Lewis III Releases First Musical Project

[Chuckles]

"The Resurrection" Here i reviewed it:
RLIII's debut is not at all bad, by mixtape standards, and he probably could eventually have, especially given his resources, some sort of noticeable rap game. He can spit spit flicks, just check "Tats on my Arm." Production quality is good. Clean. Does indulge in the autotune, at his peril, but not enough to curdle the tape. His voice is solid, has its own thing, and lyrics are better than average, rhymes generally original and occasionally nice. 40x more gunshots in the songs than he has probably ever heard in real life, that's a touch that he'll hopefully get tired of. Generic beats, nothing avant garde or salient, but effective. "Cuz my daddy" is the track you expected, but with a terrible chorus. RLIII does throw this shiny jab: "They wanna have my baby. But i ain't crazy they just want me cuz my pockets lazy; that mean they fat."

All in all it's what you would expect from a mixtape of an 18 year old student athlete, talking about friends, girls and being a baller in the near future (with the added cloying swag and intermittent cash drops of a rich dude's son: "$90 dolla cup? go on and taste it girl"). Of course, there aren't any curse words, a practical limitation of a representative of a university being sat on by the NCAA. But the absence of curse words is a limitation that depletes the enjoyment and claims to cool of a rap mixtape in the 21st century. Bottom line, look for his cameo in the leaked debauchery of a UV Crew in a couple years, and expect it to be better than Greg Olsen's.

6.5/10

Whut?

 

[#26-MEAST]

C'mon Ray. I'm excited to have you in this program but don't front, you don't run a 4.4. It cracks me up how all these kids say that in interviews. Just keep it real and say you run a 4.6.

Yeah because I'm sure you know better than he does how fast he is by watching his youtube highlights as opposed to him getting actually timed by coaches. You don't know ****.

No need to get personal. Running a 4.4 is super fast. There is no doubt that he is a hard working talented football player and all the other things Golden is desiring for the athletes on this team. But saying something and showing it are 2 different things. The kid is young and just getting ready to go into a real S&C program. Perhaps in a few years he could reach that time. Here's a better question. I would bet you duke runs a 4.4. Do you really think ray ray is as fast as número ocho?

 

[JHallCanes]

C'mon Ray. I'm excited to have you in this program but don't front, you don't run a 4.4. It cracks me up how all these kids say that in interviews. Just keep it real and say you run a 4.6.

Yeah because I'm sure you know better than he does how fast he is by watching his youtube highlights as opposed to him getting actually timed by coaches. You don't know ****.

No need to get personal. Running a 4.4 is super fast. There is no doubt that he is a hard working talented football player and all the other things Golden is desiring for the athletes on this team. But saying something and showing it are 2 different things. The kid is young and just getting ready to go into a real S&C program. Perhaps in a few years he could reach that time. Here's a better question. I would bet you duke runs a 4.4. Do you really think ray ray is as fast as número ocho?

I think Duke ran a 4.45 last year so yeah....but hey, they all lie about it. It's like asking a guy how much he benches or what he shot that day on the golf course.

 

[#26-MEAST]

C'mon Ray. I'm excited to have you in this program but don't front, you don't run a 4.4. It cracks me up how all these kids say that in interviews. Just keep it real and say you run a 4.6.

Yeah because I'm sure you know better than he does how fast he is by watching his youtube highlights as opposed to him getting actually timed by coaches. You don't know ****.

No need to get personal. Running a 4.4 is super fast. There is no doubt that he is a hard working talented football player and all the other things Golden is desiring for the athletes on this team. But saying something and showing it are 2 different things. The kid is young and just getting ready to go into a real S&C program. Perhaps in a few years he could reach that time. Here's a better question. I would bet you duke runs a 4.4. Do you really think ray ray is as fast as número ocho?

I think Duke ran a 4.45 last year so yeah....but hey, they all lie about it. It's like asking a guy how much he benches or what he shot that day on the golf course.

I'm in no way dogging the kid. Just keeping it real.

 

[TooWise]

Man this dude got bars!!!

 

[Classic]

Kid's voice sounds like B.o.B.

I'm a hip-hop head, and this kid ain't bad at all. Only listened to a couple of tracks but gonna download and throw it in the whip for a bit.

**** is impressive, though. Seventeen year old spittin' without curse words a la Will Smith, with smart world play, solid production, and quality voice control -- better than most of the "nobody" mixtapes out there.

I'm a fan.

And guys, the dude can rap in his free time and still be dedicated to football. A normal person has at least a handful of interests. Stop hatin'.

 

[BigDikCane]

give the lil a chance, he might me be the next toad305