![]() ![]() Rare among the current rap A-list, 2 Chainz has barely done anything to switch up his mixtape style for mainstream rap consumption. But 2 Chainz is a star because of mixtapes, because of ridiculously catchy smart-dumb earworms like “Spend It” and “Riot” that took their time crossing over and convincing the world that the middle-aged guy with the dreads from Playaz Circle was going to be a thing now. But I gave it this week to 2 Chainz’ big mixtape-world return Freebase, using the logic that it’s more consistently fun than any of the others and I’m more likely to be banging it out the car windows in a month or two.Ģ Chainz was a rap-industry hanger-on for so long that it’s still hard to believe that he’s a straight-up star now it’s been a solid decade since the nascent rap internet was guffawing about the idea of Tity Boi trying to beef with T.I. Next week, if things are slow, maybe one of them will get it. ![]() Any of those tapes could’ve justifiably gotten the nod, and there were a few others that I didn’t even get around to checking out. ![]() The low-key Atlanta rap weirdo Rome Fortune teamed up with the great producer Dun Deal for the Drive, Thighs & Lies EP. Low Pros, the duo of A-Trak and Lex Luger, came out with the tough, frenetic dance-rap experiment EP1. Beyoncé production mastermind Boots came out with WinterSpringSummerFall, a deep-dive into his own production ideas that features some appealingly terrible rapping. This week, though, we got a generous handful of mixtapes worthy of your attention. Last week, for instance, was so barren that I ended up giving the nod to the Devil’s VIOLENCE, a violent experiment that I might actually hate. Some weeks, there will be absolutely nothing exciting happening, and some weeks we’ll get so many good mixtapes, often on the same day, that I practically bust an eye vein stressing about which one I’m picking. ![]() It’s funny how this Mixtape Of The Week business works. ![]()
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