Mixtape Sunday

Aight we gonna run this 1st installment of Mixtape Sunday. Ratings are as follows:

Wack Stash: Dont waist ur time or ear wax

Yawn: Tape boring, no excite-tation factor

Almost Had Me: Good beats, wack lyrics but catchy songs

Strizzle: Nice tape, I'd blast this in the whip ona regular but I'd skip over some tracks

Hot Shit: No explanation needed

Yo Gotti The Lockdown: this started off goin hard but after a while it got boring. The beats on this go hard but of course Yo Gotti doesn't have any real lyrics, just guns, clothes, hoes, dough, cars, cribs, and drugs. This mixtape got mad skip around joints, and after skippin so many songs u eventually just turn it off, which is exactly what I did. Yo Gotti gets my "Almost Had Me" rating for this one.

E-Nyce The Prologue: this one is nyce, started off hard and ended on the same note. This a well rounded mixtape, rapper rapping over otha artist's beats with some origional tracks which will get and keep ur attention more than some of these signed artists projects. This new artist is takin his spot and showing why he's a threat to the local and global rap scene by showing real flows and making real songs. The Prologue aint perfect but it gets my "Hot Shit" rating never the less.

Danja-Field Breath Of Fresh Air: I got this mixtape at the April Soundclash in New Orleans. This dude goes so hard on the trax. Dude from the N.O. he has a Philly broadstreet bully sound and the lyrics to match. Origional trax are soulful and the rhymes gritty. The only thing I didnt like about this one is the fact that the people featured on some songs couldn't keep up with his lyricism, just picture OJ Da Juiceman ona track wit Jay-Z. He got some joints on southern beats but the sound of his voice and his flow dont match wit em, so I had to skip em. Danja gets my "Hot Shit" rating..with the exception that I cant deny good lyrics and a killa flow, and dude gots that. (No Image Avail)

Lyriqs The Lyricist The Nobody Monologues: This one good, all origional tracks with a soulful vibe. Dude has the sound of Talib even though he's a New Orleans rapper. With songs bout him making it and leaving his mark in the game because he's such lyrical rapper kind of gave this one a 1 dimentional feel. Its no question dude got skills but with no radio or club joints I gotta give this one my "Strizzle" rating.

Core 2TWENTY2

Who are they?
They're a New Orleans based web promotion group.
What do they do?
They specialize in web based media and product promotion.
How long have they been around?
Officially, since today, but unofficially they've been around for over 3 years.

Core 2TWENTY2 was founded by 2 college roommates back in mid 2004. They're dorm room was "party central" meets photo studio meets "girls walk out limping" meets "everyone leaves drunk". The room number...222. Kind of a catchy number, swag behind it, meaning behind it, plus it sounds nice, has a nice roll off the tongue feel..pause.

BEAN TALK
Back in college all we did was party, drink, girls, get creative, and make good grades. I started out doin party promotional flyers for Full Moon Entertainment, who at that time had the Hammond La. college party scene on lock, and thru making flyers and promoting for Full I made a lot of connections, more friends, and met even more women, and really thats what it all leads back to right, the women. Then me and my roommate started the get fresh movement, well really that nigga started it when he started changing clothes 3 times a day and hittin campus with "where u got that from" gear. From there it was a must to have a new fit for every party and to shit on the whole club every party. We was popin bottles in the club back when ev'body thot a plastic cup was all there was. We bought that New Orleans mantality to Hammond and they loved that because they neva seen nuthin like it before..poor country people. Hammond really hasnt been the same since we left.

PISTOL SPEAKS
2TWENTY2 is a life-style, its what we represented all day every day, from the clothes we wore, the liquor we drank, the parties we threw, the bbq's we put on, and the girls we interacted with, and by interact u know what I "really" mean. There isnt enough time to sit and tell you bout all the things we did back in school that helped form what we now call 2TWENTY2, just know we represent it to the Core til this day, and will continue to rep what we started from day one to day done. We always said if we start a business its gotta have 222 in it because thats where it all started. Never knew exactly when the business was gonna pop off or what it was gonna consist of, we just knew it had to be named 222 and it had to have dealings with the music/entertainment industry. We got talent ova here, and we just tryin to show that and help those we believe in get further with what they doin. This in the soul, its in the core of our bones...that why were Core 2TWENTY2.

