Tory Lanez released a pair of New Year’s Day mixtapes—The New Toronto 2 and Chixtape 4—to set off 2017 the right way.
In 2016, the Toronto rapper/crooner dropped his debut album, I Told You, that had him collaborating with Play Picasso, Cashmere Cat, and DJ Dahi. It featured his biggest singles (“Say It” and “Luv”), and contained no guest appearances. In an interview with Complex, he noted how focused he was in delivering quality and repping his city.
“Let’s let the music talk from this point,” he said. “I’m here for good music; I’m here to make the music. At the end of the day, I rep my city and I rep my city proud as a young Canadian. I’m not going to let nothing stop me. I think sometimes that gets misconnected on the way I go about things but it is what it is. Our city is just going to be No. 1.”
The New Toronto 2 and Chixtape 4 are sequels to The New Toronto and Chixtape 3 that he dropped last Christmas. The New Toronto was his Lanez’ first Gangsta Grillz mixtape hosted by DJ Drama.
You can stream The New Toronto 2 and Chixtape 4 at thenewtoronto2.com
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Lil Uzi Vert landed on a hit in the form of Migos’ “Bad and Boujee.” He also boosted his visibility by collaborating with Gucci Mane on the 1017 Vs. the World project days before Thanksgiving. After notching a few accomplishments that would allow him to raise his feature price if he so desired, Vert closed out 2016 with a formal video for his track “P’s & Q’s.”
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Trey Songz presumably spent New Year’s Eve at VLive Chicago for his scheduled appearance at their “Power Fridays” series, and Fabolous held down a similar gig at Atlanta’s SL Lounge. Sometime before the ball dropped, the pair collaborated on the Trappy New Years mixtape to celebrate the arrival of 2017 and bad puns. The six-song project dropped Sunday via DatPiff.com as a free download.
Last week, Fab posted Instagram shots of himself and Trey in a Bay Area recording studio putting the final touches on the project. According to Fabolous, he changed his travel arrangements and spent an extra day recording.
Trappy New Years marks familiar territory for Trey Songz and Fabolous, as the pair previously collaborated on Trey Songz’s 2009 single “Say Aah,” an unofficial remix of Rihanna’s “Sex With Me” and the Nicki Minaj-assisted “Doin’ It Well.”
After cementing his 2015 deal with FilmOn Music, 2016 saw Chief Keef significantly decrease his musical output. As expected, Keef began 2017 with the 17-track mixtape, Two Zero One Seven.
The project initially surfaced on DatPiff as a free download, with Keef manning the boards himself on 10 tracks. This follows the precedent Keef set on 2014’s Back from the Dead 2, when he began dabbling in production. After talk of a possible lead addiction and hints of retirement over the past few years, Two Zero One Seven could position Keef for another retail offering if the project doesn’t make its way to paid digital streaming services.
Young Chop, who was behind Keef’s breakout 2012 hit “I Don’t Like,” is credited with production on the track “Hit the Lotto.” Lex Luger handles production duties on a handful of other tracks, as offerings such as “Reefah” and “Dope Smokes” serve as odes to lighting up.
You can stream Chief Keef’s Two Zero One Seven below.
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The brothers grab the track’s feature, Kodak Black, to join the party as they all let loose at a Christmas-themed kick back with plenty of lights and even more beautiful women.
It seems that the video was once again directed by previous Rae Sremmurd collaborator Max, who was also behind their recent drop, “Now That I Know.” “When ur in Miami and find out @kodakblack got out so u shoot a video at his house and fuck up an Airbnb with @raesremmurd,” he captioned a clip of the new video on Instagram.