Download Mr. Zone 6.

Here’s Gucci Mane’s first mixtape since being released from prison last month. Mr. Zone 6, hosted by DJ Drama.

Track-Listing:
01. Gucci Mane – What Did You Expect
02. Gucci Mane – Its Goin Up (Feat. Bun B & Yo Gotti)
03. Gucci Mane – Normal
04. Gucci Mane – Georgia’s Most Wanted
05. Gucci Mane – You Know What It Is (Feat. Waka Flocka)
06. Gucci Mane – Mr. Zone 6
07. Gucci Mane – Rooftop
08. Gucci Mane – Koolin
09. Gucci Mane – Cowards And Soldiers
10. Gucci Mane – Dats My Life
11. Gucci Mane – Eastside Wassup
12. Gucci Mane – Stove Music (Feat. Waka Flocka & Yo Gotti)
13. Gucci Mane – Makin Love To The Money
14. Gucci Mane – Birthday Bash 15
15. Gucci Mane – Socialite
16. Gucci Mane – Long Money

Favorite Track Off The Tape?

Download “Mr. Zone 6.”

“I’m from the 6, but every day live in Alaska in nigga…Gucci so extra Aspen.”

Gucci Mane and DJ Drama are going to drop a mixtape on Saturday. “Mr. Zone 6″ is the title track, #BURRR!

Thoughts?

Download: 1140: The Overdose.

Pill linked up with DJ Drama to bring us this Gangsta Grillz mixtape.  Enjoy!

What’s Your Favorite Track on the Mixtape?

1. The Overdose [Produced by Needlz]
2. Intro
3. On Da Korner [Produced by Needlz]
4. Ima Ride [Produced by Tha Bizness]
5. Get It How U Live ft. Zay Cash [Produced by Lil' Neal]
6. Ok Denn [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
7. Hard In Da Trap
8. Ho Out
9. Action
10. Bust It Down
11. Doin’ It Over Here [Produced by Ced L. Young]
12. Pill Speaks
13. Westsiders ft. Killer Mike [Produced by Emile]
14. G Shit [Tribute to Eazy-E]
15. Surroundings [Tribute to Big Pun]
16. Better Show Me
17. Fuckin’ Wit Sum Killas ft. Big Bank Black [Produced by Ced L. Young]
18. We Outside ft. Alley Boy [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
19. Pill Speaks
20. Shottas
21. Sober
22. No Time For Sleep ft. Colin Munroe [Produced by Colin Munroe]
23. My Team [Produced by Ced L. Young]
24. Sloppy Stupid ft. Scrilla [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
25. Outro
26. Yeen Ready [Produced by Grade A Muzik]

Download “The Overdose.”

“I’m from Pink City, for you retarded hoes,
Where real shit goes down like a toilet bowl.”

1140: The Overdose drops on June 1st

1. The Overdose [Produced by Needlz]
2. Intro
3. On Da Korner [Produced by Needlz]
4. Ima Ride [Produced by Tha Bizness]
5. Get It How U Live ft. Zay Cash [Produced by Lil' Neal]
6. Ok Denn [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
7. Hard In Da Trap
8. Ho Out
9. Action
10. Bust It Down
11. Doin’ It Over Here [Produced by Ced L. Young]
12. Pill Speaks
13. Westsiders ft. Killer Mike [Produced by Emile]
14. G Shit [Tribute to Eazy-E]
15. Surroundings [Tribute to Big Pun]
16. Better Show Me
17. Fuckin’ Wit Sum Killas ft. Big Bank Black [Produced by Ced L. Young]
18. We Outside ft. Alley Boy [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
19. Pill Speaks
20. Shottas
21. Sober
22. No Time For Sleep ft. Colin Munroe [Produced by Colin Munroe]
23. My Team [Produced by Ced L. Young]
24. Sloppy Stupid ft. Scrilla [Produced by Grade A Muzik]
25. Outro
26. Yeen Ready [Produced by Grade A Muzik]

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.”

