GrippinGrain

Alright so just this past week my boy from PA, Texas dropped a copy of his latest mixtape on me to see what I thought was up. PA that’s Port Arthur for those of you that don’t know and if you don’t know what that is you don’t know southern rap yet and I’m going to sprinkle some knowledge on you. That’s home of the legendary duo called UGK, that’s Bun B and Pimp C and now you know who I’m talking about. Well Hezeleo is from their hood and signed to their newly put together UGK Records and he’s starting to get out there a little more and let it be known whats up.

Right off the top I could tell that it had that same UGK flavor that I know and have always been a fan of. So if you like UGK, you’re going to eat this shit up and ask for more. Now I listened straight through from begining to end without skipping a single track and that’s alot of tracks, 30 to be exact and there are plenty of them that are strong. Many of the beats are recognizeable and that’s because it’s a mixtape but the lyrical skills are there and they’re good, enough to carry this mixtape through the whole way.

Some of what I liked most that you can check out in the sidebar here on GrippinGrain.com were tracks like Block Starz track 2 that starts off with Pimp C telling you that it’s about to go down and it definitely does. This song is all about being a Block Star and doing it big where you at and how Hez did it himself. I know you can feel that shit since many of you are trying to do the same thing.

Jumping ahead though the track I know you’ll all be playing more than once is number 8 Cadillac featuring Pimp C and Hezeleo talking about what, Cadillacs of course. That’s like they say in Port Arthur Texas Cadillacs over Lexus.

Choosing more favorites is hard because honestly I like the sound from begining to end but I like the creeping sound of track track 16 Politricks with Hezeleo and Wink Dawg. I think this could be another one of those that creeps up on you after a couple plays. So hit the sidebar and play it a few more times and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

You know Rick Ross is blowing up in the south and the Hustlin track is damn near an anthem already in the streets so hit track 28 to hear Hezeleo doing his own version of Hustlin over the beat you already know. I’d say I almost like this version more, the music and beats to this song were like fire so anyone that can throw hot lyrics over it like Hez did is guaranteed a banger.

All in all it’s the first time I’ve heard anything from Hezeleo but I got a feeling it’s not going to be the last. As Pimp C says this is Block Starz Volume 1 so that means more to come in the real near future. Cop this mixtape from your boy directly on his myspace and hit him with a friend invite. Play it in your ride and on the block and represent for the south. Myspace link and track list are below so get clicking and listening and cop this shit and become a block star yourself in your own hood!

Hezeleo MySpace

# Intro
# Block Starz
# Draped
# For my Thugs
# Who Da Man
# Party Hard
# Hustle an Ball
# Cadillac feat.Pimp-C
# Diamondz
# Swang
# Country Slang
# Bottom to tha top
# Whatcha Gon Do
# Next level
# Fired up
# Politricks
# Layem down
# Dry Snitch
# Hott shi
# Street
# Whatchu lookin at
# Jackin
# Major Deal
# Hopless
# All I no
# Ridin Impala
# Life I live
# Hustlin
# Time To Shine
# shout outs