The Hustle Hard MC recruits NYC's DJ Green Lantern & ATL's DJ Infamous to stamp his latest project. Maino attacks the mixtape with the lead track Rare Breed showing respect & love for his Hustle Hard team and BK fam. He proceeds to further explain how he's a rare breed on Last of the Mohicans which features Brooklyn's Push Montana delivering a pretty impressive verse and a banging hook. The remix for his previously released single Cream features Longtime partner T.I. & former Grand Hustle artist / Maybach Music young gunner Meek Mill follows hitting harder than the Lil' Wayne assisted original. The best part of this whole project is that Maino never strays or reaches and stays true to himself which a lot of east coast artist have been failing to do in the newly southern driven hip hop era. He gives real life lyrics which will allow his listeners to vividly visualize what he's saying bar for bar on tracks like Bout That Life. Mobb Deep OG Prodigy joins Maino on Something Special where Maino spits dope lines to his naysayers like "...I'm a Special Kind of Nigga, I'm the Chosen Kind, this was meant to be Nigga, I'm Supposed to Shine!" On Pac and Big Maino gives a us a taste of Classic New York Street Soufflé as he's been known for in the past on his older tracks like Predictions voicing some real life food for thought, giving his view on how the game would be so much different if Notorious B.I.G. and 2 Pac Shakur were still living and even spitting controversial bars like "...Look around fat Niggas Turned Artists', Blame Me but these Pussy Niggas Started it!..." Other stand out tracks include Black Flag which features Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul, I Still Love You, Certified which features Dipsets Capo Jim Jones, Come-N-Get Me, the Lloyd Banks assisted Yes Yes Ya'll and Stand Up which closes out the tape. Filled with strong features and good original material Mainos' newest offering makes for a good listen. Tune In Monday 1/30/12 at 6 & 10PM ET as we feature Mainos' I Am Who I Am on 66RAW.com Mixtape Monday!
MAINO – I AM WHO I AM TRACKLIST
1. GREEN LANTERN INTRO
2. RARE BREED
3. LAST OF THE MOHICANS (FEAT. PUSH!)
4. CREAM (FEAT. T.I. & MEEK MILL)
5. BOUT THAT LIFE
6. SOMETHING SPECIAL (FEAT. PRODIGY)
7. LET IT FLY (REMIX) (FEAT. DJ KHALED, ACE HOOD, MEEK MILL, JIM JONES & WALE)
8. PAC AND BIG
9. BLACK BANDANNA (FEAT. DJ PAUL)
10. SOLDIER
11. SEE YA LATER (FEAT. SCARZEO)
12. I STILL LOVE YOU (FEAT. AUDEMAR TWIGG)
13. KEY TO THE CITY (FEAT. YO GOTTI)
14. CRIMINAL
15. MY LIFE
16. CERTIFIED (FEAT. JIM JONES)
17. COME-N-GET ME (FEAT. SPIN KING)
18. YES YES YALL (FEAT. LLOYD BANKS)
19. UNSTOPPABLE
20. CALL ME HOOD (FEAT. ROC CITY)
21. I AM WHO I AM
22. STAND UP!
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