surprised this isn't a post about this, but I was inspired by the Chance the Rapper "Acid Raps" post to make one for Vic Mensa's new effort
his style is really similar to Chance, but he has his own spin too. Kid is only 19 so he has room to grow, but this is a great project.
Some big guest appearances on it and he worked with some nice producers.
The videos off the mixtape have been tight too.
Happy to see these Chicago emcees that serve as an alternative to the Chief Keefs etc.
tracklist: 01 Welcome to INNANET (prod. Vic Mensa, Cam & Peter Cottontale) 02 Orange Soda (prod. Cam for J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League) 03 Lovely Day (prod. Vic Mensa & Peter Cottontale) 04 Tweakin’ f. Chance the Rapper (prod. Michael Uzowuru) 05 FUN! (Interlude) 06 Magic f. Jesse Boykins III (prod. Peter Cottontale) 07 Time Is Money f. Rockie Fresh (prod. Boi-1nda & The Maven Boys) 08 YNSP f. Eliza Doolittle (prod. DJ Dahi) 09 Hollywood LA f. Lili K (prod. Cam for J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League & Tae Beast) 10 Holy Holy f. Ab-Soul & BJ The Chicago Kid (prod. Cam for J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Peter Cottontale & Om’Mas Keith) 11 Fear & Doubt f. Kenna & Joey Purp (prod. Christian Rich) 12 Yap Yap (prod. Michael Uzowuru) 13 RUN! f. Thundercat (prod. Vic Mensa, Peter Cottontale & Om’Mas Keith) 14 That Nigga (prod. Hit-Boy)
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10. "RE: yea i might have to check the Toronto show even though.." In response to Reply # 9
Yea he's great live...
Being in kids these days really helped him get his sea legs on stage...
way better than 95% of these new rap acts.. lol
Double 0 DJ/Producer/Artist Producer in Kidz In The Hall ------------------------------------------- twitter: @godouble0 IG: @godouble0 www.thinklikearapper.com
since they broke up 2 of them are on tour with Frank Ocean.. and so yea..
He's not coming out of nowhere.
I wish people wouldnt compare this to Acid Rap though.
Double 0 DJ/Producer/Artist Producer in Kidz In The Hall ------------------------------------------- twitter: @godouble0 IG: @godouble0 www.thinklikearapper.com
16. "RE: yes folks kill me calling him a Chance clone...I'm like he help put" In response to Reply # 15
Basically..
Shit is true though.. I hope the lil homies stay tight though..
Save Money... Kids These Days all the young cats go a great little crew... A really strong home base in the Chi..
Double 0 DJ/Producer/Artist Producer in Kidz In The Hall ------------------------------------------- twitter: @godouble0 IG: @godouble0 www.thinklikearapper.com
20. "i'll be honest i slept on Chance until i went to Chicago and met" In response to Reply # 15
some of the crew involved with making his videos, which was earlier this summer when i was spending a couple of nights at Dave Bolland's house (yea i'm name-dropping, so what, lol)
after i got back to Toronto i dug up Acid Raps and was like 'damn this kid is ill'
same with Kids These Days.. didn't give em a chance (i get flooded with music on a daily basis, i can't be checking EVERYTHING)
i only really looked up Vic when the tape dropped (had been seeing his name on the blogosphere but ignored) and realized he is talented as hell
so it's kinda cool that i made the connection backwards compared to most people who had been paying attention..
definitely not sleeping on the Chicago scene anymore though, crazy talented kids out there
once The Remix Project gets established out there (in the works), i'm sure a lot more kids are gonna get the shine they deserve (www.theremixproject.ca)
27. "the tape is good, but" In response to Reply # 0
it's a bit too somber/woe is me lyrically at points. cool, you where in a group and it didn't work out and you fell off a bridge and broke your arm and now you're on, what else?
ironically it's his more upbeat joints like "Lovely Day" that I don't fuck with.
Like Chance, he's a technical beast and has a good hear for hooks, and I wish he'd just rap his ass off here and there for the fuck of it.
29. "I find myself bored by it whenever I've tried." In response to Reply # 0
I love Acid Rap, it's grown on me more than I ever expected it would when I first heard it. But I can't dig this one at all, and I'm not very much into Chance's 10 Day, either.
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