G Perico – “L.A. Gangster” review

Los Angeles, California gangsta rapper G Perico enlisting Larrance Dopson of 1500 or Nothin’ to produce his 5th mixtape & having DJ Drama hosting it. In the past 13 years, his last 4 tapes along with over a dozen EPs & 5 studio LPs. The last time Drama hosted a project was Hot Shot celebrating it’s 2-year anniversary last month & I found that to be pretty decent like a good portion of Perico’s output in recent memory, except L.A. Gangster could surpass the predecessor & maybe become an important entry in the dude’s whole entire discography.

After the “Go Shop” intro, the first song “Street Lights” is this west coast trap opener with lyrics painting images of the gangsta lifestyle whereas “Gangsta” featuring E-40 finds the 2 coming together to discuss being a whole different pedigree. “Commas” brings a jazzier vibe to the table assuring it’s all about the checks just before “Resume” featuring Kamaiyah basically gives middle fingers to anyone no good tryna hang with them.

“L.A. Real Estate” gets back on the trap tip instrumentally explaining what people out in the west be gangbangin’ for leading into “Lil Homies” featuring Dody6 giving their kudos to all their friends on the come-up at this moment. “L.A. Takeover” conceptually needs no further explanation since the Innerprize’s statement is being made loud & clear while “Hey” talks about people living their lives & ain’t ever getting it.

The song “Sold Out” kicks off the final leg of L.A. Gangster with a nervous flare buying out everything in his path while “No Interruptions” talks about people giving him fake love only because of his wealth. “Lost Time” works in some fingersnaps & a guitar refusing to lose any more valuable time in his hands, but then “Thankful” featuring Keith Rice ends the tape with both of them expressing their gratitude for a myriad of things.

Building on both artists’ previous individual successes, L.A. Gangster surpasses Hot Shot as a sequel & I could even make the case of it being the best thing I’ve heard from G Perico in recent memory. Larrance Dopson’s production throughout is the most consistently well-crafted batch of beats that he’s rapped on in a while delving into themes of persistence on L.A.’s streets, personal victories & hurdles.

Score: 4/5

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RRoxket – “Rixhie Rixh 2” review

Atlanta, Georgia rapper RRoxket returning with his 3rd mixtape. Emerging in 2022 off his debut EP Rixhie Rixh & the full-length debut album R.I.P. RRoxket, he would go on to drop 3 more EPs Happy Birthday RRoxket as well as RRoxket Valentine and Red M&M ahead of his debut tape Red Ranger that was preluded by his last EP High School Flunky. He put out a fun self-titled efforton Black Friday after officially signing to Sony Music & is returning to the essence of Rixhie Rixh.

“Bad Company” is this plugg-influenced intro referencing Super Bowl LVI champion & current NFL free agent prospect Odell Beckham Jr. whereas “Deuce” goes for a quirkier trap vibe instrumentally assuring everything will be ok the second he wakes up. “Oxycodone” gets back on the plugg tip so he can talk about his addiction to the previously mentioned opioid leading into “Accept” finding him being unable to get this woman off his mind.

Moving on from there, “Kids” shows affection towards both of his daughters & tackles fatherhood in general just before “Balenciaga Fabric” talks about going from the streets to business maintaining a plugg flare to the beat from Hariroc. “Beautiful Dancer” sees him hittin’ up an amigo of his buying whatever he be importin’, but then “RR Shit” goes full-blown rage likening himself to a rockstar since he inked the Sony deal

“Wake Up” goes for a cloudier direction talking about rollin’ another blunt up the second he gets out of bed in the morning while “Sergeant Dip” blends the plugg aesthetics with gangsta rap lyrics. “Never Shook” featuring Lil Tony atmospherically discusses refusing to back down while the pluggy “Field Trip” talks about being willing to bet someone snitched. “Codeine, Percocets, Marijuana” finishes with a single revolving around those 3 substances.

It’s already been 3 years since this guy introduced himself off the original Rixhie Rixh & he takes it up a few levels on the sequel, showing his growth as an artist in that quick span of time. A lot of the same sounds that were all over self-titled like plugg, cloud rap & dark plugg make their way on here except the experimental hip hop undertones get swapped out in favor of rage & the energy of it’s predecessor gets recaptured from a new perspective.