At this time Core 2TWENTY2 has 2 artist they're currently working media for: E-Nyce and newly added Caesar. E-Nyce has been a client for some months and for him Core 2TWENTY2 has set up a blogspot, music sharing site, promoted all music on Twitter and Facebook & set up performances thru social networking. E-Nyce's first official mixtape to hit the streets was The Prologue which released on the 10th of last month and to date has had over 500 downloads. Months leading up to its release Core 2TWENTY2 started dropping leaks off the mixtape and also dropped songs not on the mixtape to get people ready and familiar with this new artist, so when it was time for the mixtape to drop it would be heavily recieved.

PISTOL SPEAKS
The internet is what's up. Especially for a new artist with no major backing; the best thing u can do is make fans off these social sites. U gotta treat it like the majors but with more work. U gotta constantly put out GOOD music, u gotta constantly meet new people and get em familiar with u so they click on ur music, but u also gotta get in with these other artist who are doin the same as u and believe in what u believe in because ultimately their fans become ur fans and vice versa. U gotta show love to get love, and that's what I greatly believe. I also believe in hard work and good product, if u work hard and give me something worth getting out there, Ill do my best to go beyond my duty to make sure people hear u, but not only hear u, listen.

Looks like 2010 will shape up to be the beginning of a beautiful start for Core 2TWENTY2. Remember the name, watch the moves, get familiar. Do remember this is a brand new group and it takes time for that ball to get rolling, but with a clientele for 2 promising artist and backing from industry insiders, that balls already gotten a nice push & its only a matter of time before its rolling full speed.

Play Nyce

A true mixtape is taking hot instrumentals and displaying ur true lyrical ability on em, while having fun with the track and ur word play. Artist do mixtapes because there's certain things a label will and wont allow u to put on ur album, so the mixtape is that artists outlet to show his fans why they like him so much and why's he's ill. As of recent mixtapes have strayed away from that and artists are doin mixtape albums. I call em mixtape albums because all the tracks are origional but there's no major label backing or retail, therefore it isnt a TRUE album. Dont get me wrong, a mixtape album is all good, but when u get so caught up in making and listening to just mixtape albums, when someone drops a TRUE mixtape, ur ear misses the concept because ur so used to hearing the mixtape album.

Enter E-Nyce with The Prologue. In my opinion this is one of the best mixtapes out right now, and that's speaking in reference to major artists and indy ones. Staying true to the mixtape, The Prologue showcases E-Nyce rapping over major artists beats, showing his lyricism, wordplay, and use of multiple flows. This is the 1st official mixtape from E-Nyce although he's been rapping for over 10 years, and if u listen to his word play and song format as well as song making ability, u'll see that this is no ameture. A real emcee has the ability to take someone's beat and make their own and E-Nyce definitly does that with Nikki Manaj's Your Love and Usher's Lil Freak.

The Prologue also contains some origional songs produced by New Orleans producers Kut Cre@or, Beefy, and KG-23, which are official hip hop bangers. The thing that makes The Prologue such an official and great mixtape is the fact that this guy is truely spittin. Any time u put yourself on a track with Ludacris and out rap him, your serious about your craft. At most The Prologue has 2 tracks that might lose your attention, but its not because of what he's rapping, its because so many rappers before him have done those beats and oversaturated our ears with em. Nothing is perfect but The Prologue is on perfects street and walking to its door, which makes it a matter of time before word gets to the right ear and the world will be seeing and hearing much more content from this New Orleans rapper.

Check The Prologue and see for yourself, but I advise you to sit and listen to what he is saying on these tracks, and you'll understand what I already see...E-Nyce is capable of being the next to blow. Click the link to download E-Nyce The Prologue. http://usershare.net/jbmamgvt2d3t

Tracks to check for:

1.Im Illy

2.One Life (snippet)

3.Death B4 Dishonor (2nd verse)

4.Lil Freak

5.Mind Made Up

6.No Mo Mr Nyce Guy

8.Feels Good

9.Ur Love

11.Win (2nd verse)

12.Too Far

14.What U Like

15.Back To Tha Crib

16.On The Ground

19.Trigga Play

Damn, thats way more than half. Truely all the tracks stand out but these are the best one's on this mixtape.

