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Track 2 Track: "Protect your Mana" by Rey Dollas

3/13/2025

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​A five-minute song?? Nobody drops five-minute songs! Well Rey Dollas isn’t just anybody. He’s a rapper from Tulsa that has been gaining traction for his lyrics and raw delivery. One example of this is his last release Shayonna Flo, a track that gained a lot of attention for its ability to immediately draw you in, it was so real and raw and with a visual that took you to his world. Rey Dollas is just getting started, his new single “Protect your Mana” looks to build on the success of his last record. Let's check it out.

What does Mana mean? The title immediately sticks out. A quick Google search defined Mana as originating from Polynesian/Melanesian cultures, where it means spiritual/physical power, charisma, and reputation. These qualities are revered where Rey Dollas comes from. 

We gotta talk about the beat. Sounds familiar right? That soulful background voice is the legendary singer Mary J Blige and her hit single "My Life" which is also samples from the late Roy Ayers’s famous hit "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", his recent passing reignited this amazing single as posts popped up all over social, it's crazy to think that also over twenty-one songs sampled this song.
Twenty-four, doing life,
it's crazy what a nigga do 
just to earn a stripe
Forty dollas, shit that's what he got for the lick
Twenty-four years-old, life in that bitch
Rey Dollas has this special gift. His words speak life with each bar. No matter straight forward the bar is. Sometimes it’s not about how many quadruple entende’s you can put in a verse. Like Kendrick said, “Fuck a double entendre, I want y'all to feel this shit”. And that’s exactly what Rey Dollas is doing. It reminds me of those early Nipsey tapes where he would jack beats, but his words spoke to you in a way that was just as prolific as the beats he jacked. Rey Dollas is spittin some PROLIFIC shit on here. The song isn't this structured two verse chorus song structure, it comes across more like a stream of consciousness where he jumps in and out on the track. During these streams he’s tying bars together and jumping from bar to bar but also letting it breathe. An example of this is when he talks about running so hard that his feet bleeds, to the fact that his woman wants red bottom shoes. There's just not a dull moment on this track.

I like also that he lets the beat breathe at the end. It reminds me of those old rap songs that would let the beat play at the end and everybody would freestyle on. My only bad critique about the track would be the last twenty-five seconds. The track just goes totally silent for twenty-five seconds. And in this world of short attention spans, twenty-five seconds, feels like forever.

There you have it. "Protect your Mana" by Rey Dollas. It's a track that's breaking all the molds. First of all, It's five-minutes. Secondly, it's not the traditional song structure of chorus, verse, chorus. This is Rey Dollas stream of consciousness, or maybe stream of reality that draws you in.  Lastly, it's a dope ass record. Rey Dollas has that "it" factor. Just listen and you'll know what I mean.

Check out Rey Dollas new single "Protect your Mana". Now streaming everywhere!
Follow Rey Dollas on social media:

Instagram: @reydollas23
Twitter: @ReyDollas_
YouTube: Rey Dollas
Spotify: Rey Dollas
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Payola is the reason why the World is Tweakerin

1/12/2025

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​There’s been a video circling around the internet of rapper 
Richie Rich doing an interview on Sway’s podcast. What’s interesting about this episode is that Richie Rich tells how the industry is all about payola and that Lyor Cohen had told him that this was the reason why his record went number 1. Lyor even went as far as to say that because of payola he could have Rich’s grandma the number 1 artist in six months. This led me to think about LiAngelo Ball’s viral song “Tweaker”.

Who is LiAngelo Ball? Some might say a mediocre basketball player who was promoted and marketed to the point that he made the NBA. But in actuality he only played 2 seasons for the G League Hornets team before moving to the Mexico’s Astros de Jalisco. He’s the middle child between Bulls guard Lonzo and Hornets guard LaMelo who both seem to be talented. Now LiAngelo wants people to know him by his new rap name G3 Gelo. Whatever you call him is up to you.