Score: 3.5/5

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Percaso – “Fast Car Music” review

Orlando, Florida rapper & producer Percaso setting out to make bigger waves in the jerk scene by dropping a debut mixtape. Introducing himself during the winter of 2023 off his debut EP 15, he would later follow it up with 3 more EPs in MGN which is my personal favorite of the 4 along with Outta da State & Enough respectively. Not even a month after the latter, he’s cooking up some Fast Car Music to start the 2nd quarter of 2025 & further teasing a debut album whenever he’s ready for it.

“Handmade” is this self-produced plugg intro asking why you’re in his lane & cautioning for everyone to get the fuck up out his way whereas “Rick Jeans” takes a bombastic route instrumentally talking about getting his jeans from the west coast fashion designer Rick Owens. “Close My Eyes” brings a rage-inducing vibe to the table so he can talk about seeing demons whenever he gets shuteye while the organ-driven “Money Rush” breaks down the cash flow.

Luh Tyler joins Percasso on “Koolin’’” so they can admit to thinking of the demons that’re already upside their heads just before the dark plugg-inspired “Decline” talks about getting dough with his 9 & refusing to answer calls on his phone. “Enough” featuring Polo Youngin’ has a standard plugg flare discussing knowing what each others’ limits are leading into “Get Off” sampling “Let It Go” by Playboi Carti talking about his racks being achievements.

“She a Slut” shows a rage influence once again to rock out a show in Miami while the synth-driven “So Kool” featuring Polo Youngin’ keeps old blues on them making newer money. “Southside” featuring reddglk finds the 2 telling everyone to get their bread up & after “Denim” speaks on his lifestyle, “Explain” featuring Wizz Havin uncannily ends with them moving dope.

Wasn’t too familiar with Percaso until I got a suggestion over the weekend to give this tape a listen & regardless of its flaws, I can very much hear the amount of potential he has artistically. The production he solely handles shows a myriad of influences including jerk, trap, rage, plugg & dark plugg except that he’s outperforming a vast majority of the guests joining him since their contributions primarily punch under their weight.

Score: 3.5/5

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$amaad – “Child of Drama 5: Fin” review

Compton, California rapper/producer $amaad concluding the Child of Drama series that made him a breakout name in the underground with his 3rd mixtape. Since 2018, he’s built quite a large discography for himself consisting of his last couple tapes as well as 26 EPs & 4 albums. The Say Hi $amaad! (Care Package) series would go on to receive the same favorable reception as the Child of Drama, making the 5th installment of the latter the final entry of & his 5th body of work in 2025 ultimately.

“Rigo” is this cloudy trap intro asking if you’ll be mad or not if people start sleeping on you & needing adderall whereas “Keep the Dream Alive” talks about the things he does never being enough on top of knowing nobody but everybody. “Interface & Glock” works in some sampling boasting that he doesn’t have any rivals he can think of while “Pimp Juice” expresses the love he has for sippin’ lean keeping the Sprite in his cup dirty.

RTW Biggs’ feature on “Put the Pint Back” is the weakest of the 2 even if they embrace a heavy plugg vibe so both of them can turn the city up together just before the warmongering “Tank Davis” homages the current WBA Lightweight Champion of the same name. “Bootychaaain” brings back the cloud rap vibes talking about working hard for all he has & getting by off his music career, but then the atmospheric “Bands & Strippers” doing it the way he does because he came from nothing.

“Telegram” featuring Rafa & produced by Evilgiane takes it’s name after the cloud-based, cross-platform, social media & IM service with Milt saving the best feature of the 2 for last while “Use Ya Brain” playfully references 2-time WWE Hall of Famer, 4-time WWE world champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion, 6-time WWE tag team champion, the current WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development & head booker of their developmental NXT brand Shawn Michaels said to be inducting WWE CCO Triple H as a 2-time WWE Hall of Famer next month after recently making former CMLL Mundial Femenil Campeon, inaugural CMLL Mundial Femenil Parejas Campeon & 新日本プロレス STRONG女子チャンピオン Stephanie Vaquer the current NXT Women’s Champion & NXT Women’s North American Champion.

Meanwhile on “Explicit to Do List”, we have $amaad talking about his life going the way he’s planned it & being unable to wait for all his homies behind bars to come home while “All These Hoes Get Wet” hooks up these pianos to tackle themes of lust. “Who Am I?” mixes a reversed sample & 808s together to talk about being in this shit for way too long that is until “Purple Swag” once again serves as an ode to that purple drank.

