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I know I might be a lil' late with this month's choice for the best mixtape that you just gotta hear, but in true Pure Hip-Hop form the old saying "better late than never", must apply in this situation. We are the 29th of December today and I have finally made my decision...a decision that might surprise some but will surely come as no surprise to those who routinely peep Legend and DJ Nice tapes or wait for Green Lantern to drop somethin' other than Uncle Murda co-signs. While Green has taken a lil' bit of a hiatus from the mixtape game he re-emerges here with his two cohorts Legend and Nice to drop an excellent, 2-disc mix that's packed heavily with good Hip-Hop.
It seems that "Back 2 The Basics" is a website co-signd and/or distributed release, and the website in question is Onsmash.com. Shouts out to them, I don't really frequent their site much, but back in the day before they blew up and was just a lowly site called Daphatspot.com, I was a member and a frequent poster, lol. Shout out to all the old heads from DPS! LOL, aaight, now that I'm done net geekin' it up a bit lets talk about the music. B2TB is truly a well planned tape that contains quite a few bangers that have that coveted "exclusive" feeling. From Royce Da 5'9"'s grizzly and terrifying story "Part Of Me" that brings the elusive production genius of Carlos Broady out of hiding to the surprisingly strong Wale contribution "Pot Of Gold", things on the first disc start out very strong and feature songs and freestyles from any and every up and coming new street artist as well as some old mainstays like Grafh, Styles P, Red Cafe, Kool G Rap and La The Darkman amongst others. A great 1st disc that only falls short on the last track. LOL, Why these three DJ's thought Rick Ross was needed on here is beyond me.
The second disc has a few more holes in it than the first but contains a fair share of realy dope material as well, namely the Special Ed and Raekwon collab "Hood Story" that comes on after a blisteringly good Ced Hughes & Emilio Rojas Intro track prod. by the Kickdrums. Now that's how you start things off! Moving forward there's a definite mix of new and slightly less new names, sometimes with good results, other times you just sorta get the same feeling as you do when your at a show watching the opening acts and they're are a few less than stellar one's that send you fleeing toward the bar, begging to buy an 8 dollar beer. Maybe the Kid Cudi, Theo and Mickey Facts joints will strike you differently, but I wasn't diggin their inclusion much at all, call me a hater I guess. All the new names included aren't failures though; D-Black, A.Pinks and Novel all provide above average glimpses into how they get down that will leave many who haven't heard em' scouring the net for their other works'.
This is a solid release, no doubt there, and it caters to a pretty broad audience, so I think the cats over at Onsmash can be pretty happy about that. Although you might have to make a few deletions right off the bat, B2TB is a must have, if only for the 14 or so joints on here that aren't anywhere else.
-BIG D O
Disk1
01. Emilio Rojas - Back 2 The Basics 2 (Intro) [01:25]
02. Royce Da 5′9″ - Part Of Me (Produced by Carlos Broady) [03:50]
03. Grafh - In Love With The Dealer [03:03]
04. Johnny Polygon - I Been Runnin [02:36]
05. Wale - Pot Of Gold (feat. Daniel Merriweather) (Produced by Mark Ronson) [02:49]
06. B.o.B - We Drank (feat. Playboy Tre) [02:16]
07. Ced Hughes - DragonBlood [01:57]
08. BK Cyph - Rap 101 [01:42]
09. Cambatta - Voice Of God Freestyle (Produced by Scram Jones) [02:25]
10. Styles P - Ride or Die (feat. Snyp Life & Bully) [01:54]
11. Red Cafe - There He Go (feat. Fabolous & Paul Cain) [03:30]
12. Don Cerino - Missing Element (feat. Royce Da 5′9″) [03:20]
13. Hell Rell - I’m So Special [02:25]
14. La The Darkman - Quiet Storm Freestyle (feat. Willie The Kid) [01:55]
15. Kool G Rap - Thugs Love Story (Chapter IV) [02:57]
16. Fortlive - The Come Up [03:40]
17. Rain - Director’s Chair (Produced by RocWilder) [03:09]
18. Big K.R.I.T. - Playaz Circle Freestyle [02:08]
19. ESSO - New Day (Produced by Black Friday) [03:36]
20. Donny Goines - The Look (Produced by Dame Grease) [02:04]
21. ATM (Smoke DZA, Numbers & Cory Gunz) - Time Machine 1.0 (Produced by The Heatmakerz) [02:54]
22. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) - Thugathon (feat. Lil Fame) [02:14]
23. Almost September - 16, 17, 18 (feat. KRS-One & Al Be Back) (Produced by Jared Gosselin) [02:46]
24. Blu & Sene - Mars [02:29]
25. Rick Ross - Can It Be Freestyle [01:49]
http://rapidshare.com/files/177383279/DJ_Nice___DJ_Green_Lantern_Presents_Back_2_The_Basics_2__The_Resurrection__Disk_1.rar
Disk2
01. Ced Hughes & Emilio Rojas- Kick In The Door (Produced by The Kickdrums) [02:37]
02. Raekwon & Special Ed - Hood Story (Produced by Huu Banga) [03:28]
03. Curren$y - Got It (Produced by Monsta Beatz) [02:41]
04. KiD CuDi - Can I Be [01:47]
05. Nipsey Hu$$le - Hoodstar [01:58]
06. GoDChilD - Toast 2 Life (Produced by Black Friday) [02:46]
07. Sha Stimuli - Next Up (Produced by J.Cardim) [03:52]
08. The Kid Daytona - Lately (Produced by Ill Bomb) [03:51]
09. Theo - Roberta Flack Revisit (feat. Dolly) (Produced by Flying Lotus) [03:00]
10. Killer Mike - Grinding [02:17]
11. Nino Bless - Murdera [03:33]
12. Kardinal Offishall - Set It Off (Remix) (feat. Dr. Dre & The Clipse) (Produced by Boi-1da) [03:36]
13. Novel - Noise (Produced by Breeze The Beatmachine) [01:54]
14. Chip The Ripper - Moses Freestyle [01:26]
15. D-Black - Hold Up (Gangsta Shit) (Produced by Illmind) [02:44]
16. Fashawn - Freedom (Produced by Exile) [02:54]
17. Joell Ortiz - Say No [01:31]
18. Mickey Factz - OnSMASH (feat. CurT@!N$) [02:54]
19. The Insomniaks - Crashin Whips [02:27]
20. Mikkey Halsted - Karma (Produced by No I.D.) [02:07]
21. Skyzoo - Catch Up (Produced by Ski) [02:51]
22. Billy Danze - Undescribable (feat. Busta Rhymes) [03:38]
23. Wafleek - The Hollows [01:11]
24. Harlem’s Cash - Modern Day Malcolm (feat. Santogold) (The Government Remix) [03:39]
25. A.Pinks - In My Own World (Bonus) [03:39]
http://rapidshare.com/files/177388491/DJ_Nice___DJ_Green_Lantern_Presents_Back_2_The_Basics_2__The_Resurrection__Disk_2.rar
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