!i$@ bee™: Listening to... Pilot Talk

Today's the day all of us who haven't given up on hip-hop music have been waiting for: Curren$y's Pilot Talk has officially dropped. I'd post a link to download, but this man's been putting out quality mixtapes for years for the very pocket-friendly price of FREE.99. This go 'round, I'd shell out the money to support 'cause this effort surely deserves it.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. “Example”
2. “Audio Dope 2”
3. “King Kong”
4. “Seat Change” (featuring Snoop Dogg)
5. “Breakfast”
6. “Roasted” (featuring Trademark Da Skydiver & Young Roddy)
7. “Skybourne” (featuring Smoke DZA & Big K.R.I.T.)
8. “The Hangover” (featuring Mikey Rocks)
9. “The Day” (featuring Mos Def & Jay Electronica)
10. “Prioritize (Beeper Bill)” (featuring Nesby Phips)
11. “Chilled Coughphee” (featuring Devin the Dude)
12. “Address” (featuring Stalley)
13. “Life Under The Scope”

Those of you already hip to Curren$y may have heard “Address” and “Life Under The Scope.” Earlier this year, both songs were in heavy rotation on MTV Jams. The rest of Pilot Talk is no less worthy of bumping through your speakers. Standout tracks include “King Kong,” “Seat Change,” “Breakfast,” “Roasted,” “The Hangover,” and “Prioritize.”

Yes, lighting up is a common theme in Curren$y's songs (especially noteworthy is his acknowledgment of a rarely mentioned demographic: the female pothead), but I don't think weed defines his music so much that non-stoners can't access and enjoy it. If you dig excellent wordplay, humorous storytelling, retro-futuristic beats, chill lounge music or any combination thereof, Pilot Talk is your album.

All of this is to say: go forth and PURCHASE this album. Or at the very least, a ticket to Curren$y's shows*. Support good music, y'all.

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