“Until the Sun” continues to push towards the conclusion of the Child of Drama series dissing everyone who keeps putting him in a box only to get out of it every single time & being in your city throwing cash prior to “Femto” reuniting with Evilgiane for the final time going as hard as they did on with Rafa on “Telegram” earlier radiating a cloudy drill hybrid warning that you’ll have to go through him if they want his bitch.

Archie’s Comic almost a couple months ago has been singled out from many including myself to be the worst project in $amaad’s whole discography & to close the book on Child of Drama for good, it’s far more interesting than the boredom that Archie’s Comic was plagued by. The production shows influences of wave, plugg, cloud rap & drill music putting a bigger emphasis on killer rather than filler.

Score: 3.5/5

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Reuben Vincent – “Hit Me When You Get Here” review

Charlotte, North Carolina emcee Reuben Vincent preluding his upcoming 3rd album by putting out his 3rd mixtape. Emerging under the original moniker Esau, his debut tape IDOL.escent would catch the attention of 9th Wonder & would sign Reuben to Jamla Records in 2016. His debut album Myers Park would be released the next fall followed by the previous EP Boy Meets World, the latter of which resulted in Roc Nation Records handling distribution for Reuben’s future output much like fellow Jamla signee Rapsody beginning with the sophomore effort Love is War almost 2 & a half years ago continuing to elevate his popularity. General Admission was ok in comparison & with the next LP set to be fully produced by 9th Wonder, they’re dropping off Hit Me When You Get Here in anticipation of it.

After the “Mama” intro, the first song “Mama’s Prayer” begins with this soulful instrumental likening himself to a pimp tryna get his cake up whereas “God’s Children” works in a crooning vocal sample taking more of a boom bap route looking back on the days before their innocence was taken from them stuck in their ignorance. “In Search Of” flips a piano to talk about going from being 13 to getting a deal while “Surfin’” gives off a chipmunk soul vibe initially thinking the picture would be perfect when it’s torn.

“The Way (You Love Me)” keeps the sample chops going addressing a romantic interest that he can’t get off his mind leading into “Let You Down” giving off a significantly jazzier approach to the beat talking about not wanting to disappoint anyone he deeply cares for. “Getting Along” featuring Foggieraw tells their lovers they do this music shit because they love it as opposed to selfishness prior to “Anything (Have!)” talking about his dream girl having whatever she wants.

As for “Good to Me”, we have Reuben over more soulful boom bap production expressing the large amount of gratitude he has currently on top of the hip hop game treating him greatly & “It’s Alright” gets back on the chipmunk soul tip to finish up Hit Me When You Get Here the way it really began talking about the familiar feeling of the world crashing down on us & God having a plan for everything.

Granted I felt that General Admission & As If Nobody’s Listening… were more average compared to Myles Park & Love is War, it shouldn’t really come off as that much of a surprise that Hit Me When You Get Here clears both of those projects & ranks as the greatest mixtape of his career. 9th Wonder’s sample-heavy production unsurprisingly doesn’t miss for anyone familiar with his general sound & Reuben fully locks in regarding his own performances.

Score: 4.5/5

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Ankhlejohn – “The Michelin Man” review

Washington, D.C. emcee/producer Ankhlejohn teaming with Cookin’ Soul for his 7th mixtape. Breaking out off his Big Ghost Ltd.-produced sophomore effort Van Ghost, he’s given the underground a total of 6 full-length studio albums as well as 27 EPs & his last 6 tapes in almost a decade. Other favorites of mine in his discography include the Navy Blue-produced As Above, So Below & the Rome Streetz collaborative effort effort Genesis 1:27. I was however interested in hearing The Michelin Man after his verse on Gangrene’s comeback effort Heads I Win, Tails You Lose.

“Landlord Member” sets the tone by hooking up this gospel sample to talk about being the kind of father that actually lives with his children whereas “Rump with Me” takes the boom bap route instrumentally asking if anyone out there wants smoke with him. “The Hell Pit” goes drumless talking about everyone already knowing the deal with him for these past several years leading into “Lance Vance” featuring Premo Rice praising God for keeping their affairs in order.

As for “Deuteronomy 28”, we have Cookin’ Soul continuing to strip the drums once again making way for Ankhlejohn feeling like Onyx telling everyone to do the knowledge just before “Seed of Chucky” featuring Tony Shhnow marks the soulful collaboration I never thought I needed to hear. “Sturgeon Eggs” returns to the boom bap putting his street life on full display lyrically while “Halfway” featuring Mike Shabb sees the 2 leaving y’all shot in the mouth.

