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Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica - Music Head - 23-11-2014 enters the Billboard chart this week at #5 Spotify online listen 4.0 of 5.0 by allmusic 2nd studio album 7 featured artists guess he couldn't do it on his own r&b/rap with a nice jazz feel between raps on a few tracks spattered with the usual amount of niggas, hos and bitches artist website - http://bigkrit.com/home/ Bio - from allmusic Recalling the Dirty South sound of UGK and Scarface, Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T. spent five years on the mixtape circuit honing his skills before his 2010 release took his career to another level. The release was the mixtape K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, a groundbreaking critical success that had bloggers declaring the South's future, while a commercial success as well, generating enough downloads and "likes" that the Def Jam label took notice, signing the artist that same year. It was also the year K.R.I.T. -- which stands for King Remembered In Time -- appeared on Curren$y's Top 40 debut, Pilot Talk, along with Wiz Khalifa's hit mixtape Kush & Orange Juice. His 2011 release Return of 4eva was extravagant by mixtape standards, with elaborate cover art and guest appearances from Chamillionaire, Raheem DeVaughn, and David Banner, along with challenging titles like "Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed and Encouraging Racism." A track on R&B singer Chris Brown's 2011 mixtape Boy in Detention indicated that his commercial aspirations were still there as well, although the guest list for his 2012 debut, Live from the Underground, would be a mix of true hip-hop (Eightball & MJG, Devin the Dude, and Bun B) and truly surprising (B.B. King, Anthony Hamilton). The surprises continued on his 2014 album, Cadillactica, which took on more left-field genres and heavier topics. Album Review - from allmusic Like David Banner before him, Meridian, Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. was baptized in deep Southern slop and then cut through the competition with a bit of an indie spin, but Cadillactica is on another level, and if the album cover makes it looks like one of Kid Cudi's space jams, there's good reason. This sprawling, ambitious effort is the promise of Cudi's early soul-searching fulfilled, beginning with two interesting intros, best of the pair being "Life" where K.R.I.T. testifies "I found life on this planet/Dammit, I've been damaged/But I won't take this for granted" and then proceeds to shove and prove as if this were his debut. Check the frantic, techno-Outkast title track for unique and new proof, while "Soul Food," featuring Raphael Saadiq, does just what it does on the tin, reminiscing about tradition in a mournful, "you don't know what you got till it's gone" style. "Do You Love Me" carries the same weight when it comes to young love, and when it comes to church and prayer, "Saturdays = Celebration" offers that there are no saints without sinners, and does so with the stately production of Alex da Kid, who sounds primed to take on the heaviness of Kanye's Yeezus. All of these grand moves are anchored by the K.R.I.T. sound the streets already love, including the low-riding "Mo Better Cool" with Wiz Khalifa and Bun B, plus the anthemic "King of the South," which spills out the speakers with slurred samples and banging Jeep beats. Cap it off with Lupe Fiasco and the poignant "Lost Generation" and Cadillactica is an album where an artist launches a superior second act while losing none of the essential elements that made the first so powerful. the only video: [video=youtube;ik_h_J7YFHk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik_h_J7YFHk[/video] Track Listing 1. Kreation (Intro) 2. Life 3. My Sub, Pt. 3 (Big Bang) 4. Cadillactica 5. Soul Food 6. Pay Attention 7. King of the South 8. Mind Control 9. Standby (Interlude) 10. Do You Love Me 11. Third Eye 12. Mo Better Cool 13. Angels 14. Saturdays = Celebration 15. Lost Generation