Artist: King Dough CCE
Album: Doughski (Hosted by DJ Suspence)
Articulation: King Acklin
Louisville artist by way of Chicago, King Dough CCE, dropped his new mixtape on us today. Doughski, hosted by Dope Tho’s own, DJ Suspence, is 10 track project that’s trying to take us back to the glory mixtape days. In Dough’s own words, “those mixtapes were gold.”
The project starts off with a lot of energy on Real Can Relate as DJ Suspence lets us know they here to “talk to these niggas a little bit today”. Dead End is going to have you checking your Google maps and making sure you moving correctly in these streets. Definitely a street vibe on this project and we know death unfortunately often comes with that, so Lost and Found may have you reminiscing about lost loved ones to a slow dope beat.
Stand out track, Cake On Me, is a straight bop that should be a hit in all the strip clubs. “Let me see you shake something”, “Go on and shake something”, might be a national rallying cry if we being honest. This joint makes you wish it was summertime, but I mean, strip clubs are all season, so have fun. Ambition featuring PJ Gifted is another good track on the project that sounds like something you ride out to with your partners.
Overall, the production is on point. It feels like this mixtape was thought out and it has good features that I’m not mad at. Is it a classic mixtape era project/mixtape? No, but it gives you those vibes due to its high energy and DJ Suspence talking rather aggressively throughout the 10 tracks. King Dough can rap too, let’s not miss out on that here. Next time I would love to see a few classic beat flips if we want to go true classic mixtape vibes.
Bottom line and question of the day; Is It Dope Tho? The answer is yes, it’s a SOLID banger for the streets. The project is a 7 on the Dope Tho Scale. Listen now and thank me later #DopeTho #YouWelcome
Dope Tho Rating:
Key Dope:
Real Can Relate
Lost And Found
Cake On Me
Ambition
Dope Tho Rating System:
1-3 Nope Tho
4-5 Needs Work
6-7 Solid
8-9 Heat
10 Dope Tho Classic