Neako - Junk Food

2DopeBoyz Presents: Neako - Junk Food

Mixtapes (or good ones) have been slow to come so far this year. I suppose most rappers are being studio rats right now, but it comes at a time when hip-hop needs to keep ascending. My pipe dreams aside, I listened to Neako's mixtape strictly out of boredom and the necessity to not hear silence in the library. The resulting sounds made me a fan. Neako reps North New Jersey (the first since Redman??) and does the Garden State right with his latest offering 'Junk Food', a collab with 2DopeBoys (probably my favorite music blog). Neako isn't one for the swagger raps or the drug rhymes. He just spits what he knows and does it well. Of course there are punchlines and metaphors and wordplay, but Neako actually has a veritable sound to him. The mixtape is pretty well produced, and has really good features, including Wiz Khalifa and two of Neako's boys, Young Jerz and Young Gibbs. The one thing about the tape is that the ending gets pretty slow. It seemed like he was trying to be on the deep side, but it really sounded like he was going off the deep end. Regardless, I really want to know where this man came from, because Neako was nowhere near on my radar before today. He's a pretty good producer and an improving MC. Whatever the case, he should be here to stay. Check the link, tracklist, #dopetracks, loosies and videos...



#dopetracks:
Exhibit N
Neako x Young Jerz
2 Seater
Back to the Set
Angels & Demons
I Love NJ

Loosies:
Neako – Angels & Demons
Neako – Back To The Set f. Wiz Khalifa
Neako – Ready to Go