This artist is one that I came across while scouring DattPiff.com for mix-tapes. Rip City Rick is a 18yr old out of Boston, MA and has just dropped is first mix-tape. I have to be honest I've never heard of the guy but his mix-tape Head In The Clouds leaves me feeling like people won't have to wait that long to hear his name.
As I have said before I am a huge fan of the mix-tapes that start off strong. Rip City Rick gets the job done. Nice to see the Beastie Boys sample in the start of the album on the song "Drop". That is a nice ode considering the mix tape. Rip City Rick reminds me of Mac Miller but just a little more laid back. The bangers continue into my favorite "Bring it On". Im not a huge fan of the oter rapper Gat but the song still has a chill beat tat Rick is able to ride well. The whole album continues much like the first two songs. "Keep it Real" does just that, setting up a jazz lounge rap image. Most of the songs either lie upon this line of really chill hip hop or over produced pop. I kind of hate that "Tell You Something" has the 311 sample. I died just a little inside when i heard that. It was interesting but Rick missed the mark on that one. Other than that a great summer mix-tape. It's good to see so many of these youngs guys representing hip hop.
http://www.datpiff.com/Rip-City-Rick-Head-In-The-Clouds-mixtape.242320.html
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