100s – IVRY (Fool’s Gold)

100s – IVRY (Fool’s Gold)

The Bay Area rapper 100s does cold-blooded pimp-rap so icily controlled that it’s almost prim, and he has the sense of hilarity that only a true dandy can show, kicking women out for trying to steal his conditioner. And now that he’s on Fool’s Gold, he’s got a roster of producers capable of cranking out the sharp, glinting ’80s synth-funk that his style demands. The result: the cleanest, prettiest, straight-up funkiest rap mixtape of the year, a genre exercise realized expertly. –Tom [LISTEN]