‘Tweaker’. Let’s be real here. The first play makes this sound like a blast from the early 2000s. It’s sound is dated that at best is a meme or funny background music. The song doesn’t sound mixed or mastered and times just has this unpleasing busyness to it, like I can’t concentrate because there are too many stacked layers. Usually I like a raw, gritty, unmixed track, but this one is bad. G3 Gelo also doesn’t really show any rap skills on the track. There are bars that are subpar and downright puzzling like, “Rest my Glock against her fuckin' waist, I got some pottery”. What the Hell are you talking about? What the song does have going for it is the catchy chorus, and melodies, like when he says “woooaaahhh, woaaaahhh,.” it brings you back to that New Orleans Cash Money vernacular that everyone was saying. I would say the best line of the song happens to be the last line “But I'ma keep it real, she lost respect when you said, "Follow me", "me”. This is just an OK literal bar, but like I said, I'm pretty much grasping for straws looking for something to like about this song. Lastly the song ends with this weird crescendo and 3 seconds of silence. This is your champion???

Hit songs are born by unnamed artists all the time, right? Not exactly. Most hits songs come from familiar people with a fanbase, Tweaker is LiAngelo's first published song. Also, his brother Lonzo is credited as a co-writer of the song, which is a no-no in rap. This song definitely isn’t “They Not Like Us”. But how did it get so big? PAYOLA!!!!! Payola is technically illegal. But this is America, and the lines get blurred pretty quick. The only time something would go this viral from a mediocre song is because of Payola. Payola happens when artists pay to get their music played. This line might get blurred because the way people market and promote songs aren’t necessarily only on radio these days. Enter the power of the influencers. Streamers like Kai Cenat with millions of fans, 'allegedly' were paid to play 'Tweaker'. Also, enter the fact that G3 Gelo has two brothers in the NBA that have lots of connects, and you get the new payola. So it's probably not a coincidence that basketball stars like LeBron James or Damien Lillard SOCIAL CURREN$Y. The cool factor that you get when you’re an athlete, rapper, streamer, or social media influencer. It’s with this social curren$y that is taking Tweaker to have millions of streams on Spotify. Add TikTok dancers and boom! A hit. 

And the industry fell for it. First, Rolling Loud, who announced that G3 Gelo will be performing on their 
Rolling Loud California stage on March 1. An new artist with just 1 hit song gets to perform in front of one of the biggest rap crowds? 1 song? REALLLYYY? He's never performed before but he gets to hit the biggest stage. Then there is Def Jam who has reportedly signed him to a record deal (including his own label) worth as much as $13 million, with 8 million upfront guaranteed. An artist with 1 song gets 13 million at a time when all the record labels are dying and downsizing. A&R's are clearly grasping at straws trying to make a star out of anybody, but in opinion, anybody but G3 Gelo. But I hope they get what the paid for. "woaahhhh".

The real artists that have put in work and have done open mics with 10 people in the crowd, these are the artists who may never get an opportunity. These are the ones who deserve it more than anyone. The capitalist system that hip-hop has become has made it so that the real talent gets pushed to the side, while anyone with enough social curren$y can have all the opportunities and the riches. But who knows, maybe G3 Gelo will get better and sharpen his skills. and truly learn the craft that has saved so many lives. But until then I guess everyone will just " might swerve, bend that corner, woah"

If you feel like you still need to listen to the song or watch the video. Here you go:
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Track 2 Track: Running by Mike JC

1/8/2025

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Mike JC has been working. It’s the first of the year and he’s in the studio. Ya'll remember his singles “Higher” and “Ion got free time”? Well, 2024 was the Introduction. So, 2025 is the dedication. He’s showing the game that he’s dedicated to the art that we call hip-hop and just like his streams, he's going up! Look no further than with the release of his new single “Running”.

Mike JC is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma who has a growing following. He’s also a supporter of the culture who pops out to numerous events and local businesses. And last but not least, is that Mike JC is a cannabis activist, his Instagram page shows videos and pictures of only the stickiest of the ickiest, so it’s no wonder that his music would emulate his life. Let’s get to the music.

