Keep It On Airplane Mode

The ceiling is very high for a lot of new up and coming artists from the west coast these day. Names like YG, Dom Kennedy, Nipsey Hussle, ScHoolboy Q and more notably Kendrick Lamar have all splashed and made a lane for themselves. Ty Dolla Sign is no exception to this west coast renaissance. The rnb artist; who is signed to Wiz Khalifa's TGOD label has often got comparisons to the late great Nate Dogg. Fans have been anxiously waiting for this debut album "Free TC" to drop for the better part of 2015. Constant delays have plagued Dolla Sign so in the meantime he dropped off a ten track mixtape called Airplane Mode. The tape has no features listed but has production from Dj Mustard, Mike Will Made It, and Ty's group D.R.U.G.S..

The first track is called Airplane mode and starts off with a very nice violin and instrumental blend. This song like pretty much all the songs on here are about money, sex , and drugs. He explains that he has to put his phone on airplane mode to dodge the various females in his life. Back In The City follows this track as Ty reflects on the amazing things in his life while drinking. Some of these include his porshea, kush,  and white girls with big butts. This song like others on the album are very short or cut off midway through. As a matter of fact 5 out of the ten cuts are under two minutes leading me thoroughly unsatisfied. Granted, the content overall is sub par at best. Ty doesn't seem to capitalize on the amazing productions on the songs. There are some bright points. Violent, One Thing, and All are good solid songs that showcase why Ty Dolla Sign is so popular in the first place. Dj Mustard provides another fire beat on money ruins friendships but again the song or snippet (only 1:18) just misses the mark. 

My favorite track is Violent. Dj Spinz & Southside provide a club banging beat. Ty Dolla Sign swags on song and hops in his Snoop Dogg bag; "I was rolling down the street smoking endo/Sippin on that gin and juice like its 92" he sings. 

Overall this one hopes that Free TC blows this tape out the water because this sincerely underachieved. Ty Dolla Sign needed to give the fans something but this will keep them happy for all but a couple days. Hopefully the production is just as good though.

Production Rating: 10 out of 10

Overall Rating: 3 out of 10