Search - Papoose :: The Best Of

12 Mixtapes deep & still unsigned

LT Twalo | Johannesburg, South Africa | 07/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't have this CD but I basically have all the tracks on it via numerous mixtapes. If you follow the mixtape game then this cat needs no introduction. He is easily the most prolific mixtape artist out, if not ever.



His skills are beyond doubt, he is a lyrical beast and he sounds like no other. He is not the next Nas or Rakim, he is not the next Canibus or Jay-Z. He is the 1st Papoose...a genius with his spit.



However he is not the perfect artist and his unsigned status is testament to that. His flow is so unique that not everyone can get into it. But if you can jump on, who'll be left with no doubt that this kid is the truth.



All the songs on here are hot & but you best believe his catalogue is a lot longer as the subject to the review suggests. The good news is that he has finally been signed (Flipmode Squad) and this landed him a spot on the remix to "Touch It".



A proper album should be on its way soon."

Another very good mixtape from Papoose - 4.5 stars

G$ | B-More, MD | 09/07/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I dont have this exact mixtape but I have 4 of his other ones and almost every song on here. I first heard of Pap on G Rap's "Roots of Evil" from 1998 and I've loved him ever since. He give the true meaning to LYRICIST! and he writes some tight songs & perhaps the best freestyle I EVER heard. This one has 14 songs, 12 of them I've heard before, guests are on about half the songs, and of the 12 I heard, 2 are classics, 1 is almost a classic, 2 are ok, the rest are tight songs. I heard he signed a 1.5 million dollar deal and I can't wait for his major label debut to drop cause it'll be at least a 4.5 star album I know and don't forget to cop his other mixtapes at mixtapeone.com or allmixtapes.com!



#1 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great James brown sample)

#2 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat, deep song -- f/ Razah)

#3 - 8.5

#4 - 6.5 (f/ Remy Martin)

#5 - 8 (f/ Mike Jones)

#6 - 7.5 (f/ Paul Wall)

#7 - 9

#8 - 9 (f/ Prodigy)

#9 - 9 (tight beat)

#10 - 9.5 (f/ WC, Bun B, Maino -- nice beat)

#11 - 9

#12 - 8 (f/ Ghostface Killah)

#13 & 14 I never heard



William Mackie -- Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY

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Already Legendary

Mark-Anthony Smith | Brooklyn | 12/24/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you haven't listened to Papoose yet, think of a new BigL...His lyrics are just as clever and his flow and voice just as unique. I actually think papoose is BigL's long lost son or something."