So I know that I promised to just give away music but since I have been good so far I feel like I can talk about one mix-tape that isn't free. The mix-tape I wanted to look at is the new Mac Lethal mix-tape named North Korean BBQ (2011). This is Mac Lethal's first mix-tape release in about two years. Mac Lethal is best known for his battle rapping with Grind Time and also his album 11:11 (2007) which received a small amount of commercial fame.
Mac Lethal let me down over the years when he started aiming a lot of his songs at a college crowd. You can hear it on songs like "Pound That Beer" from 11:11. He was trying to be Asher Roth. Luckily this mix-tape is a breath of fresh air. Deep subjects through out the album discussing the flack he has caught for leaving the underground and returning back home to his home town in Kansas City. "Therapy For Gangsta's" with the title alone sets off the tone for the rest of the mix-tape. "Raise the Dead" is another great one followed by my two personal favorites "I'm Odd" and "Something I Can Heart". There is still a little goofiness on "My Favorite Song" and the 80's break dance tribute "Little Mac", but this is abruptly ended with "Shannon". A song written for Mac Lethal's ex who has appeared in many of his previous tracks. All in all a really good mix-tape. The beats are well done and strangely enough most are produced by Mac Lethal. It's good to see someone come back and make a great mix-tape after the tongue lashing 's he took not too long ago.
As you can tell I really like this mix-tape. I'm not saying for anyone to buy it but there are some video's on youtube of songs from the album and they are worth a listen. So here's a link to where you can officially purchase the mix-tape and here is the official video to one of my favorite tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC6tLhXi_rQ: Video for "Something I Can Heart"
http://maclethal.bandcamp.com/album/north-korean-bbq-mixtape: Download For North Korean BBQ
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