“Riga Mortis” officially starts the final moments of The Michelin Man referencing WWE Hall of Famer, former 6-time WWE Champion, 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 2-time WWE United States Champion, 5-time WWE Tag Team Champion & NWA World Tag Team Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin following the premiere of Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings division WWE’s new developmental brand Evolve revived by EVOLVE Wrestling’s original founder Gabe Sapolsky showcasing talent under the WWE ID (Independent Development) program on tubi yesterday prior to “Feel the Breeze” finishing us off on a jazzier note making his mother proud with his words.

Some of LORDY’s output in the past 7 years has been hit-or-miss & heads I know who’ve been following him for the same amount of time as me have agreed on that when engaging in conversations of his discography, but The Michelin Man easily sticks out as Anhklejohn’s finest offering of the 2020s elevating Cookin’ Soul’s production run that began last year & the D.C. artist’s finest performances in a while.

Score: 4.5/5

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Reason – “I Love You Again” review

This is the 5th mixtape from Carson, California rapper Reason. After releasing his first 4 tapes, Top Dawg Entertainment signed him in the middle of 2018 by reissuing the one that landed him the contract in the first place: There You Have It. However, his official full-length debut album New Beginnings received more mixed reception when it came out the fall where COVID had the whole world shut down & Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith’s son Moosa subsequently got into a heated exchange of words with Reason the week Porches dropped saying former employee & pgLang co-founder Dave Free regrets even signing him in the first place. Understandably, he left TDE & is returning to his independent roots by telling the game I Love You Again in light of starting his own label Do More Records.

“Fly Away” is this 1 minute drumless intro tackling the theme of escapism whereas “MY Own” featuring Junii takes the trap route instrumentally talking about keeping your head up whilst treading them waters. “Stuck on Moments” featuring Kota the Friend goes for a summery vibe to the beat taking a road different from the proper trail just before “Fleece” hooks up these pianos & hi-hats showing off his young ghetto n***a status.

The soul-trap hybrid on “Not What You Think” featuring Bas crosses the halfway mark of I Love You Again nicely turning all of their demons into meanings but after the “Do More with Thoughts & Ideas” interlude, Ben Reilly joins Reason for “100” going off the top together that is until “Hol’ That” featuring Coyote & Ransom reveals to be the most fun collab here. The final song “Cross the Waters” ahead of the “I Really Do Love You Memoir” outro wraps it up with him & Hit-Boy sharing a moment on the mic together over a Supah Mario instrumental.

After the “I Still Love You Memoir” interlude, “Count It Up” gets on a soulful trap note taking happiness over money & fame while “Tears Over Rose Petals” featuring Cozz cumbersomely talks about wanting people to feel the words they’re speaking instead of simply listening. “On Site NE” hooks up a vocal sample & some finger snaps saying he needs his paper pronto & after the “Spin the Block Memoir” interlude, “I Hate You. I Love You.” dustily breaks down his love/hate relationship with the game.

Once the final bonus track “Home to Me” featuring Chris Patrick excluding the “Support Ya Ppls” outro finishes the deluxe run with a pop rap joint feeling safe around the love of their lives, I wanted to take an opportunity to discuss both “The Dead Apple” & “New York Crash” since both of them were released in the midst of Ray Vaughn & Joey Bada$$’ series of friendly competition disses. The first is a 2-parter replying to a jab Joey threw during “The Finals” & the other finds himself tempted carrying a .40 on him at all times.

Sitting in the weight of reflection, contemplation & healing, one of the industry’s most compelling young voices renowned for his gift for narrative & storytelling prowess makes his highly anticipated return as he embarks on creating his own path & proves that his star is as bright as ever now that’s independent free to drop whenever he wants as opposed to a major label holding his creativity hostage.

Score: 3.5/5

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Westside Gunn – “Hitler Wears Hermes XII” review

Buffalo, New York emcee, songwriter, entrepreneur, curator & now professional wrestling promoter after forming the 4th Rope independent circuit promotion Westside Gunn continuing the Hitler Wears Hermes series with his 12th mixtape & the 12th installment overall. Proving his legend status & that he’s to be a force to be reckoned with all in nearly a decade whether it be running one of the hottest hip hop labels in recent memory to his first 2 full-lengths FLYGOD & Supreme Blientele. Initially set to come last month, the 12th chapter is here ahead of joint pay-per-view between 4th Rope & Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) called For the Culture taking place in Las Vegas during the same weekend as WWE’s WrestleMania XLI live on the Comcast Corporation subsidiary NBCUniversal streaming service peacock.