This beat. We gotta talk about this first. I don’t know if Mike JC called Juicy J, but this one. It has this high energy and hard-hitting bass that reminds me of 3 Six Mafia. I’m literally waiting for one of Juicy J’s iconic ad-libs to come blaring through the speakers. But you know I’m a student, so when I did a little reading, I found that producer G3NO was the one who deserves all the praise. The fellow Tulsa artist/producer has credits with Juke21, Phil Sosa, and the late 4Chianno. Basically, he is the producer people come to when they need a hit.
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Let’s get to the good part. The lyrics. This track has plenty of good ones. But let’s take a step back. The concept of the song, Running. Mike JC puts a spin on it in a way that is not what you think running is. Running in this song is more like when Wayne said, “I hate to see her go, but love to watch her leave.”  But it’s more than that because Mike JC raps about his woman’s hustle and how he sees a side of her that she doesn’t show just anybody, also how he likes to have deep conversations with her. He bagged a good one. My favoite line from the song is, "I hate to see her leave, but I love it when she cummin, so every time she go, it feels like she runnin'." And the best of all its a line he repeats throughout the song. But also, let’s not forget his delivery. He stays on top of the track and finds these pockets that emphasize his words. Mike JC is rappin!

You gotta respect a woman that hustles and that’s just what Mike JC does, he respects his woman’s hustle while also honoring her and making sure she’s satisfied. And the beat is crazzzzyyy!!! Like we said earlier, this is the year of dedication, and Mike JC is showing just how dedicated he is with Running, an ode to a once in a lifetime woman, Mike JC found a real one and isn’t afraid to tell the world, kind of how Fabolous went on that run where he made a lot of love songs and Fabolous is one of the most respected rappers out there, and Mike JC is well on his way to cementing his legacy. Until then, stream "Running".

Make sure you listen to "Running" by Mike JC. Checkout the track below:

Follow Mike JC on Instagram: @mikejc918
Spotify: Mike JC
Twitter: @mikejc918 
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Track 2 Track: Ion Got Time by Mike JC

11/14/2024

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Nothing in this life is free, not even time. Driving in traffic, to spending hours at work, to spending time with family, or just watching TV, everything is competing for time. That’s because time is the ultimate commodity, you can’t get more, so it’s important to make every second count. Mike JC is an artist that knows this all to well, and he’s going to tell you why in his new single “Ion got free time”. 

Mike JC is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma who continues to put out great music, the sky is truly the limit for him and he's got more songs set to release. Make sure you also checkout his social media for more updates. Read our last review of his single “Higher” that featured Savvy Kray. (Read the review).  

Real talk! That’s how I would define this track. Mike JC is not sugarcoating anything, he’s not speaking in quadruple entendre’s, he’s just giving you real talk. The track is very introspective, in it he explains just how much he knows that time is money. The first verse he talks about wanting to be the reason why his son gets into Howard. With the high cost of college, he knows he ain’t got time to not get to the money. A line that also stuck out was when he said, “The goals I got require more than just wishin’.” If that ain’t a bar!!! It takes more than just wishin things happen, it takes some action too. 

The second verse. I gotta say that Mike JC is talking that talk. He says, “I’m hunting down my dreams, and I won’t leave it alone.” We ain't even talked about how dope the beat is. Mike JC is known for picking these beats that allow him to really spit, this time the lyrics were more literal that you have no choice but to believe him. Like you ever want your dreams so bad that you stalked them? Mike JC knows what it will take, and as the voice at the end of the track says, obsession beats talent every time, and you gotta be obsessed with being the best to get what you want in life. 

Time waits for no man, and Mike JC is rapping like it’s fourth quarter of game seven. The bars are so real that there's no need to flashy. Cause we ain’t got time for all that. This about the work, the grind, the obsession to make your dreams come true. So why some people may be mindlessly scrolling on the internet, Mike JC is the lab, pen in hand and if you’re tryna to throw him off his path, don’t be surprised if he replies, Ion got time!

​Follow Mike JC on Instagram: @mikejc918
Spotify: Mike JC
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Track2track: A Love So Complicated

6/22/2024

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by dj noname.
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If know you know. And many people know about the producer/ artist/ manager/ photographer/ project manager/ yelper/ last but not least dj, they call dj noname. He's released so much classic music. But did you also know he writes? Here's something special from the one they call dj noname. talking about his newest single "A Love So Complicated".

