Tory Lanez's "The Godfather" Remains One Of His Best Cuts 10 Years Later

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Some of his best tracks come when he raps his behind off. This is one of those and it's spectacular.

This past weekend, Tory Lanez joined Travis Scott in rereleasing a 10-year-old mixtape. For the Canadian it came in the form of dropping Lost Cause onto DSPs. Fans of his know that this project is very important to his catalog, and it's also one of his earliest. It's a pretty foundational piece to the singer, rapper, and producer's identity, and it pretty much helped springboard him to stardom. Besides that, the tape just means a lot to Tory overall. He was struggling financially at that the time and Trina was there to help in so many ways, including with this project. We are happy its officially here and it's been fun to revisit it.

One of the tracks that we still enjoy thoroughly to this day from Tory Lanez on it is "The Godfather." It's a terrific closer and we feel it more than holds a candle to the rest of hits. In addition to it being a great song about his come up, this track also has a cool connection to HNHH. If you aren't familiar, the site had a huge hand in helping Tory release his "Fargo Fridays" series. "The Godfather" was a track that was a part of that collaboration with us, so it also some sentimental value to us. But bias aside, it's just a powerful moment in his catalog and an important one at that.

"The Godfather" - Tory Lanez

Quotable Lyrics:

We was just some little n****s
On and off the corner, just wanna be a baller
But I was just a little n****, just a little n****
And I hit me a lil' lick, same day I got rich
Then I drop six hundred, told them b****es, "I'm big homie"
Told them n****s they done turn me to the old me

About The Author
Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.
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