Tony Yayo-Godfather of the Ghetto-Independent-(2013)
Artist: Tony Yayo
Mixtape: Godfather of the
Ghetto
Label: Independent
Producers: The Superiors,
Ron Bronz, Hiphopridaz, others
Changes
and taking hiatuses can be good especially if it’s necessary to take a break.
This will include Southside Jamaica Queens Tony Yayo, member of G-Unit who made
his appearance on various mixtapes and G-Unit albums. As part of the most
influential group of the 2000 era, Yayo made his impact after his jail stint. The
smash hit “So Seductive” was a street anthem with the hard drum patterns that
made him a household name. After an impressive album “Thoughts of a Predicate
Felon” which went gold and executive produced 50 Cent previous two albums, Yayo
returns to the mixtape scene with his joint “Godfather of the Ghetto”.
Throughout the project, Yayo knows
how hold on to a solo track and picks beats that matches his delivery. One of
the strongest tracks is “Out of Town Trip” a smooth laid back joint with a
nicely hard drum pattern where Yayo straight bodied this track: riding on my
6-4, higher than a mutha f**ker, dreaming about G frost, higher than a mutha
f**ker/ went from fried rice and chicken wings to jet fuel and jet wings Tim
Tebow b**ches on the jet plane while the lead single “Lean and Molly” produced
by the Superiors has a catchy bouncy beat where Yayo did his thing as well. The
background bells ringing on “Selling Keys” featuring Lloyd Banks is a classic
G-Unit track when the two rhyming behemoths trade lyrical blows. The
contemporary drum pattern and synths made “Ready” listenable with a smooth
chorus to it.
Don’t expect lyricism from Tony
Yayo; he is all about making hot music spitting about the hood stories, clubs
and females. “Good Die Young” is a perfect hood story with vivid imagery of how
the good die young: another statistic to the cold street/highway to heaven see you
there where we finally meet/and when we finally greet we know we gonna toast it
up/blue heaven, blue dream we know we gonna smoke it up. Yayo does change it up
which comes to this advantage. The uplifting “Sunshine” is laced with a piano
beat which Yayo takes the scene urging people to keep ya head up while “Sexual
Healing” takes creativity to a higher level.
Godfather
of the Ghetto is a stamp of approval that the Unit is back and never fell
off. Yayo picks the right producers and guests that fit the theme of the album.
Whether he does it dolo on “Out of Town Trip” and “Lean and Molly”, trade
verses with his G-Unit brethren on “Selling Keys” and “Move” or spitting about
the strippers and the nightlife on the fast tempo synth and clever hi hat and
drum pattern “Up and Down” with Ron Browz, Tony Yayo has already proved himself
to be a musician instead of just being a rapper. After a few listens of the mixtape, this is
opening the flood gates to the Unit coming back. Expect a hot album from Yayo
soon!
Strong
Tracks: “Out of Town Trip”, “Selling Keys”, “Lean and Molly”, “Ready”, “Sunshine”,
“Sexual Healing”, “Bound to Win”
Rating:
out of
Go get download that fire mixtape from Tony Yayo, straight butterz!
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