Thanks to an incendiary Lil Wayne hook and a booming beat from M16, Playaz Circle had scored a major crossover hit with “Duffle Bag Boy,” but the critical response to the album itself and the lack of a successful second single didn’t exactly signal longevity for Tity or Dolla Boy. Reid, ‘Duffle Bag’ is just a seed,” he raps resolutely.
“You see, I’m something that you never seen/Dear Mr. At the time, it was hard to picture 2 Chainz – then calling himself Tity Boi – lasting in rap for well over a decade. Reid.” The song is a mission statement in the form of a letter to the then-Def Jam label head. But a charming earnestness came through, particularly on Supply & Demand opener “Dear Mr. The flows are slow and simple, and the occasional excellent bar (“Walk into the Gucci store, honey, I'm home”) is overshadowed by a clunker (“I was so hungry, I could eat a house/Then shit it out, ‘til I figured out a different route”). 2 Chainz’s rapping on the pair of albums he made as part of Playaz Circle is nowhere near his peak form.
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