Review by Loose Cannonz

DJ Kay Slay - Down With The King 3

You can't handle the amount of exclusive tapes that come out daily, nevermind weekly, monthly or yearly... The two reasons for that? Big Mike and Kay Slay. No other mixtape DJ's are on their game more than these two, and it's awfully hard sometimes to differentiate between the two mixtapes they present. Kay Slay is the King of the Streets, but Mike remains on his tail, or oftentimes in the fastline with no directional. So here lies two tapes, both containing the 50 Cent and Game beef tracks--The Game eats him on this one, I'm wondering why son wasn't this ferocious with it on The Documentary...--and "Touch It" Remixes that are so dope, you're getting sick of how many times Sirius is banging them out. The year 2006 is the Year of Busta Rhymes. On the mixtape circuit, luckily for Kay Slay, every year is the Year of Papoose. Pap's found that this is the primary outlet he's working with, and so far no one's gonna disagree. In my review of the 2nd part of this edition I was saying how Kay Slay is slowly "getting it." Meaning, he's opting to do things a little differently, perhaps broaden the horizons away from just street/gangsta shit for a minute. This time, Kay takes a step backward. The material is still lethal; there's some Lloyd Banks exclusive heaters (one at only 52 seconds long), and Lil Eazy-E takes it back to Dre vs. Father-E with his jabs at, who else, Game. That's where it stops. It's not hard to find or hear the other tracks on this disc without coppin' it (i.e. Remy Martin's album dropped before her songs on this tape). The Mobb Deep banger and two Rick Ross joints are all over Sirius (if you ain't got that yet, you playing yaself), and both the Nas' "Jackin 4 Beats 06" and Kanye's "Dear Mama Remix" with Papoose were on Dirty Harry's The Warriors (and he's not even an exclusive DJ!). "Seven Days A Week," a bay area getup from Atlas and C-Note, is the highlight here. I'm not kidding. If you only cop Kay Slay, or at least look to him as your SOURCE, then this mixtape is a no-brainer. Otherwise, Blackhand's Prinz lacks what Grafh has (a tight flow), making this one a skip.

RATING SYSTEM
	Trash
	Step Ya Game Up
	Diehards only
	In the Deck
	Straight Crack
	Among Year's Best
	Mixtape Classic