The Best of the GDK Mixtapes

Mad Gillz.
It's rare that an emcee builds his name off of a scandal, but if anyone could inheiret Mobb Deep's old Infamous moniker, it'd be Gillie Da Kid. Truth be told, no one would know who Gillie was had it not been for the Cash Money controversy that continues to make waves today. By now, it's been widely accepted that Gillie ghostwrote for Wayne as he claims; while some biased, and honestly, blind, Wayne fans may try to defend their hero against these accusations, Gillie's proclamation of 'the facts are in the wax' are presented in full-force on this best of mixtape. Some people maybe wondering how Gillie can have any sort of 'best of' when he hasn't even released a studio solo album, but as the name of this collection suggests, this is a best of his numerous mixtapes, compiling the very best tracks of them into one album to showcase Gillie's talent.

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3.5 stars for Gillie
I've heard Gillie on a few songs over the past 7 or so years, and he really just became more widely known outside of his Major Figgas click/fanbase due to his Lil Wayne ghsotwriting controversy while he was signed to Cash Money Records (which you can tell easily from listening to his rhymes is something that is true). With 14 songs on the album, Gillie brings you the best of his mixtapes. I'd have to say, most of the songs I heard him on previously I was pretty impressed, so when I saw he had a best of his mixtapes album coming out I checked it out and was somewhat disappointed. Only 14 songs, 2 Gillie isn't even on, and really only 7 of the 14 are good, 5 are ok, and 2 I skip over. Guests are also pretty heavy and mostly his Major Figgas click (Dutch, Spade, Bump). Production is up and down as well. Ruggedness does 5 songs, Felony & Pop Traxx each do 2 songs, Jay Burnz, Ice Drake, Don Grove, Mike City, and Nyce Boy each do 1 song. A nice album for his fans to have but...



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