March Madness Day 20: Underachievers, Montana of 300, Mr. Lif, Maxo Kream

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**The Underachievers - It Happened In Flatbush** - 10 tracks of straight bangers. Nothing else to say really. Issa & AK spit and flow over banging, melodic [Anthony Fantano voice] "trap influenced" beats. And it's really just something to put on in the car with your friends if you guys want boomin' production. Solid mixtape but don't expect anything too deep or mind blowing from this project.

*TL;DR UA provides bangers for the banger-less*


**Montana of 300 - Fire in the Church**- Really disappointed in this project. I thought Montana was finally gonna prove to everyone why he's more than just his remixes. But honestly? The entirety of "Fire in the Church" isn't even *close* to touching his "Chiraq" remix, "Holy Ghost", or hell even his remix to Desiigner's "Panda" was better than half the songs on here. Montana has bars, that's a given. But his auto tuned hooks are garbage and his production leaves a lot to be desired. If Montana did a one rapper, one producer type album like KXNG Crooked did with Statik Selecktah with "STATIK KXNG" then I think he can make something really great. But until then, "Fire in the Church" is a swing and a miss. Out of 18 tracks, I only really fuck with 4 of the songs and even those 4 songs don't hold a candle to his "Chiraq" remix, "Holy Ghost" or even "Computers". If you've heard the remixes and want to hear this album, just check out the following songs and spare yourself the rest:

+ Heat Stroke

+ Angel with an Uzi

+ Fighting Demons, Dropping Jewels

+ Fge Cypher, Pt. 2

*TL;DR Check out the 4 songs I listed and then run far away from this album*

**Mr. Lif - Don't Look Down** - Not a bad album at all. The 1st 2 tracks have some of the most vivid storytelling I've ever heard. I was so captivated during the story and it really set the bar high for the rest of the album and sorry to say but it didn't live up to my expectations. The songs are still good now, but not as captivating as the 1st two tracks were. But there are songs on here with high replay value such as "A Better Day" and "Let Go" but overall, I can't see this album making anyone a bonefied Mr. Lif fan as this was my first time listening to a full Mr. Lif project but for what's it's worth the album is pretty decent. But "Don't Look Down" really is the epitome of a take it or leave it album.

*TL; DR Read the last sentence of the Mr. Lif paragraph*

**Maxo Kream - Maxo 187** - Wow, this shit is *nice*. The song "1998" with Joey Bada$$ has to have one of the best  and most catchiest flow I've ever heard. The whole project has a very dark, murderous gangster trap vibe and I dig it. Seriously sucks that I rarely see this project mentioned around here, I see like maybe one person talk about this project. If I didn't know any better I'd think this ~~album~~ mixtape was mediocre but that is not the case at all. If I would have heard this album in 2015 it would've made my top 15 *easy*. Give Maxo 187 a listen [here](http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/maxo-kream-maxo-187-new-mixtape.115746.html). It'll definitely be worth it.

*TL;DR You need to listen to Maxo 187 if you haven't yet*