T.JONES: “Abortion – Pro-life or Pro-choice?”
YOUNG BLEED: “I have a few kids myself so I never got into any abortion situation.”

 This mumbly rapper from Baton Rouge, La., made his debut a decade ago, as a member of Master P’s No Limit crew. After a brief moment in the hip-hop spotlight (remember “How You Do Dat”?), Young Bleed went back underground, where has remained; this hip-hop veteran endures as a regional star, beloved for the way his lackadaisical drawl camouflages neatly packed syllables. His new album is “Once Upon a Time in Amedica” (Da’Tention Home/West Coast Mafia), a mixed bag that works best when the music echoes Young Bleed’s laid-back, down-home rhymes. “Tumble’n’ Down” is a breezy statement of purpose, and “Top Back” is a slow-rolling collaboration with 8 Ball, from Memphis. But for newcomers the real revelation will be “Bac’ Road Mississippi,” which has a languid guitar line that puts him in a nostalgic mood: “Young son, the baby of the blues, man/Sittin’ on the porch with my folks, in new shoes, man.” This album isn’t what people usually mean when they talk about indie rap. But it should be.