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David Banner enlists Chris Brown, Bun B, Big K.R.I.T. and more for his new free project.

David Banner has released a free download of his latest LP Sex, Drugs & Video Games.

The project features guest appearances from a slew of artists including Chris Brown, Big K.R.I.T., Ras Kass, Snoop Dogg, Game, Nipsey Hussle, Maino, Tank, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and more. Production comes courtesy of M Phazes, Swiff D, Hector Delgado, Mr. Lee, The Hypnotics and Banner himself.

Support the 2M1 movement by heading over to DavidBanner.com. Stream and download the new project below (via DatPiff).

What’s up everyone,

The goal of Sex, Drugs & Video Games is to show the world urban music is still valuable. And how am I going to do that? Well, I’m glad you asked. I need 2 million of you to download this free independent album on May 22nd, then I need the same 2 million of you to donate at least $1 to the movement, but feel free to donate more! There is no maximum donation, and you can even donate now.

And what’s the “movement” you may ask? THE 2M1 MOVEMENT IS TO START CONTROLLING OUR OWN MUSIC, MOVIES, AND CONTENT... PERIOD! WE ARE NOT SIMPLY CHARACTERS IN A VIDEO GAME being controlled by the invisible hand. Once the goal is met, I’m going to shoot a movie that will drop May 22, 2013, and a portion will go to charity. Big shout out to Louie C.K. for the motivation!

Download this free independent on May 22nd, and make sure to support the 2M1 Movement. Hell, even if you don’t like me, at least support the movement, because that’s what this is all really about. (But, this joint is jamming!) I spent a great deal of my own money on this project, so I know you can spend at least $1. Chris Brown and Lil Wayne ain’t cheap. LOL

Sincerely,
David Banner

http://www.davidbanner.com/

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Sex Drugs and Video Games (Produced by M Phazes)
03. Believe ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Produced by Mr. Lee)
04. Yao Ming Remix ft. Chris Brown, ASAP Rocky (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
05. Mothers And Sisters
06. Amazing ft. Chris Brown (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
07. Swag Remix ft. Kardinal Official (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
08. Whos That (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
09. Smoked Out ft. Bun B, Raheem Devaughn
10. Work ft. Don Trip (Produced by David Banner)
11. The Big Concert
12. Californication ft. Snoop Dogg, Game, Nipsey Hussle, Rass Kass, Kree (Produced by David Banner, THX)
13. No Choice ft. J Doe (Produced by The Hypnotics)
14. Castles in Brooklyn ft. Maino (Produced by Hector Delgado)
15. Pushing
16. Malcom X (A Song To Me) (Produced by David Banner, THX)
17. I Look Good ft. Doe Hicks, Savvy, Luck (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
18. Let Me In ft. Tank (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
19. The End
20. Yao Ming ft. Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz (Produced by David Banner, Swiff D)
Download

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Instead of making his intended point, Banner's only managed to reinforce the one he was rallying against.

Hands up: who likes playing educational video games? Nope, didn't think so. The equal mix of entertainment and education - Edutainment as KRS-One once called it - is the broad theme behind David Banner's free album, which despite styling itself after the Grand Theft Auto series of games and running with a sensationalist heading, is meant to be the Mississippi rapper and producer's theory on how Rap music and the mainstream media regurgitate and reinforce the topics of the title. Unfortunately, the virtuous attempt at a message comes across as confused.

To introduce the concept, the album is broken up by short skits involving a computerized female voice saying things like, "David Banner, would you let someone call your mother or daughter a bitch? If not, then why would you call someone else's mother or daughter a bitch?" But, well, Banner has - and many times. And the album fails to respond to the question: As early as the fourth track in, "Yao Ming Remix," A$AP Rocky is featured rapping, "Shorty dancing got a whole lot of ass on her/ If she don't like a jiggy nigga, I'm a pass on her." (The song also features the detestable Chris Brown, whose presence alone should be reason enough to pass over the project.) It's soon followed by "Smoked Out," a track about a wayward female featuring Bun B that offers nothing in the way of instruction or salvation - the message boils down to Hip Hop's usual latent misogyny of pointing a finger and saying, "Eew, you have a dirty vagina."

Conceptually, it's not like the guests (which also include Snoop, Weezy and 2 Chainz) are used as a counter-point to Banner's wider points. Despite taking literally years of really hard thinking to write lines like "Boom, I've been pumpin' pussy like gas, nigga," there's no Slaughterhouse-style parody behind Chainz's raps - it's just more of the sort of stuff Banner's meant to be calling into question.

The muddled direction of Sex, Drugs & Video Games means that Banner's more focused moments - like the title track and "Malcolm X (A Song To Me)" - are lost among the mire. Instead of making his intended point, Banner's only managed to reinforce the one he was rallying against.

DX Consensus: "Just a Mixtape"

Lavell Crump aka David Banner, revine cu un nou material intitulat “Sex, Drugs & Video Games”, lansat gratuit pe DatPiff în data de 22 mai 2012 și totalizând 71,699 downloaduri în doar 5 zile. Acesta este cel de-al 4-lea album independent / mixtape lansat de David Banner, iar în curând va lansa cel de-al 6-lea album oficial cu Universal, unul fiind în colaborare cu 9th Wonder (2010, Death of a Popstar).

“Sex, Drugs & Video Games” poate fi considerat mai mult decât un mixtape, materialul neavând un Dj, iar colaborările sunt cu nume de Billboard precum ASAP Rocky, Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Game, Nipsey Hussle, 2 Chainz, Big K.R.I.T., Bun B, Don Trip, Maino, Kardinal Offishall, Doe Hicks, Luck and Savvy, Raheem DeVaughn, Kree, Ras Kass, J-Doe și Tank. De producție s-a ocupat însuși David Banner dar și M Phazes, Mr. Lee, Swiff D, THX, The Hypnotics și Hector Delgado.

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