September 19th, 2013 was a big day in the world of Hip Hop. It marked the day that Canadian rap sensation, Drake, released his Nothing Was The Same album. "Pound Cake" was one of the tracks off this album that featured a beautiful and simplistic beat which sampled the voice of Ellie Goulding in her song "Don't Say A Word." The hip hop community must have loved the production on this song as much as I do because in the following months after the album release, artists such as Papoose,
Sikai, Meek Mill and even London's own
JR Fillion started to spit their own lyrics over top of this calming beat.
The latest rapper to remix "Pound Cake" is unsigned Elmira, New York artist Ca$h Cow. During his rendition of the song he goes through issues regarding minority and race, the American government and all of it faults and he fills us in on a little bit of his background so we can become more familiar with him. The song takes on a very conscious tone, detailing all the problems that are going on in the city and around the world. Be sure to check the visuals out below for "Pound Cake" and read more into the video, and Ca$h Cow himself, after the jump.
At the beginning of this month, Freddie Gibbs released an un-official music video for his song "
Up and coming Canadian rap artist G Milla puts us in a very uncomfortable situation in his new song "Genetics," yet it's a situation that far too many youth today are in.
In "Genetics," G Milla shadows the life of someone who has had a rough life growing up. We learn that the story's protagonist lost his father at a young age and has a mother that has thrown her life away due to a drug addiction. Seeing as the protagonist doesn't have a positive role model, he takes the same route as his mother, drinking, doing drugs and even making and selling them as well. As the song continues, the roller coaster ride that is this man's life takes a turn for the worse. He becomes addicted to the drugs he's selling, he doesn't trust people and needs to have a weapon on him at all times, and he starts to fail school before eventually dropping out for good. The song title "Genetics" is a fitting one; this man is just following the examples his parents had set for him as a kid.
It's a dark and depressing song but it's also truthful. There are many people out there suffering the same life as being told in the story. G Milla has made this song for all of those people in the same situation as a way of saying, "If you live this way there will be no positive aspects to your life, it's better to quit while you're ahead before you end up like this." Stream and download "Genetics" below. 
Top Dawg Entertainment has taken a stranglehold on the rap game in the past year and to help build onto that success, T.D.E. member