In the past couple, DJ Mustard has made a name for himself in the world of modern West-Coast rap music. His style is very stripped down and slightly old school, but despite his tendency to be pretty straightforward and sometimes redundant, DJ Mustard is still a pretty compelling producer at the end of the day.
This was certainly the case on my favorite mostly Mustard featured project, YG's My Krazy Life. On that LP, Mustard proved to have both the most, and the best, beats. In fact, his beats are pretty much the reason I enjoyed that LP, and continue to do so. So, of course I was interested in an album of Mustard beats featuring a variety of MC's on them: now we have 10 Summers.
This album is 100% Mustard beats, and that alone makes it worth listening to; however, there are a few major drawbacks to this LP. One, not all MC's on 10 Summers are created equal. For instance, I enjoy features like Jay 305, and Teecee on the track "Ghetto Tales" and I really enjoy the opening track to this LP. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for poor verses to start flooding these tracks, like the ones on "No Reason" a track that features the likes of YG and Jeezy, and has one of the weakest hooks on the entire LP. But that track has nothing on the shear awfulness of "Giuseppe", a track that just stops 10 Summers dead in its tracks, with one horrendous verse after another and a truly miserable hook delivered by the otherwise charismatic and enjoyable 2 Chainz.
The following two tracks "Face Down" and "Down On Me" both offer up a different flavor of the same old sex-fueled antics that tracks like "Do It To Ya" offered up on YG's LP (Except that track was devoid of a typically laughable verse from Big Sean).
Overall, I was mostly pleased with the beats here, but the rappers were pretty disappointing. So, if you like DJ Mustard beats, this LP is worth at least a couple of listens.
6.0/10
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