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Juelz Santana: What the Game’s Been Missing
From Dipolmats: Memorial Day Mixtape (2005)
Juelz Santana: The Edge
From Dipolmats: Memorial Day Mixtape (2005)
Juelz Santana: Wait ‘Till You See My Clip
From Dipolmats: Memorial Day Mixtape (2005)

The Dipset definitely got the internet going nuts. It’s hard to think of a crew since the Wu-Tang with so much street buzz, over the top personality and “what the fuck?” lyrics all rolled together. And while the group’s albums are okay (the halftime and 6/8 beats plus “buck at the suckers/duck motherfuckers/cup full of Smuckers” rhymestyle starts to wear towards the 70 minute mark), the mixtapes are really where the heat is.
Tapes like this are why street tapes are so much fun. You get to hear quality rappers change up their flow a little bit, rhyme over familiar beats, and talk hella shit. Juelz just rambles in between tracks, advertising upcoming projects (“that’s a preview of what everybody on the Dipset has, just about, been doing”), shouting out summer vacation spots (“There’s a lot of dudes in Cancun, in them..in them lanes that go one way and shit, and I mean….shit”), and bigging up his label mates. The whole thing feels like it could have been assembled in an afternoon, but the quality level is definitely there. If you haven’t really checked for the Diplomats, or have only heard the albums, make sure you grab some of the tapes while they’re still available. Pure entertainment. AY!