The Chimes
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April 2011 - THE CHIMES
Tyga’s ‘Black Thoughts 2’ Mixtape peaks high in hip-hop world Shomari Smith, ‘11 Lifestyle Co-Editor Tyga is a rapper out of Compton, CA who is currently signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment. His latest effort, “Black Thoughts 2” is a free mixtape that was released on April 12 and has since become one of the most downloaded mixtapes on various hip-hop Web sites. Tyga opens the mixtape with the song “Storm,” featuring Stefano Moses. The production of the track sounds like an anthem, as if Tyga was looking to make a statement with this record. The next song, “Hypnotized,” has a very mellow melody. He uses this track as a chance to show his lyrical skill with a flow that matches the smooth production.
Compton, CA rapper Tyga is one of the new generation’s up-andcoming rappers. Tyga’s newest mixtape, “Black Thoughts 2” released free of charge on April 12. Image from Google Images
Throughout the mixtape, Tyga uses some of the typical beats with the heavy bass that is down-south inspired. The best
example of this would be “Real Or Fake” where he talks about how real he is as compared to other guys. This song sounds
like most of the music that has become popular among the hiphop community. He could’ve performed with a better delivery, but the fact that his voice is lacking in the bass area doesn’t complement the productions as well. One of the standout songs is “Reminded,” featuring R&B artist Adele. The subject of love is hard to work in hip-hop, but Tyga does the job. He speaks on the old days with a former girlfriend and how he hopes that she sees his face, which he hopes will spark a reminder of the times they had together. The instrumental is different, but refreshing. Another love song to look for is “First Time” featuring Pharrell of The Neptunes. The slow flow goes along with the Neptunes’ production perfectly. The chorus is catchy enough to make
most people vibe to the record. Other songs likely to catch the listener’s ear are “Involved,” “Moving Backwards” and “We Up.” Tyga is a part of the new generation of rappers that have to take the game into their hands and carry it to the future. While his lyrical skills aren’t as sharp as some of his fellow rappers, he is well on his way to becoming one of the artists who we get to hear more from. “Black Thoughts 2” is filled with a number of great songs to ‘vibe’ with, but the only problem is, there aren’t many songs featuring his Young Money comrades. The only artist from Young Money featured on the mixtape was Gudda Gudda, whose showing on the effort was questionable. Still, this mixtape is worth a download and deserves
Third annual Peeps diorama contest held at Norwich Campus ~ continued from page 1 ~ Besides the Grand Prize winners, five category winners each received $50 cash. Kathy Burdick’s “Man Cave” received most humorous. Cameron Crugnale received best movie for his “Wizard of Peeps,” while Whaley and Wright’s “Soup Kitchen” received most original. Jeff Ward and Shannon Zawarton’s “Blarney Stone” diorama won most musical, and most creative went to the Norwich Campus librarian’s “MotoPeeps.” The judges would also like to give an honorable mention to the Chenango Valley Home for their diorama, “Growing Old.”
Kathy Burdick had the judges chucklling with her Peeps diorama “Man Cave.” It received most humorous and the second place grand prize. Photo by: Alysha Jones, ‘13 | Staff Reporter
‘Kill Team’ slays innocent Afghans ~ continued from page 2 ~ Winfield was having a conversation over Facebook with his dad about how some of the men were planning on killing another innocent man. His father, Chris Winfield, a veteran himself, was worried about this and contacted the base. When he spoke to them regarding what was going on, they simply shrugged it off, saying that stuff like that happens all of the time. Viewing the two videos was beyond disturbing. It’s
one thing to see photos of the people they killed; it’s quite another to actually see them kill someone. Those kinds of horrors should never have been shared with anyone, nor should they have even happened. The merciless killing of innocent Afghans and sharing the videos of their murders is unethical and immoral. It is for these actions that the United States military should punish these soldiers.