Gmb

Already a high roller in the Cali underground, Pac Div has been doing it since the mid-'00s; the original group started when its members were high schoolers. Several choice mixtapes followed (Sealed for Freshness, Church League Champions, etc.), plus a gang of good press and celebrity co-signs. GMB comes a year after Pac Div's first real album, The DiV, and continues the usual M.O. of bugged-out but catchy production mixed with slick wordplay about the ladies, top-shelf sneakers, and steady partying, Los Angeles–style. "The Return" plays like a radio-ready love letter to the Golden State and classic G-funk–era artists. The neck-breaking "It's All Love" sounds like it was recorded in 1992, and the organ-fueled "No Superman" could easily be a mysterious lost Pharcyde jam. Fellow indie-rap faves Kendrick Lamar, Blu, and Mac Miller all make appearances, as do Kurupt and DJ Battlecat on the Vocoder-laced "F*ck Y'all." Another impressive album from three of L.A.'s finest.