CURREN$Y Verde Terrace 8.23.11 Jetlife Recordings / Warner Bros

CURREN$Y Verde Terrace 8.23.11 JetLife Recordings / Warner Bros. Records Hip-hop artists who need help figuring out their live show, talk to Spitta. Philadelphia Weekly New Orleans weed-rapper Curren$y has built a large following over the past few years for his mellowed-out rhymes and spacey instrumentals, releasing a string of solid albums and mixtapes at a nearly inhuman rate. Riverfront Times "You also can't argue against the fact that Curren$y's both prolific and consistent, a rare quality if there ever was one." PrefixMag.com "There is not a week that goes by, where his name isn’t either buzzing or trending online, something new drops on the radio, or there is new material available on iTunes." stupidDOPE.com Verde Terrace doesn't break any new territory for Curren$y, but "new territory" isn't really part of his M.O.-- he is digging a groove, one into which he settles more comfortably each year…Curren$y is refining the contours of his tiny universe so that it resembles no one else's. Pitchfork.com, Verde Terrace review (7.3 of 10) Curren$y understands the formula to creating a cult following: consistent, high quality music delivered frequently…Spitta offers an album full of his standard weed, women and clothes that made him the cult icon and fan favorite he is now. Off Beat Magazine, album review Curren$y’s the paradox in the microwave rap argument. Ology.com, mixtape review (3 of 5) With that, Curren$y and his Jets crew add to his ever-growing discography of mixtapes. Jets, where haven't they done yet? MTV.com Real talk: if all of us were this productive while smoking tons of weed, the world would practically run itself. Pitchfork.com Curren$y is one of the more hard working artists in the game. FreeOnSmash.com CURREN$Y Weekend at Burnie’s 6.28.11 Weekend at Burnies features Curren$y’s descriptive word play, comical one liners, and visually- stimulating storytelling – and, although the album only clocks in at just a little over 40 minutes, Curren$y makes the most of his time by rhyming effortlessly over Monsta Beatz. Allhiphop.com, ―The 2011 Playback: AllHipHop.com’s Top 40 Albums of 2011 (#30)‖ With it’s polished production courtesy of Monsta Beatz, Weekend At Burnie’s was an exception to the norm. Curren$y likewise keeps the features to a Jet Life minimum, and in the process highlights the crews’ strengths while downplaying their lack of subject diversity. Spitta’s relevance certainly doesn’t rest in the hands of critical success, but it’s nice to know he’s got it in him. HipHopDX.com, ―Top 25 Albums of 2011‖ Nobody worked harder behind that microphone than the best rapper from New Orleans. You can have one lane Weezy or Jay‖ One song a year‖ Electronica, but my money is on Spitta Planetill.com review - ―2011: The Year of Revolt – The Underground Has Overcome: The James Brown Hardest Working Rapper In the Biz Award‖ Currensy is all about the pleasure of submersion. A weed-obsessed New Orleans native with a chunky, molassesy drawl[,] he oozes into all available corners of a beat...On Curren$y songs, the rhymes serve as reassurance, quick jolts of focus that are a reminder of a world outside his proigious haze. Over the last two years, Curren$y has quetly built up one of the most impressive catalogs in hip-hop. New York Times Save for a little hopping around, Curren$y was seated during the performance. Not everyone could kill a show from that position, but with his relaxed delivery, trippy beats (courtesy of producers including the Alchemist and Monsta Beatz) and subject matter that often revolves around getting high, the laid-back format worked well. Washington Post In 2011, Curren$y released his fifth solo album, ―Weekend at Burnie's,‖ which is by far his best album to date. With his strong southern drawl, the New Orleans-based rapper has a laid-back demeanor that works well with the melodic tracks, produced mostly by Monsta Beatz. Chicago Daily Herald - Featured in ―It’s not too late to discover overlooked 2011 gems‖ ―#JetsGo‖ illustrated how Curren$y and his crew, the Jets, enjoy videogames, other men’s girlfriends and an endless amount of weed with a relaxed coolness in place of the typical braggadocio of hip-hop. Billboard The "Hot Spitta" is one artist to watch. EbonyJet.com The album has more of a low-key summer weekend feel to it than the chaotic weekend of corpse chaperoning featured in the film. Spitta doesn’t stray from his element, cruising through Monsta Beatz’s spacey, woozy production in his signature Louisiana drawl. While his delivery comes out sounding effortless, his rhymes are in fact