Mixtape Sunday Preview

Comin outta Philly we got Tone Trump wit The Product Of Philly. Now when I think of Philly I think of hard, gutter, gully rhymes. Punchlines that hit u n ya chest with beats that'll make u bob ya head off ur shoulders, and face it when u comin from the city of Beanie Sigel, Cassidy, State Property, Eve, The Roots, need I say more..u gotta come wit heat cuz Philly produced some of the hardest out. Wit this Tone Trump I didn't get that hard Philly rap feelin. Majority of the beats was hard but the lyrics and flow fell short. Anybody can rap about guns, bricks, and money but honestly Tone was kinda boring to me. Startin off the mixtape wit a horrible use of auto-tune is no way to say "hey listen to my mixtape" eitha. They had a couple joints on here I liked, and when I say a couple I mean that literally...2 joints worth my ear more than once. The people he featured on his songs went harder than him, slick side I think I'd rather hear what they got to say mixtape wise. Im glad I didn't download this one because its not worth my hard drive space.

I dont intend to offend, this is just my opinion.

Intro To Mixtape Sunday

Aight, so these days everybody's got a mixtape..the dude at the corner store, the old lady in the old folks home, even the retarded boy with no legs who live down the street..but who REALLY got the music worth listenin to?? Thats the hard part when it comes to mixtapes. These days niggas with no musical ability drop a tape and everybody download it, not because the rapper is hot, but just because they're a personal friend of such rapper..that's the fake shit that plagues the rap game. The same goes with internet spins and blog posts, if they know u,they play u, no matter how wack u are.

Intro Mixtape Sunday..a bias ear from a dude who doesn't know any of these rappers personally. Im just a nigga with a ear for good music and a low tolerance for bullshit. Ima be posting mixtapes from local and major artists that I feel are worth a download, but as far as local artist go, I can only post the shit that I know about, so if I dont know about u because ur promotion is on pause then I wont be posting ur shit. Also, Ima have whats called The Wack Stack (self explainatory)..I got a feeling that Mixtape Sunday is gonna generate a lot of enemies, but oh well, if u cant take criticism then get out the game and get off my blog. This is what I do, and Im doing it because Im tired of EVERYONE not getting the love or criticism they deserve. People claim to be such big hip hop heads but they frontin..they click song maker supporters who only support who they know or who makes them money.

New rappers fuck wit me, and u so called "established" rappers fuck wit me also..Mixtape Sunday bout to give EVERYONE a chance to get herd. We aint selective ova here at Ufrontin but we do keep it real, so if u wack its gonna get said. Leave ur feelings at the door and lets get this shit popington properly.

OUR Word

Does a white person TRULY have the right to opinionate on how much a black person uses the word nigga/nigger/ or any other forms of the word?

Pistol presented this question to me while we were chillin on the block so I decided to bless his blog with my views on the word nigga and the white people surrounded by it who chose not or to use it. Now the option to use or not to use the word is completely up to the individual, but who are u to justify what is or isnt nessessary in regards to words coming out of someone else's mouth; wether that word be nigga or any other word in the english vocabulary.

"He went on to say how he doesnt like the word and wishes that it wouldn't be used, and he doesn't use the word." Well homeboy your white, so you damn right you SHOULDN,T be using it, but if you did use it, do I have the right to get offended? More on that later. We all have rights, and of course you have the right to not like the word, but you have NO right to criticize a black person who uses it often. Of course it was said how a white person could say nigga and black people have a problem with it but as soon as a spanish person uses it, its all good...you damn right its all good! Spanish people went thru and currently go thru their own strugle in this place we call America, and although their struggle was nothing like the blacks struggle, they still struggle, and that puts us at a certain understanding with one another as a group.

Now Im not speaking for all, because they are some white people who have black friends and those white boys are nigga'd out..nigga, nigga, nigga coming out they mouth all day..and what do their black friends do...nuthin, they say nuthin....but why.....because it's not that serious to some folks, its just a word. I kno a white dude who works in a black barber shop right now and every sentence out his mouth has nigga in it..so what..who cares, the world still spins and lives get lived, nothing comes to a haulting stop just because this white boy said nigga.

The word nigga/nigger has so much pain behind it that people these days cant let it go. Old people wanna classify the word as demeaning to the struggle and to what everything blacks fought for many years ago, they see it as a word that should be abolished from the english language and anyone who uses it is insensitive to all black people who came before them. Magazines do articles on the word, and TV shows dedicate episodes to it. If nigga aint in the conversation then nobodies talking.

