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Weekend at Burnie's [PA]

Curren$y
1 disc

1. #Jestgo
2. Still - (featuring Young Roddy)
3. She Don't Want a Man
4. One Life
5. You See It
6. Televised
7. This is the Life
8. On G's - (featuring Young Roddy)
9. Money Machine
10. What's What
11. JLC
12. Get Paid - (featuring Young Roddy)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 527406
Credits

Producer Monsta Beatz
Engineer Sean McCoy
Audio Mixer: Monsta Beatz.
Recording information: Circle House Studio; Quad Studios, New York, NY.
Illustrator: Donny Phillips.
As stopgap releases go, Currensy's Weekend at Burnie's EP and/or mixtape -- it was pre-release pimped as both -- is a worthwhile distraction, offering fans of his Pilot Talk efforts a chance to hear the rapper in a different setting. Here, the setting is hard, minimal, and retro, with producer Monsta Beatz bringing the `80s flavor on all tracks, save for one banger from Rahki, the opening highlight "#Jetsgo." Guest stars are protgs and friends like Trademark, Young Roddy, and Fiend all chilling with their mentor, who proves himself the king of the chill with lazy numbers like "Still" ("You find my lighter and my grinder, it'll be perfect ho") and "This Is the Life" (a free-form mumbler that "drops like a Pharcyde record"). "JLC" gets quite abstract while both "Still" and "Got Paid" roll with a G-funk style, but the mellow is never harshed, and the promise of sunny weekend stoner music from the `80s is maintained the whole way through. Don't expect anything more and life's a beach. ~ David Jeffries
Critic Reviews

Spin (p.72) - "[C]asually compelling hip-hop....[Featuring] his impeccable taste in beats plus a slow-burning intensity..."
Pitchfork (Website) - "The sound on WEEKEND AT BURNIE'S is remarkably warm and approachable, and it brings Curren$y closer to the sound of current radio-rap than he's been in a while..."