riddled with descriptive lines and obscure, comical references…This prolific rhymer has added yet another project to a continuously growing catalog, and it’s one sure to please anyone who flies those Jets. XXLMag.com His delivery is more an unhurried run-on that hits various ideas and images along the way without pounding any of them home. Though the music on his albums has changed, his slippery delivery really hasn't, and it's remarkable how completely at home he sounds on just about any form of beat that he attempts… This guy is still on a very serious roll, and it doesn't seem to be anywhere near over. Pitchfork.com Though his subject matter is pretty one-dimensional, when he attacks a beat, he leaves no part of it unused, sometimes seeming to have no regard for couplets or even rhyming. Combine that with his ear for spacey, soulful soundscapes, and you've got a sound that gives classic hip-hop stylings a millennial edge. Village Voice New Orleans rapper Curren$y’s output might be misfiled as stoner rap—ten seconds spent with his Twitter account (@CurrenSy_Spitta) reveals a workmanlike devotion to getting high—but there’s nothing sluggish about his flow. He’s a verbose, funny, hyperaware rapper, giving shout- outs to everything from Family Matters to perennially hot Tribeca eatery Bubby’s. Time Out New York a solid release from a blossoming star… The Daily News [Weekend at Burnie’s] provides the smooth and soulful production fans are used to, and the lyrical content that has made him one of Hip-Hop’s most consistent and entertaining voices. Allhiphop.com Spitta’s most successful when he crafts melodic, laid back tracks, smooth enough to make fans lean without being under the influence. HipHopDX.com Curren$y delivers quality in full with his Warner Bros. debut LP, making the game seem effortless, and retaining the reputation he proclaimed in the Fear and Loathing in New Orleans mixtape takeover era. Though this is Spitta’s third release of the year, there seems little reason to place him in the club of fast-food rap. Spitta works with an uncommon efficiency at an especially uncommon rate, and the recommendation of caution is unnecessary, as whatever he’s doing is working damn well. Ology.com Spitta works with an uncommon efficiency at an especially uncommon rate, and the recommendation of caution is unnecessary, as whatever he’s doing is working damn. Ology.com In an age where the single rules supreme Curren$y has actually put together an album that’s best listened to as an album, whose effect can really only be felt after a top to bottom listen. So maybe ―background music‖ isn’t such a dirty term. This is lifestyle music, and if your lifestyle involves a lot of sitting down and not talking much, there are a lot worse places to spend a weekend at than Burnie’s. DJBooth.net Curren$y distinguishes the Jet life from the average rappers extravagant existence by blending the perfect amount of swag with a touch of sophistication. Instead of ignorantly boasting about how much money he has (like many of his peers) Curren$y chooses to take his lyrics to another level by painting elaborate pictures of his regal routine. iHipHop.com [Weekend at Burnie’s] brings Spitta’s normal flow to the forefront on another impressive piece of art. Respect Magazine review The New Orleans native has dropped the tightest, most focused album the genre has had in year. We know nickel-bag schwag when we hear it: Curren$y only brings the stickiest of the sticky-icky. Burnie’s exhibits an artist that has mastered his mediums. Cowbell review (3.4 of 5 stars) The high-life testimonies (―You See It‖), illicit and indistinct rhymes (―JLC‖) and breaths of a woman in love with lust (―She Don’t Want A Man‖) commend the way Weekend At Burnie’s rolls through images and ideas, a throwback compliment to Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 2 and hip-hop in the mid-90s’. Blare Magazine "You See It," the song bolsters a breezy laid-back production, alongside a very catchy hook which compliments the braggadocio lyrics quite nicely. Ballerstatus.com Take it, add it to your audio storage unit, get high to it, whatever you see fit. The possibilities are endless….Curren$y makes great ―day-off-of-work‖ music. The Smoking Section Flying directly in the face of most pothead clichés, he is also one of the more prolific rappers working today...He’s a frontrunner for the rapper of the Twitter age, as evidenced by album opener ―#jetsgo‖. So far, he’s kept a high quality to go along with the high volume of his releases, and Weekend at Burnie’s is no exception.

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