Big Sean - Finally Famous Vol. 3 (Mixtape Review)

I'm posting this mixtape review very late so bare with me.
1. Final Hour (Prod. By Don Cannon & Nick Kage) - First off the beat on this is so nice. Good track for Sean just to go off on. He did a nice job but the end is kind of annoying with Don Cannon. 8.5/10
2. Meant To Be (Prod. By DJ Spinz) - This is the kind of song that I would expect from a mixtape. I really hate Cannon on this one. Just an average song. 7/10
3. What U Doin’ (Bullshittin’) (Prod. By The Olympicks) - I hate when rappers put album singles on mixtapes just to make the tape better. But I still feel this song. Especially the beat. My favorite line is still "Bitch I am a monster I belong in District 9." 9/10
4. Money & Sex f. Bun B (Prod. By No I.D.) - I bet you can guess what this song is about. Not really feeling the beat or the song. 6.5/10
5. Five Bucks (5 On It) f. Chip Tha Ripper & Curren$y - This beat is such a classic but I don't like the original song. But I'm loving Sean, Chip & Spitta on this. One of my favorites from the tape. 9.5/10
6. High Rise (Prod. By Don Cannon) - I guess Cannon has some good beats. Because this beat is great. Sean goes off on it. "I'm trying to change this gray clouds to vanilla skies, Camera in my face I guess the future will be televised". 9/10
7. Crazy (Prod. By The Olympicks) - This beat is nice as well. The track reminds of "This Bitch Is Crazy" by Drake. Decent mixtape track worth the listen. 7.5/10
8. Home Town (Prod. By Eliseo of Treal) - Nice track but nothing special. I swear Sean is getting cockier and cockier on tracks. 8/10
9. Supa Dupa Lemonade (Prod. By Bangladesh) - Ok so everyone knows what Sean did to this beat. So many quotables on this joint. Probably his best lyrics to date. "What the fuck these niggas sound like, Just a whole bunch of my sound bites". 9/10
10. My Closet f. Sayitainttone (Prod. By Key Wane) - Another track that I skipped while listening to this tape. Beat is average. And the lyrics are nothing special especially from Sayitainttone. 6/10
11. Too Fake f. Chiddy Bang (Prod. By Xaphoon Jones) - This beat is real nice. And I'm loving Sean's flow on this one. Xaphoon from Chiddy Bang did his thing on this one. 8/10
12. Fuck My Opponent f. Tyga (Prod. By Trillionz) - Both of them simply went in on the beat. Feeling Tyga's part on this more though. 8.5/10
13. Made f. Drake (Prod. By WrighTrax) - This song has been out for some time now. Not really feeling Drake's flow on this but he did well. But the hook, the beat and Sean's verse make this one of the best on this tape. "She said she like all girls I turned that bitch co-ed" 9.5/10
14. Ambigious f. Mike Posner (Prod. By Clinton Sparks) - This song has the potential to be a single if they change it slightly. But Mike Posner did his thing on it. Loving the hook. 9/10
15. Love Song f. Suai - I think this is Suai's track and Big Sean just rapped on it. But anyway it's pretty good. The verse flows well with the song. 9/10
16. Memories (Prod. By Key Wane) I wasn't feeling this at first. But on second listen this is one of the better songs on the tape. Good way to the bring to the tape to a close. 8.5/10
17. Glenwood (Bonus Track) f. Kanye West (Prod. By Kanye West) - Don't really understand why they put this on the tape because this has been out for about 2 years. But it's great anyway. 8/10
18. Fat Raps (Remix) f. Chip Tha Ripper, Chuck Inglish, Asher Roth, Dom Kennedy & Boldy James (Prod. By Chuck Inglish) - For some reason I still like the original better. Probably because Sean's verse was legendary on that and so was Curren$y's. But everybody did their thing on this anyway. 9/10


I wasn't feeling this tape when it first dropped. But on second and third listen. I'd say that about I really like 11 out of 18 songs. Which is good for a mixtape. The final grade is B- average grade is 8.

Wale - More About Nothing (Mixtape Review)

This is my first mixtape review. So my grades won't be as tough as usual because these are mixtape tracks. Be prepared for more and more reviews from me. Even albums/mixtapes that I don't necessarily like.

