico Richie Feat. Young Thug and Chedda Da Connect have all contributed to this pot of music gumbo.

Top 10 Track Reviews! 7.8.15

GhostfaceKillah AdrianYounge ft. @raekwon @bilal - #ResurrectionMorning

Ghostface is launching his second album with Adrian Younge from their "12 Reasons To Die" series on July 10. If the album is a reflection of the single…Its definitely going to be a hit! 

@eminem @gwenstefani - #KingsNeverDie

Eminem laces the Southpaw soundtrack one again with this new joint "Kings Never Die" where he brings along Gwen Stefani for the ride. Two releases from this soundtrack…Left-Right!

@iamsu ft. @dejloaf @kcamp427 - #Famous

IAMSU gets us ready with his hit single “Famous." The single features, DeJ Loaf & K.Camp and it puts me on the edge of my seat for the "KILT 3” album.

GangstaBoo @beatkingkong - #KillBitches

Check out Gangsta Boo's new track "Kill Bitches.” This is just one of the many bangers on her upcoming "Candy, Diamonds & Pills" project. "Kill Bitches,” is produced by Houston's own BeatKing.

@djholiday @problem @frenchmontana @wale - #LetMeAtEm

DJ Holiday recruits Problem, French Montana, and Wale for his latest single "Let Me At Em" from his upcoming "God Bless the Mixtape" project. You gotta #SaluteTheDJ for this one. It's one of the best mixtape albums of the year thus far. 

@bjthechicagokid ft. @ogmaco - #ThatGirl

BJ THE CHICAGO KID and OG MACO delivers a instant classic with “That Girl.” BJ is incredible on this one and his label Motown has my vote for this to be my summer anthem. Most definitely staying in n’Rotation.

@liltunechi ft. #CharliePuth - #NothingButTrouble

The LIL WAYNE and CHARLIE PUTH track, “Nothing But Trouble” doesn't need any help. You really cant lose with Wayne. And Charlie Puth’s voice lets you know he will be around.

@husaholic_1008 @djtrickyb - #Numb3rs

OKay “Lets talk ‘NUMBER$.’” DJ Tricky B features Holic on his NUMB3R$ track. It is all day motivation that should drive you to do the damn thang! Look for the “Its A Cold Game But Fair,” album. 

@avthegreat @timbaland @velly30 - #LOD

AV The Great is not next, he is NOW! Fox’s ‘Empire’ music director, Timbaland puts his stamp on Dentons own “Man in the City!”

@talibkweli @common @kanyewest @itsthecons - #WackNiggaz

Just released today! None of us saw this coming! Talib Kweli has just released a brand new album worth of rarities, B-sides "Train of Thought: Lost Lyrics. Wack Niggaz feat. Common, Kanye West & Consequence and produced by Kanye West. The LP can now be purchased online via Kweli’s website. Features consist of:  Common, Kanye West, Consequence, Yasiin Bey (F/K/A Mos Def), DJ Quik, Hi Tek, Killer Mike, and Dave West.

Tidal Gotcha Money...

If you slept on the iHeart Radio awards, you slept on Rihanna’s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’ bars that indicated its time for artist to get whats due to them. In a Twitter post Rihanna stated, “NAVY, turn the tide.” 

WHHHHHHAAATT? Well the story begins with Jay-Z’s $56.2 million dollar purchase of a Swedish streaming company Aspiro.  A countdown clock on the TIDAL homepage moves closer to the 5 o’clock Eastern Standard Time launch. TIDAL is a high-definition music streaming service. The company has been sending out invites for a press conference today, in which Jay-Z will announce, “a commitment to a new direction for the music industry from both a creative and business

perspective.” The unofficial buzz is, the company will be using the event to confirm the first big-name artists to stream music exclusively on the Tidal platform. 

Over the weekend, the Swedish blog Breakit reported — citing sources close to the deal — that Tidal’s plan of attack will be to ink first-window deals with the artists, where Tidal would get first releases of tracks from big-name artists ahead of any other digital streaming services. This would be exclusive, but only for a period: Spotify, Pandora and others would eventually also get these tracks, but only later. Now that is major!

What’s in it for these artists? From what I’ve found on the net. It seems that Tidal may offer a more attractive set of terms to musicians than other streaming services — often agreeing to payouts of twice as much as its rivals. Now do you hear Rihanna singing “Bitch Better

Have My Money?”  Many artists have been complaining that digital music streaming is not providing decent enough returns. This makes the rumored deal TIDAL very appealing. But it’s a bit of a long shot when you do the comparison with its biggest rival Spotify. 

TIDAL currently offers some 25 million tracks and 75,000 music videos. Users can currently sign up to Tidal for either $9.99 or $19.99 a month. Unlike Spotify, Tidal doesn’t have a free tier, and its standard-quality subscription is available for the same price as Spotify Premium package $9.99. Not to mention Tidal has only 35,000 subscribers paying $19.99 per month, where as Spotify had 15 million paying subscribers in January. The numbers may be off but the Jay-Z connection along with his ROC Nation brand would ease the mind of any artist who even began to give this deal a questionable thought. 

Remember I spoke of a change is going to come…Here’s the ball rolling in that change direction! 

#LeslieMac