The main point of my production stems from how I grew up, especially late-night freestyle takeovers. It was all about the raps, I didn't care about subject matter to an extent, what did the production make you come up with initially? That's what I wanted to be laid on my production. 

As my first year chopping samples ended up turning into (almost) 5 years, the more songs + projects I released, the more artists (even ones who didn't take music seriously) would approach me with getting on a track. I wouldn't even second guess the individuals, it was more of an experiment that I'd like to test out. "A Love So Complicated" is one of those things stemming from that notion. A person who is in this art world, who isn't even a musician, always threw the bug in my ear about sending some stuff over & he was super serious because we've had a few conversations about it.

This conversation continued for about a year; the beat is maybe that old as well. Along with that, I might've sent another beat or two. I have a good problem with always doing albums instead of singles + loosies (whether 3 or 10 songs... I treat everything like an album) & I felt like this song was so good that I couldn't even include it in a project I had in mind for it, The Album Before The Album. 

The sample stems from something I've heard before at a different tempo. This was during peak blog era & very close to a decade before I dove into DJing + producing. All of these songs I grew up on + heard sampled are now coming to life to where I'm utilizing them. Without that, there wouldn't be this.

I had to ask dj noname. why is there no artists credited on the single. "Simply because he's not a musician. We wanted to have fun with it [the record]. We made it about the music."

Shoutout to dj noname for the dope insight about his new single "A Love So Complicated".

Can you guess what sample he was inspired by?

Make sure you go purchase this new single
"A Love So Complicated". here: 
​djno.name/a-love-so-complicated​
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Kendrick Chose Violence: Again

3/23/2024

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Over the past couple of years rap beef has occurred, but it’s mostly been a regional thing where artists from the same city beef over who’s the big dog in that city. There hasn’t really been a big rap beef since the Drake and Pusha T beef. Some might argue that the Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion beef is a major one. To be honest. Both didn’t really give the people what they wanted. The diss tracks seemed to be more like jabs that stung but didn’t really inflict any actual damage. So, I would say that the game has been relatively peaceful. That’s until Kendrick Lamar chose to shake up the game and drop a verse that broke the internet, again.
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I say again because this isn’t the first time that Kendrick Lamar has broken the internet with just one verse. Many remember the bombshells he dropped on the game in Big Sean’s song, “Control”. In the song he literally called out rappers that he had made songs with and are said to be friends with. It’s not personal. It’s just hip-hop. He even called out Big Sean on his song. And Big Sean’s verse was first, so it was like he just caught this stray bullet that he wasn’t ready for. Now looking at this new verse, ironically it dropped on the same day Big Sean’s new single "Precision" dropped, which is the first single he's dropped in two years, unfortunately it was overshadowed by the release of Kendrick's verse. Literally nobody was talking about Big Sean’s song. It was “Control” all over again: 
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Now we get to the new verse that shook up the world. I’m talking about “Like That” from Future & Metro Boomin’s new album “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”. But why did Future let this happen? Future and Drake have been long-time collaborators who dropped a joint project together called “What A Time To Be Alive”. Interesting enough, Future didn’t appear on Drake’s most recent album, “For All The Dogs”.  On the other hand, Drake did appear on Future’s last album “I Never Liked You”, which may mean something since Drake’s album was the latter album to drop. When it comes to the new album, “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”, something to also note is that Metro Boomin’, who provided most of the production for the album, doesn’t rock with Drake, so this might’ve made it easier for Kendrick to drop the bombshell on this track.

Am I my brother’s keeper? This might be the real question that Future may be asking himself as there has been another theory popping up around the internet as to why Future would let Kendrick diss his friend and long-time collaborator, Drake. The theory floating around the internet is that both Drake and Future are involved with the same woman, but Drake has been pillow talking to the woman badly about Future. This may be alluded to in his verse when he spits. “Stickin' to the code, all these hoes for the streets, I put it in her nose, it's gon' make her pussy leak, Pussy niggas told, ain't gon' wake up out they sleep”. 

