Around this time a year ago, a fresh-faced Toronto emcee named Drake proved that with the right presentation, people will be willing to pay for what you once gave them for free – and So Far Gone became the world’s first gold mixtape. In many ways, Gasden, Alabama’s Yelawolf is Drake’s antithesis. The canned beer-drinking, tattooed skater joins Drake as lyrically-gifted threat to your girlfriend, but his twangy bars, trailer-park and riverbed imagery and Creedence Clearwater Revival influence throws mud at the Young Money aristocracy. However, Yela takes a page from Drizzy in celebrating his major label deal by retail-releasing the winter mixtape that delivered him. Trunk Muzik 0-60 gives its New Year’s Day presentation a fresh white tanktop and a pair of Ray Bans, but the Yelawolf that won fans over in appearances with Big Boi and Paul Wall is still a raw, unrefined talent that’s never wasted a day in an A&R’s office.
The very things that Yelawolf chooses to rap about make him unique. “Pop The Trunk,” one of the highlights from the mixtape is the major appeal of this emcee. The record is Deliverance-meets-”Natural Born Killaz,” as back-roads and slaughtered hogs make the listener fear for their life in a way that concrete Gangsta Rap has failed at in recent years. The song’s piano by newcomer SupaHotBeats enhance the terror. Just as kids in rural communities smelled the powder of the L.A. Riots 20 years ago with MC Eiht in Music To Driveby, Yelawolf is pulling inner-city audiences out to the sticks, where social interactions aren’t all that different. Still, Trunk Muzik is deeper than a simple country drive. “I Wish” 
beautifully brings Hip Hop into the equation, as Yelawolf stands up for a new nation of skate-inspired emcees who feel ostracized by their parents and peers, as well as by the conventions of what it looks like to be a Rap fan. “I wish a mothafucka would, tell me that I ain’t Hip Hop / Bitch, you ain’t Hip Hop!” In a simple, angry chorus, the emcee speaks up for all types of people who are making the team without putting on the uniform. Moreover, Raekwon comes on the song to not only cosign Yelawolf as the authentic article, but to speak to his own early ‘90s guard about how times are-a-changin’.
While a bulk of the album has to do with simpler subjects: cars, partying, marijuana, “Love Is Not Enough” shows Yelawolf’s depth. In the tradition of Ghostface, Fatlip and Cannibal Ox before him, Alabama’s own makes a love-gone-wrong song that doesn’t compromise his image or music. Borrowing strongly from Devin The Dude’s masterpiece “Anythang” in production and chorus, the song is applicable about feelings of deceit looking back at first loves. “I Just Wanna Party” is quite the opposite. Here, “Catfish Billy” crosses the railroad tracks from Asher Roth’s frat-house flip-cup and chronicles an affair with cars parked in the yard and crushed powders on the kitchen counter. The bras may end up hanging from the ceiling fan in both cases, but a strong guest feature from Gucci Mane shows that no matter the environment, Yela can hang with the best of them.
Putting it in his own terms, Yelawolf is a bonfire ready to ignite. Trunk Muzik 0-60 lights the match as one of the most versatile emcees in Hip Hop today finds a way to break new ground. Yes, the Beastie Boys, Nappy Roots and Bubba Sparxxx all have pivoted towards the direction that he’s taking, but Yelawolf is his own artist. As download links expire, this retail version pulls the best highlights from the original and escorts Yelawolf into the mainstream. The avid fisherman/emcee and his Interscope backers need not worry, no special bait is needed to lure in audiences here, it’s more about dropping a hook in uncharted waters.
Yelawolf Is that dude, ‘The Ballad Of Slick Rick E. Bobby’ is also dope As Hell.
I thought Yelawolf was aiight at first, then I caught the verse he laid on one of the Cypher bits from the BET Awards. Dude’s good. Real good.
true, same.
I’ve been waiting a minute for this shit to drop.
Nice
Daddy’s Lambo is fucking gold.
I just love this guy
dudes actually pretty ill
yelawolf go so hard next big thing he has major flow daddys lambo is the best song
buying this next week.
Old songs mostly but who cares Yela is dope!
Cant wait for his album in march
Nice.. Get the fuck up & Marijuanna look like the next bangers.. since i done got his mixtape wen he first came out.. Still gunna buy this ish thou
Yela is a beast. Bama baby!
fireeee
dopeeee
STUPID ASS WHITE BOY FLOW!
dench
Dope album!!!
Fresh perspective from the South.
everyone who voted was white.
homies whack !!!!!
You practically just said “I’m an ignorant fool that knows nothing about music” just now.
lol look at all the comments….just because youre a dick rider…don’t mean this whiteboys good….bama trash !
dont mind these waka fans. simple retard rhymes is what you want. i aint know dick rider i just know real music.
