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Breath of Fresh Air

Marchitect

Y'all polluting this big rap ocean

Fill drum like poison dump them off and have them floating

And now it's leaking and now it's seeping

Into the radio mix every weekend

But when it comes to technique freaking

They got the game distorted like some levels that are peaking

Reaching for things that are out of your grasp

I'm pouring lyrics like the liquor poring out of your flask

I might have to find a couple companies

For signing silly rappers who think that they can fuck with me

This is rap alternative

A break from the suckers rapping like they still learning it

Jas Mace

Who got the hot flow like volcanoes

Straight from the top 49ers got the knock

Will the biting ever stop, let a hungry man eat

Why you rapping over other peoples beats on your new release

22 tracks and 90% is wack

The rest is okay, shit I want my money back

And you wonder why they download songs

Because like Velcro they are tired of being ripped off

I want quality beats, quality rhymes

No more oregano flow, quality dimes

Yeah, it's time to switch the gears

Take off your mask little homie it's a breath of fresh air

Hook (2xs)

We're coming with a breath of fresh air

Fresh rhymes with the fresh ideas

Do another show in some new fresh gear

Have them like yes yeah, to this here

Jas Mace

Aw man we done it again

It's a breath of fresh air for those sick of the trends

Got my mind going in circles feel my plight

It's like the Indi500 can't do nothing right

Everything on the radio's sounding the same

Tough guys in these videos are corny and lame

Sometimes I think y'all sweet too concerned with dudes

The 49ers gonna take you to another altitude yeah

Above the smog, above the clouds

It's a bird's eye view to see the dumb shit we do

When the cash gets flashed y'all don't know how to act

Scared to rap from the heart because y'all was phony from the start check it

Marchitect

You need to trade the mic for some Playdo

Before you're lying in some spit like Ramo

We stay connected like the ends of halo

They can't rap but just act good like J-lo

All these dudes is really getting me wild

Skills busted like 2/3rds of Destiny's Child

But then again they only started last week

Flowing in computers on retarded ass beats

That they jacked from the kid shopping beats trying to come up

Swearing that they're cool as Fonzarelli with they're thumbs up

But when we run up, it's like the National Debt

49 the international threat

Hook (2xs)

We're coming with a breath of fresh air

Fresh rhymes with the fresh ideas

Do another show in some new fresh gear

Have them like yes yeah, to this here

I Don't Want No

Jas Mace

Now I don't want no wack emcees

To even think about rhyming on the Beat Machines

And I don't want no pork on my plate

I'd rather wine and dine with a nice round steak

And I don't want no bitch in my face

Trying to get me for my money like she's down with Jas Mace

Cause, man I'm really sick of the hoes

You should see them when we chilling back stage at the shows

And I don't want no fraudulent kats

Trying to get up in my crew, just to stab me in my back

And I don't want another four years

Of blood, sweat, and tears we got to get him out of here

And burn this bush, set it a blaze

It's the only way we're ever gonna see some better days

And I don't want to hear your sob stories

Can you dig it, kid, I ain't your mother fucking mea ticket

Hook (2xs)

If you ain't from my clan, then just back up man

We do it for our fam the ones the ones who love it and

The ones who stay on the grind even when we're struggling

Laugh now but we gonna be laughing when things is bubbling

Jas Mace

I don't want to deal with A&Rs

Trying to tell me what's hot and how to make me a star

I ain't trying to make a wack beat

Just to move some units in the street bitch please

I don't want to deal with y'all

I'd rather do it by myself then even fuck with y'all

Cause nowadays they're moving like snakes

I'm like a wack dj, can't even catch a break

And I don't want to take what's yours

But the system's fucked up they're trying to take what's mine

And, I don't want to find out

One of my boys took the wrong route, he needs a time out

I hope he realize that we got love for him

So let's get it together cause we don't live forever

I don't want to be a flash in the pan

So I'm gonna make my stand and be man come on

Hook (2xs)

If you ain't from my clan, then just back up man

We do it for our fam the ones the ones who love it and

The ones who stay on the grind even when we're struggling

Laugh now but we gonna be laughing when things is bubbling

Jas Mace

I don't want to hear no more raps about

Getting shot, cooking crack, or busting caps

Cause, everything sounds the same

Got me falling asleep to this boring ass game mane

I don't want to really start stressing

About an industry founded on expression

But now they put a sticker on our lips

We can't get no money if we ain't doing the same shit

Hook (2xs)

If you ain't from my clan, then just back up man

We do it for our fam the ones the ones who love it and

The ones who stay on the grind even when we're struggling

Laugh now but we gonna be laughing when things is bubbling

Champagne

Marchitect

Brother my rhymes the rap that it slaps the black actor

Five seconds into the flick the sick rapper

Mad suckers running their lips like Mick Jagger

I gotta deal with Duracell because of how they get battered

They're cartoon rappers only right they get splattered

Only right they get madder than cattle or the hatter

They're like the president because what they say ain't never matter

I sever matter, like a professor breaking atoms

They slept in when I crept in but now they're up and at 'um

Like a No-Doze overdose straight got comatose

Wash all up like dirty water rolling over stones

It gets deep like Oliver Stones overtones

It hits close to home give your bones a jones

All year round slamming suckers like Bones Malone

I do a show then hit the road like a motor home

So never let it happen like you see me sitting home alone

Hook (2xs)

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends

The 49ers got 'um crammed in

Every beat that I fuck with is slammin'

In every country, every city that I land in

Marchitect

You holding on the words that I didn't say

You ain't gonna hurt nobody like Kid N Play

Playing hoops the only way you gonna move a brick a day

Why front, you know you need to sit and pray

Because I do do a lot of bullshit in a way

Of getting a pay, getting away, catching a ray

With a fox like Jamie get the box and just play me

Need the brother with the knock never hesitate to say me

Stab a meet decathlete dismantle the sport

And I kill a cut like Emanuel Stewart

Cause I was destined to flip it like the channel before

You know the one who wack rappers' galore and further more

Hook (2xs)

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends

The 49ers got 'um crammed in

Every beat that I fuck with is slammin'

In every country, every city that I land in

Marchitect

Yo I got my hand up in the right pot put my feet up in the right spot

Move like a cheetah when the night drops

I be a rapper what a cataract is to a Cyclops

You're full of air just like the back of fucking hi-tops

Or mop tops give me the top pie

So why you so surprised your girlie has to stop by

And it's a shame to see the world going loco

Like Tone Loc with an Uzi on train to Acapulco

You finally got you lute, you ready to shoot up

You ready to get your jewels snatched like Montezuma

And I presumed the punks spreading all the rumors

Hide and go inside when I'm spreading all the tumors

And tremors and dilemmas when the quake fucks the room up

You hear the glass is dropping then awake and pick the broom up

Damn, just to think last week

You was the world's best rapper rapping over wack beats

Hook (2xs)