Now let’s talk about what you’re really here for. Kendrick. He firs attacks Drake with the line, “Say, it's a lot of goofies with a check”. We all know that Drake is endorsed by Nike, and the check is the trademark logo. So, Drake is Goofy the dog and he's getting checks from Nike. OK Kendrick. Nice bar. Another bar is, ‘Niggas clickin' up, but cannot be legit, no 40 Water, tell 'em”. OK it’s getting hotter. This is another jab where Kendrick is talking about Drake and J. Cole clicking up, while also giving probs to E-40 and B-Legit, who formed the group called "The Click". and that the fact that their clicking up ain’t forreal or ain’t gonna help them be better than him. Also note that the beat used for this song E-40 also used on his song "Look At Me" that featured Juvenile, BG, Lil Wayne, and Birdman. Then Kendrick starts to point his aim more direct with the bar, “Fuck sneak dissin', first person shooter, I hope they came with three switches”. People know that "First Person Shooter" is the name of Drake and J. Cole’s track that was a great song and did numbers. Anyone that knows Kendrick Lamar knows that he is clearly a writer and master of his craft. He loves hip-hop but also like in the line he raps, he’s not afraid to go against hip-hop, “I crash out, like, "Fuck rap," diss Melle Mel if I had to”. Story time, Melle Mel from The Furious 5 (which is a classic hip-hop group) dissed Eminem for being on a Top 5 list but stating that it’s mostly to do with him being white. This made Eminem go against the hip-hop pioneer and drop a diss track calling out Melle Mel for possible steroid drug use. Kendrick Lamar is willing to do the same and go against hip-hop to prove he’s the best. That being both the pop rap that Drake is, or the hip-hop purist that J. Cole is.
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Finally let’s break down the most direct bars. Remember Andre 3K was the set-up bar in the “Control” verse, well here it shows itself again. When he says Motherfuck the big three, this is a jab back to Drake and J. Cole’s song “First Person Shooter” where J. Cole says, “Love when they argue the hardest MC, Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me?, We the big three like we started a league, but right now, I feel like Muhammad Ali”. I think other rappers would've seen this line as a complement, but that's not Kendrick, who takes this more as a backhanded complement, especially since J. Cole ends the bar saying that he is "The Greatest" aka Muhammad Ali. But again, Kendrick Lamar doesn’t want to be buddy buddy, he says it’s him at the top and him only. "Your best work is a light pack". Kendrick is snapping. Then he says, “Prince outlived Mike Jack”. He is saying that he’s Prince and his career gonna last longer than Drake’s. Again, on First Person Shooter, Drake rapped, “What the fuck, bro? I’m one away from Michael, Nigga, beat it, nigga, beat it, what?”. I would argue thought that J. Cole is more like Prince because he can produce music as well as rap. But back to Kendrick with a direct hit to Drake again, “‘fore all your dogs gettin' buried”. Drake’s album is called “For All My Dogs”. Coincidence. I think not. Especially with this line “K with all these nines, he gon' see Pet Sematary”. Ouuuu!! That’s a crazy triple entre. First K stands for Kendrick who is saying that he is a 10 and with the nines, and that Drake and J. Cole are just nines. Second K with the nines, meaning K-9, which means dog. Then with the nines infers that they have 9mm guns and not the stick he says he has earlier in the verse. Also, in that same line he goes into Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary to say that that’s where their careers are going to be if they keep fucking with him. And just to put the final nail in the coffin he calls them bums. You can see that there were multiple casualties in this verse. Kendrick went direct which many say First Person Shooter was filled with more subliminals than direct hit. Kendrick going direct.

So, there you have it. The verse that shook up hip-hop. Kendrick Lamar is now known as one of those artists that doesn’t say a lot, but when he does, the world stops and listens. This verse is so hip-hop. We didn’t even talk about his tone, his delivery, the iconic sample that was also sampled by Lil Wayne. I wanted to focus on the words. Kendrick made a point in this verse. He kept it hip-hop. He kept it direct. But every action has an equal or in hip-hop’s mind a more powerful and deeper cutting reaction. Hopefully, that means J. Cole will respond. Drake too. Just know they both are now officially on the clock.
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Track2Track: Calvins Story by OTS J. Huncho

6/15/2023

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Few rappers are actually story tellers. You might be thinking. Give me an example. Well, here are a few. Slick Rick and his song “Children’s Story” or Lupe Fiasco’s “Hip Hop Saved My Life”. Then you have Nas with his song "Rewind". Nas spit a whole song backwards. Crazy. So, as you can see you really gotta have a pen to tell a story and put it into a beat. But can you do it for 3 songs? And can you make all the stories fit into this amazing epic that keeps your audience wanting more? Well, that’s just what OTS J. Huncho did with his 3-part series called “Calvin’s Story”. 

