Blog: Mixtape Maestro

DMV-area sibling trio Gods'Illa brought a refreshing dose of both "Grown N' Sexy" cool and When Hip Hop Was Great feel-good on the original "You Don't Have To Be A Star", a cut from their Erykah Badu-hosted CPR BlendTape that married head-nod-approved, soulful boom-bap (based around a sample of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.'s Grammy-winning '76 No. 1 of the same name ) and the sweet, fluttery vocals of singer Maimouna Youssef with mature lyrical spins on the beginning's, middle's and end's of adult relationships that were far more relatable [...]