Just a few days in, this week's shaping up to be a great one for local hip-hop. The Guys dropped a fun video for their punchy, steel drum-driven bop anthem "Flee"; up-and-coming rapper Frank Leone released a moody, introspective track about violence called "Bump in the Night"; and the GTW came out with "Calling Cards," a tune that leans hard on the sound of So So Def, as his Jody bandmate Khallee threw down his first single, the sinuous "2Layers." But the release that's really been on my mind the past couple days is Welcome to Fazoland, the debut mixtape from drill rapper Lil Herb.…
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