When you look at the 2010 XXL Freshmen list, one artist that I find most folks say was left off is XV. And while we wait for his upcoming Vizzy Zone mixtape, he drops off a quick 30 minute mix for us to play. Although I have yet to give this a spin, I have a feeling it’s nothing but dope music. The two leaks prove that much.
Tracklist + Download link after the jump…
01 Intro
02 Warmup Freestyle
03 Top Of The World
04 Championship
05 Nothing On You
06 X.plosi.V.e
07 Lift The Game
08 I’m V!zZy
09 One Thing
10 This Plane
11 Friendly Skies (Outro)
DOWNLOAD: XV – 30 Minute Layover (Mixtape)
xv is that dude
ill
AWH! Finally.
nice and short (n/h)…dope
dooooope
where is fabbbbbb
Finally ive been waiting on this all day, this is about to be on repeat all week
ViZZy Zone!
if this isn’t proof that Vizzy is gonna be the next Drake in 2010 i dont know what else to say. and i’m only on track 2!
Keep doing ur thing my dude xxl sleped peep my song with xv on Called Take Flight
Jay Wise feat. Xv
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Xv is my nigga “Fame is like a stop watch, it takes time”ViZZyyy
just busted in my pants when i saw this post!
nohomo
^ That line’s not even impressive…
@ YoungY.C
Lol @ yall hatin on YoungYC’s love
yupp the beat selection is on point..
someone can list the beats used?
sweet
XV IS A BEAST, I HEARD OF DUDE A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN DROPPED AN ALBUM WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE AS ONE OF PEOPLE PART OF THE STATION. WISHED I KNOW WOULDA HAVE GIVEN IT A SHOT CUZ DUDE IS NICER THAN HE WAS BACK IN 2007.
just downloaded this wooooooooooo
Before listening to this tape i honestly didnt think XV was on the level of some of the other rappers coming up. This tape has proved me wrong.
viiizzzzy.
VIZZY PLEASE JUPITER ONE + VIZZY FULL ALBUM PLEASE
this dude gonna make a difference.
are these really freestyles? ’cause they are incredible
not sure if its just me but on Championship kinda reminded me of Lupe on Enemy of The State at times with the delivery
Instrumental to Track 5
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first time listening to him, let’s see what i’m missing out on
i don’t think they’re real freestyles. but yes they are incredible. i was going to post my favorite punchline but i don’t even know where to begin. that rich boy track “top of the world” has some crazy lines in it tho
my 2nd listen begins now
1:38 in the song undeniable made me a fan of this dude
all his CDs thus far are available for free on his blog… you could see a lot of growth in his CD’s from ’08 and ’09 as compared to his older ones…. hopefully that continues in 2010
^^^ wrong mixtape to start on, go get everybody’s nobody then listen to this.
ive listened to them all man.
btw Shake: Wheres the art? (well, its here: http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2010/02/25/xv-30-minute-layover-artwork-x-tracklist/)
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XV only gets better yo
He came a long way
Go listen to Recycle Bin, then listen to this
he put in mad work to improve
very well executed concept. he went in over alot of these beats too.
Can’t wait for Vizzy Zone now. but this will hold me over until next month.
dope… halfway through & yeah he’s constently improving… I’ve been listening since Complex Experiment 1… yeah a long ass time… keep it comin X
I remember when vizzy did that 40 days and 40 nights thing, mad work ethic haha I still bump a few of the songs. Vizzy has gotten a lot better he deserves shine.
can someone post an alternate download link?
thanks
Jesus, this man got something else I should get at? I just remember hearing that V for Vendetta shit but he just slipped off my radar
I’ve been waiting for this, I hope XV gets the shine he deserves this year.
Why won’t musicians release free works in .ogg or .flc format. Mp3′s are compressed files in a proprietary format. Mp3′s could be obsolete and I don’t want to have to re-compress and transcode my music into another format.
“Flyer than aladdin’s carpet never got my genie wish. u had a game genie on. i ain’t with the cheating, bitch” he killed this top of the world shit!
@Cass That Square in the Circle and Please, Hold are some serious tapes. Can’t forget Everbody’s Nobody. 40 days and 40 nights are also smash hits and confirms that he is legitimately a geek lol. His porn star song was strictly hilarious.
This mixtape right here shows XXL lost. I don’t think anyone on that list could’ve came up with that Doug reference.
