Around the time I found out about U-N-I, I was unaware of the impending wave of incredible talent to come from Los Angeles’ independent hip hop scene. During one event I ended up capturing a cypher between the Inglewood duo, Picaso and A.T. of Language Artz, CurT@!n$ and this guy from Compton named H.O.P.E.
I’d actually completely forgotten about H.O.P.E until I stumbled across the video for “Love Lotus,” which instantly grabbed my attention. Unfortunately – which, as I’d soon find out, would be a recurring trend – I didn’t see or hear much from him afterward. A freestyle here, a song there, a video here. Then his project Follow The Leader eventually dropped, which, while showing promise, was in my opinion plagued by too many attempts to “fit in.”
I still kept an eye out for his music, however. But the guy would drop a short video or a freestyle every few months before re-disappearing off the face of the planet. But judging from the first pair of singles from his upcoming We Believe In Hope Wright project, perhaps it’s because he’s working on something spectacular.
Hence where this latest edition of the (2)Dope FreEP series comes in. I plucked some of my personal favorite songs and guest verses from H.O.P.E., raised some of the audio levels a bit and compiled them all into one quickstrike collection to appease those who are also waiting for his next album to drop. I know we can’t rush certain things, but can you at least speed up the process a little bit? Tracklist and link down bottom.
01 The Fool Reading
02 Love Lotus f. Kent Jamz
03 Nightlife
04 H-O-P-E
05 Cali Soul f. H.O.P.E. & Shawn Jackson
06 Bliss f. Y-O of U-N-I
07 Start My Day ft H.O.P.E.
08 Me&Her
DOWNLOAD: H.O.P.E. – A (2)Dope FreEP | Mediafire
I want them Olympic VII’s…not now but right now
without listening yet, shouldnt this have been labeled as 2dope to sleep on?
Can We Get Some Cover Art?
HOPE is SICK but it is true the dude is a lagger…
Once he comes out with a solid project, hes taking off. i Can see it
dude i was wondering the samething what did happen to this dude …well im glad his back
I remember I first hearing this cat on niketalk years ago and he is amazing. he dont get enough credit.
@Little Rock he has a solid project its called “follow the leader” u should get it if u havnt heard it
Yea Follow the Leader is a nice project. But a lot of times these Up and comers do that. They come out with something dope and we dont here from them. No Music Video’s or interviews or guest appearances. No big shows or anything.
I mean yea HOPE did put out a music Video and did some features, but he needs some better promotion. But probably HOPE is just trying to produce something so dope that word spreads like wildfire there arent a lot of projects that get that kind of response. I dont even think one exists. I think U-N-I did had a pretty massive buzz from their first mixtape, which is why I think they did so well on A Love Supreme.
HOPE is DOPE.
@Teddy He dont rap about the same shii everyone else rappin about. He not onat everday shii. Dude got alot of imagination in his bars. Too bad this mixtape cover suck
Hope has potential but fan need a solid foundation. He needs more solid material people can relate to.
yo i was just listening to Me&HER and thinkin where is this dude at ?? thnx Meka
Talkin of HOPE, wtf fuck is JY?