Quality Street Music＜限定盤/Gold Vinyl＞

Albums from hip-hop DJs -- like not a rapper, not a producer, not a turntablist, but a hip-hop DJ -- aren't considered highly anticipated unless you're Tony Touch, Red Alert, or DJ Drama. The man behind the Gangsta Grillz mixtapes and the man literally behind T.I. and his Grand Hustle crew continues to do the improbable on his 2012 release Quality Street Music, a mistitled set that goes a little pop when Wale, Tyga, and Roscoe Dash team for "So Many Girls," but the "Quality" part is right on, and the guest list is the best kind of ridiculous for rap fans. T-Pain, Cee Lo, 2 Chainz, Young Jeezy, and T.I. all appear before a great Kevin Hart skit splits the album in two. Waka Flocka Flame and Tyler, the Creator kick off the second half with the strange but satisfying "I'ma Hata" before names like Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and even Childish Gambino fill the album's second half with worthy rhymes. Still, it's a comp, and one that hangs together loosely, but Drama's Rolodex should be at FAO Schwarz because that thing is expensive and seriously stuffed. ~ David Jeffries

前作からちょうど1年で届いた4枚目のオフィシャル作。DJキャレドのそれと同じく世の流れを一望できる便利なショウケース・コンピなので、チェックしない意味がわからないのですが、今回はいつも以上にフレッシュな面々のフレッシュな手合わせを心掛けたように思え、そういう意味でも刺激的。トラヴィス・ポーター×カーコ・バングズとか、スクールボーイQ×チャイルディッシュ・ガンビーノとか、かっこいい曲だらけ!
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