Diggy Simmons borrows G.O.O.D. Music’s “New God Flow” instrumental.

Diggy borrows Big Sean and Meek Mill’s scorching track for “Burn”.

Another one from Unexpected Arrival, out now.

On paper, the prospect of an album from Diggy Simmons – the son of Rev. Run – seems like a big “no thank you”. Good looking kid rapper? Check. Born into money? Check. Skills…? Skills..? SKILLS??? Yes…..check. Yes, Run raised him right, as the young emcee definitely holds his own, as he first caught our attention two years back when he freestyled over Nas’ “Made You Look” on YouTube. But in today’s era of MTV reality shows and overnight success stories, how does Diggy’s debut, Unexpected Arrival fare?

Unfortunately, Diggy had a rough entry out the gate, with a lackluster first week in sales – still with under 50,000 copies sold to date – making him no Justin Beiber at the Billboard box office. It’s clear that bigger things were expected for young Diggy’s career, as much of the album presents him in a much softer light than presented on the mixtape scene. The album does start off on a more raw tip, with the grungy “Hello World” acting as a fitting introduction to the promising new emcee, or the abrasive “88″ with Jadakiss, which bangs with reckless abandon.

Midway through, the album ventures in more soulful territory, on tracks like “Two Up” or “Unforgivable Blackness”, both honest attempts at making music with substance. However as the album progresses, things get more syrupy, such as on “Special Occasion” – a dope track despite Tank’s overcooked hook – or “Glow In The Dark”, which suffers the same fate. The extended metaphor love-song “4 Letter Word” doesn’t achieve it’s desired effect, and by the time the otherwise tolerable “Do It Like You” (feat. Jeremih) hits, the album has already assaulted the listener with too many R&B hooks.

Judging from his single, Diggy wants to “bring ’88 back”, so to speak, but it’s clear he also wants to be some kind of teen heartthrob. Unexpected Arrival is overall an honest LP and a fair effort, but it’s clear that Diggy is still young, trying to find his identity. Despite a rocky debut, we expect good things from him in the future.

Leftover that didn’t make Diggy’s Unexpected Arrival.

Diggy is apparently upset with J. Cole for some lyrics on “Grew Up Fast”, where Cole spit the following lines: “Move along cock-sucker, ain’t got nothing to see / ‘less you talking blockbuster, you niggas is not Russell / You more Diggy, Me, I’m more Biggie / No diss to the young boy, I’m just rapping, get bored quickly”.

Here, Diggy responds in the second verse to Cole….

Here’s the video for Diggy’s single that dropped earlier this week, from his upcoming LP Unexpected Arrival, due March 20th.

From Diggy’s March 20th Atlantic Records release, Unexpected Arrival.

Diggy’s Atlantic debut is coming soon. Here’s a single aimed straight at radio.

LISTEN: Diggy – “Do It Like You” (feat. Jeremih)

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Son-of-Run hops on top of a Jungle Beats track, with a little help from DOE.

LISTEN: Diggy – “Everybody Late” (feat. DOE)

Via: Twitter

LISTEN: Diggy – “Oh Yeah” (feat. Lupe Fiasco + Pharrell)

Diggy Simmons is in good company here with this new joint, taken from his upcoming “Airborne” mixtape with DJ Spinking.

Here we go with a new clip of Summer Jam, this time with Diggy Simmons perfroming his track “Flow Stoopid.” This is from this last weekend at Summer Jam.

The child of Rev. Run – and also a nasty emcee – speaks with Sway of MTV about his career and what to expect from his music. Off camera, he added

“That’s something I really focus on, because a lot of my inspiration in music, they vary, from Lupe [Fiasco] to A Tribe Called Quest,” said Diggy, who also included Jay-Z and Nas among his favorites. “I love Mos Def. Real lyrical dudes in the game, that’s what I focus on. A lot of the time when you listen to music, you have no focus on what you listen to.

“I’m just letting people hear my music now,” Diggy said. “A lot of people are like, ‘Diggy raps? Ah, OK.’ Before they even hear it, they don’t even wanna hear it. They think it’s gonna be some bubblegum, kiddie-bop type of hip-hop. That’s not even the case.”

Lupe Fiasco stopped by for a quick one on one with Nina 9 of Hip-Hop Nation to discuss the All City Chess Club.

The first joint they’ll drop is the “I’m Beamin” Remix (it’s halfway done.) …He also said it’s not necessarily a group…it’s more like a movement.

Lupe: “Blu is probably the only MC in the game that scares me.”

The All City Chess Club is Lupe Fiasco, Blu, Asher Roth, B.o.B, The Cool Kids, Diggy, Charles Hamilton, Wale and J. Cole.

LISTEN: Lupe Fiasco Talks All City Chess Club With Nina 9 of Hip-Hop Nation (Audio)

Rev. Run’s rapping offspring impressed us all with his early leaked material, and very quickly signed with Atlantic Records. In the above clip, he tells BET about the signing.