FUCK YOU….HE DOPE AS FUCK
Please stop being ignorant and open your mind.
sorry but he’s an eminem back in the day when he started but from the south better lyrics and flow lite weight
Thats my thoughts exactly when I heard him in the cipher on BET….have to hear more songs…Has a really dope flow for down south…
This guy a problem..
this dude about to take the game over he has a crazy buzz
rate 5
dope
GREAT ALBUM. SHITS A BANGER!
Straight GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
your moms pussy was GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YOU….PUSSY
Bet his mom also said “more garbage.” When he was coming out of her.
coppin this for sure this is the best new hiphop artist in a long time
wtf…….? i bet in ten years he will be the best rapper alive on a magazine cover and will be on everyone’s top five list above nas and some other people who are truly legendary. but on the real, he’s not bad, i can tolerate his sound even though it’s not completely original. but he does add a nice twist
omg this is the best album everrrrrrr
i just wanna party
I’m impressed.
BROOKLYN STR8 FEELIN THIS WHITEBOY. HE HOT.
CLUE WAS PUMPIN THIS AT CLUB BOX LAST WEEKEND. HE PLAYED IT 30 MINS STR8.
ALSO FLEX SAY “DADDYS LAMBO” HIS NEW FAVORITE SONG.
Shit is dope as hell
i am sure that all white people would say that he is the best rapper of all time.
nah, Rakim is…but that’s just what you expect white people to say when confronted, PAID IN FULL…but I dig Yelawolf, he’s not the greatest but I can’t deny that he’s dope
I’m white and I would have to say Pac is the best of all time. But this guy is pretty nice. I think he’s got talent.
hahahaha, really funny. let them say so, i mean they are all racist sons of dogs
Yelawolf goes the fuck IN, I fucks wit him heavy.
Garbage. The only good songs were the ones off the mixtape. Don’t waste your money.
nice .4 for me.yela is a beast
this message is to that cracker ass dick riding fag ! go and fuck your daughter in the mouth to (all white people) one other thing, go and burn a cross fool fucked Clowns(kkk)
WOW ! I THOUGHT THAT ONLY WHITE PEOPLE WERE RACIST BUT YOU (ALL BLACK PEOPLE) REALLY GAVE IT RAW TO THAT GUY (ALL WHITE PEOPLE)
RACE ROIT PLEASE !!!
metaphorically speaking…in terms of hip hop, Yela is killin hella niggas in the game
go pick this album up its well worth the money its one of the top three albums of the year i got my copy
hiz flow iz crazy-letz look past the fact that he white imean shyt.itz 2010.he gon be a killer in the game next year
White people just sound horrible on the track. Seriously…this dude trash.
Only a coon would listen to this.
i wouldnt say white people in general but asher roth,vanilla ice,cage,paul wall and this guy either can’t spit(ice,wall,yela)just can’t rap to begin with(ice,roth) or is confused as to what genre they belong too(ice,cage) -not a big fan of brother ali but he’s not bad
brother ali is an albino black person you anonymous asshole
@Baby jebus
DONT MAKE ME GO POP THE TRUNK!!!!
tpulse->wikipedia: While Brother Ali’s family is white, he has often described a childhood marked by cruelty and exclusion by his white classmates as a result of his physical abnormality. He’s often explained that, from an early age, he felt “most at home amongst African Americans.”
KKK’s for fags. Fucking pig.
KKK? You’re ignorant and instead of helping white people(like myself) you’re just making us look dumb.the KKK(including all skinheads and nazis) and the black panthers can all burn slow
asher roth,gucci mane,and paul wall? When those 3 are on one album no way it could be anything more than trash idc if raekwon and big boi are there,this guy is a mediocre rapper to begin with
dont comment if you dont know what you’re talking bout dumbass. roth nor paul wall are on here only gucci and yes rae is. yela was on big boi’s album retard. damn ur stuoid have you even listened to the dude?
Wow I didn’t even realize that was Yelawolf on that Big Boi Track wow.
“The Scales says heavy, must be my dick the way bitches been hangin’ on it”
beast in the making…loving this album!!!!
White or Black, this dude has no flow. For the record, I’m white.
no flow lol you have to be kdding me some songs he reminds me of a white twista
Everyone knows that Paul Wall is by far the best white rapper. Strait genius lyrics.
WEAK
Damn people its 2010 get past the color of skin and for the record I am black. His flow is decent I really respect that he’s grindin which is more than racist idiots who will never accomplish anything.
White, blacc, green, purple, whatever color doesn’t make a difference. Homie’s got talent, you don’t like it…. stop listenin! Album gets a 4 from me, only cuz I can’t stand Gucci’s unintelligible ass.
I don’t like Gucci either, but I have to admit his verse wasn’t half bad on I Just Wanna Party and hardly so bad that the whole album should be knocked down a notch. 4.5 from me I wish I could still find the complete original mixtape.
@WELL:
Go to datpiff.com sign up and search for Yelawolf it’s the first mixtape that shows up. Are you talking about the one with Speak Her Sex and Features Raekwon?