There’s a number of quotable tracks on the project, such as “Soldier Survivors,” featuring Nas and Sheek Louch, where Jada says that he’s going to ”treat the track like Rihanna and Chris Brown it.”  Other songs, such as the DJ Absolute-produced “All Falls Down,” show Jada’s versatility as his flow kills the smooth production and compliments the R&B hook.

I’ve broken down the lyrics of a handful of the standout tracks below:

Jadakiss – “Who Shot Ya.”

Before jumping into Biggie’s classic, Green Lantern properly states, “you know you gotta be a certain weight class to fuck with this beat/  No lightweights allowed.”  Living up to that statement, Jadakiss holds his own on the track with impressive lines such as:

“You a coward in jail you could never live.
Nah, you barely living out here,
I’m the reason you breathing
It’s like I’m giving out air,
I got stocks on the block,
And I’m giving out shares,
To niggas that don’t talk, cause they giving out years,
I don’t know you, you ain’t familiar,
And I don’t care who shot ya, cause they ain’t killya,
As far as the word play, I’m a son of a bitch,
These niggas is decent, but ain’t none of ‘em Kiss,
MTV ya’ll know, I’ll punish the list,
Them niggas jury is fake and ain’t none of them rich.”

Jadakiss – “She Likes Me” (Featuring Nicki Minaj)

“She Likes Me” has one of the more interesting collaborations on the tape, as Jadakiss and Nicki Minaj exchange playful lines over the sped up, bass heavy beat.  The Harajuku Barbie wisely decides to use only one of her many voices on this track that’ll surely be heard by Jadakiss’ NYC fan base.

Here’s Nicki’s verse:

“We was at the Heat game, peep game,
Let him see the g-string,
Eve Saint levon size fives, a petite frame,
He like come on Nicki, really why you keep playin,
He said his name was Jada, I said ohh that’s a unique name,
I’ll go and see him out in Yonkers in the back blocks,
He in the matchbox, ballin like the mascots,
He said I’m dead hot, pull up in the brass drop,
I see them hatin ass bitches in the back drop,
That’s why I kiss him right in front of them,
He don’t want none of them,
Even when it’s dark, I be sunnin’ them,
Plus I keep the thing thing mighty tight,
And if he think I like him, then he might be right.”

Jadakiss – Here I Go” (Featuring Yo Gotti)

Yo Gotti joins Jadakiss on the remake of Mystikal’s “Here I Go,” and his southern flow feels at home on the track.  Here’s a quick excerpt from Yo Gotti:

“Black on black Benz, that’s a Bat Mobile nigga,
I got money from Maine to Mobile, nigga,
It go women lie, men lie, numbers don’t,
Niggas get pop’d, testify, but Gotti won’t,
She a five star bitch, at least she thinks so,
That’s a fake bag shorty, I don’t think so.”

Another classic beat is explored in Green Lantern’s remake of Dr. Dre’s “Deep Cover.”  The only other track with a “Green Mix” is ”Slow Down,” where Green Lantern changes up the feel of Fat Joe’s “Slow Down.”  Jadakiss spits one of the funniest lines off the tape on “Slow Down,” with “Bank account like Timbaland, it got fat again,” AH-HAA!

Jadakiss – “Somehow Some Way”

I’ll end this review on a high note, with the smooth “Somehow Some Way.”  This track, purposely left till the end of the tape, celebrates Jadakiss’ victorious verbal onslaught.

Jadakiss reflects with:

“I’ve been in the hood, I’ve been in the traps,
I done shot it out with niggas, I’ve been in the scrap,
I know who my friends are and where my enemies at,
Niggas be sending me threats, I’m just sending ‘em back,
I hesitate to squeeze the day that hell freeze, never,
My mixtapes be better than niggas’ LPs…
Ya nigga, I’ll bless you without sneezin,
Stretch you without reason,
The best that’s out breathin, best,
K-I-dub down,
Ya’ll scared of your hoods, but I love mines.”

Jada spits some serious lines over this smooth track!

