Arjaye Jeter - Rapxploitation [VIDEO]

Sorry Nerds! I've been on a hiatus. Third quarter of Junior year has been fucking VEXATIOUS. I've hardly gotten to listen to the stuff in my inbox! (I'm slowly sifting through it and mass writing as you read this.) Luckily, 4th quarter is here, and hopefully, that means that the school work will lighten up, but if it doesn't (because my teachers can be overbearing assholes), there's only 8 weeks left of school for me! After that, I'm an internet blogger almost full time. Today, I have this joint by Chicago rapper, Arjaye Jeter. The smooth boom bap beat is produced by Thelonius Martin. The video is filmed by Hatwood312. All of those kids are part of some new Chicago media team called Chillville. I'm really digging the song. It's pretty simple, and simplicity can be such elegance sometimes. The video is pretty typical, but it's cool. The only thing that angers me is the horrible promotion strategy. They paid whatever amount of money for 20k+ fake views. That's the wrong way to do things and it just looks stupid when you only have 2 comments and like 13 likes. Just a tip to you artists out there: pay for real promotion and PR, not just botviews and subscribers The song tho: 3.6 Nerd Contemplations out of 5 Follow @ArjayeJetter on Twitter Follow me on twitter @WaverlySpades

Death Comes In 3's - Dave Amazin

What's up? It's the original black nerd aka the first black man to recieve the Galaxy S4 (not to date) aka the Blacker Hacker aka Bill Nye's 2nd cousin, but you mig ide Chicago emcee, Dave Amazin. The name already has me intrigued. How could I not listen? It starts out with a great acapella "Disclaimer." It sounds a bit like a suicide note to me. From the intro alone, it sounds like Dave Amazin is a dead guy and this was his last mixtape and this is interesting. It's a  mysterious person that I want to know about now. Then, his music starts. Dave Amazin has some pretty great lyrics. Some really reach the pith of my mindset and thinking. This mixtape has somewhat the wrecklessness of a person who knows they're about to die (but not a suicidal one!), but still can transfer to introspective. The few original beats on hear are amazing. Dave Amazin is a very intriguing intellect. The downside of this mixtape is some of the quality/mixing. His flow needs to get a bit more steady sometimes. The cartoon and movie samples make me really happy. Overall, this tape is good and I see potential in this kid..
"If we were both in those pearly gates, would God let in either one?"

3.75 Nerd Contemplations out of 5

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Nellz GC - Cornell University [Mixtape Review]

Aye mane, It's Bill Nye's 2nd Cousin, aka Big Ghost's prodigy, aka the real Carlton Banks. A while ago (and I mean a WHILE ago), Baltimore rapper, Nellz GC sent me in his later mixtape, "Cornell University." I slept on this for about a month, then listened, and got to writing this up about a month later. Well lets see what I think about this guy..

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Intro [Prod. by LA Beatz] - This track is all around beautiful. Already, I'm mad at myself for sleeping on this dude for so long. Nellz really introduces himself to us here with this track. He tells us that his father got 15 years, his older brother in jail, and his oldest died.
4.7/5

7PM in Baltimore - This song continues a very hardworking vibe. "I figure they want features from a nigga since they seen that Bossman was in my pictures" How'd you get a pic with Travon Davis though? I want to see that!
"I hope I make Biggie proud."
4/5

You A Lie (ft. Rockie Fresh) - Here's a remix of Rockie Fresh's new hit. This joint actually sounds like something a Baltimore artist would do. lol nawm saying? It's just that beat. Nellz did his thing. Only line that really stood out to me was "Live by my rep, you got twitter clout." That line alone describes a good portion of the "popular" people in Baltimore. It's funny actually. I skipped the track after a while because it got boring.
3/5

Cloud 9 (Ride To It) [Prod. by Soul] - I like this chill track. Of course the main idea of the song is about getting high, but he talks about a lot of Baltimore stuff that I'm familiar with myself. This may sound like lunacy, but this track got me a bit nostalgiac. I fucks with it.
"I'm from Baltimore. Keeping the dream alive. Home of the 4 pc. chicken and fries."
4.3/5

N-Credible (ft. BlitzTheTundra) [Prod. by BlitzTheTundra] - This whole track is just.. all over the place. I don't mean that in a bad way or a good way. I honestly don't know what to say about it. I mean, production is ill, but it's just everywhere.
3.4/5

Room 323 (BYOB) [Prod. by Soul] - This song aiiiiight. The beat is on some trill, Kendrick Lamar shit. At times, I hear his flow got a little Kendrickish too. The sample at the end is ill.
2.5/5

The Vent - A remix of "The Calm" by Drake. It goes hard. Again, not much to say. Nellz is just venting. It's all proof of how stress relieving writing really can be (stay in english class, kids!)
3.9/5

The Ride - Another Drake remix, but except this time, for Drake and The Weeknd's popular track "The Ride." It sounds like another venting track. I like this one. I actually start to feel like I can relate to Nellz. He raps about his identity problems, bitter troubles with women, and the typical comeup. He got that Black American Teen Dream.
4.7/5

Golden Child (ft. Cash Haz) - This is a hard track. The mixing annoys me. There goes that Baltimore nigga acapella part lol.
2/5

Soul Searcher [Prod. by All Star] - At this point of the mixtape, I'm finding myself bored of the same flow and lyric topics, but the track is still okay. The beat is hot. At the end, it's a great way to end the track.

