Willie should be put out there as one of the core leaders of the New underground wave. That is from 2015-Now, I consider the staring date as that’s when the Griselda boys made noise and most people became aware and other street rappers jumped on the wave. But Willie after tried for 3-4 years the down south east coast sound mix with all those DJ Drama features(2007-2009) But he found his footing around 2010-11 when he started working with one producer only(Trend started by Dj Muggs in 2005) Who remembers the EP with Lee Bannon? I wish he could reissue that one in physical form. Then the LP with Alchemist, then Bronze Nazareth. His pairing with V-Don is the final boss shyt, rest is history. I looked at my collection(CDs, cassette, vinyl) and realized that I owned a lot of WTK materials. Salute WTK, a Goat.
If you compare to his first album “Heist of the century”, which he wrote at 17 years old, LA The Darkman dumbed down his lyrics to fit the dirty south mixture with east coast from 2005-2010 mixtape era. Unfortunately for him it was good in the short term but bad in the long run since that audience that sound faded. He was never able to get out of it. He released a strings of forgettable EPs in the mid 2010s with a few good songs here and there but not cohesive project.
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