Fashawn Delivers His “Ode to Illmatic” (Mixtape Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 06/11/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Mixtapes, Fashawn

If you're going to put your handprints over an album as beloved as Nas' classic-of-all-classics "Illmatic" you better be careful; anything less than undeniable dopeness and hip-hop nation will riot. Well west coast fast riser, and RefinedHype exclusive interviewee, Fashawn gambled big by putting out his track-by-track "Illmatic" remake "Ode to Illmatic" and thankfully, it's a gamble he won. I knew Fashawn was an ill emcee, but I was a little worried until I got a chance to listen to "Ode' all the way through and....well...I'll be damned if he didn't pull it off. Huge props to Fashawn. Huge props. Enjoy bumping this all weekend.

Extra moment of appreciation for that cover. Technically sponsored by clothing company Orisue and XXL, who keeps forgetting to protect their direct download links so I just rip em for y'all (thanks XXL), and featuring guest work from Talib Kweli. That's it. Just Kweli.

Download links and mixtape preview are underneath the tracklist:
Fashawn Ode to Illmatic Mixtape Back Tracklisting

Fashawn Ode to Illmatic Mixtape Back Tracklisting

Download "Ode to Illmatic" Directly

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Get illmaticish right now and listen to two of the mixtape's top tracks, "Life's a Bitch" ft. Talib Kweli and "CA State of Mind".

Play Fashawn ft. Talib Kweli- Life's a Bitch

Play Fashawn - CA State of Mind

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Mr. Top Hat	Fashawn > Freddie Gibbs walks out of room
	Posted on Jun 11, 2010

TheBayToLA	I dunno bout that mr. top hat. Freddie Gibbs has crazy metaphors and a totally different style. Fashawn is cool, but pretty uncreative both lyrically and with his flow. They don't even sound similar, so why compare the two?
	Posted on Jun 12, 2010

TheBayToLA	Oops, i typed that whole thing thinking about Donnis instead of Freddie Gibbs. Freddie Gibbs is cool too though, but him and Fashawn are pretty similar. I like them both. Haha
	Posted on Jun 12, 2010

Mr. Top Hat	Why am I comparing the two? Let's say @Nathan knows. I like them both, too. And for Donnis, I haven't heard a bad song of his, so far, but I’m unable to name one Donnis song. There goes that.
	Posted on Jun 12, 2010