The rhymes here donвЂ™t unearth some new untapped subject matter, but all the hip-hop clichГ©s are attacked from stranger, smarter angle. Smart enough to be backpack, but floss enough to match all the big names, Curren$y taps into post-Kanye вЂњbrain-stream hip-hopвЂќ without over selling his intellectual bona fides(ahemвЂ¦ Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, and to a lesser extent Drake). Pilot Talk, grounded by the production of Ski Beatz (underused himself since his landmark work on Reasonable Doubt), is cohesive and smart where so many others are attempting to be everything to everyone. But when everyone zigged he zagged, and his gift for word play and his laid back vibe are excellent counter programming to the more bloated hip hop populating the mainstream. A No Limit soldier well after that was cool, then signed to Young Money and jumped ship right before Wheezy reached critical mass, he shouldвЂ™ve been forgotten a long time ago. вЂњObstacles are obstacle illusions, we donвЂ™t see вЂem.вЂќД¬urren$y shouldвЂ™ve been over years ago.

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