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends

The 49ers got 'um crammed in

Every beat that I F with is slammin'

In every country, every city that I land in

Music

Marchitect

Marchitect why you always got the bomb tracks

Because I record in a board with more channels than Comcast

I got at your whore like it's '74 and I'm The Commodores

So let me tell you what I'm rhyming for

Musical lovers that are choosing to bump us

The amps shaking the trunk up until they're loosing their bumpers

I got an arsenal of 45's I keep them in crates

Keep it on the reel to reel you steady keeping it fake

And some of y'all thugs get a standing ovation

Singing like a bird at the police station

Barry Gordy style can't resist the temptation

All choked up like smoke inhalation

So we ain't gonna play it no more like Benny King

Sometimes I feel like y'all be rapping over anything

But it's cool, I probably still got ya CD

Dollar bills tax free so it's nothing to me

To just try it, buy it, take it off the rack

Take out the pack and put that bullshit back

Catch a high on a high flight homie check the eye site

Even when it's cold I compose like a Chi-lite

Hook

Vinyl, cassettes, dats, and CDs

Dub plates even mp3s

It's M-U-S-I-C

And see, that's all that really matters to me

So we, gonna put it on the player and we groove to it

And even all the haters gotta move to it

Jas Mace

We went from wax, to 8-tracks, cassettes, then CDs

But whatever way you put it's just music to me

A lot of people think I'm crazy you should see my collection

It's a wide range of artist even country western

See I'm a producer and respect the game

I don't only buy records for samples that shit's lame

Gotta get in tune with it and make the connection

Even when there's no reception like a marriage with no wedding

Good music is good music I ain't too choosey

It's like hearing BDP for the first

Man, it made me want to loose it

A lot of y'all ain't doing it right and disrespecting the art

Trying to make a quick buck and get your name on the charts

But how the saying go, easy come easy go

While y'all sprinting for the finish I'm in for the long run

I'm trying to make a classic, while you trying to take the cash and dash you're wack man

Hook

Vinyl, cassettes, dats, and CDs

Dub plates even mp3s

It's M-U-S-I-C

And see, that's all that really matters to me

So we, gonna put it on the player and we groove to it

And even all the haters gotta move to it

Earth's Rotation

Hook (2xs)

All yeah we heard that you're waiting

For the crew that keeps the rap game percolating

All up in your city trying to kick it for the nation

Keep the music in tuned with the earth's rotation

Jas Mace

Check how the black plates rotations

And revolves like the earth around the sun it's all in unison

Everything pushes for an equilibrium

That's why the 49ers swinging back like a pendulum

To put this shit in order, my patience is getting shorter

They crossed the line like Elian swimming for the boarder

What's out of balance eventually must fall

So we stand tall keeping our foundation strong

We live long mother fucker and evolve with time

But some of y'all stay the same and I can hear it in your rhymes

See, we combined two extremes then came up with a mean

It's so fresh and so clean like Outkast out the washing machine

Ain't nothing wrong with pursuing your dreams

Don't let them hold you down and turn us into machines

A non-conformist who be thinking with his own mind

24-7, 365

Hook (2xs)

All yeah we heard that you're waiting

For the crew that keeps the rap game percolating

All up in your city trying to kick it for the nation

Keep the music in tuned with the earth's rotation

Marchitect

Man I keep it flyer than a hand bill

I got my comp like the planes on stand still

I take the jam to land where no man will

We're like the truth that the FBI can't kill

We're like the venom that we spit up on the cordless

Every girlie that I'm seeing is gorgeous

Because that's how it is when 49ers touch down

Bash them like Rathmen what you suckers want now

My mind bust rhymes now I'm kicking it and getting it

And that's straight up and down like Prime Meridian

As I rap around the world like the equator

Keep it humble, push my own buttons in the elevator

To the top of the globe but a globe is a sphere

That's topless like the girls right here

49ers got the questions at hand

Before we start to plug the mic up better get what you can yo

Hook (2xs)

All yeah we heard that you're waiting

For the crew that keeps the rap game percolating

All up in your city trying to kick it for the nation

Keep the music in tuned with the earth's rotation

Mesmerized

Marchitect

Blew my mind without the nine

She's banging like the beat without the rhyme

And I find she shines like a diamond that sits on one's wrist

Real simple like a track that fits on one disk

Had to have her grab her when the sun sets

Achieving oneness never knew what comes next

Something came over me but wouldn't that be fun to see

Rushed in like Wilber Montgomery

All my other girls started looking really dumb to me

But if you would have told me then that you wouldn't fuck with me

After a couple of years it got rocky

Like Clubber Lang when the boy got sloppy

She got me for my dollars got me for my cents

Got me for my Aquimini and my incense

Got me getting bent cause now I'm late with my rent

Taking shorts like my temper getting heated like the vents yo

Break (Dj Rob Flow)

Jas Mace

Now as I think back it doesn't make sense

I went head first not thinking of the consequence

Man, I should have played it cool

But I ain't never fall this fast I couldn't help but play the fool

Since the first day of school she sat next to me in class

Man I'm telling ya, an Asian from the Korean Peninsula

Foreign exchange never tainted by capitalism

Level headed not influenced by materialism

We went all year without speaking

Until the last week of class when she asked for my notes over the weekend

That was the spark that lit the fire

Instant messages until today became the prior

We both understood it wouldn't last that long

At the end of fall semester man she had to fly home

14 days never went so fast

Now she's back in South Korea and I'm thinking of the past

Break (Dj Rob Flow)

Marchitect

Learned my lesson like a pupil

Cause if you look into my pupils you'll see I got used like a loophole

And took the weight like a scapegoat

Paid the bills and next week I awake broke

But I can see clearly cause it's over now

Head racing severely like Dover Downs

Jas Mace

The one thing you'll never stop

Is the hands of a clock

It's always gonna tick

And it's always gonna tock

You're working on the sun's time

So seize the opportunity before its bed time

Because days become hours, then hours become minutes

Until minutes become seconds damn I learned my lesson

Windows Down

Jas Mace

It's a beautiful day to sit back and parlay

I'm a call off of work and we gonna kick with these skirts

Because the girls look so good

In bathing suits that look like lingerie I'm wishing this was everyday

And escape from reality, ain't thinking about the system

Or the pressures of capitalism, man I'm just living

When the sun's shining bright it seems like everything is right

Ain't a cloud in sight, no gun shots or fights

Everybody got their windows down music playing loud

The sounds of basketball and children laughter saturate the background

And all around town it's like a car exhibition

Old folks on the porch with their cups reminiscing

It's a party out on every block

I like the way she got her hair up and her stomach showing damn this girl is hot

And her girls are looking good too

About to call up my crew and we gonna kick before the nights through

Hook (2xs)