@Dennis….. WTF? Paul Wall…. genius lyrics? Did you seriously just say that? Go look for Crooked I, anyone from Slaughterhouse, Em, and about 60% of the other rappers out there that are leaps, bounds, and f@ccin lightyears beyond Paul Wall lyrical diversity…. oh and for the record I’m white. Not that it matters
Ems wack 70% of his catalogues filler n his overall content sucks
Hype!!!!!!!!!!
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” IN THE UNITED KINGDOM????
WE ONLY HAVE “POETIC LICENCE”,BUT ANY LAW IN THE U.K CAN OVER RIDE IT!!
DUE TO RACISM IN MY FAMILY TOWARDS MY DAUGHTER,I RESPONDED WITH POETRY & HIP HOP LYRICS.
THIS LEAD TO A COURT CASE AGAINST ME FOR THREATS TO KILL & HARASSMENT!
THE JUDGE AT CROWN COURT DECIDED TO PLACE A “FIVE YEAR RAP & POETRY BAN ON MY MATERIAL!”
“I AM OFFICIALLY THE FIRST EVER U.K RAP ARTIST & POET TO BE GIVEN THIS BAN! (2009-2014)
ITS TIME TO STAND UP PEOPLE…DONT LET AUTHORITIES DICTATE WHAT YOU CAN & CANT SAY!!
IF I RAP OR WRITE ABOUT CERTAIN SUBJECTS OR NAME CERTAIN NAMES,
I’LL BE FACING UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON!! FOR RAP & POETRY!!??? WTF!!!
CROWN COURT PAPERS DETAILING MY RAP BAN UP IN MY PHOTO ALBUMS NOW!!!
FEEL FREE TO LEAVE ME A COMMENT IF YOU FEELING WHAT IM DOING!! STAY BLESSED!
http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DONHONKI
http://WWW.SOUNDCLOUD.COM/DONHONKI (Back catalogue of my tracks)
http://WWW.SOUNDCLOUD.COM/WORDZAREWEAPONZ (My spoken word poetry audio)
http://WWW.TWITTER.COM/DONHONKI
http://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/DONHONKI1
http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM IAN DONHONKI DUNNE
@sly…. it was a complete joke. I just like stirring the pot…. and I lied, Paul wall is garbage. M.c. Search is the best of all TIME!
nice
sik as fuck man yela is killa
Love what you do on the MIC!
BIG FAN OF YELA .. EM IS MY FAV MC.. YELA IS DOPE ..WEST UP WITH THESE WHITE BOYS LOL .. I FUK WITH YELA ALL DAY .. AND IM FRM THE WEST WEST .. POP YA TRUNK .. BUMB THAT ALL DAY… RESPECT
this album is fire i bought it last week and havent stop bumping it the bass is crazy and his flow
oh nooooo
DAMN THIS IS DOPE AS HELL FIRST FEW SONGS GOT ME GOING NUTS . I WAS SLEEPING ON THIS DUDE . BEATS BUMPIN HARD HOW I LIKE IT AND NICE FLOWS TOO
Can’t get enough of this ep. Looking forward to the new album in March.
This is my fav hiphop album of the year next to big boi’s of course!
Straight Fire!
Ok this dude is real underrated! This dude KILLS alot of rappers out there right now! Yelawolf is the new MAN of Hip Hop!
YELAWOLF IS DA SH!T!!!
HES DA WHITE TWISTA!!
yelawolf is amazing, but no just NO
YELAWOLF MUSIC IS ARTISTIC AND HE GIVES BACK THAT VIBE THAT WAS LOST IN THE RAP WORLD. MOST OF US GREW UP ON GANGSTA RAP NWA EAZY E AND GETO BOYS. YELAWOLF OPEN THAT DOOR BACK UP CAUSE MOST OF US ARE SICK OF LISTENING TO MUSIC THAT ALL SOUND THE SAME. POP THE TRUNK SET IT OFF ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE ALBUM. SO I SAY TO YELAWOLF KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING WE NEED MORE ARTIST LIKE YOU..
yelawolfs the truth
hiphop needed yelawolf i havent heard anybody this nice in a min go pick this album up if you are a tru hiphop fan
Just became a fan. dam haven’t felt like this since Em came out and blew up. This shit is whats needed from the next generation of hip hop.
Pretty excellent album…Eminem got competition…Great beats
Bout time one of these articales ain’t full of hating ass bitches yela is the shit n now teamed with shady I’m so fuckin ready for the new album to drop summer of this year it is gonna be the shit on a stick that you smack that hata with !! Love it
THIS IS A TRU CLASSIC ALBUM!!!!!!
OMG…I’m impressed…Like, a lot…
Amazing album.
Great Album!!
Coming out of Alabama it’s wild hearing someone shout out my state. Wolf’s production is crunk influenced but keeps it varied so the album doesn’t get boring. It’s also refreshing to hear an mc that is about giving you a life vision instead an ego maniac who wants to list off the things he has by exploiting the music we all know and love. Big up Wolf.
Sick!
Sick. Loved it, beats are beast!
YelaWolf is the shit.