A few months back I seen a tweet someone sent me and they asked "Say bruh ain't you from Jonesoboro?" I replied "Yeah" and immediately after that I get another tweet saying "One yo lil niggas just won 10 racks from TIP." In my head I'm head I'm saying I don't any nigga that know T.I., TIP, or Q-Tip for that matter. I go to YouTube, searched for Jonesboro, LA and I be damned, Lil Snupe has hit a lick. At that very moment, before even watching the video, I was proud that somebody from Jonesboro made in the rap biz. I had the "16 & Runnin Mixtape" but never played it. Mainly because I get so much damn music I can't listen to it all. A month after the video I finally played it and was like "alright i see ya." Since then the lil homie Snupe has been all over the web tearing shit up. His latest project "RNIC" hit the streets hot,becoming #1 on the LiveMixtapes.com hottest downloads. Now since I've heard it, lets review it.
Before I begin I'm going to try my best to give an unbiased opinion on this but it's hard to do when you from Jonesboro, a small town were everybody knows you. The mixtape holds 14 solid tracks and a skit featuring artists such as Trae The Truth, Meek Mill, Curren$y, and Bigg Poppa. The mixtape also features 2 local Jonesboro artist, Twinn U & Jay Knoxx. As a DJ this is not a EP full of club bangers but a balanced work of art that walks you, the listener, through the life of Li Snupe. Not only does it touch on his life but shows the struggle of really starting from the bottom and making it. You can feel the small town backwoods vibe he is getting you to feel. The tracks go deep like those of Lil Boosie on his 1st LP, "Youngest of the Camp." The EP is something you can easily ride, drink, and smoke to and say "I feel you on that Lil Snupe." For his 1st mainstream mixtape this is a solid pick up. Part 2 of this "RNIC 2" may feature more tracks with the same vibe. I would like to hear one or two club bangers from him. As a DJ I need something I can play to make em shake if you know what I mean. I think Lil Snupe can make a balanced album and be a balanced artist. He has the voice that would be a good fit for radio, the club, and for the realist n*gga on the corner.
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