Yes, I get the key differences between mixtapes and albums, even in the streaming era, but “mixtape” sounds like yet another hedge in this context.
YSLFYBRG #RICHGANG2 #LIFESTYLE #VERIFY #ORIGINAL RICHGANGĪ post shared by birdman on at 11:14pm PDTĬharity: “Rich Gang 2”: We’re getting ahead of ourselves here, though generally-some days, shamefully-I feel pretty good about Jacquees.īut first, can we agree that Tha Tour Part 1 isn’t just “the best collaborative rap project of the decade.” It’s the decade’s best rap album, and its most essential rap album, full stop. Remember how Future and Mack Maine and “Kevin Rudolf” were all in Rich Gang at one point? And now, according to an unsubtle post on Birdman’s Instagram, Rich Gang will return in Rich Gang 2 (which is technically Rich Gang 3) but now there will be 100 percent more Jacquees. Micah: So, the “Rich Gang” mantle may just be one of Birdman’s reliable promo tools, like a deeply memeable radio interview meltdown or Big Tymers. The two discuss Tha Tour’ s influence, the tragedy of there never being a Tour Part 2, and where on earth Rich Homie Quan is now. However, Justin Charity and Micah Peters can say with reasonable certainty that the eventual Tha Tour Part 1 mixtape-released a half-decade ago this Sunday-is the best collaborative rap project of the 2010s, and, with slightly less certainty, that it’s the best rap project of the decade, period.
Five years ago, Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, and Birdman’s star crown tattoo combined forces for “Lifestyle,” and though people have tried really, really hard, no one is any closer to parsing Thug’s moonspeak on the hook.