We're riding with the windows down

So holla at me when I'm in your town

First I push it to the left, and then I hook a right

Never nothing less tell me what it's looking like

Marchitect

Woke up in the morning had the yearning for verbs

Nouns, metaphors, and the girls with the curves yeah

Spell it write when you signing my check

And I don't worry about thing cause I'm rhyming correct

Put the music in the air flying by high zoning

Dipping through your city in the ride like the Ronin

Or on the countryside zoning

The fresh air out there got a brother wide open

Looking good when I'm going to a gathering

Never spill a drop when the drink starts splattering

Girls start chattering, when we post up

When it comes to scoring points, we put the most up

It ain't Dr. Erv, it ain't Karl Malone

Can't stop swerving in the cars that we own

Last place I went they said that I love your accent

Touching down in a plane like Bo Jackson

Hook (2xs)

We're riding with the windows down

So holla at me when I'm in your town

First I push it to the left, and then I hook a right

Never nothing less tell me what it's looking like

Jas Mace

It's like the night ain't even start and I'm already tipsy

Got the Henny, Remi, Paul Mason, it's on

So put the kids to bed we on some grown man ish

Late night barbequing man I know what I'm doing

And I ain't new to this I've been doing this for a minute

And I've been sprinting ever since the line of scrimmage ya heard

Ain't no gimmicks it's more than business that's why we in it

For the love of the music, the money, the women, and children come on

Marchitect

Whether you're a star in a car or you let the motorcycle spin

Keep that paper coming in like a recycle bin

The ocean's looking good and I might go in

And I'm gonna sting 'um with the fashion when the night begins

We'll have a party tell a shorty to invite her friends

Hit the pool, act a fool, and then invite her in

I hope nobody gets me for my lighter when

We light the night up until the next time we ride again

Hook (2xs)

We're riding with the windows down

So holla at me when I'm in your town

First I push it to the left, and then I hook a right

Never nothing less tell me what it's looking like

Fort Knocks

Jas Mace

Competition gets defeated when I grab the mic and beat it

Calling Jesus take a seat like a paraplegic

You won't stand up put ya hand up to acknowledged

I rob 'um and roll up extra strength on you dickheads like condoms

Spot 'um standing there trying to be cute

But I'm gonna fuck up his whole shit like error 141 reboot

Get the lute and drop the phat rhymes

Always on time like sympty, simply don't tempt me

Or find your fucking ass clutching crutches

Drew got the dutches The Outfit, we bring the ruckus

Get cracked like a bass head, instead I'll turn your mugg red like Kool-Aid

I be the storm that rains on your parade

The masquerade is through, run for your crew and let's recite

I flip more words than Vanna White because me and mic are tight

Let's get it right, one thing I'm not is a hater player

But if you bring it to my face Jas Mace won't hesitate to slay ya

I be the, tri-state terror

I'll split your wig like a part and then depart with your heart

Back to the 49 where we write the rhymes that be hittin'

Getting rid of flappin' turning rappers into born again Christians

Wishing that you could be me

But you better study ophthalmology before you try seeing me

Hook

The fort knocks, for blocks and blocks it don't stop

A yo, it rocks and rocks and rocks

The 49 is the fort that got the suckers coming short

We get busy on the track and let 'um know where it's at

Marchitect

Who's next to flex and grab the mic to wreck

In full effect you guessed one of 49's best

Check one, check two like a compulsive shopper

Hang with the fattest show rockers and the tightest rhyme droppers

I can never slack on a track that's anti-wack

You're a sap, you're girl got you coming out the pocket like a quarterback

That's ain't my style, my style is the purest

Flip the script and make the hits pull files like a manicurist

Plus say riot and I'm in it, pro-black

Grab a 45 and cause 33 revolutions per minute

Hold records like a crate and static like dusty needles

But that was yesterday now I let it be like The Beatles

Anyone can make a sucker run from a gat

But I can grab a mic and make a brother run from my raps

You'll be analyzing and memorizing what you hear

You'll need a Q-tip to get the remnants of my wax out your ear

A rap ruler dropping 12 inches it's a cinch kid

Easy to flip it and get you open like hinges

Syringes could never be sharper on the track

I take my time like a watch thief and make you move your back

In fact, I'm busting raps that have the fans scoping

So wear a helmet, cause when I catch wreck I'm getting heads open

Design my own rhymes would have it no other way

I do my own thing and ignore what others say

You walk around the town with a posse that fronts

I didn't even curse ones still made you look like a dunce

Marchitect and Jas Mace makes sucker crews panic

Run frantic or get swallowed up like Atlantis

Puppets

Jas Mace

I thought a man's supposed to have a heart of his own

But every time she snaps her fingers you come running home

What happened to your vertebra I heard a story yesterday

They said you're wearing matching clothes and looking real gay

Identity theft my man what's next

And you ain't even getting sex a rest haven until the last breath

She wears the pants and leads the dance

It's time to cut the strings you're buying her rings

And you ain't even got enough to pay the rent

All man, she holds your money like a rubber band

If it was love I'd understand

But she's using you man I guess you can't see the plan

She's trying to get rich and not do shit

But manipulate and by the time you realize it's gonna be too late

She gives commands and you sitting there doing it

I guess you're just a puppet, and she's the ventriloquist

His a puppet, in private and public

Swinging on a string it ain't thing because he love it

His a puppet and don't think nothing of it

Swinging on a string controlled by what's above it

Marchitect & Jas Mace

You started in the basement grinding it out

Spent all your time writing rhymes and never came out the house

Dreamed of big things cars and big rings

Planes with big wings gonna party no doubt

You was real and had the love of the streets

But the streets wasn't enough they made you change your beats

Change your clothes change your rhymes

Now it's too late to even change your mind

They got you throwing gang signs like you're straight out the hood

Had it cracking for a week and now you're played out for good

Singing on all your cuts now you're doing romances

Flaunting money, looking funny doing dances

And that would be cool if it came from your heart

But you're scrambling like a sucker rearranging your art

You started off right there was a time when they was loving it

Can't make your own words can't make your own moves

You're a puppet, in private and public

Swinging on a string it ain't thing because you love it

You're a puppet and don't think nothing of it

Swinging on a string controlled by what's above it

Marchitect

Rich boy from Texas tried to run the place

Knowing that he wasn't even from the place

New England bred, silver spoon fed

Don't want to do the work he wants to party instead

He want to be like pops with real life props

Nice crib, nice digs, oil rigs, and white yachts

When in the right spot, he soon found out

That black gold buys elections down south

It ain't sweet in the catbird seat

When the puppeteer steers every word you speak

And when you finally got in the house

Enemies popping up like they were Oscar the Grouch

You went too far to turn back

A title of a fool and you rightfully earned that

But I can't get mad at the kat

It ain't him, it's probably all them hands in his back

Can You Feel That?