After the “Michelle World” intro, the first song “Boswell” featuring Estee Nack & Stove God Cook$ is this 5-minute boom bap opener dropping hardcore lyricism including a reference to the current ROH World Tag Team Champion & ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes leading The Sons of Texas faction in AEW/ROH over a sample provided by Denny LaFlare whereas “Adam Page” featuring Stove God named after the former AEW World Champion, AEW World Tag Team Champion & 2-time ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion who became more over after his feud with former AEW World Champion, AEW World Tag Team Champion, CZW World Heavyweight Champion, CZW Wired TV Champion, 3-time DEFY World Champion, DEFY Tag Team Champion, Evolve Champion, MLW World Heavyweight Champion & NXT North American Champion Swerve Strickland talks about being crazy rich these days.

“Veert” by Estee Nack & Stove hops over a drumless piano instrumental from Daringer to showcase their skills the soulful “055” demands you praise West & Stove. “Health Science” featuring Brother Tom Sos that the homie CG slickly laced lets off shots to the head as if it’s personal leading into Brother Tom Sos sticking around for “Gumbo Yaya” having somewhat over a funkier vibe to the beat talking about them living it & having it for a grip. “East Miami” featuring Estee Nack strips the drums again to portray the gangsta lifestyle for 4 & a half minutes just before “Bury Me with a Stove” featuring Estee Nack gives their flowers to former 4-time WWE world champion, WWE United States Champion & CWA Heavyweight Champion Sid Eudy.

The only single “Outlander” finds Rick Hyde’s son & Benny the Butcher’s nephew Myles behind the boards interestingly hitting the backend of the 12th installment of the Hitler Wears Hermes saga referencing the late WWE Hall of Famer, former WWE Intercontinental Champion, 3-time WWE United States Champion, WWE Tag Team Champion & 2-time WCW World Television Champion “Rowdy” Roddy Piper showing some jazzier influences this time around prior to the drumless “Dump World” featuring Stove God Cook$ taking shots at those who failed at throwing dirt on their names.

Hitler Wears Hermes XI last Devil’s Night was a huge indication that the infamous series can carry on right when everyone initially thought Hitler Wears Hermes X would be the end of it & if anything, Hitler Wears Hermes XII feels more like a sequel to Peace FLYGOD other than both of Brother Tom Sos’ appearances primarily because of Estee Nack & Stove God Cook$ being featured all over it like they were on Peace FLYGOD in addition to the strong production during the 43 & a half minutes.

Score: 3.5/5

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Luhh Dyl – “Intrude” review

Luhh Dyl is a 21 year old recording artist from Detroit, Michigan who began to gain traction in the city putting out his debut EP The Ticket in the summer of 2023. It caught the attention of 300 Entertainment, who signed Dyl for his next EP Cart Music birthing his own subgenre of Detroit trap on his debut for the label. Only 7 months later, he’s looking to pick up right where he left off on his debut mixtape with half of the features getting the best of me in checking it out.

The sampling throughout “Chosen” caught my attention to open the tape thanking God for all his trials & tribulations while “Chance” hooks up this trap instrumental with some strings woven in talking about people hating him for never conforming. “Ski” jazzily flexes that everyone else has no other choice to watch him out here & having it better now ahead of the Detroit trap joint “Not a Rapper” talking about everyone else being actors compared to him.

“Be Foreal” shows off the way he be turning up & boasting they couldn’t rap like him if they even were him blending Detroit trap & jazz rap leading into “Fuck 12” featuring Tee Grizzley giving a finger to the feds. “Slow Down” featuring Veeze brings these synths in the fold chopping up the opps’ bodies as if they’re Ted Bundy while “R.I.P. Gang” ahead of the underwhelming collab “Get Loose” featuring Lil Lik remembers everyone in his life who’re in prison or no longer with us.

I found it cool that “Kimbo Slice” takes it’s name after the late Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) fighter who temporarily fought in the UFC division of the Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings planning to start Zuffa Boxing with تركي آل الشيخ for Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford on Netflix in September prior to the “Penny Pinchin’” remix featuring Sada Baby referencing the current 2-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker, who was also a former 2-time NXT Champion & a former NXT Tag Team Champion. “Sign NDA’s” featuring Lil Darius suggests they could’ve been with Druski, which is odd because his behavior at Diddy parties have recently been coming into question.

