Sit and think about the insurmountable odds you have to face to get attention as a rookie in the rap industry, let alone on the Internet. First you have to prove you can actually spit (or at least do a damn good job faking it .) Then it’s either make a hit of your own that sweeps across the board or hijack the latest, greatest song of the moment to get your buzz circulating. But considering that there’s already a thousand or so treading the same boulevard, sometimes you have to wish upon your lucky star for that extra boost.

In Gotta Be Karim’s case, there isn’t an instrument in his arsenal that resembles the sounds of “routine”…or run-of-the-mill. Free of frills, fake, gimmicks and goofiness, his…LP 10,000 Apples (dare not call it a mixtape) is the exemplification of the Hip-Hop movement down to its core. His deliberate yet detailed delivery, flow across the music with the power of reason as well as the rhyme and with the majority of the production helmed by Black Spade of jack-my-beat-and-lie-about-it fame, you know the total package is equally soulful as it is stimulating.

Enough of this intro shit. Proceed for your fruit for thought.

For added measures of coercing so this doesn’t slip by you, here is a couple of samples.

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Download — Gotta Be Karim – “Natural Resources” (Produced By Nodzilla)

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Download — Gotta Be Karim – “De Ja Vue” (Produced By Black Spade)

Download — Gotta Be Karim – 10,000 Apples (Mixed By Trackstar the DJ) | Alt. Link

Visit Myspace.com/gottabekarim for Gotta Be Karim’s extensive background.