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Yelawolf - "I WISH" the REMIX ft. CyHi Da Prynce and Pill
Despite his name popping up more and more frequently over the past several months on at least one blog I have much respect for, with an ever-increasing amount of hype, I hadn't given much consideration to Alabama rapper Yelawolf until hearing about his recent signing to Interscope. Perhaps it was the fact that, when I first saw a picture of him on the cover to his recent mixtape Trunk Muzik, I thought he was Jason Mewes' alter-ego. Nevertheless I recently began digging through his past mixtapes and, though the comparisons to Eminem that seem to be a mandatory part of any conversation about him are completely unwarranted, found a couple of songs that were far better than I would have ever expected.
The standout track of Yelawolf's career thus far is undoubtedly his collaboration with Raekwon on I Wish. The remix (in the video above) is perhaps the only instance of a song improving after the removal of a Raekwon verse, as Chef's been replaced by a couple of up-and-coming rappers and a heavy dose of bass distortion, with the result being something even better than the original. I've never heard anything from him prior to this, but Atlanta rapper CyHi da Prynce's delivery on the song's second verse is tremendous. I tried to dig up some info on him, but all I could find was an indirect cosign from Kanye West (or rather, Kanye West's ghost blogger) for his mixtape The Prynce of Jacks. A bit more googling turned up a new video CyHi just put out for the mixtape, featuring him rapping over a pair of classic beats from The Fugees and Jay-Z:
CyHi da Prince - READY OR NOT and DEAD PREZ
Here's one more video that Prynce put out at the end of last year:
CyHi da Prynce - Hard Way
4/4/2010 8:45:51 PM posted by Fresh