Stalley at Trees

Maybach Music Group poet Stalley's newest mixtape, Savage Journey to the American Dream, features a Hollywood Squares-type roster of cameos: Rick Ross, Curren$y, 2 Chainz, Wale. It's also one of those hip-hop albums that feels very much a product of modern politics/geography/ideology, his introspective lyrics bumping up against dreamy, surreal...

By Audra Schroeder

August 16, 2012

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Maybach Music Group poet Stalley's newest mixtape, Savage Journey to the American Dream, features a Hollywood Squares-type roster of cameos: Rick Ross, Curren$y, 2 Chainz, Wale. It's also one of those hip-hop albums that feels very much a product of modern politics/geography/ideology, his introspective lyrics bumping up against dreamy, surreal beats. Kirby dominant, Playdough and Tycity round out this excellent lineup of dreamers and thinkers. Audra Schroeder

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