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It’s been a while since fans last heard a project from Houston’s very own, Mike Jones. 6 years to be exact. Citing issues with his previous label and industry politics as reasons for his hiatus, Mike Jones is now independent and back with a new mixtape, Money Train.

The 15 track mixtape is solely Mike Jones on the mic, aside from 3 songs with features from Slim Thug and others from his Money Train movement, such as Jay Jones and King Tut50. After this, he’ll be dropping his 3rd studio album, Where Is Mike Jones?, which will hopefully answer that question. In the meanwhile, check out Money Train below and stay tuned for any updates.

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The Mike Jones spirit will always be alive in rap. The latest iteration comes courtesy of rap duo A.Dd+, who hail from Dallas. Rapping over hypnotic and twinkly production from DJ Burn One, Slim Gravy and Paris Pershun describe their journeys and their initial doubters, who are conveniently coming around at the same time they are blowing up. It’s a familiar story in rap and in the arts in general, but A.Dd+ breathe some new life into it. More than just observing how people have changed, they command these shifty folks to fuck off. They also use their flows to bring out the nuances of the beat. Listen below.

And check out some of their older stuff, like this song which plays with the melody of Britney Spears‘ “Toxic.”

(via The Fader)

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Slim Thug released “Creepin” today, which you can listen to above, featuring Bun B and Paul Wall. Yesterday Paul Wall released “Ballin,” featuring Slim Thug (which I’m not linking to, because it’s a mostly terrible Luger-lite knock off that features some surprisingly improved rapping from Paul…but not surprising enough to save the song).

“Creepin” is a triumphant return to the sort of anthems that populated Slim’s long forgotten (has it really been six years??) major label debut Already Platinum. It’s does nothing particularly original and isn’t important in and of itself.

It does, however, feature a sample of Slim Thugga from “Still Tippin,” which is still as woozily incredible and massive as it was when it was released in 2004.

So put a little purple in your sprite and watch the internet go nuts to one of the best Hip-Hop singles of the 2000s.

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