New Featured Joint!!! DAT MOGLY TAPE by Mogly
// February 23rd, 2009 // Audio
Cant judge a book by its cover, or a mixtape for that matter. That was my final thought after listening to “Dat Mogly Tape” for the first time. Upon first look some, like myself, may make the assumption that this tape is gonna be more of the same gangsta type braggin bout rims the rapper don’t ride on and dope the rapper don’t sell. So you can only imagine my surprise when what came out of my speakers was the best product to come from a local emcee (with emphasis on the EMCEE) in I don’t know how long. Off rip Mogly get its in!!!
The first track “Let’s Fly” comes in smooth with its synthesized keys. (no intro, no shit talking “DJ”, just music, good look!) Mogly’s swagger sweats through the speakers and his mission statement is clear “Youngin coming up I got highs for the low” “Let’s fly like smoke, these haters fly like coach”. Don’t get it twisted though, cocaine, guns, and pain play a major role on this mixtape that moves like an action movie but it is Mogly who is the star as he explains on “Take Money” “Im deep wit dat white bitch but I don’t sleep wit dat white bitch/keep her in the kitchen, whippin, beatin dat white bitch/ you be needin that white bitch, feedin that white bitch/ one albums’ like 5 bricks, im leavin dat white bitch” On the same track you really begin to feel Mogly’s struggle as he raps “nobody wanna give me so I took my chance/ I’m walkin in the courthroom don’t pull up my pants”.
While Mogly provides witty lyricism in excess throughout the tape it is simple direct lines like these that really give you insight as to the true character of the emcee. The track “Hustle Go” is a smooth head nod joint where the listener begins to see the motivation for Mogly’s lifestyle. The emcee is unapologetic on the hook as he rhymes “I don’t know where my hustle gon take me but im ridin/ and I don’t know if the end the hustle gon break me but im firin/ and at the end the lord figure out that he wanna take me, then im dyin”. The nonchalant manner in which these lyrics are delivered in is chilling, this is not your everyday MC Young Cash Getta rapping empty words about bricks and guns. Mogly continues to open up to the listener with bars like “Im kind of sad and depressed but no tears on my face/ I’m smiling at death he steer clear of my way/ facin a couple years up state aint no fear on my face/ so many years in a cage the judge aint even hearing my case” By now I hope you begining to realize the whole mixtape is quotable.
I was also very surprised to hear Mogly kill classic tracks like Jay Z’s “A Million”, Reakwon’s “Wu Gambinos”, and “Rainy Days”, normally when unknowns hop on tracks like that I cant make it through the first 8 bars but Moglys southern swag and flawless flow make these dated classics next school favorites. Like I said in the begining hands down THE BEST product to come out of the South Florida hip hop scene since, since…….I dont know, download this and try to tell me I’m wrong though! If you know bout some better music put me on, but for now I’m fucking wit Mogly!
Download at http://www.sendspace.com/file/2g1d3i