Most of this mixtape sounds like it's written by a Baltimore nigga. Like this is a Baltimore rapper mixtape, if you nawm saying? A lot of typical shit is said, and the wordplay definitely needs to be worked on, but besides all of that it's a really good tape. Unlike many Baltimore rappers, Nellz realizes what it means to be introspective. It's somewhat beautiful, but can grow boring. He's one of the rappers where beat choice means a lot. Nellz claims himself as the "Golden Child" in the family. I'm rooting for him after this mixtape. Overall it's okay. Well not okay, above okay. I fucks with it.
65%  - D+

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JuniorJTG - Smilin Faces [Audio]

Sup everybody. It's me, the orignal black nerd, aka Nardwuar behind a blog, aka the real Carlton Banks, but you may know me as Waverly Spades. Today, Indiana rapper, JuniorJTG sent me his new track "Smilin' Faces" and I suppose I'll tell you what I think of it.

When the beat starts playing, I thought I was listening to Rich Man and The Pauper. While it sorta has the same message (and same temptations sample), JunorJTG puts his own little flow on this. I've never really heard an Indiana rapper, so this sound is somewhat new to me, but at the same time, not. He sounds like a mix of an indie southern rapper, and everyone from Chicago. (Indiana is right next to Illinois.) Overall, I like the song, but I do really hate the mixing. Vocals too loud, not mixed with the beat enough, vocal samples not loud enough, all that stuff that usually annoys me, but it's an okay song.

2.5 Nerd Contemplations out of 5

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Bink - Invitation [VIDEO]

Hey there everybody! It's me, the real Carlton Banks, Bill Nye's 2nd cousin, and Paul Hewitt's homeboy. Here today, I am showing you Bink's latest video to the intro from his mixtape 3.5, "Invitation." It's short and to the point. The mix sounds waaay better than the CDQ somehow haha. The video was done by DiamondfFireFilms. It looks like the video to that song that Joey Bada$$, Casey Veggies, and Mac Miller did last 4th of July. It's a bit typical, but I'm not complaining or anything. If you want my review of the song, check my review of Bink's 3.5 EP. I do wonder how the video got over 50k views though. With only 184 likes and 78 comments, I'll assume that he paid for some, or DMVJams is a much more popular site than I thought it was. I believe they posted this to their site when the video first dropped. Check it out and tell me what you think about it.

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Jase - Waiting...[New Mixtape]

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What's up everybody? It's the real black nerd here, and I would like to say, "What am I doing?" I've been bumping this joint for like a month or so and still haven't posted it to the blog. I honestly didn't know much about Jase before I checked  out his free album, but I'm glad I checked it out. If you happen to be ignorant of Jase's identity, he's a rapper from Baltimore. He's associated with TrapRockRadio and he's part of TAGMG.
This album here.. This thing is amazing. It's late and honestly, I'm too lazy to write much, but I'd like to say that an album like this is something not so new, but almost forgotten in rap music. It's a versatile album. You've got songs of all variety. There's the random ones, hard ones, smooth ones, etc. There's literally a little bit of everything on here. With production from Street Scott, Dre Stolah, and more, the beat selection on here is obviously ridiculous. The features are simply shattering. Jase's flows makes up for his lack of topics. This joint is Nerd approved. peep it

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Jay Verze - David Ruffin [New Song]

What's up? It's me, the real Carlton Banks aka the Based Trap God aka the Original black Nerd aka Bill Nye's 2nd Cousin. Today, I'm here with Jay Verze's latest single David Ruffin. I know, I know. I'm late. This single dropped on like the first day of the year and it's the 28th. I got school. Petition me. Well let's get to the song now.
Produced by Scrilla (who seems to be one of Verze's favorite Soundclick producers), this beat is just too smooth. Througout the track, Verze raps about how much life has changed for him in the past year as he's been getting popular making music. We all know that story. When people start to see another person on the comeup, they try to hop on the bandwagon. In the chorus, Mr. 21117 spits "They all tryna see it now. Got 'em thinking wow. They saying 'Oh you made it now? C'mon, let's get down. I'm so proud. You my brother now. We gon' make it out.'" While Verze complains of some people calling him on his high horse, his feelings are completely understandable. I've known of Verze since I heard his feature on Baltimore. Along with a lot of Baltimore talent, Verze has really been coming up. He's in the newspaper, doing these interviews, and opening up for Cam'ron. It's only natural that people would hop on the bandwagon. The song is a little motivation to keep going. I like the title reference to the late Temptation, David Ruffin. He started in the Temptations as a backup, but later became the frontman. The difference between him and Verze though is that ego problems (and a slight cocaine addiction) eventually killed one of them. JayIsonCocainelol 

My advice to Verze: Stay humble until you really make it. Then rerelease this song. haha. When old niggas come up like "C'mon let's get down," just give them the number to the rejection hotline and get so much satisfaction when you give them that face like ----->
3.7 Nerd Contemplations out of 5
Nerd Approved

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