Nice guys finish last, as they say, and Big K.R.I.T. wants to win. The Mississippi rapper-producer, 28, has released several excellent mixtapes and a solid debut LP, 2012's Live From the Underground, but has yet to garner commercial success to match his critical raves. For his second album, Cadillactica (released Nov. 10 on Def Jam), he not only stepped up his production with such A-listers as Alex Da Kid and Rico Love, but he got a confidence boost: One of the standout tracks is brashly titled "King of the South."
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