Towards the end of the first season of releases and absolutely into the second season, though, things began to tale off.

Like most story-based games from Telltale Games, the idea starts off fresh and exciting. A tell perhaps not worth telling after a while First released in 2015, it was a refreshing use of the Minecraft IP to offer something that was more than a DIY builder. It plays like you might expect moving from area to area, combing the scene for clues and items, and then dealing with action scenes and interactions with the many other characters you might meet. Cole doesnвЂ™t appear as a rapper, but his two productionВ creditsвЂ•When was the last time we saw producer Jermaine?-are very rare.The rest of the story tends to revolve around adventure, finding treasure, and meeting new enemies вЂ“ and friends вЂ“ as the story progresses. SMKA, Childish MajorВ and Hollywood JB also repВ Atlanta on the production side, but their contributions don't comprise a conventional Atlanta album. His introduction to the world is only two songs longer than Illmatic, and features DJBooth favorite duo EarthGang, R&BвЂ™s dark knight 6LACK, and the soulful Marian MerebaвЂ•all Atlanta natives who've been alongside J.I.DВ since the beginning of his rap dreams. J.I.DвЂ™s Dreamville debut, The Never Story, is his first new body of work since 2015's Dicaprio EP. Listening to his recent DJ Tony Touch and DJ Kay Slay freestyles are proof of a beat devourer who has the skill set to match the current praise and the acclaim to come. вЂњ Never,вЂќ вЂњ Robotics,вЂќ вЂњ ReloadedвЂќ and вЂњ UnderwearвЂќ are labyrinths of head-spinning wordplay and animated martian-esque styleвЂ•think Lil Wayne meets Big L, raised in Gucci ManeвЂ™s jungle and someone whoВ found Slim Shady more humorous than offensive.Дreamville may have announced his signing last month, but J.I.DВ is far from a new artist, the years of sharpening steel as a Spillage Village rhyme-slayer has made him more monster than man. This was before the release of any album, hisВ singles and loosies posted on SoundCloud were exceptional enough to grasp our attention like snowfall during a Miami summer. Last year, DJBooth championed J.I.D as one of our Top Prospects, someone too gifted to be overlooked. I wouldnвЂ™t directly compare the two artists but they have a few similaritiesвЂ•dynamic rhyme schemes, helium-high voices, decapitating punchlines, schizophrenic focus, and a feverous delivery that feels like an endless barrage of lyrics, each more impressive than the last. IвЂ™m uncertain of how Cole discovered the Southern samurai, but IвЂ™m confident that the reaction to his music was similar to when he first witnessed Kendrick. My thoughts changed when Dreamville recently announced the signing of J.I.DвЂ•aВ lyrical arsonist from East Atlanta, Georgia. Each artist is respectfully gifted, bringing their talents to the roundtable of dreamers, but I've never believed any of them could enter the ring and fight tooth and nail for the title of best rapper. The deal between the two never became more than an idea, the album they announced never become more than an empty promise, but Cole did launch his label once the business was right and subsequently signed rappers Bas, Cozz, OmenВ and Lute under the Dreamville imprint.

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