If you already have the no-DJ version of Hannah Montana you don't need to bother with the rest of Migos' YRN mixtape because Trapis Porter isn't quite as good an idea as it sounds on paper. That one song, though, is like a Zaytoven luau party in Tijuana hosted by Gucci Mane's nephews and just about justifies the hype for a Rap group with one good song who sound like they're named after a seventies Doctor Who alien :
Wasn't particularly feelin' those couple of songs by Chicago's Z Money that David Drake was tryna push last year but Regular here is somethin' else altogether :
Z Money - Regular
(From the internet; 2013)
In this instance, Something else altogether translates as weirdly alluring Gucci Mane recurring-word-jam karaoke by a dude who rhymes like Rocko wearing Daphne from Eggheads' oversized dentures. Dook even looks like he's wearing dentures that are too big-for-his-gob a la the imperious Mrs Fowler for maximum lifestyle/Rap synergy.
Good news that nobody other than me and a bunch of guys from Lenox avenue will give a fuck about: A-Mafia finally released a no-DJ version of Story Of My Life on that best of mixtape he dropped over the weekend! Ain't gon' lie like last year's Straight Savage 'tape wasn't his worst post-prison project to date but its two highlights - this and Realest N*gga In My City - are two of the best songs he's ever done and both are the anti-A$AP Mob(*1) as far as modern Uptown Rap goes:
"And it always be the n*gga that start the drama
Then when you spark the llama he wanna paint pictures like a art designer!"
Because I love Harlem henchman-Rap like Fat Trel loves baring his weird pointy moobs at video cameras, ya boy Frances Cap Peel right chea felt inspired to put together a little 6-song RAR of some great 2003 - 2005 A-Mafia joints as a companion to my very own Mafia primer compilation.
A-Mafia - Before Maf' EP
1. Hell For A Hustla
2. The 'Jects remix (with Jim Jones)
3. Mafia Anthem
4. I Ain't Playin'
5. Everywhere
6. 40th Boys (with 40 Cal)
(*1) The real tragedy of Summer Jam 2013 wasn't the sheer indifference to Papoose's stage invasion/performance, but the worst Rapper forever ever ever ever ever A$AP Ferg being given a slot on the bill.