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The first time I heard Young Chris rapping as a member of the Young Gunz duo, on their single Can't Stop Won't Stop, I was underwhelmed. The song managed to achieve a moderate level of success on MTV, but the beat sounded like one of the free tracks that you get with your trial version of fruityloops. As for Chris' lyrics - "Mami feelin my begets so my whole neck glow, Say I'm young but I can sex though" - they left me wondering just what exactly Jay-Z, who had been promoting Chris and partner Neef as the heirs to the Roc-A-Fella throne, saw in this kid.
Over the past couple of years, however, Young Chris has been putting in some solid work on the mixtape circuit. A couple of appearances on Mick Boogies previous tapes, in particular, had me rethinking my opinion of the Young Gunna. Yet after listening to Politically Incorrect, featuring twenty-two tracks full of Young Chris, I'm still not convinced that he can stand on his own as an MC. There's talk about guns, money and drugs, and he even seems to mimic the breathless style of rapping that Jay-Z adopted on Kingdom Come, but it all rings hollow. He's trying hard to carry the torch for Roc A Fella, but he ends up sounding like a watered down version of every mc that came before him on the label. Good enough for the occasional guest verse on a Jay-Z or Beanie Sigel track, perhaps, but not for a solo album.
Mick Boogie does his thing as usual, though, and the beat selection on the tape is solid. Here are two of the tracks:
Young Chris and Revenue Rich - Down With The King Freestyle
Young Chris and Kool G Rap - Bridging The Gap
Download Mick Boogie and Young Chris' Politically Incorrect (sendspace)
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9/23/2007 08:01:29 PM posted by Fresh