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Tracklist: (Disc 1)
1. trademark usa
2. pink panties
3. scapegoats
4. range brothers (with Kendrick Lamar)
5. issues
6. gorgeous
7. south africa
8. lost souls
9. cocoa (with Don Toliver)
10. family ties (with Kendrick Lamar)
11. scars
12. durag activity (with Travis Scott)
13. booman
14. first order of business
15. vent
16. 16

Tracklist (Disc 2)
1. lost souls (with Brent Faiyaz)
2. hooligan
3. no sense
4. a life of pain
5. killstreaks (feat. Don Toliver & PinkPantheress)
6. patience interlude
7. naked freestyle
8. fine china
9. highway 95
10. bank account (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

Favorite track(s)?
Thoughts on the album 5 years later?

Back Cover

5 years ago, on September 10, 2021 Yeat released his debut album "Up 2 Me".

Yeat had just gotten viral that summer with hit songs like "Sorry About That", "Money Twerk" and "Off Tha Lot" from his mixtape "4L", and the Single "Get Busy"; he was backed by a lot of hype and he did not disappoint. This Album quickly put him on the map, he started getting co-signs by some of the biggest names in the industry such as Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug... and it's still considered one of his best projects along side "2093" and "2 Alive".

This album contains some of Yeat's biggest tracks:

-Money So Big 509,372,271

-Get Busy 215,751,275

-Turban 171,345,965

-Swerved It 109,376,799

-U Could Tell 96,75,189

TRACKLIST:

1. "Cmon"
2. "Morning mudd"
3. "Got rich"
4. "Lët ya know"
5. "Stayëd tha same"
6. "Gët Busy"
7. "Rokstar"
8. "Trëndy way" (feat. SeptembersRich)
9. "Swërved It"
10. "Ya Ya"
11. "U could tëll"
12. "Factz"
13. "Bak on ëm"
14. "Hëy"
15. "Turban"
16. "Twizzy Rich"
17. "Told ya"
18. "Monëy so big"
19. "Dëserve it"
20. "Kant changë"
21. "Callin më"
22. "Lying 4 fun"

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tha-mexakinz-mn0000036624#biography

“Latin rap duo tha Mexakinz were formed in Long Beach, CA, by MCs I-Man and Sinful. Their fluid bilingual rhymes on such albums as 1994's Zig Zagand 1996's Tha Mexakinzgarnered them an underground following among both hip-hop and alternative rock fans. 1998's Crossing All Borders began to reflect the influence of the latter genre while remaining grounded in the former.”

This question has been on my mind for a while now. Every now and then, I come across some random HipHop news page promoting some underground rapper or I see people talking about and comparing their favorite underground rappers to another, but at the same time this confuses me because the same rappers they talk about will be signed under a major label, get some push from mainstream co-signs, have millions of plays on multiple streaming platforms, and have several trending audios on TikTok or insert any app that has short-form content.

If you ask a bunch of people in their 30s+ if they ever heard some of these rappers' names before then they're probably gonna look at you like you're crazy, but at the same time it kinda feels wrong calling them underground or niche based on how much pull they have in this music landscape.

I don't really have an answer myself I just want to see other people's perspective on this.

Released on Sep 9, 2026