Mini-Reviews Part 1

As we approach the end of the year too much music is coming out (or leaking, if you will). In my quest to stay on top of whatever I'd consider fresh, here is brief rundown of what I've bumped recently.

Saigon : The Moral of The Story - This is the mixtape that's dropped before his long awaited debut The Greatest Story Never Told which is still without a set release date from Atlantic. Sai is the next coming of what Pac's conscious thug character represented, but he actually puts thought into his bars and he has a great ear for beats. - @@@@ 1/4
South, The West, The East Coast
Saigon Meets Just Blaze

Busta Rhymes & Mick Boogie : Dillagence - It's Busta doing what he does, if you don't care for him then you probably won't dig the rapping on this mixtape. The added thrill is it's in tribute to Jay Dee, using a lot of beats that you've probably never heard before. It fell short of the @@@@ 1/2 mark because Busta chose some beats to rock over that were a bit too left field, and I wasn't feeling guests like Rah Digga (she's fallen far from her Dirty Harriet days) and Cassidy. Get the whole thing here. - @@@@ 1/4

Kidz In The Hall & Mick Boogie : Detention - If you don't know by now you should, producer Double O and rapper Naledge have gone from Rawkus to Duck Down and are about to put out their sophomore release The In Crowd this March. Hush is the kind of music I need right now, grown man material over beats that are killing. A track from this mixtape has earned its way onto my Best of 2007 mix dropping later on this month. Not to mention the cover is incredible. Get the whole thing here. - @@@@ 1/2


6th Sense & Mick Boogie : Go For It - Dude asked me to check his material and I'm not mad. He has beats (He did "Think About It" off of Snoop's Blue Carpet Treatment), and he can rap too but I'm not crazy about his voice. His crew also leaves a little to be desired, but overall this is a highly ambitious project. Get the whole thing here. - @@@@

Bishop Lamont & Black Milk : Caltroit - I'm sorry, I'm a Black milk supporter but this was too n*gg*rish for me to sit through. Possibly I'm biased against the West Coast and whatever movement they're attempting to rebuild but I didn't get through more than 6 songs on this mixtape.

I'll be back with a part 2 to this later on in the week, because there's plenty new stuff I haven't checked for yet. I'll also attempt full write ups of some other new albums that are floating around.