TAG: DJ Drama

Aug04

Willie The Kid, #The Crates (Mixtape) (Review)

Willie The Kid

#The Crates (Mixtape)

Released by Embassy Entertainment


It's hard to imagine a rapper from Grand Rapids, MI. (KMC Kru was that city's prior rap claim to fame) named Willie The Kid approaching hip-hop with the same scholarly intensity as some loop-digging aficionado from Copenhagen or Tokyo. While WTK came up in the wake of the Trap Or Die era, appearing on a number of DJ Drama mixtapes, it became abundantly clear sometime last year that there was more to this G-Rap cat than his appearance on a remix of "Cannon."

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Feb01

B.o.B, DJ Drama, DJ Sense and LRG Present The May 25th Mixtape (w/ DJ Tags) (MP3)

B.o.B is back on the mixtape scene with his latest project featuring J. Cole, Asher Roth,  Playboy Tre, Charles Hamilton and Bruno Mars. Bobby Ray showcases his producing talents throughout this tape while rocking on beats provided by Alchemist, Kutta and Kanye West. …MORE

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Apr04

Lil Wayne Sues Mixtape DJs x Everyone

After publicly denouncing the mixtape scene in an interview with Foundation magazine last year, Lil Wayne is making it official. Cash Money Records is suing a number of mixtape outlets including DJ Drama’s Affiliates Music Group. How Wayne has the audacity to go through with this is beyond me. Becoming recognized as the prolific king of the mixtape circuit for the past several years was a major factor in his rise to superstardom. Among the exhibits named as evidence in the suit are tapes such as the Dedication series, a series which Wayne knowingly and

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Jan07

URB #155: Asher Roth’s Dire Straights

In light of today’s mind-bendingly bizarre events (read: Asher Roth’s Crew Foils Terrorist Suspect), we dug into the archives and wanted to put up the feature we did on Asher a few months back.

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Asher Roth comes straight out of the Morrisville, PA ‘burbs admitting that he ’stans’ Dakota Fanning, enjoys salmon, and eats fresh fruit covered in Dannon, just for comic relief. Doesn’ t sound like one’ s beloved neighborhood rapper. And quite honestly, he doesn’ t care. While some of hip-hop’ s leading stars are busy chewing on stale beef and dodging court cases, Asher is attempting to surpass the weed, rims and timbs moniker by forming a niche that does not always grant radio airplay: being himself.

Listening to his lyrics is guaranteed to incite a …

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Nov11

Dedication 3 Artwork & Tracklisting

Dear Weezy Stans,

This is the cover of Lil Wayne’s new mixtape with DJ Drama. You probably loved the first two Dedications, there were some bangers. “The shit knocked,” as the kids say. Check below for a complete tracklist, thefted from 2dopeboyz, for a collection of empefrees that’s expected to drop by Friday. Stay tuned.

Sincerely,
URB.com

DEDICATION 3 TRACKLIST:
1. Welcome Back
2. Dedication 3 f. Mack Mane, Willie The Kid, Gudda Gudda
3. What Else Is There To Do
4. Dick Pleaser f. Jae Millz
5. Ain’t I f. Jae Millz
6. You Love Me You Hate Me
7. Bang Bang f. Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda
8. The Other Side f. La The Darkman, Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda
9. …

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