I can every quarter I dont promise I swear it. The rest of niggas need subs like Jared.
forgot this tape
Please Hold (early 2009)
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its a damn shame that he didnt get that xxl cover. oh well he still makes dope shitt. keep it up fam
Currently downloading like crazy, best music i’ve heard in a long while..I really don’t see what the freshmen list got on him..and I mean nobody. Big fan of Big Sean, and Donnis a bit but this is insane
“I overcame the flame like jack be nimble, shinning over my city like the batman symbol” – Vizzzzy. nuff said
i’ve always checked him out. and everybodys nobody was n the ride for a while. but after this one i’ve become a believer.
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XV is so good, hopefully he gets that hit or something that boosts him since he got robbed of that magazine cover. Dude’s music is so fucking good
Mad Props on the Freeway/Jakeone track there. I hope people don’t pass that stimulus package album up…fresh.
Great mixtape. Look forward to hearing more!
this shit is dope
“The biggest mysteries are why ain’t vizzy signed and wats happenin on Lost”
that says it all. nobody should sleep on this tape. already at 2000 downloads though so i hope they aren’t. WAKE EM UP VIZZY!
xv’s biggest problem is his lack of originality. he makes good music but his entire image and catalog of music is just a rip off of everyone else in the blogosphere.
I just gave this a quick listen to see what the hype was about and imma go ‘head and say i don’t get this shit. Why is everyone actin like this nigga is THAT deal?? This cat has some decent bars, but isnt very original and doesn’t have that much authority/presence on a track. I mean, I wish him the best and all, but let’s keep it in perspective…
I mean if niggas is talkin bout they nuttin they pants and all that then this kid better be gooin iinnnn. Lmao @ Cudderr
lol @ ***** and co-sign action toys…there are times when it seems like hes even trying to sound like Drake on here…Everybody’s Nobody he was pretty original tho just sometimes notice the random inflections in the voice like Wayne or sumthin
Listen to square in the circle and then come back in here talking about originality.
hmmm…i don’t feel as much love as the commentors have been feelin about xv. dude’s alright, bur the beats always outshine him whenever i tried to listen to him, and his voice kind of annoys me too. not my cup of tea, but i wish him the best and seven for their hard work though. just my opinion…
@ Lazers were talkin about this tape not Square in the Circle
they were saying his problem was lack of originality though. not just on this tape but period.
dude sound like a baby Lupe to me..this ain’t my first time hearin him
enough of these hypebeasts rappers already..
even the 30 minute idea and not to mention the clever flight attendant interludes on a freestyle mixtape. thats not original? then wat do you listen to!
hmmm extra dope! but by the way illecism’s tape just dropped! tengo un refresca vol2!!! dope!
Evidence got a ep and a tape called “the layover”
so ur “this is original” idea is a bust
He went in on that Champions beat. But he does sound like a baby Lupe though. That’s not a bad thing tho. He got some good bars
let’s see what he got on Vizzy Zone
@SUPERSLIM64 “The Layover” & “30 Minute Layover” Are TWO Completely Different Titles. Stop Hating. Download or Don’t. Sensitive Ass Niggas On Here. Like Y’all Computers Didn’t Come With A Recycle Bin.
@ Lazers…the whole originality debate is not in the concept of the tape(s) but in the rhymes and delivery
this tape is crack he kille explosive! ..stop bitchin xv is hella original. evidence’s album was totally diff concept fucktards! damn you ol feline niggas!
anybody got his album complex?
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XV is too underrated yall..
goddamn! illecism tape is shittin on this! n i like both these guys
Yoooo guys I got a question. How can you tell when a rapper is jack drake”s flow?????????????????????? What thinggs make you say damn he biting drake????? Not just xv I mean all up and coming rappers!!!!!!
I doubt XV heard Drake and say “Imma copy his flow”. He’s been in the mixtape game for a minute, and he sounds the same back then as he did now.
smh @ niggas thinking Drake and Big Sean originates one word punch lines and multi-syllabic rhyming.
He really got the shaft last year too, and to not get in this year is beyond blasphemy
@ Anthrin, you dont get it. No one was saying anything about big sean and multis.
To those saying he isn’t original, really give his mixtapes “Everybody is Nobody” and “Square in the Circle.” His lyrics on those are pretty damn good, but the beats produced on them are literally some of the best I have ever heard (especially if you like this new airy-spacey shit in hip hop).
*Give his mixtapes “Everybody is Nobody” and “Square in the Circle” a try.
I don’t think anyone has complex.
@ OB_5, I was saying Big Sean and mult-syllable rhymes because just the other day, when Donnis video came out, they were saying that he copied Big Sean’s style. It’s as if him and drake are constant crimes of flow thievery, which is bullshit.
@help1. I sure as hell don’t have it. I ain’t gonna lie. I have his mixtapes back from the Definition, but never got his actual album because that came out in and in 06, I was on some other shit in terms of hip-hop.
82 comments!? I hope XV see’s this so he knows whats up.
