My Krazy Life

Compton rapper YG and producer DJ Mustard have forged the type of symbiotic producer-rapper bond that's scarcely been seen on a mainstream field of play since Drake and Noah "40" Shebib. On YG's major-label debut, Mustard’s production and YG’s songwriting have both gone deliciously widescreen.

Check out our album review of Artist's My Krazy Life on Rolling Stone.com.

That leaves gangsta rap's birthplace, the West Coast, with little representation, but the 24-year-old -- and sounding much younger -- Compton kid known as Y.G. wants to bring all the gold home to the land of Cube, Snoop, Dre, and Eazy-E.

Though YG signed to Def Jam in 2009, it took him four years to create the 14-track masterwork My Krazy Life. After the album was pushed back...