Gangsta Grillz
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DJ Drama is full of surprises. He has announced that he is working on a De La Soul Gangsta Grillz mixtape.
As spotted on Hip-Hop N More the record executive and Rap curator recently sat down with Elliot Wilson and Brian “B. Dot” Miller for a new episode of Rap Radar. The trio got Mr. Thanksgiving to open up on a variety of topics regarding his career. When asked how he has been able to remain relevant for so long he attributed his success to his roots as a DJ. In that answer he revealed his newest project offering.
“For me being a mixtape DJ I was always addicted to the new sh*t. I was a teenager in the 90’s so that’s my era; that’s what I ride around listening to” he explained. “De La Soul is coming to streaming [platforms] and I couldn’t be more excited. And we got a Gangsta Grillz coming. That’s a little sidebar.”
For some time De La Soul’s catalog has not been available digitally due to bad contracts, corporate greed and other factors. Last year the iconic group announced that they had finally worked through all the legal hurdles. This month the catalog finally hit digital streaming platforms and Hip-Hop rejoiced. “It’s been 20 plus years overdue, but finally, we are here,” said DJ Maseo.
At this time there is no release date or title for the De La Soul Gangsta Grillz mixtape.
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DJ Drama is talking his talk. He recently said he brought mixtapes back, and the culture agreed wholeheartedly.
As per Complex, the record executive took to social media to give himself some flowers. On Monday (Jan. 9), DJ Drama posted a photo while at the studio that read “I Brought The Mixtape Game Back 2 Life.” Drama wrote in the IG caption, adding in a “Thanks Tyler” with a winking face emoji. “If You Can Think It, You Can Achieve It.” The post also mentions he is in “album mode” which points to his I’m Really Like That project.
Naturally, his claim quickly picked up traction throughout Hip-Hop circles and he was met with validation from only from rap fans but also some of his peers. Funkmaster Flex commented “10X” under the post while other contributions to the thread included “Indeed you did” and “Gotta thank u for that bro.”
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In 2022 Tyler The Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost won on a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The project was his installment to the iconic Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. In 2010 Tyler tweeted “I WANT A GANGSTA GRILLZ TAPE SO FUCKING BAD GOT DAMN.” DJ Drama detailed his vision for the album in an interview with Complex from 2021. “It has that Gangsta Grillz feel, but this is Tyler’s album. I wanted to relinquish some of the control and let him do what he always dreamed about.”
Mr. Thanksgiving’s last Gangsta Grillz was French Montana’s Coke Boys 6 which was released last week.
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French Montana already has his work plotted for 2023. DJ Drama has announced the newest Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Coke Boys 6.
As spotted on Hypebeast the Bronx, New York native is taking it back to the streets. On Monday, Jan. 2 the producer shared a teaser for the project on Instagram. The visual shows French casually walking into a private jet with the introduction to an unnamed song. “2023 New Year…Same Hustle Droppin 1/6,” Drama wrote as the caption. “@frenchmontana ‘Coke Boys 6…Money Heist Edition’ Gangsta Grillz…I Gave Yall A Chance To Catch Up…What Happened,” the caption read.
The tape seems to be a group effort as several of his Coke Boy collaborators are featured on the cover art inclining the late great Chinx Drugz and the incarcerated Max B. Coke Boys 6: Money Heist Edition was originally scheduled for a December 2022 release, but it seems it is finally ready. This marks French’s first release since his joint project Montega with Harry Fraud. Mr. Thanksgiving’s last Gangsta Grillz was with Icewear Vezzo’s Paint the City prior to the holiday.
You can see the teaser to Coke Boys 6: Money Heist Edition below.
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In 2022 DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape series experienced a sort of rebirth in popularity as artists like Yeezy, J. Cole, and Snoop Dogg dropped projects with the Atlanta mixtape DJ.
Now Pusha T is the latest big-name artist to confirm that he and DJ Drama will be adding to the illustrious Gangsta Grillz library in 2023 and we for one can’t wait to see what the two cook up when they both get in the kitchen. The news broke when King Push had a conversation with Rap Radar’s B. Dot on Twitter Spaces and revealed that the project would be hitting the block sometime in 2023. Needless to say the Hip-Hop world was elated with the news and made their feelings known online.
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This will be Pusha’s first project to drop since the release of his fourth studio album, It’s Almost Dry, which dropped in April of this year. Should be interesting to see if he addresses Kanye West’s MAGA-ish meltdown at any point of the project? Will he take any subliminal shots at Drake and rekindle their long-standing feud? Will his brother, Malice make any contributions to the mixtape? We’ll just have to wait and see come next year.
Do y’all have high expectations for the Pusha T and DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz mixtape in 2023? Let us know in the comments section below.
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