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Mixtape Of The Week: Problem & Iamsu! Million Dollar Afro

- Source: Stereogum

I was getting ready to write a Mixtape Of The Week piece about Casino, Future's brother, and his Ex Drug Dealer tape, which I like OK but which I was just choosing because Future is all over the tape and because I like the way Casino says his own name ("Cas- iii -no!").

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Cakes Da Killa: The Eulogy

- Source: Pitchfork Media

There are a few dozen spots on Cakes Da Killa's first full-length mixtape that are likely to crack you up, but the one that made me actually laugh out loud on a crowded subway platform is the breakdown in "Da Good Book" where he and a female accomplice sing the line "I've been thinking bout dick/ na na na na" in an off key approximation of the melody to Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You".

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Young Jeezy: It's Tha World

- Source: Pitchfork Media

The latest in a long line of Young Jeezy mixtapes opens with the veteran MC feeling "sick and tired of the bullshit" being perpetrated by fake rappers and fake gangsters, wearily shaking his head at all the world's fuckery.

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Kool A.D.: 51

- Source: Pitchfork Media

Kool A.D. grew up in San Francisco-- while this is a well-known fact, it's not one that's acknowledged particularly often.

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The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2010 (#25-1)

- Source: Passion of the Weiss

In a year where we discovered the sweeping influence of Ian Mathias Bavitz touched not only The Knux but Danny Brown, Aesop Rock started his post-Def Jux career by creating an official online home, www.900bats.com , dedicated to the "900 bats needeleslly torched to death by renovation workers in Jupitar, India".

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N.O.R.E. Coins New Slang, 'Riggadellia'

- Source: The BoomBox

While slangologists like E-40 and Ghostface are often celebrated for creating their own brand of vernacular, Capone-N-Noreaga rapper N.O.R.E. has gone largely overlooked, despite creating some of New York's most hilarious jargon.

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