Fourth and final chapter of the "Vatican" mixtape series by the Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon in collaboration with DJ Riddler.
The colors of the cover are good, the central figure is bad. Even just finding the credits for the featuring isn't easy: I'm sure there are Masta Killa ("PJ's", rhythm of Pete Rock) and Ghostface Killah ("My Piano", rhythm of Hi-Tek) somewhere, I don't have idea regarding the rest of the tape. "2009 Jordan" boasts Busta Rhymes. Raekwon performs with a soporific style for two thirds of the mixtape, hardcore for the other third, on a generic production, at times good, often forgettable. Lots of useless skits, as usual. He has already made three identical mixtapes, which were decently waiting for the sequel, now that the volume 2 is out, this tape comes out without a real reason and is too dull to maintain its own relevance. I really wish I had the strength to write five paragraphs about how the mixtape circuit has changed since the arrival of 50 Cent. I'll try to be succinct: In 2000, 50 Cent ended up on the blacklist of the mafia discography after one of the songs for his studio album programmed with Columbia was leaked on the internet. The song revolves around the biggest drug traffickers and gangsters in his neighborhood, now some of them are looking for him, and he takes refuge in Canada, starting to release mixtapes in order to make a name for himself, regain the hype and break into the same industry that has closed its doors to him and isn't even letting him go to a US studio to record music. A few years from then, it was all a descent for the game of mixtapes, at the time, ferryman of careers now become a rusty boat used as a mere exercise in style, which nobody cares about, as in this case.
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