Mixtape Monday: Young Chris Says hip-hop will Never Die

J-Banks · 09-29-2008, 09:10 AM

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes

Artist: Young Chris

Representing: State Property Chain Gang

Mixtape: Never Die

411: Jay-Z is still betting on Young Chris being next up. The Philly MC's solo debut, Now or Never, is still due next year, but it won't be on Def Jam, the only label he's known.

"Me and Jay, that's personal," Chris told us. "We're personal friends since I been in the game at 15 years old. When I say, 'Leaving Def Jam,' it means leaving Def Jam, not Roc-A-Fella too. Roc-A-Fella is a family."

Chris said that as he heard it, Roc's official roster is himself, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West and Young Hov. "Everybody is still doing their thing. Shout-out to the whole S.P.," he said. "[The Roc roster] got short in a short matter of time. I know everybody was shocked by that."

State Property are definitely back together and, as a unit, they are free agents. That hasn't stopped the Beanie Sigel-captained collective from working on albums separately and as a group. Chris is trying to keep his heat up with his Web site, YoungCBlog.com, and by releasing a string of mixtapes. Never Die is his latest, and he put it together with DJ Omega and DJ Drama.

"I got a song titled 'Never Die,' " he said. "Justice League did the beat. It was recorded two years ago. It's the same beat as Rick Ross' 'Maybach Music.' Due to my album being pushed back, they sold the beat to Ross. The song meant so much to me, 'cause I was talking about a lot of people in my 'hood that got hit up real bad and made it through it. I just figured the mixtape [should be called] Never Die. Hip-hop never dies."

Joints To Check For

» "Cypher" (featuring Wale, Freeway and Beanie Sigel). "It was a big record for us. Wale was in Philly working at the same studio I work at with Dre & Vidal. ... I came in the room, he said he wanted to hear some material. Instead of playing records, I had a beat I played. He started bobbing his head. Freeway came in, started bobbing his head. I said, 'We gonna do this like a real cypher. Let's go four [bars], four [bars], four [bars].' Beans came in the room. By the time he came in, [there] wasn't no more room for him to jump in on the fours, so we said, 'Yo, go ahead and anchor it.' The record has 3 million plays on my [MySpace] page. I speak to [Wale] almost every day."

» "Don't Dance" freestyle. "I love that Swizz knock," Chris said of the track where he rhymes over T.I.'s "Swing Ya Rag." "Swizz [Beatz] is one of my favorite producers. Shout-out to him. I say it was one of them records that was underrated or overlooked. Some people when they hear my freestyle, they be like, 'Who's beat was that?' They still ask to this day when they hear it on the mixtape. I just went in."

» "Murda Freestyle" (featuring Sparks). "The joint I did with Sparks, that was another beat that was underrated," Chris said. "That beat was from Uncle Murda's record. I called Sparks to the studio one day. I already had my verse laid. As you can see, he got on and threw it right back to me. I had to go back in some more. Passed it right to him. Me and him was just venting in the studio one day. Sparks definitely has the most charisma out of the whole [State Property] clique."

Don't Sleep: Other Notable ********** This Week » Willie the Kid - Absolute Greatness
» DJ Haze and the Game - BWS Radio Part 5
» DJ Purfiya - Welcome 2 Flawda Volume 6 (Hosted By Brisco)
» Lil Wayne - Young Moula Baby (Chopd n Slowd by DJ Rico)
» DJ Spinatik - Miami Heat

'Hood's Heavy Rotation: Bubbling Below The Radar

» T.I. - "Ready for Whatever"
» Jennifer Hudson (featuring Fantasia) - "I'm His Only Woman"
» E-40 (featuring Bun B and Gucci Mane) - "The Recipe"
» Bow Wow - "Father's Day"
» Avery Storm (featuring Jadakiss) - "Terrified"

Source: MTV

scott420 · 09-29-2008, 02:18 PM

^^^nothing about the Banks tape? That shit was fire

True Ronald · 09-29-2008, 04:33 PM

did chris just say the roc roster was him jay kanye and bleek?

I thought that Beans was there and not chris. What about Jada?

Boogie 416 · 09-29-2008, 04:40 PM

man S.P. is coming back but half the people like jay-z and others dont, i juss seen Peedi dissing him on worldstar, and truss me i thought beans was on the roster whats up with that.

