DJ 1Mic - Get Down Or Lay Down Vol. 3 { Hosted By Starr Mina }
{Hosted By Starr Mina}
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RapMullet.com Review By Big Chew
I think DJ 1Mic should title his next mixtape series..."All I Need Is 1Mic"...strictly for the ladies, old and new R&B; a little mixtape diversification. You mixtape cats can't forget the ladies when you're building your fan base. Regardless, 1Mic got Starr Mina riding shotgun on this project. The first time I heard her was on a 1Mic mixtape so I guess it's only fitting that she hosted some shit.
I know I'm not the only one looking forward to the new Beanie Siegel album. "He's Back Snitches" was short but it was dope. Beans sounds focused...now if he can only stay off those drugs. Starr Mina goes in on "You Know What It Is". Finally an MC uses that T.I beat; she did her thing tho...with that steel vagina flow. I'm fucking with Freeway on "Transporter". This track is full of that raw energy. I wouldn't call it a hit but it's dope mixtape music. Jakk Frost spits with clarity, I like that shit. It's straight forward and to the point and he def gets his point across on "Hip Hop Music". Wiz Khalifa drops soulful bars on "All In My Blood"...that straight head nod. I like everything about "Money, Guns, Drugs" except for that hook. The shit is cliché' as hell. The beat was dope, the bars were dope, the hook was somewhere around '98-'99. Crazy vocal sample on "Troubled Times" which let Hood Fella go in real serious and turn the track to vegetables. Honestly, Larceny Family didn't do "Cool Like Dat" justice. Cassidy was cool but those other cats, including Drag-on were all clock radio speakers. If you're not fucking with Big Lou by now you're late the MIC party. He was def "Jackin' For Beats 2k7". I'm glad 1Mic played that Stat Quo freestyle "Bring The Pain". Stat Quo is one artist that knows how important the mixtape DJ is and you got to show that love back. 1Mic got a couple sleepers at the end too. Hitchcock and Hard White on "My Block" is type nice man. The beat got a lil bounce to it and Hitchcock did his thing like he never left. The other cat who impressed me was Journalist with "50 Bars". Dude can def rhyme and he flips words like a grizzled vet.
You know what I like best about this CD? It sounds like how a mixtape is supposed to sound. I know that sounds fucked up but it's true. 1Mic covers all his bases for the most part. He's got Starr Mina hosting, a relatively unknown MC...That’s def mixtape. He's got "regional" joints that are hot and under the mainstream radar...that's mixtape, he's got freestyles and he's playing music that you can tell he enjoys listening too...that's mixtape. The formula is def bangin' and it's a diverse collection of skilled MCs. With that said I still think 1Mic's best projects are a head of him. You build the consistency, which he is doing now, and eventually you catch that break where you get all the right music, break the right artist and get over the hump. When that happens things start to click, the mixtapes are easier to produce and all those doors that seem to always be shut start to open. (10/25/07)
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DJ 1Mic - Get Down Or Lay Down Vol. 2 { Hosted By Jakk Frost }
{ Hosted By Jakk Frost }
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RapMullet.com Review by: Big Chew
Welcome DJ 1Mic to the Rapmullet review section. 1Mic is an avid supporter of the Rapmullet message board and we def appreciate the support. He's also a member of the "good mixtape music" conglomerate, not playing what everyone else is playing even tho he has access to those so called "exclusives". Too many mixtape cats take the easy way out and 1Mic is riding that road less traveled...seeking out good music that fly's below the so called "exclusive" radar.
Is New York really back? Khaled, Fat Joe, Ja Rule and Jadakiss say so...but really it's not and won't ever be the same. Shit...hip hop isn't back. The white kids in the suburbs don't believe the artists anymore, too many gimmicks, too much wack publicity, too many horrible songs that no one can relate to. Ahh, let me remove my head from my ass and let the negative go. Jakk Frost got bars tho. That "Jakin For Beats" was indeed "crazy" as the track list says. I need to find some fiends to wash my car for Silver Thunder. The vibe of this song is all mixtape music. Am I the only one who doesn't think NORE can make a successful come back? "Under the Bus" was O.K. but he needs to leave the spanglish rhyming alone for real. I wish him luck tho. The Game laced "Truth Hurts", some true lyrical skills...too bad he's a fucking head case. Starr Mina menstruated all over "300", old girl is sick..."you a '91 Corsica breaking down on ni99as" was that line! Lake got a sick hook with "Conspiracy", shit will have you switching lanes on the highway like a boss. Jakk Frost showing some versatility on "Trouble Child". Def one of if not "the" realest song on the CD. I'm not really gonna speak on Uncle Murda (Look Here) and Papoose (Come Out Party), just that cats need to keep putting out quality music and feed the streets. I know ya'll heard "Latin Assassins" but honestly Big Lou is about to do big things...we need some new Big Lou mixtape music right now too. The sleeper track of the CD is A-Pinks and Sha Stimuli with "Colors"...these some deep, lyrical cats that are hungry as hell right now.
This is a good introduction to 1Mic mixtapes for me. He's def got an ear for the music, supports local artist as well as artist that "need" to be heard. The mixtape series is "Get Down or Lay Down" so we'll have to see how far he takes it and how well he brands it to the people. I'm all about good music; good business and good branding...1Mic is well on his way. (6/26/07)
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Jakk Frost & Freeway - Hit Da Club Up (Video Mix/MP3)
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