As I'm sitting here beating suckas on
Freekick Fusion, the homie Alex hits the inbox with a 'mini-mixtape' from a 'new female Hip Hop/Soul/Fusion group,
NOLA DARLING'. At this point I'm ready to click delete for 2 reasons;
- The image Alex has attached is of two fine ass sistas; a good looking female MC that can actually spit doesn't actually exist, & this is a duo? It's too good to be true I think to myself.
- Secondly; they're labelled 'Hip Hop/Soul/Fusion group'. This makes me want to download straight away because of the extremely awesome line-up of genres but then I remember the typical Subway's Sub of the Day, which usually has a combination of ingredients which you're convinced will send your taste buds into orgasm but usually ends up tasting like an eruption of diarrhea & urine.
However, like I would still purchase a Sub of the Day in hope it'll actually taste good for once, I download this 'mini-mixtape'. A mini-mixtape:
"Too many original songs to be classified an EP… Not enough sampled tracks to be labeled a mixtape…. Too random to be considered a concept album…Not miscellaneous enough to be categorized a compilation… too soon to be the greatest hits…too late to be a single… too dope to be dubbed anything but a "Mini-Mixtape."
Straight from the intro I'm hooked, as it bursts into life from a dramatic movie-esque intro into one of the divettes getting her female Twista on. The next joint featuring
P. Casso 'In The Hindsight' has a much different tempo & theme to the intro but is just as dope, if not doper. The mixtape just gets more & more enjoyable (& for some odd reason gets me thinking of the
Extra Fusion Tango VS Krump advertisment) with 'Now You Know' & 'Coco Rico'. The mini-mixtape excitingly continues with the acapella 'Chat Ms. DJ', 'Chat Ms. Dee Jay' & the ladies own (way better than the original) rendition of '
Throw Some D's'. What follows is an anthem for the 'international rude gals' aptly titled 'Dem Rude Gals'. The Melo-X featured & produced ends the
EP mixtape compilation album soul fueled hip-hop fusioned extravaganza leaving you wanting another 'mini-mixtape' from these chicks. Peep the tracklist below,
download, tell your mother 'bout this, share, bootleg, tell your grandmother 'bout this, email, digg, etc.
01. Who is Nola Darling?
02. In Hindsight ft. P.Casso
03. Now You Know
04. Coco Rico ft. Fresh Daily
05. Chat Ms. DJ (Acapella)
06. Chat Ms. Dee Jay
07. Real D’s
08. Dem Rude Gals
09. The Answer ft. Melo-X
Nola Darling's Pretty Gritty Mini-Mixtape [Download link courtesy of
Rappers I Know]
