Avg Rating: 
3.4 ( 13 total votes )
YP - Certified
Producer: Jeff Wallace
Album: None
Label: Universal Republic
As hip-hop heads are well aware, being recognized as a true G isn’t just a matter of spending four years at the University of Hard Knocks and taking home a diploma to hang on your office wall. For one thing, it’s hard to find a suitable wall when your office is the streets. More importantly, ‘hood credentials aren’t earned once and for all, but asserted and subsequently defended against all comers. On YP‘s latest single, the Raekwon-cosigned up-and-comer shows us how it’s done, declaring himself street-Certified and daring anyone to say differently. Jeff Wallace takes a uniquely catchy approach on the production tip, overlaying a syncopated boom-bap rhythm with Chipmunk-sampled “oh”s as the Windy City representative (and freestyle series alum) reminds listeners that, despite being an artist on the rise, he’s got his feet planted firmly on the pavement. Though not slated for inclusion on the currently-untitled follow-up to YP’s Booth-sponsored No Sleep mixtape, this paper-stacking anthem should nonetheless please the artist’s growing fanbase. Keep it locked for the latest tunes, as well as release details on the new project!
Listen to More: YP Street, Downloads, Midwest, Unreleased
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Dope beat...dope bars
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| Posted on Mar 30, 2011 |
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Resident DJ  Total Ratings: 1052 |
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I havent use this phrase in a while but...This beat is bananas. YP went equally hard over the production, he sounded at home.
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| Posted on Mar 30, 2011 |
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Resident DJ  Total Ratings: 676 |
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Beats great that's it.....
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| Posted on Mar 30, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 380 |
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Beat is sick! YP sat on the track too
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| Posted on Mar 30, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 92 |
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this track came rather hard...i know the ladies gonna love it cause the beat and the little kid sound in the back (i don't know why they love that) and his verses are nice
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| Posted on Mar 31, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 8792 |
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I am not sure that "Certified" certifies YP... but that is because we certified him when we released his "No Sleep" tape last year. The production here grows tiresome after awhile - especially when it slows up before speeding back up - but YP doesn't miss a beat (pun intended).
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| Posted on Mar 31, 2011 |
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| Posted on Mar 31, 2011 |
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The beat isn't what it was hyped up to be & the lyrics are subpar. His flow is what keeps from him getting 1 star rating.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2011 |
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I like the beat, but I think it's overpowering him a bit...
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 211 |
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That beat does in fact bang. I can do without the "oh" everywhere but then I'd just be nit-picking. YP matches the energy of the beat with his flow and that's half the battle for me. Nice representation of talent right here.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 492 |
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The beat is definitely the strongest part of this track. YP's flow is pretty solid, but I'd like to hear more form him lyrically. I feel like the beat is so fresh, that it makes YP sound better than he should.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2011 |
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 326 |
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Great beat good rap
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| Posted on Apr 04, 2011 |
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