To make matters worse, on his latest effort, “Dope Don’t Sell Itself,” the rapper delivers even more blanks, giving fans little to look forward to upon their first and successant listens. In other words, as much of a hitmaker as 2 Chainz may have at times seemed to be, his hits have been heavily outweighed by his misses.

Nevertheless, amongst these blips of promise and glory have come album after album of less than decent showings. Music’s “Mercy” and of course, what was arguably one of the best Hip-Hop hooks of the 2010’s, “I’m be fresh as hell if the Feds watching.” It might be said that 2 Chainz had a legitimate golden era between hit tracks like “No Lie”, “I’m Different”, heavily talked about features such as on G.O.O.D. Nevertheless, it seems evident that when the highlight of an artist’s album is a 42 Dugg feature (no disrespect to the young Detroit talent, he just doesn’t quite carry that type of weight yet) it may be time to reevaluate the formula. Some may argue that Chainz is rapping just as well as he ever has on his new LP “Dope Don’t Sell Itself,” and die hard fans may be inclined to agree. His flows and rhymes sound deflated, he’s rapping over so-so beats as a constant and he’s dropping entire albums of skippable material one after the other. The Georgia artist, born Tauheed Epps and formerly known as Tity Boi, hasn’t performed at a high level in years.

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