Tracklist:
01- Council Music [02:34]
02- Polo [03:07]
03- The Greatest [03:59]
04- Beat Knockin [03:46]
05- Celebration [04:16]
06- Wake Up [03:37]
07- Rugby Down [04:16]
08- The U.N [04:14]
09- Bullets and Gunsmoke feat Meek Mill [04:21]
10- Crimesquare feat Gruff [04:29]
11- Snapped [02:10]
12- Filthy Game feat Jay Millz [04:02]
13- Shooter feat Cam'ron [03:55]
14- Speaking in Tungs feat Cam'ron [03:37]
Download Link: Vado - Slime Flu (Mixtape/Album)
CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: With this week's highly anticipated by (almost) everyone release of Harlem patriot/Cam'ron wingman Vado's glorified mixtape as debut street album, "Slime Flu", for better or for worse, a large amount of New York City's Hip Hop relevance may rest upon this young man's hunched shoulders.
In recent years, few, if any artists from the big manzana have been able to even sustain a buzz worth mentioning. Papoose? Nah. Fred Da Godson? Not bloody likely ... lol. Mattel®'s "Booty Shot" Barbie®, Nicki Minaj, is poised to breakthrough like no other New York born and bred artist since 50 Cent turned 9 bulletholes into 9 million plus in domestic record sales. Y.O.U. go girl! LOL. However, although Nicki Minaj is most definitely from Queens, NY, she succeeds largely because - much like Barack Obama during the election of 2008 was able to transcend race (NOTE: And we all see how that's working out for him now ... lol) - her sound and novelty mini-stroke like facial features know no region. She is both from everywhere and nowhere @ the same time. So there that goes. Truth be told, the only truly distinguished New York artist to make any significant noise on a national scale in the past 5 years is Maino ... and his numbers, while certainly admirable, do NOT qualify him has a household name kind of star.
This now begs the question: Does Vado have the intangibles necessary to propel himself to superstar status? Probably not. But, what he does have is a great set up, good music and a hype machine intent on cranking out as much content as his growing legions of rabid fans can handle and that's a pretty good start.
So, whilst I in now way, shape OR form support the blasphemous misconception that Vado (NOTE: Also feel free to include Lo-Life impersonator Young "All I Know Is Horseys" Dro in this condemnation) is somehow the new face of Ralph Lauren Polo culture, I do support his music. It is what it is. Y.O.U. stay classy Harlem!
In recent years, few, if any artists from the big manzana have been able to even sustain a buzz worth mentioning. Papoose? Nah. Fred Da Godson? Not bloody likely ... lol. Mattel®'s "Booty Shot" Barbie®, Nicki Minaj, is poised to breakthrough like no other New York born and bred artist since 50 Cent turned 9 bulletholes into 9 million plus in domestic record sales. Y.O.U. go girl! LOL. However, although Nicki Minaj is most definitely from Queens, NY, she succeeds largely because - much like Barack Obama during the election of 2008 was able to transcend race (NOTE: And we all see how that's working out for him now ... lol) - her sound and novelty mini-stroke like facial features know no region. She is both from everywhere and nowhere @ the same time. So there that goes. Truth be told, the only truly distinguished New York artist to make any significant noise on a national scale in the past 5 years is Maino ... and his numbers, while certainly admirable, do NOT qualify him has a household name kind of star.
This now begs the question: Does Vado have the intangibles necessary to propel himself to superstar status? Probably not. But, what he does have is a great set up, good music and a hype machine intent on cranking out as much content as his growing legions of rabid fans can handle and that's a pretty good start.
So, whilst I in now way, shape OR form support the blasphemous misconception that Vado (NOTE: Also feel free to include Lo-Life impersonator Young "All I Know Is Horseys" Dro in this condemnation) is somehow the new face of Ralph Lauren Polo culture, I do support his music. It is what it is. Y.O.U. stay classy Harlem!
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