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The Hit List Week 35: (Dec 20 - Dec 26)
Nas - Wu For the Children: Nasir Jones has cemented himself on the Mount Rushmore of Hip-Hop. In part, for what he’s done late in his career with two timeless albums with Hit-Boy (King’s Disease 1 & 2). Not only did they announce KD3 this week, but they also dropped something to hold us over, a surprise album titled “Magic”. It’s super duper fire. It would easily rank as the best album of some rappers' entire careers and it’s just a loosie for Nas. On “Wu For The Children” he lets us behind the curtain of his illustrious career and lets us know that he was supposed to hop on the “Gimme The Loot” Remix with Biggie and then compared him Big and Hov to Drake, Kendrick & Cole. He also boldly proclaims that he should have been getting Grammys when ODB said Wu For the Children (I don’t disagree). Also I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention what is probably most people’s favorite track on the project, “Wave Gods” ft. A$AP Rocky & DJ Premier. On it, Rocky shows us that he hasn’t lost a step after experimenting with different sounds. He still is a top tier barsmith. I also been listening to “Dedicated” on repeat.
Trippie Redd - Red Line: Trippie released a surprise mixtape on Soundcloud called “Hate Is Dead”. This track has that classic Trippie sound, synth-y, whimsical, he raps throughout (no singing, though I do love when he belts it out). He warns the opps (and homies) that they crossed the Red Line and he can’t fuck with niggas hopping from side to side.
Fireboy DML ft. Ed Sheeran - Peru (Remix): African singer Fireboy DML released his hit “Peru” earlier this year and it got around to Ed Sheeran who big upped the track and eventually hopped on the remix (which dropped this week). It was already a top-tier Afrobeats tune (with the “Unforgettable” snares) and adding Ed gave it some extra sauce. Tough Tune.
Kodak Black - Nightmare Before Christmas: Yak got one! I just saw him at the Suns-Warriors game a few weeks back. The white homie saw Kodak’s friend and was like “Is that Lil Wayne” and I saw Kodak with a custom Suns jersey that read “Bill” on the back and I was like “Nah, that’s Lil Kodak from the Ugly Corner and that’s his manses. Florida niggas got dreads like that”. He sat courtside of course. Me… Let’s just say toughtune.com isn’t yet bringing in the big bucks. But there’s still time! Anyway on “Nightmare Before Christmas” KB hops on a beat that sounds custom made for Drake (with the singing sample in the background) and touts how he tries to stay out of love because he grows strong feelings for the women and he just wanna be out here fucking, thugging and getting money, he’s too lit to commit. He also says he tried to no to drugs but they (the drugs) don’t listen. That’s a bar. Dope beat and Kodak flows without a hook for the whole thing.
KRS-One - The Beginning: On Youtube it says God MC KRS-One is releasing a new album in 2022. On this track (presumably the first single) the OG displays elite lyricism and gives us an idea of how long he’s been doing this (pre-Eazy E). He knows most rappers can’t stand in the ring with him and does what he’s been doing for decades, promoting positivity, the importance of gaining knowledge, and calling out wack rappers and their lack of substance.
Big Boogie - Lower Level Talk: So I saw this album in the iTunes store carousel at the top just after the new releases dropped Thursday night and I added it to my list of ones to check out. I had never heard of Big Boogie, but he’s a CMG signee (Memphis on the list yet again!) and a certified street nigga (based on his rhymes). On this standout he talks about beating a very long prison sentence and also talks about some of the people he met inside (and what they were in for) on the Lower Level of the prison facility while he was awaiting trial.
Other Tracks/Projects to Drop this Week
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 4 (Album)
SpottemGottem - Back From The Dead (Album)
Trippie Redd - Red Line: Trippie released a surprise mixtape on Soundcloud called “Hate Is Dead”. This track has that classic Trippie sound, synth-y, whimsical, he raps throughout (no singing, though I do love when he belts it out). He warns the opps (and homies) that they crossed the Red Line and he can’t fuck with niggas hopping from side to side.
Fireboy DML ft. Ed Sheeran - Peru (Remix): African singer Fireboy DML released his hit “Peru” earlier this year and it got around to Ed Sheeran who big upped the track and eventually hopped on the remix (which dropped this week). It was already a top-tier Afrobeats tune (with the “Unforgettable” snares) and adding Ed gave it some extra sauce. Tough Tune.
Kodak Black - Nightmare Before Christmas: Yak got one! I just saw him at the Suns-Warriors game a few weeks back. The white homie saw Kodak’s friend and was like “Is that Lil Wayne” and I saw Kodak with a custom Suns jersey that read “Bill” on the back and I was like “Nah, that’s Lil Kodak from the Ugly Corner and that’s his manses. Florida niggas got dreads like that”. He sat courtside of course. Me… Let’s just say toughtune.com isn’t yet bringing in the big bucks. But there’s still time! Anyway on “Nightmare Before Christmas” KB hops on a beat that sounds custom made for Drake (with the singing sample in the background) and touts how he tries to stay out of love because he grows strong feelings for the women and he just wanna be out here fucking, thugging and getting money, he’s too lit to commit. He also says he tried to no to drugs but they (the drugs) don’t listen. That’s a bar. Dope beat and Kodak flows without a hook for the whole thing.
KRS-One - The Beginning: On Youtube it says God MC KRS-One is releasing a new album in 2022. On this track (presumably the first single) the OG displays elite lyricism and gives us an idea of how long he’s been doing this (pre-Eazy E). He knows most rappers can’t stand in the ring with him and does what he’s been doing for decades, promoting positivity, the importance of gaining knowledge, and calling out wack rappers and their lack of substance.
Big Boogie - Lower Level Talk: So I saw this album in the iTunes store carousel at the top just after the new releases dropped Thursday night and I added it to my list of ones to check out. I had never heard of Big Boogie, but he’s a CMG signee (Memphis on the list yet again!) and a certified street nigga (based on his rhymes). On this standout he talks about beating a very long prison sentence and also talks about some of the people he met inside (and what they were in for) on the Lower Level of the prison facility while he was awaiting trial.
Other Tracks/Projects to Drop this Week
Curren$y - Pilot Talk 4 (Album)
SpottemGottem - Back From The Dead (Album)
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