At the end of “Here I Go,” Jadakiss breaks into a skit where he recalls watching Money May speak during an episode of the boxing show 24/7.  Commenting on his competition, Mayweather states “these niggas is talented but I’m gifted.  This ain’t something you learn, or go to school, or get a coach for.  You gotta be born with this shit. They can build a staff around you, put a machine around you, but if it aint in you, it ain’t in you.”  That’s the same attitude Jadakiss displays in this tape, as he aims to take on the whole rap industry.

Stream/Download – The Champ Is Here 3:

Boss of All Bosses 2.5 was rumored to be one of those mixtapes that you’d have to pay for.  Luckily for us, it has now been released as a free download with the option to buy.

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!”

However, moving away from the release date and theme of the project, we see the tape’s major downfall in it’s numerous weak guest verses.

Most of the artists featured on the tape simply couldn’t compete with Fab’s verses, and in the end, brought down the overall listening experience.  Freck Billionaire’s mediocre verse on ”Roger That” is one example.  Fabolous kills the beginning of the song, before handing it off to Freck, who fails to meet the heightened expectations.

Having said that, Fabolous’ impressive one-liners and word-plays had me listening through the entire tape to catch every word.  Here’s two of my favorite lines:

“They said try me? Bitch they must have told you wrong.  You’d rather fuck Magic with no Trojan on.” – “Suicide 2“

“I’m Jive records, I dump Clipse nigga.”  - “Exhibit F“

Those two quotes had me rewinding the track!  Below I’ve highlighted a few other standout moments from There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service:

Fabolous – The Wake (Intro)


“The Wake” serves as a great intro to the mixtape, as Fabolous explains the tape’s theme of burying the competition over the track’s strong beat.  Here’s a quick excerpt:

“My shorty tellin’ me, kill the competition boo,
And I be tellin’ her there is no competition 2, (niceee)
There is no competition too,
Its good to wake up, look in the mirror and the only competition’s you,
And even that nigga ain’t seein’ me,
My reflection have a hard time being me.”

After hearing those cocky lines, I knew we were in for a good ride through the graveyard with this one!

Fabolous – “I’m Raw”

Lyrically, “I’m Raw” may be the best track on the tape.  Loso drops a number of quotables over the heavy bass line with:

“It’s been a hectic year,
So I sit and get fried, call the weed electric chair.
But ya’ll on death row, one request left,
You lookin for your girl? Oh she just left,
Her and my Dick just became bff’s,
Then I threw her out like Jazzy J, E-F-F…
Nickname funeral, got that from this killer flow,
Everythings still a go, my pockets be extra fat,
Big money on deck like A-Rod’s next to bat…
If I’m the one to go at, nigga what’s stoppin ya?
Call my gun Nadia and I be finger poppin her,
Keep that bitch cumin like Blackah, Blackah,
Go to your head like a shot-a-vodka,
Rock a sick fit call a doctor, partna,
You’d think I had a Gucci deal, Wacka Flocka.”

That last line about Wacka Flocka was pretty hilarious.

Fabolous – For the Money” (Featuring Nicki Minaj)

Fabolous and Nicki Minaj did such a good job remaking Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade,” that I had to double check and see if the Bangladesh beat had been altered for this version!  It really sounds like a completely different song; I wish all artists would go this hard when freestyling over popular tracks.

Here’s Nicki’s impressive verse:

“I’m in a tricky little mood,
I truck these little dudes,
I tell em that I love them but I never really do,
See I like pretty shoes, and I like pretty minks,
And I like sightseeing the Pyramids and the Sphinx,
He cop Italian pieces so I do the fist pump,
And I can only push it if the trunk is in the front,
If the trunk is in the back then you gotta take it back,
You can hit me on the jet, iChat on the Mac,
See I am who I am Nicki-M-motherfucker,
If she say she not a fan, she a lying motherfucker,
Over shoppin’ in Paré, so I speak a little French,
Wee Wee Raggedy, time for you to hit the bench,
Indecisive, so I always gotta pick two,
I guess that’s why I got the Yorkie and the Shih Tzu,
I told Fab ‘get that Michael Knight Kit cool,
Before I put this pussy on your chipped tooth.”

