{"id":649673,"date":"2025-01-17T10:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:25:13","slug":"the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/","title":{"rendered":"#The best new rap mixtapes for snow days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2884ff420de\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/#Projects_by_Wizz_Havin_Dani_Kiyoko_Lil_Shine_and_Lil_2_Dow_are_the_perfect_soundtracks_for_a_too-cold_winter\" >Projects by Wizz Havin, Dani Kiyoko, Lil Shine, and Lil 2 Dow are the perfect soundtracks for a too-cold winter.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/#Wizz_Havinn_Free_Wizzop\" >Wizz Havinn: Free Wizzop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/#Dani_Kiyoko_A_Lovely_Christmas\" >Dani Kiyoko: A Lovely Christmas<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/#Lil_Shine_Shine_Forever\" >Lil Shine: Shine Forever<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-new-rap-mixtapes-for-snow-days\/#Lil_2_Dow_21_Gun_Salute_Vol_2\" >Lil 2 Dow: 21 Gun Salute, Vol. 2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Projects_by_Wizz_Havin_Dani_Kiyoko_Lil_Shine_and_Lil_2_Dow_are_the_perfect_soundtracks_for_a_too-cold_winter\"><\/span>Projects by Wizz Havin, Dani Kiyoko, Lil Shine, and Lil 2 Dow are the perfect soundtracks for a too-cold winter.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266894\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg 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1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/MixCollage-16-Jan-2025-10-33-AM-2129_yfenen\/best-new-rap-mixtape-roundup-2025.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The best new rap mixtapes for snow days\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266887\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            January 2025 kicked off with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0kvlkvzdgzo\">a major ice storm<\/a> across the U.S. and Canada dumping more than a foot of snow across multiple states and provinces. And the frost isn\u2019t going anywhere anytime soon, with meteorologists are forecasting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/01\/15\/polar-vortex-arctic-blast-us-cold-weather\">an imminent polar vortex for next week<\/a>. I\u2019m no winter warrior, but something about the cold and the dark makes music hit differently; the same way summertime can turn a bop into an anthem, the frozen stretch from December to February feels perfect for curling up with a good album and burrowing into its recesses, escaping a bout of cabin fever by hopping into an artist\u2019s world.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The two weeks from Christmas to New Year\u2019s is a relatively quiet time for music. But there were still plenty of excellent albums and singles to check out released over the past month, from Lazer Dim 700\u2019s <i>Keepin It Cloudy<\/i> and <i>Studio Addict<\/i> by Nine Vicious to Ice Spice\u2019s <i>Y2K!<\/i> deluxe and <i>cupid<\/i> by wolfacejoeyy. But as the snow piled up and I broke out my heavy-duty puffer, there were four mixtapes in particular I found myself returning to time and again. Some are better suited for posting up by the fireplace than others (i.e., cozier), but they\u2019re all strong outings by some of hip-hop\u2019s brightest burgeoning talents.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266908\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266888\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wizz_Havinn_Free_Wizzop\"><\/span>\n        Wizz Havinn: <i>Free Wizzop<\/i><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wizz Havinn - Not Yet (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/utAbdJBTJ5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266888');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><i>For fans of: Bossman Dlow and Gucci Mane<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee, FL, r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Wizz Havinn is prone to subtle nostalgia, though you might not catch it on first listen. There are his more overt flips of Eazy E and Gucci Mane, but even when <i>Free Wizzop<\/i>\u2019s sound is completely fresh, Wizz\u2019s laidback lyrics and overarching consistency bring to mind the sprawling mixtape discographies of yesteryear \u2014 like he says on menacing mid-album standout \u201cFishy,\u201d \u201cI feel like I\u2019m Gucci Mane in \u201806 but I\u2019m coming different.\u201d Flooding the streets with music hasn\u2019t gone anywhere in the streaming era, but artists often veer too far into crowd pleasing (a song for everyone typically creates an album for no one) or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ling-down on their core sound, leading to repetitive records.<\/p>\n<p>Wizz Havinn is more than capable of avoiding these obvious potholes, and so <i>Free Wizzop<\/i> is a tinted-window victory lap, threading together various strains of Southern rap from Atlanta to the Florida panhandle. There\u2019s the lurching bounce of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=km0hGJ7VuLA\">Chicken Phone<\/a>,\u201d where a Cybertruck appears extraterrestrial to onlookers, and the urgently demonic \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JtLr3Pek4Y8\">Time of the Month<\/a>,\u201d featuring Karrahbooo at her most contemptuous. And we\u2019d be remiss not to mention the inclusion of \u201cLeave It In Her,\u201d a hypnotizing highlight from last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Released while Wizz is serving <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/alachuachronicle.com\/tallahassee-man-arrested-on-i-75-for-possession-of-a-machine-gun-sentenced-to-90-days-in-jail-three-years-probation\/\">a 90 day jail sentence<\/a>, you might expect <i>Free Wizzop<\/i> to sound disjointed or unsequenced, but the rapper\u2019s versatility prevents the seams from showing. He sounds amazing with the volume turned all the way up (refer to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HTdF0bUEU14\">his previous DJ ess remixes<\/a>) but <i>Free Wizzop<\/i> delivers in quieter moments too. The pensive \u201cFirst Day In\u201d eviscerates the joy from traditional \u201cfirst day out\u201d freestyles, moodily reflecting on wins so far and his stoic approach to his sentence. I\u2019m particularly fond of \u201cNot Yet,\u201d where the beat is just a wisp of a sample and stuttering drums sitting low in the mix, like the inverse of a bass-boosted remix. \u201cI got a real praying mother, that\u2019s why God bless me,\u201d he exhales, brushing off compliments on his success to-date. Wizz Havinn has his sights set on bigger wins ahead.<\/p>\n<p><i>Coziness Rating: 1 pair of Marni corduroys<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266889\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dani_Kiyoko_A_Lovely_Christmas\"><\/span>\n        Dani Kiyoko: <i>A Lovely Christmas<\/i><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1994028091&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/danikiyoko\" title=\"DANI KIYOKO\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">DANI KIYOKO<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/danikiyoko\/a-lovely-christmas-oo\" title=\"A Lovely Christmas \u2606*:.\uff61. o(\u2267\u25bd\u2266)o .\uff61.:*\u2606\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">A Lovely Christmas \u2606*:.\uff61. o(\u2267\u25bd\u2266)o .\uff61.:*\u2606<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><i>For fans of: d0llywood1 and Mariah Carey<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You never know what you\u2019ll hear when you hit play on music by Louisiana rapper-producer Dani Kiyoko. On Christmas Eve, they dropped a jaunty mini-mixtape of wintry carols, enlisting a number of different collaborators to sing, rap, and strum along. At a mere four songs, <i>A Lovely Christmas<\/i> feels like stepping into your neighborhood jazz bar for a quick drink as the blizzard howls outside, catching a sliver of a live jam session while nursing a hot toddy.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Runner and Zay Ok duet \u201cthis christmas\u201d treats Frankie Bason\u2019s guitar as a third vocalist, and the interplay of the trio\u2019s harmonies blurs the line between melody and counterpoint. And opener \u201cpure soul on a snowy day\u201d warps at its midpoint, devolving from a poppy, almost breakcore-esque banger featuring h3artch3rades into a slowed, sludgy coda. But Dani is at the peak of their powers on \u201cwhat a lovely time to spend together,\u201d the Tony Bennett to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/1yyujin\">yujin<\/a>\u2019s Lady Gaga. His Auto-Tuned croak doesn\u2019t just glide over the pocket, but weaves through any narrow opening in the instrumental, musing aloud, \u201cWhat\u2019s the point in trying to be \/ something that means nothing to me?\u201d The pair exchange breathy verses over a sumptuous backdrop of upbeat piano and effervescent drums, tender and thrilling in equal measure. \u201cLa di da di da, it\u2019s a Merry Christmas,\u201d yujin sighs at the song\u2019s close. \u201cLa di da di da, what a lovely Christmas.\u201d Whatever holiday you\u2019re celebrating, everyone deserves a winter break as jolly as this.<\/p>\n<p><i>Coziness Rating: 3 carollers dripped out in Rick<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266909\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266890\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lil_Shine_Shine_Forever\"><\/span>\n        Lil Shine: <i>Shine Forever<\/i><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lil Shine - Game Day (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoTm7d8Iu2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266890');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><i>For fans of: Corey Lingo and Owl City<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lil Shine still isn\u2019t old enough to buy a beer, but when you consider that he\u2019s been recording music since he was 12, it\u2019s less jarring that a rapper born in 2005 has already mastered his subgenre of choice \u2014 in this case, pluggnb, a more melodic mutation of the plugg music pioneered in the mid-2010s by producers like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mexikodro\/?hl=en\">MexikoDro<\/a>. Shine\u2019s first brush at internet notoriety came a couple years after he started rapping; thanks to his pre-puberty tenor, the Minneapolis rapper was initially dismissed as a gimmick or a meme.<\/p>\n<p>Lil Shine has come a long way since those early days, and while listeners may still be skeptical of a white rapper crooning about double cups of Wockhardt and faltering relationships, <i>Shine Forever<\/i> goes a long way toward establishing Shine as a thoughtful artist in his own right. These euphoric tracks shimmer and drip like icicles glinting in the sun, beautiful in their purity and simplicity. On the surface, these songs scan as low-calorie, light on themes and lyrical prowess, but that isn\u2019t strictly true. Take \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3Xa79b95v4\">Enticing<\/a>,\u201d where complaints about unloving hoes and threats to send \u201chollow tips to his chest\u201d are broken up by psilocybin-spurred confessionals: \u201cI get tongue tied when I see ya.\u201d The writing is good, but when coupled to Shine\u2019s ecstatic Auto-Tune melodies, a line like \u201cgood drank in my tummy \/ bitch, she so slutty,\u201d becomes transcendent rather than lazy.