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Young Gunner, Neef Buck released a new installment today, titled, Streets Aint For Everybody.

The new single, features Trae Da Truth and is derived from his Forever Do Me 8, mixtape now available.

Check Out Neef Buck Chat with Respect Mag’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson on Scoop B Radio. 

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Bad Boy’s Reunion Concert was not the only show in Philadelphia over the weekend. State Property’s Neef Buck hosted a Neef Buck and Friends concert, at South Philly’s TLA on Saturday night. The concert featured cuts from the State Property representative’s new Forever Do Me 8 album along with a few special surprises.

The concert featured opening acts like rising star and battle rapper Quilly who dropped Quilly 3 in March.

Check Out Neef Buck on Scoop B Radio

The main event was electric when Neef entered the stage spitting rhymes from the Young Gunz’s 2004 album Tough Luv. Neef took it back with tracks like Take It How You Want It, Grown Man, Life We Choose and Never Take Me Alive, a track featuring both he, Young Chris and Jay-Z.

Fellow Young Gunner, Young Chris was also on stage helping out Neef along with Freeway. Freeway performed classic State Property and Roc-a-fella hits like What We Do and Flipside, which was much to the delight of the packed house at TLA.

Neef Bucks recently released Forever Do Me 8 has done well. Additionally, he has successfully launched a successful Forever Ever Do Me clothing line.

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One half of the Young Gunz, Neef Buck can’t stop and won’t stop putting out video content.

Yesterday, the Philadelphia native dropped the video for I Got It, a single from his forthcoming FDM8 mixtape.

“I’m excited,” Neef Buck told me by phone. “This is the one.”

Neef recently traded favorite moments of Philadelphia 76ers guard and recent inductee to the Basketball Hall Of Fame, Allen Iverson on Scoop B Radio. He also recalls how dope AI was to the city of Philadelphia and how AI ranks among sports legends in the city (and even partying with AI back in the day). Check out Neef Buck on Scoop B Radio

His first single off of FDM8, Neef’s I Got It Video is lit!  

Check Out The Video

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Looking back at the musical period and environment from which this album came and re-listening to the lengthy poetry verse by J.Ivy on “Never Let Me Down,” one is reminded of just how far outside the box Kanye‘s aeshetic was. G-Unit, DMX, DipSet, and Roc-A-Fella colleagues State Property were all mainstays on the Billboard charts, and there was Kanye in his pink Polo.

That contrast is strong, isn’t it? Kanye forced the world to conform to him. Every outstanding young voice in hip-hop today has incorporated the honesty and self-reflection that he shared on his introductory LP. From Cole to Kendrick, from Wale to Drake, the list goes on and on. Nothing looked more ridiculous to most hip-hop fans in 2004 than a rapper in Polos and Ralph Lauren blazers, but the music and the man stood out and spoke to people, especially the Grammy committee that acknowledged the album with 10 Grammy nominations.

In 2009, Drake told MTV, “Kanye West shaped a lot of what I do, as far as music goes. We always, always, always took the time to listen to Kanye‘s music and appreciate it beyond. We search the samples and we find out where his inspiration came from, because he has one of the best ears in music, period.” No arguments there, Aubrey.

Looking back at this track list and the “Through The Wire” video, it’s hard to believe Dame Dash had to fight to release the album. Dash was one of West‘s earliest and most fervent supporters and that’s clearly what made it difficult for West to side with his “big brother” Jay, after the latter split from Dash.

Thank you, Yeezus.

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Philly is getting a lot of love lately, but let’s not forget the Broad Street Bully who helped give the game a bird’s-eye-view of Illadelph a long time ago. While time dwindles until Sigel has to serve 2 years in prison due to tax evasion, hold him down and listen to his latest release, This Time, on Ruffhouse Records. Buy it here.

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