DOE

Staring at the walls of the booth my mind tends to drift

Like a crashed plane leaving survivors lost on an island

My pent up rage got me locked in a cage

Like a Rikers Island inmate barely surviving

My thought process is to keep on striving

I ran out of gas but I keep on driving

I feel negativity but keep on sliding

The positive is pushing me to keep on riding

The saxophones in the beat put me where I want to be

Like Jas Mace going hard rocking for the cheap seats

Or A-C-E in front of the MP

Going hard pushing keys trying to make that heat

But things change I realize it ain't the same

Where it's cheaper to buy a grill than cop the propane

Surrounded by hood rats, pimps, pushers, and trash

Where bags of green cost the same as gas

So I get high, instead of going to my gear

Talked the same but I spent it looking fly as a saint

But Geo said vanity will take away your sanity

To advocate the evil like Keanu Reeves regals

Drop ragtops with gold Daytons attached

Went to school but the rap was my goal so I snapped

In the age where we drop out to pump crack

Rock Tims, hold gats, tecs cock back

Motivated by the thugs from the south

Track track boys on the map, crunk beats in the back

Man, how you love that

How you love that

This my mind set if you feel that

Come and rock with the kid how you love that

We got the roof back skylines the ceiling

Oh you love that, fly's how I'm feeling

Jas Mace

Everyday is like a new year, a new beginning

Gotta get up with the sunrise wipe the sleep from my eyes

Trying to make it through life with no surprises

But it's tough when you gotta juggle work kids and college

Not to mention your girl wants the time she deserves

So I really can't get mad at the girl

This world is a fucked up place but I make the best of it

And don't expect nothing less from it

Even though it makes me sick in my stomach because the rich gotta run it          

Life's a bitch but we done it to ourselves

Turned heaven to hell and turned paradise into a cesspool some damn fools

Y'all know the rules to the game

It's like the Yin and the Yang ain't a damn thing changed

This pen be my remedy

Cause I'm still making dope lines like the coke heads of the 70's

This my mind set if you feel that

Come and rock with the kid how you love that

We got the roof back skylines the ceiling

Oh you love that, fly's how I'm feeling

Regain Control

Hook (Dreez)

Make no mistake we create our own fate

And so, let's go

Don't hesitate ain't got no time to waste

To regain control, regain control

Jas mace

Don't you love it when the sun's shining like perfect diamonds

No more cold days make you want to live another way

I know times get hard, leave you mentally scarred

When everyday you're living broke and this life is a joke

You lost all hope, but just maintain

Because after the rain they'll be sunshine again

I'm screaming fuck the fame what's in a name

But fake money and friends, the means rarely justify the ends

It's all a disguise let's organize

And get the blind fold from off our face and prioritize

Open your eyes, let the light adjust your sight

I know you want proof but it ain't hard to see the truth

Try to open a book and look, research yourself

Let's get it together there's much more to life than wealth

I see clearly now the rain is gone

Meditate for a minute now the pain is gone

You gotta get up get out and get something

Don't let the days of your life pass by

You gotta get up get out and get something

Don't spend all your time trying to get high

Boogala

I want to start my own business so what's holding me back

It must be the arms of laziness that's keeping me trapped

In the dryer of stagnation suspend my elevation

Drowning in the air of the time that I'm wasting

I can't turn my back on what I need to be facing

So this year I subtract doubt and add patience

Abolish mental slavery and free my mind

The poetical architect it's success that I design

Travel through lives tunnels in due time I see the shine

Because the light waits to greet me I move discretely

In silence, I let my bank account speak in volumes

Get up or lay down and the that's the bottom line

And it's sponsored by the line that I'm trying to be on top of

The CEO of my life's decisions

Word to Fred Sanford I'm a have my own business

My life my life my life

I'm a life it, sincerely

Hook (Dreez)

Make no mistake we create our own fate

And so, let's go

Don't hesitate ain't got no time to waste

To regain control, regain control

Jamal Isaac

I used to watch flicks by Freddie Kruger

And now I smoke spliffs and carry rugers

Poor out some Genius for those niggas that finished

Replenish their soul but are you talking a limes or lemons

Rhymes is business and it's business as usual

You see the math like the image of numerals

Pure the cure when exposed it trembles

Like the feeling of up in the club when your love's resembled

To the chest like stray shots or straight shots

It's the reason why us peaceful niggas hate cops

Jas rocks Bully rocks yeah we all rock

Every next New Year let the ball drop

Jamal I-I to the Isaac

Let's take a little trip deep like Poseidon

Beats be inside me, my heart is a kick

And since I've started to spit, yo the harder it kicks

A yo I start to flinch as I try not to say it

But my lips is like an oowop as I start to spray it

My lips is like an oowop as I start to spray it

My lips is like an oowop, yeah you know the rest

Zig

In this profession ain't no time for questions

You in or your out I'm a write with the pen until it's out

And every word that I send from my mouth

I confirmed, if it ain't your concerns then you need be out

I feel hip-hop needs me out

A lot of kats talking thug when they scarred to leave the house

Fawcett flow, verbs stay leaking out

Floss the flow with no doe to speak about

Liquid plumber I'm bump until my shit come out

Kick the drummer accapella flow spit come out

Forget the Hummer I need more fans this summer

Zig, Jas, and the Bully make hits come out

So get a grip, or better yet cop the Grip

My flow will make a killer want to hop and skip

And I ain't talking about nines and what they poppin' with

Yo you better heed the words that the prophet spit it's like

Hook (Dreez)