OTS J. Huncho seemingly came out of nowhere in 2019 just before the Pandemic and unlike most he didn’t let the Pandemic slow him down, it actually made him put his feet on the petal more. And if you know his music then you know you get some bars, you gonna get some hard beats, and by the end of the track you gonna be saying just like his tagline.
 “I like that one. Huncho on the beat bitch!”
The series starts with “Calvins Story Pt. 1 (Cali)” which appeared on OTS J. Huncho’s debut album “Guerrilla Warfare”. The track sets the stage and introduces the main character of the story, Calvin also referenced throughout the track by his nickname “Cali”. Also mentioned in the track is the damsel of the story Tori, who is Calvin’s love interest and together have this Bonnie and Clyde relationship. Tori is also the one who introduced Calvin to her uncle who then became the plug. Later on in Pt 3 we will see how the uncle is an intricate piece of the story as well. The story gets crazier as Calvin and his brother end up in a shootout with 4 robbers. They end up killing Calvin’s brother Cameron during an exchange of fire that also leaves Calvin with 3 shots in his arm, which the robbers mistake Calvin for being dead. The only thing that is on Calvin’s mind is revenge after that, of which he does catch one slacking at a gas station. The plot thickens as final scene rolls Calvin rolls up on a car with one of the other robbers and to his surprise, he finds Tori!!!! DAMMMNNNN!!!
The next track in the story is called “Calvins Story Pt. 2”. The track starts where Part 1 left off. Calvin walking up on one of the robbers and the woman who betrayed him aka Tori. But before Calvin pulls the trigger, why not take all his shit too? But money can’t buy you everything and, in this case, it was a life. Calvin unmasked shot the guy and chased Tori out the house. Then shot…..“This nigga fuck around and hit a cop”. The police radio plays as a trembled voice calls out for help. This story getting crazzzyyyyy!!!!
Last but not least we have “Calvin’s Story, Pt. 3” starts where the last story left off. Calvin coming to the realization that he forreal just hit a cop, and that he’s not gonna be brought in alive. During this track OTS J. Huncho really shows his writing skill as he raps from the perspective of Tori. First off, she was talking to the police where she revealed that she was pregnant. Secondly, she told her uncle. You remember the plug from Pt. 1? Yea she told him that Calvin had killed her baby daddy and then tried to kill her. This made the uncle furious, so he put 200 racks on Calvin’s head. Two weeks later. Calvin chillin at the house smoking when the door gets kicked in and two masked gunmen came to collect the bounty, but luckily Calvin had that Mac on him. And that bitch sang. He killed both gunmen and even took one of their phones to get the drop on where the uncle was. As soon as the uncle got out the benz… A gun to his head and Calvin replied as he took the 200 racks “this is all you could put on me?” Calvin walked him in the crib where guess who was waiting? Tori. He replied “This shit is sweet”. Took the 200 racks and all the uncle’s work. Then eventually killed both the uncle and Tori, even after she told him she was pregnant. Calvin couldn’t vast in his revenge to long, because before he knew it, he was on a highspeed chase with the laws. And this time around there was no getting away. There was a pit maneuver, and the car flipping 8 times….  
"I miss my nigga Cali"
What makes this series of songs so crazy is that you can literally play them back-to-back and see the story play out. The intensity in the raps and his vocal tone matched with each scene. The production of each track created an environment for OTS J. Huncho to really get creative with the way he told the story, for instance when he rapped from the perspective of Tori. There's no doubt that OTS J. Huncho has a crazy pen game. And if 50 Cent can write "Get Rich or Die Tryin’" and turn it into a movie, then Calvin’s Story can be just as great a movie. But is this the last installment of Calvin’s Story? Who knows. In the words of OTS J. Huncho:

“And that’s still my nigga Calvin.”


