SPIT: 90 Minutes of Hip Hop

The fourth and final chapter of the Down With the King mixtape series is here and it kicks ass. DJ Kay Slay continues to showcase some of hip hop’s biggest acts, both old school and new school. Papoose features, of course, and Ghostface, several tracks with the gangsta rap crew Dipset, G-Unit features with Mobb Deep, M.O.P. and 50, and Busta Rhymes brings Labba, Rah Digga and Spliffstar to the table for another confirmation that the Flipmode Squad is one of the best crews around.

Busta recently signed to Dre’s Aftermath Records, by the way, and his new album is expected shortly. A preview has already been available on the web for a while under the name The Big Bang. Sounds good, but it’ll change before it’s released. Hopefully they’ll manage to give the rest of the Flipmode Squad some exposure too.

This mixtape also features a bunch of tracks with Lil’ Flip , Bun-B and Pimp C from The Underground Kings (UGK). Texas continues to be the place for Chopped and Screwed and some of the hottest MCs in the game pushing for a unique combination of styles.

The mixtape king Papoose should know that it’s about friggin’ time he drops his highly anticipated album. This guy has killed it on seven mixtapes with Kay Slay and continues to feature on the Down With The King series. I wonder what his next move will be. His rap over some Boyz’n the Hood samples on this tape is sick.

The most dissapointing crew on this tape is G-Unit. I don’t say that to be a hater or something but it’s just something to do with the sound, and Fiddy’s singing. Although it sounds kinda cool with Mobb Deep on the same track. And the Mobb and MOP track is pretty cool, but a bit too hard for my taste.

The highlight of the tape is the track So Cold with Dre Robinson, Papoose and Jae Millz. The most disappointing track is without doubt the new Kanye West track for the Impossible Mission 3 soundrack. The track Impossible is as braindead as they get. There are intense debates online about what the hell this track is about. My guess is nothing. Although Twista does crazy rhymes.