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As recently as two weeks ago, I had grown complacent in my search for new music. Something about stumbling upon up and comers had just lost it's luster. Enter Detroit's Boldy James. I was scouring my twitter feed a couple weeks back when I investigated a link that Chuck Inglish of Cool Kids/illest new producer fame had tweeted (see above video). Now, given my propensity to be easily be entranced by trap rap (see previously discussed fascinations with Jeezy and Clipse), it should come as no surprise that I was almost instantly drawn in (see the 1:33 mark)to this Midwest cat who had essentially come out of no where, save a few Cool Kids features.
Hit the jump to keep reading and to download Boldy James: Trapper's Alley: Pros And Cons
Boldy's flow is rather complimentary to Inglish's style of production, or perhaps it's vice-versa, but either way you cut the cake it's fucking delicious, feel me? My fellow still.grimey contributor JAM (follow the fam)described his flow better than I could: "On Pros and Cons he sounds a little like Gibbs and a lot like Prodigy." Which if you know any thing about JAM, myself, or this little hip hop thing that's going on, that's quite the endorsement. Not to mention, it should tell you something about Boldy Blocks: He is NOT to be fucked with. His cold, unapologetic voice and subject matter is a force to be reckoned with, and, on occasion, is mildly disturbing.
His first (internets) mixtape Trapper's Alley: Pros and Cons dropped May 24th and has already blown up. Boldy immediately sets himself apart from your typical run of the mill "drug rappers" through his beat selection. On the second track, the Chuck Inglish produced "Long Run" the two immediately let you know you are fucking with Detroit by going in over an Inglish beat that sounds like it could have been composed by the late James Yancey himself.
Ultimately, Trapper's Alley is a breath of fresh air for my (and probably your) iTunes library. I had found myself slowly drifiting away from keeping a constant rotation of new- fuck it, even old- hip hop and venturing more in the direction of classic soul and folk rock (pauses...for the benefit of this blog and my street cred, or whatever shreds of it exist, I am leaving Eugene for the weekend before I start eating granola). I digress. It's refreshing, even exciting, because it combines the distinct type of production utilized by The Cool Kids with a gritty street element, which is something I've been waiting for ever since I heard "Gold & a Pager" five years ago. While I don't know if dude will have the ability to make the cross over to "commercial", primarily because you can't spell out "7 MILE" in cocaine, rob and kill people at gun point, or play a song with a hook of "I SOLD DOPE ALL MY LIFE!" on MTV, but I believe he will be able to appeal to a broad audience of a conglomerate of small niche markets. And there is certainly something to be said for that. So whether you're a hip-hop head, bass head, base head, trap star, or just a resident career crook, I think you'll find yourself throroughly enjoying Trappers Alley...and no, it's not a coincidence that there are 28 grams in a zip, and 28 tracks on the tape.
But yo, fuck LaGreezy and his long windedness, you came here for videos and a free mixtape. Let's get it.
Click here to Download Boldy James' Trapper's Alley: Pros & Cons
*LaGreezy would like to point out the neither he, nor still.grimey or it's writers and/or affiliates has any ownership claim to the content in this post*
As recently as two weeks ago, I had grown complacent in my search for new music. Something about stumbling upon up and comers had just lost it's luster. Enter Detroit's Boldy James. I was scouring my twitter feed a couple weeks back when I investigated a link that Chuck Inglish of Cool Kids/illest new producer fame had tweeted (see above video). Now, given my propensity to be easily be entranced by trap rap (see previously discussed fascinations with Jeezy and Clipse), it should come as no surprise that I was almost instantly drawn in (see the 1:33 mark)to this Midwest cat who had essentially come out of no where, save a few Cool Kids features.
Hit the jump to keep reading and to download Boldy James: Trapper's Alley: Pros And Cons
Boldy's flow is rather complimentary to Inglish's style of production, or perhaps it's vice-versa, but either way you cut the cake it's fucking delicious, feel me? My fellow still.grimey contributor JAM (follow the fam)described his flow better than I could: "On Pros and Cons he sounds a little like Gibbs and a lot like Prodigy." Which if you know any thing about JAM, myself, or this little hip hop thing that's going on, that's quite the endorsement. Not to mention, it should tell you something about Boldy Blocks: He is NOT to be fucked with. His cold, unapologetic voice and subject matter is a force to be reckoned with, and, on occasion, is mildly disturbing.
His first (internets) mixtape Trapper's Alley: Pros and Cons dropped May 24th and has already blown up. Boldy immediately sets himself apart from your typical run of the mill "drug rappers" through his beat selection. On the second track, the Chuck Inglish produced "Long Run" the two immediately let you know you are fucking with Detroit by going in over an Inglish beat that sounds like it could have been composed by the late James Yancey himself.
Ultimately, Trapper's Alley is a breath of fresh air for my (and probably your) iTunes library. I had found myself slowly drifiting away from keeping a constant rotation of new- fuck it, even old- hip hop and venturing more in the direction of classic soul and folk rock (pauses...for the benefit of this blog and my street cred, or whatever shreds of it exist, I am leaving Eugene for the weekend before I start eating granola). I digress. It's refreshing, even exciting, because it combines the distinct type of production utilized by The Cool Kids with a gritty street element, which is something I've been waiting for ever since I heard "Gold & a Pager" five years ago. While I don't know if dude will have the ability to make the cross over to "commercial", primarily because you can't spell out "7 MILE" in cocaine, rob and kill people at gun point, or play a song with a hook of "I SOLD DOPE ALL MY LIFE!" on MTV, but I believe he will be able to appeal to a broad audience of a conglomerate of small niche markets. And there is certainly something to be said for that. So whether you're a hip-hop head, bass head, base head, trap star, or just a resident career crook, I think you'll find yourself throroughly enjoying Trappers Alley...and no, it's not a coincidence that there are 28 grams in a zip, and 28 tracks on the tape.
But yo, fuck LaGreezy and his long windedness, you came here for videos and a free mixtape. Let's get it.
Click here to Download Boldy James' Trapper's Alley: Pros & Cons
*LaGreezy would like to point out the neither he, nor still.grimey or it's writers and/or affiliates has any ownership claim to the content in this post*
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