Signed to the Streets explained

Signed to the Streets
Type:Mixtape
Artist:Lil Durk
Cover:Signed To The Streets Other Cover.png
Released:October 10, 2013
Recorded:2013
Length:51:19
Label:Only the Family
Prev Title:Life Ain't No Joke
Prev Year:2012
Next Title:Signed to the Streets 2
Next Year:2014

Signed to the Streets is a mixtape by American drill rapper Lil Durk, hosted by DJ Drama. It was released on October 10, 2013. The mixtape features production by Chase Davis, Dree The Drummer, Fade, Nito Beats, Paris Beuller, Sunny Norway, TGM, Young Chop and Zaytoven. The mixtape features a sole guest appearance from Lil Reese who appears twice on the mixtape.

Recording and reception

Lil Durk summarized the mixtape in an interview with MTV: "It's a lot more interesting. There's a lot more storytelling. It's different from my last mixtape but it’s still real rapping. I just stepped it up a notch. I got DJ Drama and he made it bigger."[1] Rolling Stone ranked Signed to the Streets eighth on its list of the top 10 mixtapes of 2013.[2] Stereogums Tom Breihan wrote that the mixtape "has the tough-minded energy that made so much of that drill stuff exciting in the first place, and it also has other things working for it: Hooks, songcraft, emotional force, a sound of its own."[3] Renato Pagnani of Pitchfork called it Lil Durk's "best mixtape yet. He continues to straddle the blurry line between singing and rapping, and his songwriting has grown tighter and more evocative with time. Before, his use of Auto-Tune felt a bit gratuitous, but now it's woven into his style more organically."[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Krishnamurthy. Sowmya. Lil Durk on 'Signed to the Streets' and Being Famous in Prison. MTV. June 3, 2013. February 19, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240219191401/https://www.mtv.com/news/xjchhk/lil-durk-signed-to-the-streets. February 19, 2024. dead.
  2. 10 Best Mixtapes of 2013. Rolling Stone. June 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20231015165035/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/10-best-mixtapes-of-2013-37990/. October 15, 2023. live.
  3. Breihan. Tom. Mixtape Of The Week: Lil Durk - 'Signed to the Streets'. Stereogum. SpinMedia. October 16, 2013. February 19, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240219192313/https://www.stereogum.com/1524871/mixtape-of-the-week-lil-durk-signed-to-the-streets/columns/status-aint-hood/. February 19, 2024. live.
  4. Web site: Pagnani. Renato. Overlooked Mixtapes 2013. Pitchfork. December 24, 2013. February 19, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240123153233/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9297-overlooked-mixtapes-2013/. January 23, 2024. live.