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 as & 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 project or seeing them perform live like Diorvsyou, Rollin’ Thrax, Sk8star, aouthsidesilhouette, 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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