Judging from the acquaintances Poka's made over the last few years, my educated guess is that his new prospect involves either Aftermath, Shady Records or Def Jam, where Jay-Z is the newly installed president (though this is sheerly my own speculation). Nonetheless, the G-funk-heavy, West Coast-styled Mastermind proved to this skeptic that Poka's got the skills to make monster strides in the national rap game, if his decision-making this time around is based on the reputation of the label he gets with rather than the dollar signs on the contract he's handed.
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