1. The Problem (prod. By DJ Omega) - My first impression of this track is that it is a little boring. But after the spoken word in the beginning which was impressive I really started to feel it. 7/10
2. The MC (prod. By Mark Henry) - Beat is too dope. Wale has a couple quotables on this track. I'm feeling it. But nothing amazing. 8.5/10
3. The Soup (prod. By Best Kept Secret) - Once again the beat is nice but I usually like Wale on some Best Kept Secret production. He needed some of his production on Attention: Deficit. I feel this is one of the best on the mixtape. But that's just my opinion. The Seinfield sample starts the song off perfectly. "You can check the schedule, if my timing was any better than I would be a metronome". 8.5/10
4. The Breeze (Cool) f. Wiz Khalifa & Tre (prod. By Mark Henry) - This is my favorite song on the entire tape. Maybe it's because Wiz is slowly becoming one of my favorite artists. But it's so smooth to bump. This is how you judge a good song. Good beat, Good hook, Above Average lyrics. 9.5/10
5. The Friends N Strangers (prod. By Kosmik) - I'm not feeling this joint. I think it's because Charles Hamilton rapped over the same sample on "The Pink Lavalamp" and I think he did better. Even though Wale is a better rapper that's just my opinion. But the track has a good meaning behind it. Real lyrics. 7/10
6. The Number Won (Competition) (prod. By Bassheads) - slow beat but the lyrics are strong enough to not bore you. I think this one of the deepest joints on the album. 7.5/10
7. The Eyes of The Tiger (prod. By Tone-P) - We all know what this song is about. This is pretty much a recap of what happened with Tiger Woods in the past year. 8/10
8. The War f. Daniel Merriweather (prod. By Bassheads) - This song sounds like an album cut to me. Good hook on it. I can vibe with this. 8.5/10
9. The Break Up Song (prod. By Anlo) - It's been out for awhile. I thought it was unreleased cut but it ended up on this tape. I'm digging the Stevie Wonder sample. Another one of my favorites from the tape. "Life is a movie we both say cut, But most times darling the sequel sucks". 9/10
10. The Work (Workin') (prod. By Yogi) - He went off on this joint. Too many punchlines on this. "You the type of nigga make a stripper turn celibate" 8.5/10
11. The Black & Gold (prod. By DJ Omega) - My first reaction to this was that I wasn't feeling it. But the beat is nice. Song is just ok to me. 7.5/10
12. The Manipulation Pt. 2 (prod. By Kosmik) - One of the more interesting songs on the tape. Songs starts off with a nicely written spoken word poem about women. But after the Seinfield sample he changes his opinion on women in a pretty funny but serious way. "I don't care about your drive unless your ridin' dick" 8.5/10
13. KD Interlude - No rating just Kevin Durant saying some random shit in this interlude which leads to the next joint.
14. The Posse Cut (Who Don't) f. Fat Trel & Black Cobain (prod. By Kosmik) - I can get real hype to this. The Wayne sample fits. Raps are good except for Black Cobain's verse. Which I can skip. 8/10
15. The Guilty Pleasure (No Hands) f. Roscoe Dash & Waka Flocka (prod. By Drumma Boy) - Song is really not needed. It probably would have been alright if he just had his verse. Because the rest is not needed and this song isn't even his. But the hook isn't terrible. Still wouldn't completely call this a skipper. 7/10
16. The Trip (Downtown) - (prod. By DJ Omega) - I would have slept on this track if I had not been working while listening to this tape. But I like the SWV sample. And the beat. But the song is simple but dope. Nothing special though. 8/10
17. The Ambitious Girl - (prod. By Osinachi) - The song almost didn't the cut for the mixtape. But I'm feeling Wale on this spoken word shit. Laughing at "I'm tryna fuck the shit out of your aspirations" But this song is very unique. Wale is one of the few rappers you can call a poet. 8.5/10
18. The Motivation (Be Right) f. Dre (prod. By Cool & Dre) - Good song nothing special though. Thought about skipping but it was good enough to stay on. 7/10
19. The Cloud f. Tiara Thomas (prod. By Tiara Thomas) - The song is a little boring but it flows well with the album. 6.5/10
20. The Power f. Avery Storm (prod. By Osinachi) - The Seinfield sample is great on this one. I'm feeling this one. Inspiring joint. 8/10
21. The Get Away (Fly Away) f. Northeast Groovers (prod. by Best Kept Secret) - Another song that has been out for awhile. I think this leaked sometime last year. But it was already on my iPod. Wale always does great on Best Kept Secret beats. Loving everything about this joint. Good way to end one of the top 5 tapes of the year. 9/10

Overall grade: B- But hey I'm a tough grader and this tape is still in my top 3 of the year. Along with Kush & Orange Juice and Pac Div's tape.