For my first mix-tape entry, I had to start with the best. I remember hearing "How To Rob" on the In Too Deep Soundtrack a few years earlier. It was not bad, but I was not blown away. Then when "Wanksta" took off from the 8 Mile Soundtrack, I thought it was better. However, I much preferred 50's "Places to Go". But then I learned that "Wanksta" built a buzz on the mix-tape circuit. I went to Beat Go On in my hometown to pick up the tape in order to try to give hip-hop's consensus the benefit of the doubt. However, they didn't have No Mercy, No Fear and so I got 50 Cent is the Future instead. After hearing the Future cut, "U Should Be Here", it all made sense and I played it along with Guess Who's Back? even more than Fif's Shady/Aftermath debut. A decade later, with gangsta rap in decline, this mix-tape is a modern day classic that bangs harder than ever.
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