If Rap music (much like the rest of the music industry) is headed into a situation in which selling music will be seen as a not-so cost effective piece of the music puzzle, then the process of being a successful rapper is more akin to being a narcotics-peddling street hustler than ever before. With this idea now having been posited, the subject matter and content of much of French Montana’s New Year’s Day-released Coke Boys 4 mixtape makes all of the sense in the world. As well, it’s entirely possible that the Moroccan-born, South Bronx native Montana—as the head of Cocaine City Records—probably understands the laws of supply and demand from a similar, yet much more illicit game, and is ready to strive to hustle his way to sustaining an opulent lifestyle in a Hip Hop culture governed by #newrules.
Foremost, if listening to a French Montana mixtape in order to discover hyper-intellectual motivation, you’re in the wrong place. This is the soundtrack of your id, somewhere between the *ping* of enlightenment in the back of your mind when you succeed at “accidentally” fondling that girl you’re freaking on in the club in an inappropriate place and the sound of your boy coughing as he hits a blunt back at your crib after another way-too-turnt night at the club. If considering this mixtape successful, realize that it’s the case because it doesn’t ever migrate far from these ideals.
As has been the case since Montana’s 2011 hit “Shot Caller,” Coke Boys 4 is as well as study in just how ridiculously fun (yet now tedious and expected) posse raps and duets can be. Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg join for Lana del Ray “Video Games” sampling single “All For You,” which is as close as you’ll likely ever see Montana approaching the level of romanticism likely already reached by Mr. Amber Rose and the LBC’s leading mack of the ‘90s. As well, taking time off from dogging any and everyone about the state of New York Rap is Jadakiss, who partners with French on two cuts (the remix to “Paranoid” and “88 Coupes”). His twin label heads Diddy and Rick Ross are here as well, the former throwing his name into the sweepstakes to be the first black billionaire on “Worst Nightmare.” If a fan of Chinx Drugz or Lil Durk, you’re in luck here, as they’re significantly featured, too.
With a mix of punch-line ad libbers, veteran bar-bodiers and French Montana, the mixtape— from a lyrical standpoint—is, as expected, an uneven mess. Montana alternates here from being a master of mind-bogglingly laconic delivery to putting together bars that feel akin to the work of one-time 50 Cent associate Tony Yayo. While Yayo was never a featured artist that Diddy ever attempted to compare to the legacy of Notorious B.I.G. (and yes, that unfortunate moment occurs for Montana at multiple times on this mixtape), he was a serviceable rapper with a few hit singles under his belt. The attempt by Montana shows that while he has a single called “Ain’t Worried About Nothin’,” the idea that he is a one-trick Rap pony may be proving bothersome. Do note the work of Jadakiss here, as if having lost track of the Lox member, his delivery and execution are still on point.
This mixtape doesn’t leave any doubt that Montana is still the king at-present of the East coast variant of vapid, yet soulful lifestyle Rap songs. However, at 70 minutes in length the mixtape it is a little too long and goes a little too far in belaboring the guns, bitches, drugs and money associated with quintessential New York gangsta Rap tropes.
cock boys
joke boys
JOKE BOYS!
Trash. I’m honored to give this one star.
til I looked at the bank draft which said $4578, I accept …that…my mom in-law could actualy taking home money parttime at there computar.. there sisters roommate haz done this for less than twelve months and resently paid for the loans on there cottage and purchased a gorgeous Acura. this page… http://www.Fb39.Com
Note that 95% of the sales of the song and album were bought by eminem. Without it,they would be gold at best.
I haven’t heard any of the other Joke Boys mixtapes. This should be the last one. Nothing stands out on this mixtape. French Montana can barely make a record for himself. I’m not sure why management felt he could bring Lil’ Durk or Chinx Drugz to the forefront. I felt relieved when I heard anyone other than French, Chinx, or Durk. It’s a hard listen. The guest verses aren’t good. The best songs on this mixtape are decent at best. Hannah Montana sounds better than Coke Boys 4 French Montana. But he aint worried about nothin’. As long as Diddy can get more club beats and a plethora of features on a few singles for the next Montana album, then French will be alright.
Can anybody tell me when:
-French Montana was hustling, shooting and killing people?
Because i think he is a FRAUD!
he was definitely hustling… just not cocaine… he was an audio video geek who made dvds about rappers called cocaine city. he used to be a g-unit groupie too!
this is hiphop for dumb people
best mixtape of 2014
Fraudin’
dope
Utter trash.
If you are looking for the lyrical content of Nas and Jay Z then you won’t like this tape but if you are a fan of French Montana and the whole coke wave then he delivers. This tape is wavy juuuheard….this has plenty if bangers worth playing loud in your car and while on the
Loud!! Could this have been better yes maybe one day
French will get deep and deliver a song with some dept
In the mean time this tape is wavy. It’s not as good as
Coke boys 2 or CB3 ( classics) but it’s good worth listening to 88 coupes in my fav but the millionaire thoughts is that unexpected banger…
nigga shut up. trash is trash and this bullshit is trash.
4stars too
1 star for the jadakiss track
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! too good!
Fiiirre
Yooooo, Herb, never use the words “bitches”, “belaboring”, “gangsta”, and “tropes” in the same sentence. I bet THE KID MERO’s review is more lucidly illuminating in its scope.
haaaan kareem!!
Lil homie durks killin the rap game right now
On another universe
garbage kiddy music
ooh
the mixtape was ill
This guy is awful. Just another pawn built up to confuse impressionable minds. Terrible lyrics can be covered up with personality or a great voice. This guy has none of the above.
whats the point of wearing a beanie/winter hat if you’re not going to cover your ears??? i thought the whole point of wearing a hat like that was to keep your head warm…. is french trying to hide his bald spot????
Only song I can listen to is “god body” besides that this mixtape comes to no surprise same garbage their feeding young minds for years now.
absolute shite ………..how people enjoy this is beyond me (THIS AIN’T HIPHOP)
Anyone hating aint in the hood
french snorts more coke than he ever sold
I only fux with he joints produced by Harry Fraud. The rest of the tape is trash
This was sooooo NOT WAVeY
what song is the he singing
Mixtape of the year! ALl ya haters eat a big fat 8=========D
French the best rapper alive rite now hands down.
kill yourself
worst mixtape of the year most likely
gotta understand it to push that montana… im wit dat coke boys..han!!!
worst shit I ever heard
Been a fan of the cokewave…but this is by far the worst tape they have put out…this shouldn’t even be a part of the cokeboys series.I expected a lot more…cokboys 1,2,& 3 were all bangers..this sounds like a rushed compilation…God body is the only standout track…
this shit whack my granny got more bars
this shit whack my granny got more bars then these fake ass ngigas