Make no mistake we create our own fate

And so, let's go

Don't hesitate ain't got no time to waste

To regain control, regain control

Why I Don't Know

Why's she skeezin' this season, I don't know

Why this girl committing treason, I don't' know

Why she lying I'm believing, I don't know

Why she saying that she leaving, I don't know

Harun Karim

I'm an organ donor, I'll slide up in if you let me

Let me into your heart and I'm sure you won't forget me

Cause we got one love deuce deuce for troubled times

Forties suffice, I can get nice and pay the crime

Black Don Juan running game like Jackie Joyner

You the first to act ill and the first to point the pointer man

You feel it's real yeah you feel it's real

From the bottom of my heart to the top of the steel

From the appetizer to the main course meal

I think of you on two occasions and you know the deal

When I first saw you, I said what I gotta do to get her

Threw a couple of brews in my system and start to sweat her

Better get together because my game's so nice

I ain't sweating the lyrics because my rhymes precise

Contemplated then initiated the flow

She ate it, then reciprocated I know

First question, do you have a man

She said no I don't, I said you gotta understand

I don't be running around with somebody else's shortie

Just a few things I picked up from Papa Gordy

She said no problemo, I hear you loud and clear

Then I proceed to whisper in her ear

Why's she skeezin' this season, I don't know

Why this girl committing treason, I don't' know

Why she lying I'm believing, I don't know

Why she saying that she leaving, I don't know

Harun Karim

As I proceed to give you what you need you shank

While I'm treating you right, you taking me to the bank

On a crazy withdrawal when I'm all about deposits

The grapevine swears you got bones up in the closet

And on top of that, you really got a man

You said no I don't, I said you gotta understand that

Baby baby you sadly mistaken

Because I ain't the one for your moves to be fakin'

So don't even speak because I ain't trying to listen

Concentrate on a cure I'm sure you'll find something missing

Like g's lead to keys, keys lead to hoes,

Hoes lead to lies, anything goes

Jas Mace knows the oodles and the o's

And the eyes of the original mass is the physical

Change your spiritual this is a lyrical

For one, girl I hope you get the job done

What's the reason for the skeezin', I don't know

Why's my queen committing treason, I don't' know

Why's she do the things she does, I don't know

Why'd she say she was in love, I don't know

Jas Mace

Let me start it like this it began with a kiss

Under the steps a mutual agreement was next

After six months everything was cool

We went to different schools so she tried to play me as another fool

She didn't follow the rules she kept another

And kept me in the dark I was only food for the sharks

The spark that lit my fire wasn't her desire

It's a shame, I gave her water and she threw it on my flame

She ran her game and stuck her cleats on my soul

I guess she called my bluff cause now I'm forced fold and give it up

I'll keep it straight like noon

All alone in my room because time heals wounds

And after seven moons I got a call on the phone

Talking about she feels blue and how she wants to start a new

I won't forget the past but everyone deserves a second chance

I think I'll ask my crew, what am I supposed to do

What You Got

Marchitect

Well it's the rhymer with the drama for you and yours

I make niggas touch the ceiling, make bitches get the drawers

Then hit the doors, but don't let them hit you where the lord split you

My style is too developed and you always get the picture

Hit you with weapons and let the undertaker take you

Shake you, bake you, now it's time to meet your maker

You only illustrate the fact that you can't hold me

For real, what's the deal on that weak tape you sold me

Jas Mace

Rappers are below me your crew couldn't hold me in a microphone dispute

You bet I'll take the lute when I shoot

These lyrical injections it's got you practicing

And where I'm from they don't allow it but I'm still taxin'

Now I'm asking, who got you block on lock

It's The Outfit never hesitant to blow the spot

You got a lot of clothes but I hear no skills on the mic

I take flight like Pan AM and drop bombs like Japan

Marchitect

Kaboom give me room so I can drop this dynamite

I take flight into the night with tight rhymes to recite

I make a beat in a minute and now you're finished

Diminished I pop eyes without the aid of spinach

And punk emcees for their checks girls who front on the sex

Feel little like Malcolm when they become my ex

I rock beats that make you want to get off the wall

Spring on stage seasons change and emcees fall

Jas Mace

Now all y'all better realize Jas Mace don't disguise

That fact that you was wise

Not to confront the creator of Blunt

Your bitch was acting like a dick so I gave her what she want

Don't front on that ass when you pass the 49

That's where we write the rhymes by tons and none consist of guns

Don't represent but repent back to your vill

And don't listen to your mom when she says you got skills

What you got, beats and the rhymes that connect

And what you doing, my sole purpose is catching wreck

I don't stop, can't quit, got a hit never miss

Because we do it like that and now we do it like this

Jas Mace

I love to cash checks, I love the opposite sex

I love to catch wreck, plus I'd love to break your neck

Because you wack, and everybody knew this

I'm fat as Stacy Dash plus I'll leave that ass clueless

And like 16 ounces you get pounded

Rounded, I'm trying to make these dollar bills to billions

Ain't no killing you softly, I want to hear you scream

Jas Mace and Marchitect we represent the dream team

Marchitect

A yo, scream if you want it holler if you need it

Your battle raps as dumb as a drum now watch me beat it

And scrape your face on a cheese grader because I hate a

Corny entertainer or a skill-less beat creator

I never needed a closet to hang with The Outfit

It's Marchitect, you know what I'm about bitch

So are you crazy trying to daze me

Why you think I got dreads cause can't nobody fade me

Jas Mace

I keep it straight like 180

You rappers couldn't bake me if your name was Kevin

I'm rolling dice and hitting 7's and 11's

So doors get blown and chumps get thrown out the window

And when I say go let me hear your wack flow

You know you ain't freestyling, so stop lying

You kicked those same rhymes last week on the island

Always smiling, cause wack emcees humor me

And before I blew up, I still got more ass than South St.

