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When Gillie Da Kid started dissing Lil Wayne over the summer, there was no doubt he would put out a mixtape dissing Cash Money's Father and Son. I'm just surprised it took this long for Gillie to release his latest tape, The Truth Hurts. As I've mentioned before, the first thing you'll notice about this tape is the cover, which has a drawing of Gillie looking just like Bubbles (speaking of which, how depressing was last night's season finale of the Wire?).
Anyway, out of the twenty or so tracks on this tape, I'd say nearly half of them focus on dissing Weezy and Baby (the majority of the remaining songs are unreleased tracks from his days at Cash Money). Baby and Wayne have certainly given Gillie a lot of material to work with, but it still seems borderline obsessive to devote that many songs to them. At one point during the tape, Gillie claims that he's turned down several offers from record labels, saying that he won't sign for anything less then a million dollars. There's nothing on The Truth Hurts that would suggest he's worth that kind of money, but I guess if Papoose can pull in a seven figure deal, there's no reason why other mediocre mixtape rappers can't aim for the same amount. Here are a couple of tracks from the tape:
Gillie, Spade O and 50 Cent -- F You
Gillie -- 'Olla Back
If you're interested in hearing more from the self-proclaimed "King of Philly," you can pick up Gillie Da Kid's The Truth Hurts at mixunit.com.
A few items to follow up on last night's review of Hip Hop Is Dead:
Nas tells us how he really feels about Dipset. (via Nahright.com)
There's also a five part video interview Nas did at a listening party for his album out in L.A. Here is the first part. You can find links to the rest of the interview over at The Rap Up.
Nas throwback: On The Real. One of my favorite beats of all time.
12/11/2006 10:19:08 AM posted by Fresh