They’ll Be More Than 83 Comments. Some People Haven’t Logged On Today Obviously. XV Has A Major Fan Base.
Its vizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy
i feel like a retard for not hearing stuff from this dude earlier
@infamouslegend & help1 I have Complex
@JonnieHayward
Hey was just wondering if you had the beamer, benZ, or bentely instrumental.
@entry
I haven’t downloaded this yet but I’m sure it is dope. XV is pretty original and is a hardworking lyricist. Glad he’s getting love and for the people that don’t like him, glad you gave him a listen at least.
Laterrrr
im gonna dl this due to all the hype and if i dont like it ill be back to curse ya all out ….
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Vizzy Zone is gonna be crazy..
I say its my time everytime i see a watch
yeah this is pretty dope. XV is that guy
amazing tape. Vizzy’s Zone should be great. He seems so bitter about the XXL cover tho, like in Bad News, Pt. 2…i mean he definetely deserved it. I think the top four this year should have been XV, Jay Electronica, Fashawn and J. Cole
Square in the Circle was just him sampling Radiohead and shit like that. Not really that original at all. The “kid with the green backpack” is a really really wak album title and his whole image is washed up Kanye, Lupe, blog hipster shit.
I dont see what all the hype is about this guy…hes ight
^agreed
Got Something Better To Listen To? ^^^ Didn’t Think So
there’s just nothing original about this guy at all. he’s Diet Kanye Fiasco.
then why are you coming in here just to add to homie’s comments? i sware niggaz just like hatin sometimes! Cut the original shit out dude is crazy original. He’s wittier than Kanye, more fun then Lupe and if anything he’s from the midwest too so of coures their voices and flow sound similar. nobody thinks its weird that donnis and T.I. rap exactly alike do they? didnt think so. and everybody’s favorite mixtape, so far gone, was just diet 808′s and Heartbrakes and look what it became. dude is nice. either you like his shit or you don’t. you don’t? fine. go-that-a-way. becuz some of us do
100th comment, XV ripped these tracks, can’t wait for Vizzy Zone.I hope he does another My Favorite Pornstar track in the future lol
XV will be making a lot of noise this year. These tracks are good indicators.
everyone keep talkin about square in the circle and everybodys nobodys when please hold is wat put me on to this dude. but really people i would reather hear more rappers sound like lupe than more wayne and jeezy sound a likes. even drake is gettin to sound like wayne and drake was way better before signin wit cash money imo. and how can u say XV jackin drake flow when XV been soundin like this and he was out years before drake. bottom line is people are gonna sound like wat influenced them the most and bein from the midwest to XV i bet it was the lupe and kanye. just like people try to rip b.o.b for soundin like 3000.
Well since I’m the 1st one to mention Drake on here I’m guessing yall think I said he jacked Drake’s flow…I just noticed he had a lot more content about females on this tape than he usually does and a lot of it sounded like Drake..unless they just coincidentally share the same views on women
Btw not so sure some of yall talkin about Big Sean using multi-syllable wordplay even know what it is…Drake used to use it a lot like on AM 2 PM and Unstoppable…go listen to Big Pun if u aren’t sure….Example : that nigga-Jonnie-Hayward is a kid-ya-mommy-craves-her mouth’s on my dick-nd-cock-she-lays-1st as I rip-nd-chop-these-lame-herbs lol
I ain’t ever heard anything as original as xv – all you hatin ass niggas get the fuckottahere – go listen to your fuckin gucci, waka flocka, drake, weezy and shit – the world could use a few more comforming ass fucktards
“conforming”
and you know what’s funny? This tape isn’t even a major project for him – Vizzy Zone is the major mixtape release. This tape is full of nothing by throw-away rhymes…get that? T-H-R-O-W-A-W-A-Y rhymes niggas…getthefuckottahere
^^^someone’s feelings have been hurt
I liked xv when I first heard everybodys nobody… Then I went back and listened ta some of his old stuff and realized why he’s not signed… Or even in the XXL
You know I was about to not download cos’ I’ve never heard of em before, I downloaded and it was actually dope as fuck.
@kyle7560 How is Complex?
Also, anyone judging him based only on this mixtape is an idiot. This is a throwaway mixtape. Check out Everybody is Nobody and Square in the Circle.
Also, what the hell is wrong with being a little like Kanye and Lupe? Better than trying to beat out Hova or Lil Wayne.