Marchitect

Feel the heat when I burn until a crisp

I break it up like this got a hit and never miss

For years, I've been here giving crews the blues

No pouch, but still hold my own like kangaroos

Suckers bite my style but I'll never sweat it

Because my style's like equality, niggas is never gonna get it

Forget it, get those crazy thoughts out your head

Because I blow and I flow until the mics are dead

What you got, beats and the rhymes that connect

And what you doing, my sole purpose is catching wreck

I don't stop, can't quit, got a hit never miss

Because we do it like that and now we do it like this

The Livest

Jas Mace

I make more tracks than needles with base heads

This man's dead when he take my name in vein it's a dag gone shame

I get low down, skip the show down, go down to the corner block

Big up to Jackson Heights it don't stop where I rock

A fortified 49er, bringing forty figures to your front porch

So what's up

You can't front on the Outfit shit, the 49 clique be doing it

No matter who you are you be loving it

Rubbing it like ointment appointments made with superstars

Ride around in super cars I plan to get super large

But for now I just lounge with my true heads

The ones that want to see me dead fuck y'all

Marchitect

It's the Mizark, chilling in the pizark

I gotta break, cause Jas Mace just stepped on my clizarks

If you want it baby, then that's all right

Hit the spot for the twig I'm getting married all night

Who is it, the grand imperial word exquisite

Talking shiznit could have your family paying visits to your bedside

I'm trained to run over tracks

While you only seeing one side like one eyed jack

Got your whole frame blown messing around with Mark

After dark, I'm bombing out of Brookside Park

And where you from, I'm bombing out of Brookside Park

And where you from, We're bombing out of Brookside Park

Who's the livest, that gotta be me

Cause I can grab the microphone I'm the T-E-C

Who's the illest, that gotta be i

Cause I can grab the microphone and make it sound so fly

Jas Mace

I remember back in the day I used to roll with Rick

He was quick to grab a mic better known as Slick

Gold down to his dick, kick stories while Doug hit the beatbox

So fresh, his mouth got and dry and wouldn't stop

Who rocked the planet, Grandmaster damn it

And Melle Mell always had a story to tell

Who fell to Mr. Parker was the word around town

My man Chris always had a diss to dish

To this kat across town man I think his name was Shan

But he ain't give a damn he just came back with a fat track

Wasn't nobody killing we was chilling with Roxanne

Just talking jazz, but now they'll kick that ass

Marchitect

Let me tell a story about a brother named Tec

Who does the mic wreck for respect and not the check

I'm sick of all these little suckers and their little words

Fronting like their large but I know they're really herbs

Smoked a little herb and got punked by your boys

Mr. young lung, young buck trying to bring the noise

I know so many females in this vicinity

You can beat my game is tight as the Holy Trinity

So yo, the image that you trying to fake

That's the feeling that I'm feeling everyday that I awake

I will take twenty miles if you give me an inch

And I'm starting everyday you suckers ride the fucking bench

Who's the illest, that gotta be I

Cause I can grab the microphone and make it sound so fly

Who's the livest, that gotta be me

Cause I can grab the microphone I'm in the place to be

And who's the illest, that gotta be us

49ers getting down

A friend of mine, Don Jewels, sent me this email that I would like to share with the rest of the world if they haven't seen it already...just some interesting Hip-Hop facts. Some are known, others not so well-known. If you have some that you would like to add...feel free!!!!! - Jas Mace

Disclaimer...I didn't make this list so if there are some inaccuracies don't blame me lol...but beware...the list is long.

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Little Known Facts About Hip-Hop

LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee came to blows one night backstage.

-Freddie Foxxx put a gun in Benzino's mouth on the Flavor Unit tour bus, because Benzino would not stop talking **** about what a thug he was

-2pac was robbed and shot by some of Supreme's boys.

-"I got a story to tell" was vaguelly based on a real life incident Biggie had when he was slipping pipe to John Starks' woman.

-Paul C was murdered by his wife and his brother.

-Showbiz has almost been sent upstate for attempted murder twice.

-Eric. B beat down Large Professor and ran Kool G. Rap out of New York to Arizona after 'G. Rap revealed Large Pro produced most of the beats Eric B was supposed to have done on the Eric B. & Rakim albums and "wanted dead or alive".

-Biz Markie produced most of EPMD's first album.

-Ghostface, Superb and their team beat down and robbed 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after 50's dis tracks.

-Johnny Juice did all Terminator X's cuts on the Public Enemy albums.

Kool Keith met Godfather Don outside some industry event that both of them weren't allowed entry to. They snuck in through a back window and then hung out for the next month or so recording the 'Don produced tracks on "the 4 horsemen" and, of course, all the classic Cenobites tracks.

-Just Ice was a prime suspect in a murder case.

-Just Ice turned up in Queens on Poet's block after the two Rockwell Noel & The Poet tracks dissing Krs One, Red Alert and Ms. Melodie with a shotgun and waited for Poet to come out. Needless to say, Poet stayed in the crib that day.

-DJ Ready Red was kicked out of Geto Boys and shafted by J. Prince because of his lack of melanin.

-Alpo, Fritz, the original 50 Cent from Ft Greene and various other notorious hustlers/killers from the legendary Paid In Full Posse were in the crew shots on "paid in full" and "follow the leader".

-Rakim recorded a dis cut aimed at 'Kane for "let the rhythm hit 'em" and had a verse on the title track itself aimed at him. 'Kane heard about this and called Rakim to squash it and Rakim went on to scrap the track and remove the verse.

-Eric B. did security for Mike Tyson throughout much of the 90's.

-Diamond D and his old late 80's group Ultimate Force with Master Rob recorded a full album with Jazzy Jay which has never been heard.

-A young Fat Joe and his boys Tony Montana(R.I.P) and Charlie Rock L.D were one of the top two crack crews in the Bronx in the mid 80's and bringing in thousands of $$$$ per day.

-Q Tip got fuked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight in one of his eyes.

-Nas came incredibly close to being on the Large Pro produced Kool G Rap, Xtra P, Freddie Foxxx and Ant posse cut "money in the bank" as he was always hangin' around Eric B.'s studio but had gone to pick up some weed with a chick so they let the Ant kid on there instead.

- Main Source (sans Large Pro) ran up in the Wild Pitch offices with machetes looking to behead MC Serch (then working as an A&R for the label) after a West Coast promotional tour went sh*ty. MC Serch got wind that they were coming and escaped by crawling over the partial walls for his office and jetting out the back door.

- Grimm was supposed to be on "Live at the Barbecue" but he was arrested on the way to the studio

dj premier stopped workin wit jeru the damaja…cuz jeru got pissed when premier was f*ckin his sister…

ghostface said on tony's money "this what happens when u dont give niggas they f*ckin money" in response to de la soul for not paying him for the track he was on he also jacked their beat

littles jacked alchemist chain at a recording studio

-According to Marley Marl, him and Cormega had already finished a whole album ready for release before Nas was due to release illmatic. It eventually fell through as Mega was sent to jail.

- Das EFX stole their iggedy style from UK hiphop outfit Demon Boyz while on tour with EPMD.