Just because we use nigga doesn't mean were insensitive to our past, it doesn't mean that we dont appreciate the sacrifice and blood shed in the advancement of black rights in America, and it doesn't mean we dont understand the racisim that word holds...its been said time and time again, and I will state it once more, we simply took a word of hate and made it a word of love, a word of endearment.

We dont use it because we dont know what else to say, we use it because it's a word, we dont mean anything negative when using it, and we use it in the same context as "brother", "cat", "homie", "dude" etc. Now when the word is used negatively and to degrade, that's when we have a problem, and that's when we step in and say "hey, watch that usage or get your ass beat!" Now as far a white person stating what is too much usuage of the word, that's not your place to say, you can have your opinion but honestly that opinion holds no weight over here..Russell Simmons said "I own the word and all the suffering behind it" and I feel the same way, we (Black People) own that word and all the suffering behind it.

Can you relate to what WE went through and still go through today with facing racism? have you been discriminated against because the color of your skin or the part of town you grew up in? have you been profiled as "fitting the discription" just because your a black person in a white neighborhood?....I speak this because I've been through this..Its still alive yall..its just not as out in the open as it was during the civil rights era. So I'll use the word as much as I want, pay me no mind because it aint your dime to spend...let a black person tell me when Im sayin nigga too much..then I'll listen.

So you asked me if a white person have the right to opinionate on how much a black person uses the word nigga...my answer to that is "NIGGA PLEASE!!"

by. Dat Nigga Real

Im Raw

Brand new off There Is No Competition 2 The Funeral Service, Fabolous: Im Raw. So far this is the hottest mixtape to drop this year from a major label artist, and the videos he's dropped so far have been official. Rite about now Fab is proving why he has the right to call hisself Niice, lyrics on point, flow is on some planet next to Pluto. If Fab stays on the rought he's on rite now, he'll easily be considered top 5 by the end of the year.....now b4 yall feathers get ruffled from that last statement, let me clear somethin up for u. I speak in regards to the game, Im not speakin from person opinion, because in my personal opinion I think Fab is top 2..Jay then him, but thats who I favor in the game, but as far as the game, when they speak of Fab they havent been speakin of him in top 5 favor..so what Im sayin is, they gonna have to give his just respect because its long past due...now back to ur regularly scheduled blog!!

Im Raw, fresh off the editing software and to ur PC or Mac screens...check this one...Niice!!

Stunt Game Proper

My homie over at enycemusic.blogspot.com hit me up the other day & told me how he was ridin down the street and an old dude pulled up on side him super stunt style in an old school vette on shine sittin on chrome slappin him in the face like get on my level lil boi!! & that got me to thinkin....old people are the hardest stunta's out.

To all u thinkin that puttin ur 85 chevy on donks wit a bunch of General Mills stickers is doin it big, u odviously dont know the meaning of the phrase. An old person will have they old school ridin wit the sickest, classiest paint job sitting on factory restored chrome, the interior is stock and all the parts under the hood are origional. The car will be riding perfect with no engine problems and milage is low...now thats how u stunt! Whats more is they old school will be worth sumin while ur's is worth nuthin..no trade in value, all u can do is auction it off for parts.

To all u thinkin that postin that picture of urself holdin 1000 in 100's is stuntin hard..u lost ur way and need to be slapped back into reality. 1st and foremost thats ur rent money, so fix ur face,go get that money order and put it in the office box. Old people go to the bank get them G's and walk out the bank countin it like its nuthn, then go to walmart and buy they meds for 2.oo...thats how u get ur stash season on. When they say be prudent, old people are PRU-DENT like a mutha!

Young folks need to take a look at how these old people put the stunt game down and learn sumin. Next time u pull up on that 60,000 sports car, look at who in it..I bet its a senior citizen drivin slow as hell in that fast ride..can barely see over the wheel, holdin u up from gettin to where u try'n to go. They on they way to the money but they aint n a rush because they got so much already they see no need to hurry..I also believe old people drive slow to savor every moment in they life thats left..they aint rushin to die so they gonna live slow for as long as they can..& u cant be mad at that!

