Fat Joe has released Darkside III, the third installment of his Darkside mixtape series. The 10-cut collection is presented by Terror Squad and features Action Bronson on the Premier-produced “Your Honor.” Other producers on the collection include longtime collaborators Diamond D and Cool and Dre, as well as 9th Wonder and Streetrunner.
The Bronx, New York rapper was sentenced in June to four months in prison for the tax evasion he committed over a period of two years and pled guilty of last December. Fat Joe is slated to turn himself in for the bid today (Agust 26).
Fat Joe said during an interview with The Breakfast Club earlier this month that his longtime accountant retired on short notice after a family tragedy, leading him to hire a new accountant who he says did not handle his finances properly.
“He took over my stuff,” Fat Joe said during the interview of his new accountant. “I had the guy paying all my bills, so I’m wiring him money every month to pay all my bills, my taxes. I’m asking him if everything is alright. He said, ‘It’s cool,’ this and that, right. He’s doing everything. So one day I go get a car and then I went to get my credit report…so the guy was like, ‘Yo, you sitting down?’ I thought he was joking. He was like, ‘Yo, this shows here that none of your mortgages is paid. None of your cars is paid. None of this.’ So this is how I found out.”
Darkside III is available for download at DatPiff.com.
The Darkside III cover art, tracklisting and stream are as follows.
1. “Darkside III” f. Dre (produced by Streetrunner)
2. “Madison Squares” (produced by Young Sap and Cool and Dre)
3. “MGM Grand” (produced by Streetrunner)
4. “Pain” (produced by ILLa)
5. “Your Honor” f. Action Bronson (produced by Premier)
6. “9th Wonder” (produced by 9th Wonder)
7. “Cypher” f. Nick Shades (produced by Diamond D)
8. “Grimy in The Early 90’s” (produced by ILLa)
9. “Bass” f. Nick Shades (produced by Cool and Dre)
10. “Angel Sings 2” (produced by Young Hype)
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Joe went in on this mixtape, and this nick shades can spit.
I forgot the bonus track.
Track 11 Im broke 2013
Shut up nigga
That song w/Premo was straight up lazy. A far cry from the classic material he used to put out in 90s. 9th Wonder, on the other hand, been putting in work for the last decade or so.
damn, 50 knocked this dude down to the mixtape circuit.
another dude who got mills and pissed it away.
At least he’s dropping music. Where’s 50?
prolly still counting his $250 mill he made off of vitamin water. people can hate on 50 but it is hard to sound “street” when you are successful and do not need rap money.
Joe aint the most lyrical rapper but I gotta say he has a great ear for beats every album always has superb production
Why would you wire somebody that much money if you didn’t know them that well? Credentials or not that’s fucking dumb.
its aight, nothing too special but not bad at all. its worth at least one listen mainly because the production from Premo, 9th Wonder & Illa. and it isnt the ‘make it rain’ and ‘lean back’ fat joe that everyone hates, has much more of a hip hop feel like his earlier work.
7.5/10
best tracks: Pain, Your Honor, 9th Wonder, Grimey in the Early 90s
Great music Joe!!!!
Gettin back to that old DITC!!!
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