<\/p>\n<p>Listen straight through and you won\u2019t reach for the skip button, but the album\u2019s back half is especially strong. There\u2019s the one-two punch of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wy0rHgoN96s\">Reckless2<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mzKhPtA2YA\">God<\/a>,\u201d the former a delirious dive into a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals, the latter a meditative aside on the young rapper\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/lil-shine-federal-charges-hacking-dea-drug-fraud-ring\">federal indictment<\/a>: \u201cI had to ask God why they want me in that box.\u201d Shoving his legal troubles up against his romantic exploits feels particularly teenaged \u2014 an open case with mandatory minimums would crush the average person\u2019s libido under sheer stress \u2014 but it has the effect of neutering the fear of any potential sentence, allowing Shine to rap on his own terms as opposed to focusing on his circumstances. And so the reassurances of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oLTSZD-dhrE\">G.Y.B<\/a>\u201d (\u201cKnow I got your back through it all, I\u2019m not taking sides\u201d) and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Du69nof-x10\">One Chance\/In2Dis<\/a>\u201d (\u201cKnow I love you so I blocked all my hoes\u201d) are believable, comforting. Who has time to worry about the Jakes when you\u2019re trying to get high and get laid?<\/p>\n<p>But if you only listen to a single Lil Shine song, make it \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j0oG9RzD3U8\">Date Night<\/a>.\u201d He\u2019s way too cool on the hook \u2014 \u201cthese straight blue strips, no set trip, I love all types of money\u201d \u2014 but it\u2019s the second verse, building off a muted bridge, that truly soars. \u201cYou sipping that fake drank \/ How that fake drank taste?!\u201d Shine bawls, at once incredulous and appalled, but still smirking just a little.<\/p>\n<p><i>Coziness Rating: 4 snowglobes full of lean<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266891\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lil_2_Dow_21_Gun_Salute_Vol_2\"><\/span>\n        Lil 2 Dow: <i>21 Gun Salute, Vol. 2<\/i><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greater Day\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKdCjnJWlvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266891');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><i>For fans of: Soulja Slim and Nilufer Yanya<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore artist Lil 2 Dow sounds like he\u2019s never raised his voice in his life. His rapping is practically incidental, unscrolling in a gentle murmur, but that shouldn\u2019t be misconstrued as careless. <i>21 Gun Salute, Vol. 2 <\/i> deliberately pivots between downtempo dirges and more upbeat tracks that crib from New Orleans and the DMV alike, finding depth in the chasm between the spoils of hustling and the myriad consequences these extralegal activities can entail. So the easygoing bounce of \u201cHow You Love Dat,\u201d rife with firearm flexes and neighborly devotion (\u201cI did it for the hood\u201d), quickly yields to the cloistered melancholy of \u201cThe Whole Thing,\u201d alternately paranoid (\u201cThey hit the door you gotta flush that shit\u201d) and wistful. On that song, 2 Dow places himself in a lineage with Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Lil Meech, which neatly encapsulates his rap persona: not just the dealer or the sipper, but also an heir to an established dynasty, in this case the A$AP Ant-founded rap label Marino Infantry. Ant pops through on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RFD78nkxMUs?si=fwzlL29sTGwPxIgO\">Jammin<\/a>\u201d alongside A$AP Twelvyy, a spikier sequel to 2023\u2019s velvety \u201cThe Ankle Lock,\u201d though neither can quite steal the spotlight from their host, who grumbles, \u201cdon\u2019t be talking reckless on my trap phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of particular note is how Lil 2 Dow and executive producer Zeke Mishanec weave together disparate samples, from 1970s R&amp;B collective The Moments to British singer-songwriter Nil\u00fcfer Yanya. These samples are deployed in disparate fashion: on \u201cBangin Needles,\u201d a chopped soul fragment sits front and center in the mix, while on \u201cChina White,\u201d the beat tilts in and out of earshot, as if listening with your head underwater. The ebb and flow dials up the impact of 2 Dow\u2019s bars as he dismisses the \u201cphony\u201d and uncouth \u201cjabronis\u201d around him.<\/p>\n<p>Or take the moody shuffle of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dl09vfYp88A?si=JHIF-Pc3EY8Bixd0\">Quetiapine<\/a>,\u201d named for the active ingredient in antipsychotic medication. The wins that 2 Dow has tallied up so far on <i>Vol. 2<\/i> seem to fall apart in the face of loss: family members struggling with addiction, friends who were institutionalized and came back not quite the same. Yet even in this morass, Lil 2 Dow holds his head high. \u201cMy auntie, she a junkie, still from Wakanda,\u201d he intones on the hook, casually injecting the song with vulnerability and dignity. You imagine that another rapper might lean on this moment, either attempting to humanize drug users or establish a supervillain persona, so nihilistic that money matters more than family. For Lil 2 Dow, this sort of complexity is blase, and so <i>21 Gun Salute, Vol. 2 <\/i> finds depth without preaching and swagger without stunting. In a world of artists obsessed with looking cool, Lil 2 Dow is a rare outlier: a rapper so cool, you can hear it when he whispers.<\/p>\n<p><i>Coziness Rating: 2-seater Benz with the heat blasting on full<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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