Listen to each track back to back and let us know what you think.
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Track2Track: Tulsa Bounce by DIALTONE

4/17/2023

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When it comes to Tulsa music few artists have evolved and made their own lane as much as Dialtone. The Tulsa native has proven he’s a master of many talents, with the first talent being rap. The real shift in his career came when he also decided to take up a second skill, art. His No Parking Studios empire is one of the biggest brands in the town, and it’s taken him all over the country. But when Dialtone gets that itch to start making music again, that’s when no beat is safe. And that's exactly what's happening as seen with the release of his EP Texture Test 001. Dialtone is back in album mode and like we tweeted, “Yo Tone dropped this like to say "Don't think I still don't do this rap shit!". So, sit back and let’s dive into his latest single “Tulsa Bounce”.
“Bouncin’ thru uptown,
But I can go downtown, 
In 4 minutes,
Niggas out of breath,
Tired of Tone winnin’.
Niggas winded,
Niggas is finished,
Niggas was timid,
I made a template" 
Anybody that knows Dialtone’s music knows that he’s more than a rapper, he’s more like Tulsa historian at times, just in the way he drops names and tells stories that are like insider trading secrets that only Tulsa people who grew up on the northside would know. These are the same stories he paints into his art. Tulsa Bounce is one of those tracks where the stories are woven into each bar. This track also highlights his mastery of rap as he shows that he can rap in whatever flow ya’ll think ya’ll favorite rapper can. And do it better. It’s almost like watching a runner set the pace of the race. When he switches flows it’s like pockets or speed bursts where he proves he’s still so ahead of the competition. One line that stands out is, “I gave up tryna convince, either you with, or get”. This line symbolizes a major shift in Dialtone’s music. He has nothing to prove, he’s put on for Tulsa since the beginning, he has a song with Charlie Wilson. What more can he do? What more does he have to prove? “The Fuck! From Round.”. Another thing to point out about this song is just the way he strings these moments together. It’s cohesive and at the same time these moments play out like different timelines in the multiverse. “Jukin, manuverin, the game what I’m fluent in, landin like superman, Goku super saiyan, what me do my dance, on you dog hoes.” We can't forget the instrumentation on the beat. Which is crazy. It’s like mixing the nostalgic sound of the pianola and the unpredictable beat making of Timberland, and last but not least, that bounce. It’s so Tulsa. So much of a feeling that if you ain’t feeling it then you just hating. Get that hate out your heart. Because Tulsa Bounce is one of them ones.

Dialtone has built a life where he doesn’t have to do rap anymore, but the sport and the competition is what he still loves. Tulsa Bounce is that love that will never go away. It’s an example of him lettin these rappers know I can still push a button and fuck up the game.
“Bouncin’ thru uptown, but I can go uptown, in 4 minutes, niggas out of breath, tired of Tone winnin’. Niggas is winded, niggas is finished, niggas was timid, I made a template.".


Checkout Tulsa Bounce by Dialtone below and let us know what you think!
Make sure to follow Dialtone on all social media:

Instagram: @tonesbeach
Twitter: @tonesbeach
Spotify: Dialtone
YouTube: Dialtone
BandCamp: No Parking Studios


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Track2Track: Lie 2 MY Face by SAIKKOMIKE & SAIKKO 10

12/12/2022

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Men lie. Women lie. But numbers don’t. Everyone remembers this bar from Jay-Z’s song “Reminder”. And that’s because it’s true. But to lie to someone’s face that’s a whole nuther thing. Again, both men and women lie. But the numbers don’t. And two artists that have the numbers on their side are the SAIKKO Twins, made up of SAIKKOMIKE and SAIKKO 10. Who have dropped their new single “Lie 2 My Face”. ​

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Track2Track: All Facts Freestyle pt 2 by T3REZZY

9/1/2022

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Facts! Can be defined as; A thing that is known or proved to be true. So that means there’s no confusion when it comes to what is, and what isn’t. No matter if it comes from the source or it comes from a third-party. The facts are the facts. T3REZZY is out to show the world that everything he says, he stands on. And it’s with the release of his new single “All Facfs Freestyle Pt. 2” that T3REZZY is setting the record straight.

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