If you are looking for some of the best instrumentals mixtapes around you need to check out one of Big Mike mixtapes titled Cruel Summer 2K3. This album features some of the biggest hits from Big Mike’s down south mixtapes including Pop Sh–” by O.D.B.; “We Make Hits” by Kanye West, featuring O.D.B.; Ja Rule freestyle; “The One Remix” by Jennifer Lopez, featuring Joe Budden. The covers of these down south mixtapes are some of the biggest reasons to purchase these instrumentals mixtapes, and the one for “Cruel Summer 2K3” is no exception. A machine-gun-toting Gary Coleman lookalike alerts you of the musical genius that awaits with this record from the big mike mixtapes collection.
One of the best tracks on this album is by Kayne West, who gets Dirt McGirt to help heckle inferior rappers, with his track titled We Make Hits. While teaming up in this song an infuriated Dirty poses the question, “Do anybody else make hits anymore?” while Kanyes slow drums and guitar rocks out in the background. Later, Dirty answers his own question.
Also included on this Big Mike mixtape is a track from Ja Rule and Fatal Hussein who continue to issue threats towards 50 cent, rapping that 50 can burn in hell. Ja Rule also admits that he is hated like jesus christ.While Ja Rule is busting on 50 cent, Hussein is being a little more lenient asking how 50 cent could have done a song with a wanksta snitch in reference to rapper Eminem.
Eminem does get a rebuttal when he teams up with European DJ Tim Westwood. Eminem raps over 50 Cent Wanksta beat and issues a few disses of his own towards Ja Rule and Hussein with such lines as “Damn, 50/ Your sh–‘s about to hit the fan, 50/ What the hell happened to Ja?/… You ’bout to play with his paper/ You finnin’ to mess up his chedda’.” All in all if you are looking for another one of the Big Mike mixtapes then Cruel Summer 2K3 is a must have for your collection. There is a large selection of other tracks on this CD as well that feature O.D.B, Pharrell Williams and Jay Z.