Rating- Treat
File Under: Class A Beats with Class D Rapping
This very special edition of the wrap up is brought to you by DIPLO, the genius behind such acts as Major Lazer and Hollertronix. This time he has compiled a mixtape featuring fifteen original remixes from some of the scene's hottest electronic and dance artists. Here's the catch, they are all Gucci Mane
songs.
The problem with this mixtape right off the bat is that Gucci Mane is a down right bad rapper. His rhymes are trite and corny, his flow is weak and his monotone delivery is mediocre. I have no good news for Gucci Mane, if he wants to break big, he needs to become a different person.
Now for the good news, every single beat on this mix is killer. Song after song, note after note, kick after kick, every single bass wobble and synth run is the work of a brilliant artist. It is strange for a mixtape to have consistently stellar beats but this one doesn't fail to deliver time and time again.
My favorite outing comes from Memory Tapes, a low-fi indie band with huge potential. It takes the normally pathetic rap song "Excuse Me" (seriously, who says: "my watch so stupid icy / I can't even tell the time"?) and puts it on a bed of tinkling synths driven by a light snare beat. The star of this song is the beat switch that invades at the half way point of the track. Heavily bass driven and totally phased out, it finishes out the song is a melodious and tasteful way.
In total, Gucci Mane is a really bad rapper and if this wasn't a free mix tape, I would not own it, but these remixes are outstanding... Gucci should just recruit indie artists to do his tracks for him.
Wednesday Wrap Up will continue tomorrow with a new album but for now enjoy this review and download the mix for yourself.
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