Albums Mozzy - 1 Up Top Ahk (Discussion Thread)

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1) Intro
2) Mandated ft. June
3) Like You Say You Do
4) Take It Up With God ft. Celly Ru
5) Sleep Walkin
6) Tomorrow Ain't Promised ft. Boosie Badazz, Rexx Life Raj, E Mozzy
7) Unfortunately ft. June
8) Don't You ft. June
9) Momma We Made It
10) Outside ft. Lil Durk, Dave East & Lex Aura
11) Stay Over There ft. YFN Lucci & Kolyon
12) M.I.P. Jacka ft. The Jacka
13) Afraid ft. DCMBR
14) Prayed For This
15) Ima Gangsta ft. Bobby Luv
16) Fall Off

:blessed:Instant classic impending August 18th (Friday)


 

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This "Momma I Made It" beat :scust::scust::scust::whew:

"Sleep Walkin" is beautiful :wow: One of the hardest songs he ever dropped frfr

"Like You Say You Do" and "Mandated" got that classic slimy sound that made me a fan in the first place :lawd:

"Outside" is a respectable street single, this is what "Line It Up" shoulda been. Durk and East killed their verses too but Mozzy stole the show for sure :leon:

Only track that ain't up to par with the rest of the album imo is "Stay Over There" and even that one woulda been a highlight on Fake Famous tbr. This got the best quality control of any of his projects I've heard, there ain't a single weak song on the album and every track feels polished.

"Fall Off" closed out the album real nice :obama:

This album is dope af brehs, idk yet if this is my favorite Mozzy project but this is definitely the one I'd start with if you just caught onto Mozzy recently.
 

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1) Intro
2) Mandated ft. June
3) Like You Say You Do
4) Take It Up With God ft. Celly Ru
5) Sleep Walkin
6) Tomorrow Ain't Promised ft. Boosie Badazz, Rexx Life Raj, E Mozzy
7) Unfortunately ft. June
8) Don't You ft. June
9) Momma We Made It
10) Outside ft. Lil Durk, Dave East & Lex Aura
11) Stay Over There ft. YFN Lucci & Kolyon
12) M.I.P. Jacka ft. The Jacka
13) Afraid ft. DCMBR
14) Prayed For This
15) Ima Gangsta ft. Bobby Luv
16) Fall Off

:blessed:Instant classic impending August 18th (Friday)


I'm ready:blessedmjcry:
 

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I just threw on Yellow Tape Activities start to finish after my 3rd playthrough on the new one. Mozzy's delivery has definitely improved in a lot of subtle ways over the last two years, his tone and breath control noticeably stepped up. The production on the new one is WAY more polished and June's production evolved something serious, his beats were always raw but the compositions are way more ambitious nowadays and with more definition on top of that :whew:

One aspect of YTA that I can appreciate more after hearing this new album though is the immediacy and urgency he had on that album. 1 Up Top Ahk is a more mature and reflective record with a very Jacka-esque conscious undertone in spite of the gangsta content. He clearly presents himself as a rapper, survivor and father first and 4th Ave second.
YTA on the other hand comes across like he's literally rapping about the shyt he's dealing with the moment he had to dip out the backdoor from those studio sessions :huhldup:it has a numbness and nihilist energy to it that gives the intelligent writing a decidedly chilling truthfulness that resonates for its sheer blunt honesty. The writing elevates that album above its unpolished production quality... Every line in every verse conveys equal parts jaded cynicism, vindictiveness, shellshock, death devoid of closure and the acceptance that those feelings are there to stay when you're caught up. The album really broke down the mentality behind not giving a fukk and allowing substance abuse, bottomless hate, self loathing and a borderline reluctant sense of self preservation to dictate your life choices no matter who you end up hurting in the process (ex. "I don't care about my life like my mama care"). Knowing that the whole album was recorded during the month after he came home from his 1 year bid in San Quentin (:huhldup:) and ended up back in Sac at the peak of the Starz vs. Zilla gang war, the album's tone made sense.

The music Mozzy made during his 2014 and 2015 run was original and unique to its gangsta rap trappings in a way that his post Bladadah material will likely never be again. That being said though this new album is the first album I've heard from him in two years that convinced me he can pull off a more mature record. If y'all like Scarface, The Jacka, etc. this new Mozzy album is evidence that he's the best active rapper in that lane right now period.
 
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