Archive for Mixtape Review

Last month, DJ Drama and Gucci Mane released their Mr. Zone 6 project, in celebration of Atlanta's annual Birthday Bash concert.  The Gangsta Grillz mixtape featured all new material, despite Gucci having only been out of jail for a little over a month at the time of its release!

Amidst the new material, we find the title track for Gucci Mane's upcoming album, The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted. While the album doesn't have a firm release date, Gucci did premiere this trailer before his performance at Birthday Bash.

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After hearing Tiron's impressive Ketchup project, Boston-based hip hop clothing label, Society Original Products, decided to sponsor the artist's MSTRD mixtape.  In addition to getting their logo on the mixtapes of artists whom they believe in, a number of Society's products have been spotted on emerging emcees such as Wiz Khalifa and J. Cole in the last month alone.

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Rick Ross gave his fans The Albert Anastasia EP over Memorial Day weekend to help hold them down until the July 20th release of Teflon Don.

If the next album is anything like Ross' previous releases, Port of Miami, Trilla, and Deeper Than Rap, we can expect a summer full of Maybach music!

The EP, named after an infamous mobster, marks the beginning of Rick Ross' summer-radio onslaught, as it features all new material minus the boss' hit single "Super High."

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HipHopAtLunch.com spoke to Big K.R.I.T. about his recent meeting with Bun B and a possible collaboration with the southern legend.  Also, K.R.I.T. walked us through his thought process behind select tracks off of the K.R.I.T. Wuz Here album.

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Jadakiss' third installment of his The Champ Is Here mixtape series plays out like a true Pay-Per-View event, complete with fight commentary and skits put together over stock audio of a cheering crowd.  Also, in honor of the boxing theme, DJ Drama, who hosts the tape along side DJ Green Lantern, changed his name to Dram King, ha!

Jadakiss comes out hard on The Champ Is Here 3, with cocky lyrics that show his confidence and willingness to fight.  The first skit even has Jada recalling how he's been training for this tape by "running five and a half miles every morning."

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HipHopAtLunch.com has been covering Travis Porter since the launch of the site, and now we're pleased to present, along with LiveMixtapes.com, the group's 5th official release, Proud 2 Be A Problem.

This tape marks our site's first sponsored mixtape and comes at the highest point in the group's career as all of the major labels are offering them record deals.

What's special about this tape compared to the previous four is its presentation. An hour before releasing the mixtape, fans were invited to watch the group's movie and chat about it on this custom made landing page.

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Don't let the "Freeway" Ricky Ross beard fool you, Sean Falyon's music is far from gangsta. Having said that, it's a good thing that Sean embraces his personal rap style instead of spitting fabricated lines in an effort to fit into the stereotypical rap image.

What's unique to Sean Falyon is his impressive ability to network and get his name around the industry. As the mixtape artwork states, the Atlanta based emcee literally makes it seem like he is everywhere at once. Big shout out to Fabian Williams on creating the mixtape's artwork which carries that theme!

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Last week, Wiz Khalifa woke up a lot of major media outlets, music fans, and record label execs, that had previously been sleeping on the Pittsburgh artist's incredible fan base, with his release of Kush x Orange Juice.

Ever since parting ways with the people at Warner Bros., the XXL Freshman's career has really taken off due to the impressive amount of grass roots marketing orchestrated by his management team at Rostrum Records.

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Dom Kennedy is one of today's many emerging artists who's talent greatly outmatches their buzz. Although not the best situation, this does make him a great fit on this year's Paid Dues festival.

Once Dom and his management team find a better way to get his music on the radio and into the hands of potential fans, this West Coast emcee will start enjoying the increased buzz he deserves.

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The mixtape, which suffered numerous delays, finally dropped earlier this month. I was definitely surprised and had already accepted not being able to hear it anytime soon!

It turns out the music was well worth the wait. Fabolous acted out the mixtape artwork and laid to rest a good selection of beats.

Adding to the tape's "last rights-feel" was DJ Drama, who decided to change his knickname from Barak O'Drama to DraMcCain for this project. Regarding the switch, Drama explains how he's "starting to feel like a Republican, giving out the death penalty and killin' you niggas!" (More..)