Sizzla x Rap

I remember when both of these tunes took over the dance.

Classics.

Bonus for all the Dipset Massive:

Juelz Santana ft. Sizzla "Shottas"

The Diplomats

Back on my ignorance.

I stay thinking Jones is wack.

This double disc is classic though.



Cook it, bag it, rock it:
The Diplomats "Diplomatic Immunity" 2 Disc

Cam'Ron

Killa!!!

I'm going on record here and saying that I stays with Cam. Whether there is any validity to the whole "beef" with the once mighty Dipset or not I can't say. I will say I don't really like Jim Jones the dude single-handedly is responsible for black people wearing Ed Hardy and breaking up the Dip. You hear that Jim? You the Yoko of Dipset.

As far as "Crime Pays" is concerned it's actually real good. Cam just has that way of being the underdog and the out of pocket black word wizard all in one. It's a delicate balance. Many try, but few are as convincing as Killa.

Get this one.

Download:

Camron "Crime Pays" (Full Album)

P.S This cover is a serious disappointment. With all the crazy ideas that Cam comes up with you'd think he would pass on this wonky ass cover. Tisk, tisk.

Album Covers

The rap mixtape cover game is so weak it is almost comical. Look at any prominent mixtape website and you will be inundated with horrible, busy, disorienting photoshop light effects, etc.

The formula is this:

1. Some dude presents (big obnoxious type face)
2. A rapper (claiming to still sell coke or crack or both)
3. Absurd amounts of airbrushed skin and lighting effects
4. Movie poster knock off theme with accompanying type face (Godfather, Scarface, City of God, Shottas, Goodfellas, etc)

Granted this observation is not going to usher in a new movement of better design, but there are some decent covers like the one above in the sea of crappy mixtapes.

All this non sense has me reminiscing of the good ol' days when No Limit was running the album cover game. Back then all the covers were ridiculously comical in sort of a "we are serious" type of way.

Peep my personal favorite Mr. Serv-On if you doubt me.

That aside, this cover is quite creative and uses a pretty cool split person concept that works really well. Sure, the coke rap genre has reached its plateau and will surely become passe soon, but that doesn't mean that there isn't creative people still involved in it.