Loe Shimmy appears on the closer “Get Low” serving as another mediocre collaboration flexing that their chains he shining like chandelier just before “Done Smokin’” starts the deluxe run by talking about the only time people hating you is when you do something they can’t. Nino Paid’s appearance on “You Ready” is another guest spot that I can personally do without up until Baby Money making up for it with his “Fire Eyes” verse, but then final bonus track “10:20 in N.Y.” finishes by trapping in the City of Dreams.

The inventor of cart music showcases the breadth of his artistry during the course of Intrude’s runtime & regardless of me finding myself feeling sorta on the fence with it, there’s more positives for me to say about the mixtape than there are negatives. A notable criticism being only half of the guests delivering fiery performances, with the positives including a hint of unpredictability that you don’t get from other Detroit trap acts when unpacking Dyl’s own lyrics & the production.

Score: 3/5

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Xavier Anthony – “The XA Tape” review

Xavier Anthony is a clothing brand established in 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas & currently based out of Atlanta, Georgia captivated by vision & gaining popularity by selling high quality garments adorned with the easily recognizable signature glasses & eye logos. Numerous up-&-coming artists in the plugg & rage subgenres of trap music have been endorsing the brand & they’ve ultimately decided to get a bunch of them together for a compilation mixtape & suggestively the first in a new series.

“XA Belt” by 10kDunkin opens the tape by jumping over a cloudy trap instrumental from SOULJASPIRITS not wanting to talk since he’s been on his payment whereas “Call the Trøøps” by Diorvsyou works in some synths & hi-hats suggesting everyone watches out with the amount of bitches he has. “Favorite!” by Zaan brings a self-produced plugg vibe to the table talking about his preferences in weed strains being blue & pink runtz while “Blood In, Blood Out” by Sk8star & Tezzus hooks up these luxurious piano chords that Rio Leyva brings to the table making no time for lies.

Rollinthrax gets his own song on “Certified Hood Classic” promising that he’ll be Rich indefinitely on top of the all black fits getting old to him just before “Decarnin” by southsidesilhouette talks about having swag all the way down to his socks & dissing those envious of him. “Spray Down” by billi0n & Tezzus goes for a psychedelic approach to the beat matching it with aggressive performances but after the “Drip Me Out” skit, “Ø” by southsidesilhouette talks putting hoes in anything without worrying of the price.

“4:59pm” by tana splits itself into 2 halves thanks to Whyceg & Ayelavish! so he can breakdown the lifestyle he lives while “Star in the Building” by Reezy X & Rollinthrax keeps the synthesizers in tact pointing out that they ain’t ever see the shit that everyone be cappin’ about in their raps. “Head @!!” by diamond* & Tezzus likening themselves as a duo to the current 3-time TNA World Tag Team Champions & the inaugural 4th Rope World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz or WWE Hall of Famers D-Generation X. “Dølla” by Diorvsyou & southsidesilhouette gets on the plugg tip again giving their partners whatever they ask while the rage-inducing “XA Inna X8” by ladé wants everyone to move out his way.

EA TJ & Lil Righteous get together for “Double Down” looking to fuck up the whole entire block while “Rules of Survival” by Diorvsyou, Reezy X & Sk8star finds the trio talking about them making the shit they do look easy waking up in the morning only to feel the fuck up. “Still on Asher” by 1100 Phats gives off these Detroit trap undertones that I admire wearing out the merch that XA gave him airin’ out all the opps while “50 Staterz” by Boofinese & billi0n rides around in a Bentley & advising not to talk crazy

“27 Klub” by Tezzus hits the backend of The XA Tape with him atmospherically shrugging off all these bitches coming up to him who think they’re special when he doesn’t whatsoever while “Onnat!” by Diorvsyou & Yung Fazo produced by Cxdy of Internet Money Records & Vanguard Music Group assuring that their lives aren’t boring over coming home from tour & putting their women in foreign whips. “XA” by tana & Tezzus wraps it all up with the pair talking about their girlfriends tryna argue with them when they could be saving their energy for something better.

Having previously reviewed most of the artists on this tape or seeing them perform live like Diorvsyou, Rollinthrax, Sk8star, southsidesilhouette, tana & most recently Yung Fazo fresh off his sophomore effort Zo was more than enough for me to invest my time & interest in The XA Tape & it’s a fun collection of tracks built around the modern sounds of trap music showcasing a consistent list of future stars in the Atlanta hip hop scene.

Score: 3.5/5

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