J.P

When I first listened to this mixtape, I was in two minds whether or not to review it, I have always tried to highlight talents and encourage people to take their path towards their goals, but this mixtape had so many aspects that I see wrong with music, that I was in limbo. Star9 is a mixtape of hood tales, with some impressive production and a few good features and hooks. But J.P lacks depth in his lyrics, often taking on the expected subjects that proliferate Hip-Hop culture, of street wars, stunting and women. His flow is amateur and his rhyming pattern with the use of the same word to continually make his bars rhyme is sub-standard.

But in saying this, the ingredients are all there for a decent mixtape, catchy production and nice female vocals on hooks, the typical topics and not too many features, so that you are not outshone. There are many artists whose style of rhyming, flow and lyrical content are not up to a standard I expect from the music I listen to, but are still successful and have tunes that from time to time prick my ear and become stable good tunes. There is potential for every to improve their craft.

Catch J.P’s mixtape at http://www.hoodtapes.co.uk/j-p-star9/