-Fritz(that nigga back in the day) used to sell bricks to Alpo, AZ, Rich Porter, Boy George, Tony Montana (Fat Joe's boy) and them. in other words, he supplied the dealers

-reason why curtis jackson took 50 cents name was because the real 50 cent had major beef wit supremes team & had em shook during his prime

-Masta Killa was the last member to join Wu

-Biggie did a 9 month bid in North Carolina

-Eric B had Large Professor beaten down on one occasion for Xtra P talking sh!t about not getting production credits and because he thought he was gettin' at him on "snake eyes".

p Diddy was a back up dancer for Kane & heavy d sometimes

- DMX is the only rapper ever to debut his first 5 albums at number 1.

- Redman got his start from being a local rapper on Yo! MTV Raps.

-R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but had to get an annolment when her parents found out.

-Big L was murdered as revenge for something his brother did. He was shot 8 times, including in the head, b/c the killer had a beef with his brother, who was in jail at the time.

- Dre named his 2nd cd, Chronic 2001 even though it came out in 99, b/c Suge Knight made a cd named Chronic 2000, a cd full of old Death Row tracks.

- If you listen to Many Men, at the beginning if you count the gun shots, there are only 8 instead of 9.

Trick Daddy was jumped and got his chain snatched at a show in Detroit for dissing Trick Trick a local Detroit rapper cause he thought he stole his name.

Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.

buckshot was picked on in hgh school by the rest of BBC they would play mokey i the middle wit his quran

nobody in NWA had a criminal record

B.I.G. had some of his dudes run up in D&D studios and beat down Starang Wondah then had them put the phone to his ear while B.I.G. proceeded to tell him never to f*ck with him again. This was in retaliation for OGC's first video where they had a fake Biggie get beat down.

Starang admitted it on Heltah Skeltah's "I Ain't Havin That"
"like when i was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / i was still gettin b*tches at the tunnel takin pictures"

Murder Inc. - A group featuring Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule was supposed to come out when DMX and Ja Rule had a fallout

Triangle Offense- Joe Budden, Fabolous, and Paul Cain, the album would have came out if joe buddens debut album went platinum, but it didnt so the label didnt feel need to further explore the potential of that group.

Styles P. was only dissing rocafella and Jay-Z during the Beans and Jada beef in order to push jadas album kiss the game goodbye, when styels came out of prison he said he wished he could take it all back and do resoviour dogs part 2 wit "my niggas at the roc"

Sauce Money won a grammy for writing P.diddys verse on Every Breathe u take the BIG tribute.

Of Times the "N" Word appears on NWA'S Albums

1.Straight Outta Compton : 42
2.100 Miles And Runnin : 105
3.Efil4Zaggin : 249

Rappers who've survived shootings

01]Beanie Sigel
02]Big Noyd
03]B-Real
04]Bushwick Bill
05]Capone
06]Dr. Dre
07]Dresta
08]Fat Joe
09]Ghostface Killah
10]Krumb Snatcha
11]LV
12]Ol Dirty Bastard
13]Shyne
14]Slick Rick

5 Records That Changed Funk Master Flex's Life
1.The 1st Record I Ever Bought : One For The Treble - DAVY DMX
2.The 1st Record I Ever Stole : Impeach The President - The Honey Drippers
3.The 1st Record I Ever Scratched : Get Into The Mix - Dj Devine
4.The 1st Record I Ever Got For Free : Beat Box - Art Of Noise
5.The 1st Record I Ever Spun At A Club : Let The Music Play - Shannon

Tape Kingz Iain McNee's Top 10 Greatest Mixtapes Ever
01.Best Of Biggie Smalls-Dj Mister Cee
02.'95 Live-Doo Wop
03.Blends 1-Ron G
04.10/8/89-Kid Capri
05.52 Beats-Kid Capri
06.50 MC'S-Tony Touch
07.2/10/93-DJ S&S
08.Spring '93 Part II-Doo Wop
09.Five Deadly Venoms Of Brooklyn-Tony Touch
10.Bad Boy Volume 1-DJ Clue

Rejected Titles of 20 Rap Albums
01.Cypress Hill
Rejected : America's Most Blunted
Released As : Cypress Hill

02.Stetsasonic
Rejected : And This Band Played On
Released As : Blood, Sweat & No Tears

03.Illegal
Rejected : Black Little Bastards
Released As : The Untold Truth

04.Intelligent Hoodlum
Rejected : Black Rage
Released As : Tragedy-Saga Of A Hoodlum

05.Beastie Boys
Rejected : Don't Be A Faggot
Released As : Licensed To Ill

06.The Lady Of Rage
Rejected : Eargasms
Released As : Necessary Roughness

07.Diamond D
Rejected : Flavortism-The Sophomoric Effort
Released As : Hatred, Passions & Infidelity

08.Puff Daddy & The Family
Rejected : Hell Up In Harlem
Released As : No Way Out

09.Scarface
Rejected : I'm Coming Agg
Released As : The World Is Yours

10.Nice & Smooth
Rejected : Just When You Thought It Was Over
Released As : Jewel Of The Nile

11.Coolio
Rejected : The Last Original Nigga
Released As : It Takes A Thief

12.Gravediggaz
Rejected : Niggamortis
Released As : 6 Feet Deep

13.Da Lench Mob
Rejected : Pin The Tail On The Honky
Released As : Guerillas In The Mist

14.The Pharcyde
Rejected : Revelations
Released As : Labcabincalifornia

15.Eric B. & Rakim
Rejected : Save The Children
Released As : Don't Sweat The Technique

16.LL Cool J
Rejected : Smithsonian
Released As : Mr.Smith

17.Dj Quik
Rejected : Starved Bandit
Released As : Safe + Sound

18.Run DMC
Rejected : Still Standing
Released As : Down With The King

19.Onyx
Rejected : Three The Hard Way
Released As : All We Got Iz Us

20.De La Soul
Rejected : We Fell Into A Bottle Of Plastic Shwingalokate
Released As : De La Soul Is Dead

-Dr. Dre isn't in his own song, Stranded On Death Row off of the Chronic cd.

-Dr. Dre isn't even in his own song, Xxxplosive off of the 2001 cd.

