Don't Over Think// Part One

Don’t Over Think

Hello all, sorry I haven’t posted in a while, at the start of new quarters I feel really unmotivated to blog. But anyway, since it is a new quarter for me, I am going to be changing up the format of mu posts a little bit. Nothing big, just going from my usual template of talking about the song in the first paragraph and the artist in the second, to more random and diverse layouts. Just a heads up. So to really start off this post I want to talk about an amazing mixtape that I have come across recently by C Dot Castro called Don’t Over Think. Castro was one of the original members of the RattPack, the other two being Logic and Big Lenbo. Castro is also part of the Visionary Music Group (VMG), which is getting to be quite successful and renown. It is actually really interesting how I learned about his new mixtape, I was in the VIP line at the Logic concert I went to on February Third (by the way, an amazing concert, easily one of the best nights of my life, so if he’s in your area, don’t be afraid to buy some tickets), and these guys in front of us starting talking about it, and then we all began to have a conversation about VMG. After the concert I went home and looked it up, and instantly fell in love with almost every song. Every single verse is just done so well and you can really tell how much work he put into it. The guys that we were talking to were saying that they met Castro at a previous concert and that he told them he spends days at a time just working on one single line. ONE SINGLE LINE, that is ridiculous, but the perfectionist in him is really paying off, producing an outstanding mixtape. I haven’t thoroughly listened to every song, but I am going to do a couple short summaries of my favorites, definitely check them out, and you can listen to the whole mixtape here. 

I got this picture by taking a screenshot of his song All Right, definitely a honorable mention
because I didn't talk about it as one of the four I picked (mixtape cover). 

Kilo

The first song that I will talk about is also the first to occur in the mixtape. This is probably my favorite song on the mixtape, but it is interesting because he actuality dropped this song with a music video (be aware that this music video is pretty violent and has some harsh content) quite before he dropped the mixtape. At the beginning of the song, you would think it would be a really mellow, deep song, but once the beat drops, the vibe totally changed to a strictly pump up, fast paced song. The best lyrics of this song are really hard to determine because of how many good ones there are, this is when it really shows how much of a perfectionist Castro is, literally every line is so solid and could easily be featured here. But since I have to choose I am going to go with when he says “Now when I say I’m the best that ain’t over confidence, motherf*cker that’s common sense.” That line just gives me the chills, so solid and clever, overall a great song. 

Check Next Post For Part Two

Don't Over Think// Part Two

Royal

The next song I really like is called Royal. This song is really different than a lot of rap you’ll hear these days, which I guess is the reason I like it so much. It is like really fast paced, but kind of has a sad and dark vibe to it. I really like the chorus, the beat is cool, and the versus are killer. If I had to choose the best lyric it would either be “I just spit a little bit of cr*ck, then I sit back and I get high of that bass.” I like these lyrics not because they are deep or clever, which they aren’t at all, but because of the great flow in which he spits them. Or it would be the chorus “Throw me the ball I'ma run with it, yeah. You have no seen nothing, I have only just begun with it yeah. I never be done with it yeah. Lately I feel I've been working too hard, It's about time I have fun with it yeah.” Deep, clever, fast. 

I got this picture from a wesbsite called ThatNewJam.
Another honorable mention for the songs on the mixtape is Curtain Call. 

Are We There Yet

This is definitely up there with Kilo when talking about my favorites on this mixtape. It is just such a good song, incredibly deep, talking about his whole story and how he made it through, while spitting versus with ridiculous speed and flow. Once again, it just goes to show how persistent Castro is. Every verse in this song is killer, for sure take a look at this song, listen to the lyrics, and think about how difficult it is to spit like that is, not to mention how difficult it is coming from what he came from (if you really want to hear a sad song about his childhood, listen to Revenge, which is also on the mixtape but I didn’t include it in my top four). The best lyrics in this are literally impossible to choose because I can’t type the entire song into this post.

The Blueprint Feat. Jon Bellion

This is the outro to the mixtape, and a really well put together song, with good vibes, good lyrics, and a great story. Just like all of the other songs, great lyricism, though what really sets this song apart is the killer beat and great chorus that Jon does. There are two parts of this song that literally gives me chills every time. The first is when he says “I’ve gone weeks with nothing to eat, but fast forward, just a couple years more, me and my team about to do a nationwide tour.” I’m not really sure why this gets to me, it might be because I’ve followed Logic so closely and watched this same thing happen to him, and I was just at his concert. The second part that always gives me the chills is “The girl that used to diss me asking me to call her now, I used to look out in the crowd and hear not a sound, *Castro*, yeah that’s what they shouting now.” Make sure to listen for those lyrics and make sure to check out the songs I left out as well! Thanks for reading as always

-Eli Levine