Shouts out to the hardest stunta's of regular people population...The Senior Citizen, this Ensure's for u *raises can of Ensure then pops it open*

Lookin 4 A Handout

*This is not a review, this is an account of what I witnessed and how I feel about it*
So I went to the Industry Influence last night at the Hangar and if your someone who's bout their business you would've enjoyed it, but if you were there looking for a way to get into the rap game quick, then it would have been a waist of your time. They had 2 panels; one on digital media and the other on the importance of a manager, and they both had a lot of good information to give.

The digital media panel stressed the importance of promoting yourself on the web via twitter, facebook, myspace etc. and also spoke on how to get your music on itunes and other music distrobution sites for cheap. They also touched on why as an artist you NEED to have your own website to drive your audience or potential audience to so they can view your music, videos, bio, pictures, and other information about you as an artist. The thing about the web is you gotta touch any and everyone you can in attempts to build your fan base and get them to your site or page to view what you have to offer so they get to know you and spread the work about you to their friends. Self promotion on the web can in some instances be a full or part time job depending on how much work and dedication you put into promotion your product & depending on the people you choose to target on the web.

The panel featuring the managers had 3 individuals who are in the game right now. 1 entry level, 1 middle level & 1 top level manager spoke to the audience about what a manager can and cant do for you and what you can and cant do for yourself without manager representation. If your trying to do your thing on a local level and really dont have ambitions to touch a major or national market, then you really dont need a manager. On the other hand if your serious about your music career and your trying to get that major deal, then you will need to invest in a manager to help get your career off the ground, but a manager can only invest in you as much as you invest in yourself.

As I was listening to these speakers and looking at the audience it occured to me that they were only in there looking for a quick way to get into the rap game. When the panels started speaking about the work and money that needed to be invested to get your rap career started the audience didn't want to hear it, they got upset at the sound of "you NEED to do this if your truely serious about a career and longevity in this industry". They were there wanting to hear "do this and you'll have a record deal tomorrow." How dare they speak about hard work and dedication to make some real money in the music industry.

Their's probably over a thousand rappers in New Orleans but less then 100 of those rappers are truely serious about their craft and career as an artist, the rest are just looking to get rich quick and wanna rape the game for what they can, then be out. Too many rappers, not enough passion and thats why those major labels dont look to New Orleans when scouting talent. In my opinion TRUE New Orleans rappers need to come together and show one another love because the passionate are scarce, a last of a dying breed if you will. Stop downing and dissing one another like you the hottest rapper to touch down in city because honestly I dont see ANY new rappers from New Orleans with millions in they pocket and signed to a major label. And from the looks of what saw last night, and from what I see daily with the few passionate rappers the city has to offer, no one will be getting a major deal any time soon.

Just my opinion, could be wrong, but Im probably right.

The Game Is Back

In case u been living in the closet like R. Kelly for the past year, u already kno that BET was in the works of aquiring the popular CW series The Game..well people its almost a done deal. We might as well call it a done deal at this point because BET will soon announce that its taking over production of The Game, but of course moving to a new network means a name change, so it will now be called "Game".

Most, if not all of the origional cast will return. There's some politics that need to be worked out because following the cancelation of The Game on the CW network, the options of the actors expired and new contracts need to be negotiated. BET will work in conjunction with CBS studios to produce the new episodes and the show will take on a new showrunner; Salim Akil who is husband to the previous showrunner Brock Akil, so its still in the family. No worries because Salim Akil served as the main director for The Game when it was on the CW and he co-wrote some episodes, so the only thing we can expect to be changed within the dialog of the show is some of the language used (yall know how BET like to bleep out certain words).

Honestly people, I saw this coming. The Game is too popular within the Black community and once the CW "canceled" the show that community went into an uproar calling and emailing the studio like crazy to get the show back on the air. It was those calls and emails that got the show renewed onto a new network. Another hint that BET was in the works to aquiring all rights to The Game is if u notice when a show goes into sydication its re-runs are shown on numerous networks. The Game was only shown on BET, which is an indication that new things were in the making and we as an audience just needed to be patient and wait out the lengthy negotiation tactics of the entertainment industy. I guess now we'll finally find out how everything ends up, with the new baby, marriage, divorce, and new love interests the show left off wit huh. Im ALL man but I cant wait to see how this all plays out.

Follow Game on Twitter @BETTheGame and stay tuned for all the upcoming news.