Been keeping an eye/ear on this guy for a while now, he is pretty much the dopest rapper in Chi-town right now. ‘Dope Boy City’ is a non-LP cut from ex-Cash Money artist Mikkey Halsted. With fellow Chicagoan No I.D. on the track (let the story begin!) you know in your heart that this knocks.
Bonus! Here is Halsted duetting (an underused term in Hip Hop I feel) with Gary, IN native Freddie Gibbs earlier this year on ‘On My Own’, produced by Maja 7th.
Cocaine Blunts dropped Bounce For Relief Vol. 1 back in 2005 and they have finally followed it up with Vol. 2 and it’s a big mix.
Here we veer into the gangsta bounce of early Cash Money and another of the stronger labels from that era – Pack. It’s also bookended by two proto-bounce tracks Gregory D & Mannie Fresh’s “Buck Jump Time” and the J Ro J’s brass band “Buck Jump” knock off “Let’s Jump.” Like the first the song selection consists of mostly classics with a few lesser known titles sprinkled in. Sorry about the crackle and fuzz on some tracks, you know how it goes. Please continue to support New Orleans in any way you can.
Bounce For Relief: The Best Of New Orleans Bounce Vol. 2
[via Cocaine Blunts]
