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| Pitchfork |
 Harlem rapper Vado has transformed himself from Cam'ron's unwelcome new sidekick to a mini prince of NYC goon-rap (with 2010's Slime Flu and last year's Gunz n' Butta) to, currently, That New York Guy Who Isn't Uncle Murda or French Montana-- all in the space of, oh, about a year and a half. In case you were wondering, yes, New York is still a brutal, bewildering, dizzying place to try and make it as a rapper, and yes, keeping up with rap nowadays is still basically a full-time job.That said, I've had more fun listening to Vado (that's Violence and Drugs Only, if you're curious) in the past two years than I have almost anyone else. He's funnier than French Montana and a much better rapper than Murda. Most of the fun stems from the sheer, bellowing-gasbag sound of Vado's voice, which cuts through basically anything you put in front of it. He's a whoopee cushion of infectious ignorance, and he has a class clown's way with ensuring his remarks travel all the way to the front of the room. But he's also a crafty rapper, and his latest mixtape, Slime Flu 2, delivers exactly what the original Slime Flu did-- high-speed, tightly realized, pugilistic goon rap-- to nearly as entertaining results. If it suffers at all, it's largely because it feels and sounds too rushed-out, perhaps in an attempt to re-spark Vado's fast-cooling buzz. He should have kept the album in production for a few more minutes-- even for a free rap mixtape, the mastering is atrocious. The beats knock, but even with headphones, they seem to be bumping through a neighbor's wall, and Vado's voice often sounds distractingly disembodied in the mix. This is odd and regrettable, since the first Slime Flu banged loud and clear wherever you played it, but there is still lots to enjoy. Top honors goes to Vado's "inspiration" joint, "I See You (Black People)", which surely deserves an award for mind-blowing use of a song-title parenthetical. The song, built on a sepia-tinted piano loop and hand percussion, all but dims the lights and burns the incense, but apart from a single Obama namedrop, Vado's not having it: "Didn't notice, recession happened when?"...full text |
| Themontreality |
| One year after his debut solo mixtape Slime Flu released in October 2010, Vado has been on the scene for a hot minute with some hot collaborations and the mixtape series Boss Of All Bosses with his mentor Cam’ron. Despite the hardly slept-on album they dropped last year(Gunz n Butta), the Harlem MC is droppin some new stuff to let people know he’s still in the building. With this mixtape, Vado that might remember the Dipset era in the early 2000′s. His swag is proper to all the Harlem rapper, it’s unique. With no collaborations from Killa Cam this time, the mixtape includes a few features from his long-time friend Jae Millz, Young Chris, Street Familly(Fabolous, Freck Billionaire and Paul Cain) and the legendary Raekwon. Outside of Young Chris who is from Philly, Vado is staying true to that East Coast sound unlike most of the New York rappers that has tendency to copy, paste the down south swagger. For those who has been missing that East Coast sound, he is bringin it back for y’all. The lyrics from the 26 years old rapper provides heavy punchlines and rhymes that’ll keep ur head bumpin from the beginning to the end of the tape. Probably one of the most noticeable song on the tape is ”I See You(Black People)” where he spits: Wanna be it, same time couldn’t see it/Didn’t really believe it, til I knew I could leave it/On the drug getting weeded, all the time wasn’t needed/l was definitely heated like when they was defeated.” Followed by a bunch of other metaphors and punchlines on this song especially, we can tell the Harlem rapper is mastering the art of storytelling....full text |
| Hiphoptitan |
| Vado drops more slime than Nickelodeon on a Double Dare contestant. Having ridden shotgun throughout Cam’ron’s reemergence in recent years, the Harlem MC is back with Slime Flu 2, a follow-up to his 2010 retail mixtape of the same name. The project marks Vado’s first body of work without the pink touch of the Diplomat head honcho, as he looks to carve out his own path, and cast aside an identity defined by being Cam’s protégé. Vado embodies the quintessential Harlem MC: the dapper dressing, slick talking, lyricist with a street vernacular that everyone else can’t help but adopt. Whether the subject at hand is Rugby gear, bad women, or a look inside New York City’s criminal underworld, he attacks beats with an unrelenting flow of precision and descriptiveness. It’s a refurbished version of the style his Harlem predecessors, Big L and Cam’ron, are recognized for. On the slowed down “Louis V Bag,” Vado tries his hand at a song geared towards female fans, taking himself out of his comfort zone of bar-heavy street bangers. With a chopped and sped-up sample from The Weeknd’s “The Party and The After Party,” it’s a change of pace that works, and shows versatility. Vado elicits the help of Fabolous on “Ok Y’all,” a boisterous lyrical affair where the two Gotham rappers trade verses over the frenetic production of Araabmuzik. Fab comes in aggressively, spitting “Ok y’all, just bought a K y’all/ Don’t make white sheet you niggas, KKK y’all/Don’t make me Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, KKK y’all/Cause I will blow three stacks, KKK y’all.” Another impressive collaboration is “Bed Piss,” where Raekwon delivers a gem of a verse over icy, fluttering keys. (Seriously, does the Chef ever disappoint?) Vado’s verse is just as strong, so it comes as a bit of a let-down that perhaps the best cut of the tape is also the shortest, at just over 2 minutes....full text |
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