That line about doing the “Italian fist pump” had me cracking up!  Nicki Minaj is steadily winning over more and more fans, and before you know it her debut album will turn a lot of haters into believers.

Stream all of There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service below:

Last week, Yo Gotti teamed up with fellow Memphis native, Zed Zilla, to release Cocaine Muzik 4, hosted by DJ Drama.

The highly anticipated mixtape dropped at 5PM on January 12th, alongside Cam’ron’s Boss of All Bosses 2.

CM4 felt more like an album than your standard mixtape.  Part of the project’s cohesiveness comes Zed Zilla’s style and flow, which worked well with Gotti on tracks such as “In The Club” and “Pull Over.”

Most of CM4’s tracks contained original production, but we did get two impressive freestyles over hits from the New Boyz and Dorrough with, “Ice Cream Paint Job Freestyle” and “You’re A Jerk Freestyle.”

The mixtape’s lead single, “Men Lie, Women Lie,” was released shortly after Jay-z’s acceptance speech at the American Music Awards back in November, where he was suspected to have taken a shot at 50 Cent.  This controversy came after Jay referenced a line from “Reminder,” in what seemed to be a insult to 50’s low album sales.

Yo Gotti – “Men Lie, Women Lie” (Featuring Lil Wayne)

I kept the DJ Drama intro to this track, because it adds to the “quality street music” feel of the record.  Even with the Lil Wayne verse, “Men Lie, Women Lie” doesn’t have many outstanding quotables.  It is, however, extremely catchy as the chopped up hook will get stuck in your head.

My favorite track off the mixtape, “Touchdown,” has Yo Gotti going in over a chilling street beat.

Yo Gotti’s flow works wonderfully with the beat as he spits the first verse, setting the tone for “Touchdown.”

“The streets talking, Gotti been doin good,
Niggas wanna try em, couple niggas from the hood,
You know how that go,
niggas say he don’t fuck with em, (I don’t),
Truth be told when I was hustlin, I ain’t fuck with em, (Fuck em)
Same niggas still owe me on a pack, think a nigga forgot because I’m rappin,
When I get off the road, I shoot back to my town,
New whip, new watch, fuck with me it’s goin down.
Own family hate me, damn,
Niggas looking mad, damn,
Guess it’d be a little better if a nigga was doin bad,
My momma got a smile, my brother still wild,
I gotta get this money, I just had another child.
They say I’m getting fat, guess I’m eatin good,
Twenty racks in the motor, got my name under the hood,
Sometimes I think back, I could have went fed,
This the chance of a lifetime, I gotta think ahead.”

The lines about people in the hood hating on Gotti being the same people he didn’t fuck with before his success are great.  Outside of his verses, Yo Gotti wrote a dope boy anthem with the hook:

“I got base in the trunk,
Pies on the inside,
Marshmallow paint, 49′ers on the inside,
Touchdown, a nigga going long,
Field goal, extra point, a nigga goin strong,
210 on the dash, blue jean inside,
White with blue top,
Like the Yankees, when I come past,
Home run, that boy out the park,
Bases loaded, World Series,
That boy hustle smart.”

I like how he worked sports references into his wordplay.

Another standout track from Cocaine Muzik 4 is the, Eazy-E influenced, “Round The Way.”

Using the same concept as Slim Thug’s “Thug From Around The Way,” Gotti put his own spin on Eazy-E’s “Eazy Does It.”  Yo Gotti fans will definitely appreciate this track.

My favorite quotes off CM4 come on “In The Club,” where Zed Zilla spits, “If I make you wifey, you’ll feel like Michele Obama feel,” and Yo Gotti references Twitter with “I’m in VIP chillin, couple bitches and my niggas/ Girl Yo Gotti in the club, That what I just read on Twitter,” ha!

Other tracks from the mixtape that you should check out are: “Pull Over,” “M-Town,” and “Quit Callin My Phone.”  Listen to the whole project here: