Video: Young Dro f. Yung LA, “I Don’t Know Y’all”
- story Peter Macia
Sadly, it still says on Young Dro’s MySpace that his P.O.L.O. album, which we wrote about in our Summer Music Issue a few months ago, is coming in August 2009. It’s November 2009. But they’re still giving him and Yung LA money to make videos so that has to be a good sign right? Even if the videos have a crazy filter on the camera and a weird Black Sheep interlude in which an old man steals a dollar from a child? That might actually be a sign of great confidence from a label at this point, who can tell? We’re definitely rooting for Dro either way.
Rich Kids, Money Swag Mixtape
- story Felipe Delerme
In addition to recording a gang of raps, some of which we’re told were meant to eventually be actually rapped by the ever-elusive Dr. Dre, T.I. signed some super cool high school kids to Grand Hustle. They have fancy haircuts, expensive man bags and, like their dear Uncle D’Juan, they love Polo. Rich Kids strike some strange balance between a 2009 New Edition and even younger Young Dros and Yung LAs. Earlier this year they dropped “Partna Dem” and we got excited for this mixtape, but then they were kind of stagnant. Unless you count graduating from high school and shit. But Money Swag is here now and its all the backyard birthday cookout sheen we’ve been waiting for.
Download: Rich Kids, Money Swag mixtape
Video: Yung LA f Ricco Barrino, “Futuristic Love (Elroy)”
- story THE FADER
In the past few months we have grown to love Yung LA, whose creepily breathy singing/rapping style makes Shawty Lo sound like Johnny Cash. This new video, with Fantasia’s brother singing on the hook, should be appreciated for many things, not the least of which is the pan-fluted summer jam itself, but mostly the vague time travel narrative realized by director Va$htie with clothes and cars that look like Candyland pieces.
Video: Young Dro f. Yung LA, “Take Off”
- story THE FADER
EEEEEEYYYERRRRRROOOOOWWWWWWNNNNNN. Haha. If you are not pulling for Young Dro already, this new video with TI sighting might convince you. Definitely also take note of LA’s checkerboarded neck and make sure to pick up that Black Boy White Boy mixtape which you can listen to in its entirety below.
