Fake For Real - Tag - Duct Tape EntertainmentThe English written companion of Fake For Real: since 1997, reviews and articles about rap music2024-03-11T20:40:46+01:00Sylvain Bertoturn:md5:a035ff44a020bb716e18191580d6e9ecDotclearALLEY BOY - Definition Of Fuck Shiturn:md5:0857dc930c32fbcef89eb29f4c5ddd972015-04-01T23:02:00+02:002023-06-27T09:35:30+02:00codotusylvMixtapes2010Alley BoyAtlantaDJ HolidayDuct Tape EntertainmentThe Empire <p>By 2010, the rise of Alley Boy begins with that release, a mixtape elegantly named <em>Definition Of Fuck Shit</em>, and hosted by DJ Holiday and The Empire. Such starts a fantastic series continued with another mixtape named the same, and also <em>Purgatory</em>, <em> The Gift Of Discernment</em>, and others. By then, thanks to the success of the single "Tall", with Young Dro, to some support from the man of the times, Waka Flocka Flame, and also to Alley Boy's partnership with Atlantic Records, people start to pay attention, outside of Atlanta.</p>
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<p>Prior to this, Alley Boy had built his place in the city rap scene. In 2005, while imprisoned, he and his soul brother Big Bank Black had launched Duct Tape Entertainment, a new label, to focus on their rap careers. Inspired by Gucci Mane, Alley Boy connected with a few years back, they went the typical way, switching from thuggery to rap music.</p>
<p>Alley Boy, indeed, has been a delinquent for real. Grown in Edgewood Court, one of Atlanta's less reputable neighborhoods, and raised by his grandmother, both his parents being junkies, he started dealing as a young teenager, and he was jailed for the first time by the age of 19, on murder charges. His alias, as a matter of fact, comes from the prison alleys. Prior to that, Curtis Freeman was known as Lil' Curt.</p>
<p>Now a rapper, he uses his brutal past and personality as a marketing argument. In 2011, for example, he and his band publish a video of them kicking Yung L.A., a former T.I. protégé, because he tattooed the Duct Tape Ent. logo - a duck… - on his face, though he never belonged to the gang.</p>
<p>Alley Boy is no joke, he's dangerous. That's what he shows on <em>Definition Of Fuck Shit</em>. This is all about his criminal experience, his authenticity, the real sound of the street, and all the clichés and routines of Atlanta's trap music, thug stories, gun obsession, and bombastic 808 sounds, but with an intensity that grabs you by the throat, and is stronger than the competition. This is just a mixtape, with the usual flaws: too many tracks, useless skits, DJ Holiday's painful shouts at every turn. And though, it is everything but boring.</p>
<p>There's "Tall" of course, but it's even not the strongest track. Other highlights such as "50 Bars of Poison", "Rappin' & Robbin'" and "Throw It Up", are even catchier. They are punchy and breathtaking, exactly like the machine gun that is heard here and there on the mixtape. Same with "Get To It", a track the producer The Devil will recycle in 2014, on a conceptual mixtape dedicated to the theme of violence. Moreover, while staying on trap music grounds, Alley Boy and his beatmakers know how to diversify their musical offer.</p>
<p>In addition to the bangers, we have the organs on "You Dont Know" and "I'm Strapped", the quieter sound of the solid "Campaign", and the bouncy "Play Maker", a track produced by Zaytoven, logically sounding like Gucci Mane.</p>
<p>The violence is counterbalanced by melodic moments, like "Alone", an Auto-Tuned lament, Kool Ace's weird hook on "Dont Hate Me", and the less compelling and R&B-influenced "Shiester". That mixtape is an extraordinarily dense 73-minute-long feast. And though, it is just a beginning, it is the first of other releases where Alley Boy won't change his formula, but retain his hotheadedness and the same ardor.</p>
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https://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/post/2015/ALLEY-BOY-Definition-of-Fuck-Shit#comment-formhttps://english.fakeforreal.net/index.php/feed/atom/comments/3091ALLEY BOY - Purgatoryurn:md5:ea9e7ae563d82499c66e6b397ddec86b2015-01-10T12:47:00+01:002020-10-04T08:56:14+02:00codotusylvMixtapes2011Alley BoyAtlantaDJ DramaDuct Tape Entertainment <p>The best time in Alley Boy's career was 2011. Taking place between his first steps as a rapper in Gucci Mane's shadow – he had featured on <em>Chicken Talk 2</em> in 2008 – and <em>The Gift of Discernment</em> in 2012 – his most exposed and visible project, at least here in France – that year had been a turning point. In 2011, indeed, the Atlanta rapper had released two great mixtapes: the second installement of <em>Definition of F#ck Sh*t</em>; and a few months before – though much later after it had been heralded – a collaboration with DJ Drama, <em>Purgatory: The Story of Judas</em>.</p>
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<p>In a true Southern tradition, this title smelled of Bible and religiosity. It looked like the same old story again, the one about a sinner seeking redemption. As a matter of fact, Alley Boy had really lived in the purgatory, i.e. the ghetto, the urban jungle, a place where people get lost, but they wish to escape nonetheless. He used to be a drug dealer before trying to turn into a rapper, and his mother, a crack addict, had died from this substance. While some enjoy telling creepy stories about street life, Alley Boy had experienced the real thing. It was not just an act.</p>
<p>Hence his blend of street rap, full of struggles, frustrations, and petty ambitions; hence his very visceral lyrics, stronger and more vivid than with any other trap rapper; hence the cacophonic gun sounds and barbaric shouts. Alley Boy was a savage, he rapped with his guts. This is why he stood out from the much crowded Atlanta rap scene. This is why his songs were anthems.</p>
<p>And when they were not anthems, they were melodies underlying his torments. They were hooks, sung by Alley Boy or others, like with "Lowdown", "Spray", "Damn Right", "I Wish", "Trust Issues", "True Story", "Everyday Routine", "Lift the Load", and "I Don't Wanna", with Gucci Mane. They were nice tunes, like the excellent "Payback", with Alley Boy's most talented pal, Trouble.</p>
<p>And when the songs were neither anthems nor melodies, they were good anyway, like with the xylophone on "Gangsta Hustla", the Blaxploitation-sounding "Pocket Full of Money", the R&B "Alright", the funky "Friendship Ends", or the New-York-influenced "Double Up". These tracks were not <em>Purgatory</em>'s best, but they were necessary breaks in so intense a music: Alley Boy's.</p>
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