Music Album of the Week: Young Dro “R.I.P: I Killed That Sh*t”
ALBUM: R.I.P: I Killed That Shit
SOUNDS LIKE: Pretty much every other Young Dro mixtape which, if you’ve been following them, is not a bad thing.
FUN FACT: One of Young Dro’s best friends growing up was Chris “Daddy Mack” Smith (the light-skinned one) from Kris Kross.
WHY COMPLEX IS CO-SIGNING IT: Before he went away, the Rap Rambo b.k.a. T.I. made a trunk load of contingency plans (Paper Trail re-release, The Takers set to hit theaters) to ensure that his label still stacks paper while he serves a yearlong bid for weapons possession. Makes sense, seeing as Tip is Grand Hustle’s primary bread winner, but that doesn’t mean everyone else on the label can’t hold their own. While the boss is away, Young Dro is letting people know Grand Hustle still ain’t nothing to fuck with—and there’s no better evidence than the fact that Dro is still signed to them. After dropping his slightly lackluster Black Boy, White Boy tape with label mate Yung LA earlier this year, Dro returns to form with his DJ Don Cannon-assisted mixtape to get fans ready for his upcoming sophomore project P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once), and to prove that like Akon and Curtis, he can still kill.
