FLAGBOY GIZ – I Got Indian In My Family
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FLAGBOY GIZ – I Got Indian In My Family

Flagboy Giz is a member of the Wild Tchoupitoulas, a group that has been enlivening New Orleans carnivals for decades while dressed in Native American regalia. Fifty years after his band worked with The Meters and the Neville Brothers, he delivers this Mardi Gras-flavored rap album. In doing so, he highlights the continuity of Louisiana music across genres and generations.
BIRDMAN & LIL WAYNE – Like Father, Like Son
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BIRDMAN & LIL WAYNE – Like Father, Like Son

By the mid-2000s, Lil Wayne is on fire. He proves it everywhere: on albums, on mixtapes, and through his countless guest appearances on other artists’ tracks. And he proves it again on this project with his mentor and surrogate father. Together, striking their bargain-bin mobster poses, the two New Orleans rappers stick to the act they know best, and they churn out hit after hit.
BIRDMAN – 5 ★ Stunna
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BIRDMAN – 5 ★ Stunna

Birdman is a vulture, a nasty bird of prey. He feeds off other people’s talent, while he is little more than a bargain-basement Don Corleone. Yet he has two aces up his sleeve: his protégé Lil Wayne, who joins him on some tracks, and top-notch production. At times, those two assets are enough to make his albums genuinely good despite everything, as is the case with "5 Star Stunna".