3. 2 Chainz – Daniel Son; Necklace Don
Released: August 4th, 2016
Must Listen: Kilo
2 Chainz is the modern day Mr. Myagi when it comes to rap. He hasn’t dropped a bad verse in a minute, he comes through with solid project after solid project, and this month’s Daniel Son; Necklace Don was no different. The mixtape was his third project of 2016, and honestly maybe his best one.
We haven’t stopped spinning it since it dropped at the top of the month, and the month closes it’s still very heavy in rotation. He’s light on features with just Drake and YFN Lucci rapping alongside him, but that’s a component that makes the mixtape so great. It’s 2 Chainz doing what he does best, which is rap flamboyantly about all the things that makes 2 Chainz, 2 Chainz. He raps circles around Drake on “Big Amount,” spins LL Cool J’s “I Need Love” in an amazing way on “Blessing” and flat out spits his ass off on “Kilo.”
2 Chainz is one of the oldest rappers coming out of Atlanta but that doesn’t matter, cause with this mixtape he’s bending over all the young children and giving them spankings. Take notes new Atlanta.