In the midst of an album battle between Kanye, J.Cole, and Mac Miller one of the best projects of the year was able to slip through the cracks Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you Tales of a Stolen Youth from Long Beach M.C Vince Staples. if you've been visiting this blog at all then you probably know that I am very biased towards Vince and his crew The Cutthroat Boyz but the bias is totally deserving This kid is only 19 (well actually he just turned 20 but his latest project was recorded when he was in his teens) and already is a talented wordsmith sounding almost beyond his years that's even mention by Ab-soul on a track on the EP called "Killin' Y'all" (Vince knows what I know now and I'm 26). The First time I heard Vince on Earl Sweatshirt's EPAR I thought whoa this kid can spit then after hearing his first whole project Shyne Coldchainn I knew that this dude was something special. He has the perfect blend of gangster yet still intelligent and aware of the world some would say "conscious" but I hate that term even through the monotone voice you can sense the emotion of what he's talking about. This project is totally different from Winter in Prague his last project with up and coming producer Michael Uzowuru it has a different feel all together from the beats to the lyrics to the features not to mention its Mac Millers producing debut as his alter ego Larry Fisherman. You can hear Staples really growing up and coming into his own as rapper if this is just a preview of what dude has in store for the future a lot of you rap niggas should put down the mic and pick up an application at Walmart because that's the only way you Eatin' around here.....
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