Kevin Gates has been a rapper to watch for a few years now — last year's Make Em Believe, in particular, stood out for its totally comfortable combination of emotional honesty and rapping-ass rapping. Like way too many rappers, singers, and even a nu-metal band right now, though, Gates is withering away on Young Money-Cash Money, mostly unacknowledged. On his new mixtape, The Luca Brasi Story, easily the best rap-related thing so far this year, Gates is appropriately alone. Occasionally, New Orleans institutions like Curren$y and Master P show up, but the tape is mostly a ... Read More