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Review: King Los' "Becoming King"

By: hotnewhiphop.comPosted On: 05/03/2013 6:48 P

After resigning with Diddy and Bad Boy, Los is finally ready to take his turn in the spotlight and reclaim the crown with his latest offering.

Since 1993, Sean “Diddy” Combs has always kept his finger on the pulse of trends in hip-hop music.  When he founded Bad Boy, he assembled a roster that included one of the greatest rappers of all time. Never one to rest on his laurels, Diddy continued to reinvent his label to stay current with the time. In the past year or two, the music mogul has placed Bad Boy at the forefront of hip-hop once again by signing 2012's break-out rapper French Montana and wild card Machine Gun Kelly to join the ranks of Red Café and Cassie.

One of the most promising artists on Diddy’s roster is King Los but this isn’t the Baltimore native’s first go round on Bad Boy. Los was signed to the label back in 2005 but due to “non-musical” reasons, the two parted amicably. Fast-forward seven years later and a steady flow of solid mixtape after mixtape , Diddy put in a call to the ever-grinding Los and resigned him.

This time around we see Los as a man who’s learned from his trials and tribulations, determined to grow from every experience in preparation for the throne. Patiently waiting for his turn to shine, Los now steps into the limelight with his latest offering, Becoming King. If it seems like he’s crowning himself as the chosen one, he is and he wastes no time saying as much, explaining why on the opening song which is also the title track.

Los wastes no time picking up from where he left off with his last mixtape, The Crown Ain’t Safe. In song after song, Los makes his claim for the throne. Always one to put out quality music, he enlists the help from some heavyweights in hip-hop such as Pusha T, Juicy J, Ludacris, Twista and Wiz Khalifa to prove his point on why he just may be the best artist on the Bad Boy roster.

If there’s any doubt that King Los deserves to be mentioned with some of the best rappers in the game, “Dope” squashes all reservations. Joined by Pusha T and Yo Gotti, Los proves his flow is just as deadly, if not more, than that dope cooked raw:

"To celebrate my new haters/ I just bring a new whip out/ End up fuckin your main girl/ Then part this shit at your bitch house/ Paid 100K for my necklace/ They wanna bring 100 Ks to my crib/ Nigga, it’s 100 ways to get got/ Then make you pay 100K for your kid"

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