09-29-2008, 09:10 AM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	Mixtape Monday: Young Chris Says hip-hop will Never Die Mixtape Monday: Young Chris Says hip-hop will Never Die By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Artist: Young Chris Representing: State Property Chain Gang Mixtape: Never Die 411: Jay-Z is still betting on Young Chris being next up. The Philly MC's solo debut, Now or Never, is still due next year, but it won't be on Def Jam, the only label he's known. "Me and Jay, that's personal," Chris told us. "We're personal friends since I been in the game at 15 years old. When I say, 'Leaving Def Jam,' it means leaving Def Jam, not Roc-A-Fella too. Roc-A-Fella is a family." Chris said that as he heard it, Roc's official roster is himself, Memphis Bleek, Kanye West and Young Hov. "Everybody is still doing their thing. Shout-out to the whole S.P.," he said. "[The Roc roster] got short in a short matter of time. I know everybody was shocked by that." State Property are definitely back together and, as a unit, they are free agents. That hasn't stopped the Beanie Sigel-captained collective from working on albums separately and as a group. Chris is trying to keep his heat up with his Web site, YoungCBlog.com, and by releasing a string of mixtapes. Never Die is his latest, and he put it together with DJ Omega and DJ Drama. "I got a song titled 'Never Die,' " he said. "Justice League did the beat. It was recorded two years ago. It's the same beat as Rick Ross' 'Maybach Music.' Due to my album being pushed back, they sold the beat to Ross. The song meant so much to me, 'cause I was talking about a lot of people in my 'hood that got hit up real bad and made it through it. I just figured the mixtape [should be called] Never Die. Hip-hop never dies." Joints To Check For » "Cypher" (featuring Wale, Freeway and Beanie Sigel). "It was a big record for us. Wale was in Philly working at the same studio I work at with Dre & Vidal. ... I came in the room, he said he wanted to hear some material. Instead of playing records, I had a beat I played. He started bobbing his head. Freeway came in, started bobbing his head. I said, 'We gonna do this like a real cypher. Let's go four [bars], four [bars], four [bars].' Beans came in the room. By the time he came in, [there] wasn't no more room for him to jump in on the fours, so we said, 'Yo, go ahead and anchor it.' The record has 3 million plays on my [MySpace] page. I speak to [Wale] almost every day." » "Don't Dance" freestyle. "I love that Swizz knock," Chris said of the track where he rhymes over T.I.'s "Swing Ya Rag." "Swizz [Beatz] is one of my favorite producers. Shout-out to him. I say it was one of them records that was underrated or overlooked. Some people when they hear my freestyle, they be like, 'Who's beat was that?' They still ask to this day when they hear it on the mixtape. I just went in." » "Murda Freestyle" (featuring Sparks). "The joint I did with Sparks, that was another beat that was underrated," Chris said. "That beat was from Uncle Murda's record. I called Sparks to the studio one day. I already had my verse laid. As you can see, he got on and threw it right back to me. I had to go back in some more. Passed it right to him. Me and him was just venting in the studio one day. Sparks definitely has the most charisma out of the whole [State Property] clique." Don't Sleep: Other Notable ********** This Week » Willie the Kid - Absolute Greatness » DJ Haze and the Game - BWS Radio Part 5 » DJ Purfiya - Welcome 2 Flawda Volume 6 (Hosted By Brisco) » Lil Wayne - Young Moula Baby (Chopd n Slowd by DJ Rico) » DJ Spinatik - Miami Heat 'Hood's Heavy Rotation: Bubbling Below The Radar » T.I. - "Ready for Whatever" » Jennifer Hudson (featuring Fantasia) - "I'm His Only Woman" » E-40 (featuring Bun B and Gucci Mane) - "The Recipe" » Bow Wow - "Father's Day" » Avery Storm (featuring Jadakiss) - "Terrified" Source: MTV __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

09-29-2008, 04:33 PM	#3
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09-29-2008, 02:18 PM	#2
scott420 Veteran Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,108 Repped: 84 Repped 90 Times in 35 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 20 Times in 9 Posts	^^^nothing about the Banks tape? That shit was fire

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Boogie 416 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Toronto ON Posts: 157 Repped: 44 Repped 1 Time in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	man S.P. is coming back but half the people like jay-z and others dont, i juss seen Peedi dissing him on worldstar, and truss me i thought beans was on the roster whats up with that.