Yelawolf - Heart Of Dixie (Official DL Link Inside)

[ShadysDisciple]

Honestly the quality was fine for me so idk what the fuck you guys are talking about.

Just low volume. Compare two tracks, one from Recovery or something, and one from that. Meh, I didn't really notice it until I read this thread, then I compared and it's kinda true.

Just compared it and yeah it's true. But I give 0 fucks so alls good.

[dR3]

Way better than Radioactive, as most of you said. Good job Wolf.

[AbramIsaac]

Where the fuck is EmBase?

I want to know what he thinks about this.

[Man1x]

Where the fuck is EmBase?

I want to know what he thinks about this.

Get him in here, cause I do too.

[AbramIsaac]

I shot him a message, hopefully he'll pop in soon.

Even with a tape as universally adored as this one, few can put the words together to describe the strengths (or weaknesses) of a project quite like EminemBase.

[Man1x]

I shot him a message, hopefully he'll pop in soon.

Even with a tape as universally adored as this one, few can put the words together to describe the strengths (or weaknesses) of a project quite like EminemBase.

Couldn't agree more, I like his views on Yelawolf a lot also. He is actually a fan, and is usually the first to see every projects best aspects and worst while everyone else is still in that awe phase.

[AbramIsaac]

He's a critic in the truest sense of the word.

Not the overly negative, cynical figures you read on the blogs, but rather the articulate and fair type that's purpose is to fully describe a work as clearly and eloquently as possible. And he's definitely a fan of Yelawolf. He's a fan because Yelawolf is unique and original. That's why Radioactive was a disappointment for him, and why I can't help but think that he'll find this encouraging.

I'm his alt, so I can speak for him until the drugs wear off and he/I can return in full form.

[Trimss]

"Some think I’m Illuminati ‘cuz I’m a light in the dark
Lookin’ for masonic symbols inside of my body art"

This is pretty cool.

[EminemBase]

Okay so, listened to it once through now...

I think this is, overall: a solid release. It's certainly got more of a coherent and 'complete' feel to it (as in, it's consistent and there's no real hiccups) than Radioactive, but then - Yelawolf did admit (and I'm glad he did, some honesty at least) that he fully compromised on Radioactive. This isn't to say he didn't forewarn people mind, as that's partially the point of the album's title.

What's frustrating about Radioactive, is that title and theme have that 'classic potential' feel to me; I could envision talking about Radioactive or reminiscing like "wow remember when Radioactive came out?", it's a single-word, memorable title with a striking image and concept to it. So, it's just frustrating (and ironic as, the title wouldn't even be as clever if he DIDN'T go for radio tracks) that an album with such immediate potential, from such a great artist was... tarnished.

Anyway, back to The Heart of Dixie...

You can definitely sense Yela's hunger and attitude that are present in his best work through most of the tracks here, but I do feel there's some lazy spots of lyricism and delivery. Don't get me wrong, his delivery and flows are mostly spot-on or at least, interesting, and tricky. But there's just odd lines I keep noticing (though this has often been the case / a slight weakness with Yela to me) that are just a little awkward, or a little lazy, and which I just wish he had re-written or something.

My personal favourite tracks are "Let Me Out" - "Be the One" - "Sobriety Sucks" and "Wrap Song". I think those four tracks are pretty golden, the rest... are good, but those are the stand-outs to me.

There's some real gritty atmosphere achieved with the blend of his voice and some of the production here, similar to "Growin' Up in the Gutter". I definitely think Yela is at his best when he's a merge between... punk-rock, rap-rock and hip-hop. Categorizing each element of his style like that may seem a little arbitrary but, you get a sense of so many genres infused in his expression.

(a lot of his sound here grates the ears-in-a-good-way and gets under the skin, I like that)

I'm so glad Yela acknowledged the failure of Radioactive and that he isn't bothered about going for radio hits at this point. Yelawolf to me, has that GREAT artist quality, I don't just mean he's a great MC, I mean he has that potential legendary Kurt Kobain or Eminem feel, due to the mixture of his story, image, skills, passion and overall music appreciation and dedication.

I really feel like he has some classics in him, and that he's somebody who should make a real dent in music history. So far, he's released a lot of great music, but unfortunately most of it has been on mixtapes or in chunks... I'm really hoping Love Story is his true realization.

(PS. I'd probably give Heart of Dixie 7/10)

[OMEGA]

This rocks.

Yela totally dissed Eminem in sobriety sucks.*























































*Of course I'm kidding y'all.

[Atone]

Listened to this, then downloaded 50's tape, listened to 3 tracks, listened to this again

50's problem is he always raps about the same shit

at least yela has more to talk about

[EminemBase]

^ Yeah, 50 is a fucking bore. The content of almost every single track is near identical.

[master360]

http://www.livemixtapes.com/download/17 ... dixie.html REMASTERED VERSION up

[Rainer7]

http://www.livemixtapes.com/download/17810/yelawolf_m16_heart_of_dixie.html REMASTERED VERSION up

Unfortunately 'Howdy' is cut 2 minutes short in the remastered version.

[Shady-Yo]

This rocks.

Yela totally dissed Eminem in sobriety sucks.*

*Of course I'm kidding y'all.

I think Yela wanted to show that he's not going to follow Eminem and any of his steps, he just dont want to be rememebered or recognized by people as a new Eminem or something, he just want to be himself and it is what's the song about.