@help1 well honestly I wouldn’t want to be in Lupe or Kanye’s shadow… tough shoes to fill & that’s half of Big Seans problem… but to say XV isn’t original is kinda crazy… who else puts video game metaphors in their rhymes? lmao exactly… I don’t hear him talking about weed, cars, clothes, & bitches like Wiz, Curren$y, & whoever… those guys aren’t original… just sayin… seems like a lot of salty wannabe emcees hating on XV right now lol… anywway no the “30 Minute Layover” isn’t the best thing since sliced bread, but it’s above average conceptually & no he isn’t the best rapper alive, but he’s better than 8 of the emcees on that XXL cover
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Shits cool….But I’ll stick with How Thoughtful & Laura’s Tape for now though.
He is far far better than 8 of the freshmen on the cover. The only two in his league are Fashawn and J. Cole. Those three should have shared the cover. Forget the rest haha
@JonnieHayward – feelins aint hurt, just don’t like seein fake ass people conforming to what’s “cool” in the world. you know, weezy, drake, and lupe aint everything. godforbid if anything happened to them the whole world would end
co-sign wit evan all though big sean, pill and wiz would be my next 3 after them
LMAO @ XXL.
yall hearing this?!?
xv gets 118 comments on 2dopeboyz. dude should have made that shit LAST YEAR !
@Reez Lupe has used video game metaphors b4 too
@ Anthrin, They were speaking on how big sean used metaphors, not his multis.
Everyone uses video game references. Wale references Street Fighter is so many of his songs. Hell, Joe Budden did it in his 6 minutes of Death freestyle. it’s nothing new.
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@JonnieHayward
Hey was just wondering if you had the beamer, benZ, or bentely instrumental.
Greg said this on February 26th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
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nah the official instrumental hasnt been released yet all i got is looped versions of it so far
I really like this mixtape but he do sound like a combination of Drake and Big Sean.
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I’m talking consistently, not once or twice… to me that’s all apart of his originality… he’s a gamer & his music reflects his lifestyle… how many emcees you know in the game right now telling the truth? a handful
this is dope been bangin it. @KC_mafioso hE RAPPED IN THIS STYLE FOR YEARS, WELL BEFORE BIG SEAN AND DRAKE CAME OUT, Drake and Big Sean may jock his style, but not vise versa. XV IS THE TOP FRESHMEN TO LOOK OUT FOR. xxls list was whack. the dopehouse should make their own top 10
@Athrin its new to use video game references on damn near every song of every tape. Whoever u listen to is nothing new im guessing
LMAO @ the “Wheres Fab?” comment. it aint 2006 anymore, Fab aint even one of the top 40 MCs anymore, get with the times
@REEZ u right about Wiz, Curren$y is tho. Hooking up with Wiz is THE WORST move curren$y has made in his career. people now put them in the same boat and curren$y is lightyears more original than wiz, Please people stop putting these two in the same sentence till wiz gets is own content. thx
@Monroe, there’s an entire sub-genre dedicated to that–It’s Nerdcore Rap lol. I’ve heard a lot of Artists that do that, but most of them are deep in the underground. XV manages to make it sound cool enough to transfer to the mainstream.
I like how people write off XV for sounding too much like other people…”sorry kid, you can’t be a rapper – you were born with a voice that sounds to similar to Lupe’s” – “sorry kid, you can’t be a basketball player – your jumpshot looks EXACTLY like Kobe’s. Why you bitin’ Kobe?!”
Do you stop listening to Nas because he sounds a lot like Cormega? Getthefuckouttahere
yo big sean ft mr hudson way out leaked today
fuckin epic
can anyone tell me what beat “I’m V!zZy” is from?
honestly, its average… dsnt stand out to me… its pretty much regular ass blogosphere rap, another nigga talking about himself using okay punchlines, ehhhh
Lmfao@Dentz…dude kilt off this whole page with that one comment…good shit.
yea dude @Dentz. good call. big xv fan. listened to everybody’s nobody then please hold. can’t wait to give this a spin
vizzy is that dude …needed this fresh muzic
where is this nigga from ?
Wichita, Kansas
And I just read some comments again on here and on Datpiff of niggas sayin’ XV sounds like Drake – well before Drake dropped everyone said XV sounded like Lupe…hmmm…got me thinkin – why isn’t anybody sayin’ Drake sound like Lupe???? Pretty sure Vizzy hasn’t changed the way he sounds when he raps
I knew it was midwest, thought KC.
Thanks bruh.
Vizzy > Drake
damn vizzy been rapping longer than drake xv had 20 mixtapes out before drake had 2 mixtapes vizzy been rapping this way and he dont sound like drake if he did i would be listening to this shit just like i dont listen to drake cuz he sounds like wayne
anyway this mixtape isnt special and i like xv
Shame on me for not realizing how good XV is until this mixtape.
Can anybody get some xv lyrics, Post your favorite xv lyrics right here.