-It was originally a track by Dre called 'The Way I Be Pimpin' which was written by Royce Da 5'9? who also appeared on the hook, but this track was removed at the last minute and a new track was made with the beat (Xxxplosive)

-The intro to Illmatic was produced by Irv Gotti

rza owns the rights to the wu-tang name

michael jackson owns the copyrights to the happy birthday song(happy birthday to you,happy birthday to you etc. etc) 100% true, if you heard it on tv, he gets paid

nature dissed cormega on a dj clue mixtape upon cormega hearing it he walked up to ature in QB and said "ayo nature u hear that new clue" and puched ature i the face knocking him out

jermaine dupri was originally going to sign ludacris but was advised not to by lil jon

MC'S First Names…
1.Big Moon Dog-Big Punisher
2.Chill-O-Ski-Busta Rhymes
3.Kid Wizard-Rakim
4.MC Love Child-Q-Tip
5.MC New York-2Pac
6.Paul Juice-Large Professor

How 10 Rap Monikers Got Their Names…
01.Busta Rhymes-Oklahoma College Football players real name
02.C-BO-Short for cowboy
03.DMX-was a beatboxer took the name from the drum machine
04.E-40-his ability to drink four to five 40 oz's a day…
05.Grandmixer D.ST-Grandmixer DELANCEY STREET
06.Khujo (Goodie Mob)-After an AFRICAN slave who was given freedom after being illegaly shipped to america
07.LL COOL J-stole the name from DJ Cut Creator (cool jay at the time…)
08.Noreaga-named after the panamanian ruler
09.Dj Quik-C was taken out because he used to be a blood
10.Ras Kass-inspired by a book about menelik II and ethiopian king

Acronyms
01.Big Daddy Kane-King Asiatic Nobody's Equal
02.B.O.X.-Beyond Ordinary Existence
03.DL (Hard To Obtain)-Down Low
04.DMC-Darryl MacDaniels, Devastating Mic Controller
05.DMX-Dark Man Of The Unknown
06.DV Alias Khrist-Deep Voice
07.MC Eiht-Experienced In Hardcore Thumpin
08.Guru-Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
09.Ja Rule-Jeff Atkins Represents Unconditional Love's Existence
10.JDL (Cold Crush Brothers)-Jerry D. Lewis
11.Kool G Rap-Kool Genius Of Rap, Kool Giancana Rap
12.KRS-One-Knowledge Reigns Supremely Over Nearly Everyone
13.K-Solo-Kevin Self Organization Left Others
14.LL Cool J-Ladies Love Cool James
15.Memphis Bleek-Makin' Easy Money Pimpin' Hoe's In Style
16.Mr. Serv On-Surviving Every Rugged Vendetta On Me
17.N.A.R.D (Do Or Die)-Niggas Ain't Ready To Die
18.P.A. Mase (De La Soul)-Public Announcer Making A Soulful Effort
19.The PreC.I.S.E M.C.-Pre Beginning Change of Interest in Sister Effectiveness
20.Tash-Tough Ass Son Of Harold
21.MC Twist-Talking With Innovative Street Terminology

Original Names of 15 Rap Groups
01.Band Aid Boys-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
02.Disco Construction-The World Class Wreckin Cru'
03.DVX-Cypress Hill
04.Easy Street-De La Soul
05.High Tech-Black Moon
06.The Houserockers Crew-Fearless Four
07.The KA'S-Sugarhill Gang
08.The LD's, Force MC's-The Force MD's
09.New Crew-Main Source
10.Poetical Prophets-Mobb Deep
11.Simply Too Positive (STP)-Organized Konfusion
12.Square Roots-The Roots
13.3 The Hard Way-3rd Bass
14.2 Shades Deep, Misfits Of The Outback-Outkast
15.The Warlocks-The Lox-D Block
16.All In Together Now-Wu Tang*

Jazo was offered a deal with Rocafella(500K) but he declined because he didnt want people to think that he needed Jay same reason why Sauce Money declined a deal with them aswell

FIRST TV SHOW DEDICATED TO HIP HOP "GRAFFITI ROCK" FEATURING NYC BREAKERS AND A BATTLE BETWEEN TREACHEROUS 3 AND RUN DMC

FIRST HIP HOP RADIO SHOW MR MAGIC, WHBI FM, 1979

FIRST MC SIGNED TO A MAJOR LABEL KURTIS BLOW, MERCURY

FIRST TV PERFORMANCE BY A MC GROUP FUNKY FOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

FAMOUS MC / DJ BATTLES
COLD CRUSH FOUR -VS - FANTASTIC FIVE (Harlem World)
BAMMBATTA -VS- DISCO KING MARIO(the Bronx jr. high school 123
KOOL MOE DEE -VS- BUZY B
COLD CRUSH FOUR -VS- FORCE MC'S (Statin Island)

irv gotti can be seen in the "flava in ya ear" remix video

Kurtis Blow releases "The Breaks" on Mercury records (went on to sell more than a million copies).

1981-ABC's 20/20 shows the first national television coverage of the "Rap Phenomenon".

While touring in Oakland, UTFO asks a young local MC named Too Short to open up for them

The Fresh Fest concert tour, featuring Run-D.M.C., Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Fat Boys, and Newcleus, is hip-hop's first big money making tour ($3.5 million for 27 dates).

Houston, Texas native James Smith brings together "The Geto Boys". The original lineup consisted of MCs Raheim, Jukebox, DJ Ready Red, and Sir Rap-A-Lot. The group also featured Little Billy, a dancing dwarf who later joined full-time as Bushwick Bill. Following a short break-up in 1988, Smith called on local rhymers Willie D and multi-instrumentalist Akshun (later known as Scarface) to join the lineup.

N.W.A's follow-up record, 1991's "Niggaz4Life," sold 954,000 copies in its first weeks of release to become the first hardcore rap album to hit No. 1 on the charts, despite being banned by some record stores and seized by English authorities as obscene.

The best selling rap /R&B album ever in the US is CrazySexyCool by TLC which has reached sales of 11 million, surpassing MC Hammer's Please Don't Hurt 'Em which has sold 10 million units.

The Def squad - Mobb Deep beef goes like this:
-Prodigy makes that interlude on the Imfamous album talking about "rappers bragging about how much weed you smoke and using outer space words that don't make sense"
-Redman and Keith Murray (Who rolled with a crew called LOD - legion of doom) Take it personal and run into mobb deep at a club, in NY, not sure which one.
-Keith and prodigy exchange blows, he talks about it on "In the long run

saigon idolized mobb deep when he was yunger

50 cent appears in Method man and D'angelo video make ups 2 breakups

Keith Murray has a degree in English Literature.. that is why his rhymes are so well put together and somewhat complex.

kelis aborted two kids from pharrell

kayslay used to be a parking attendent

Mary J Blige got The Lox signed to Bad Boy he didnt like them to much but as a favor to mary he signed them

wyclef used to work in burger king

cam ron was offered a scholarship to play college ball and turned it down to be a rapper

after game dissed memphis bleek he responded with a freestyle over so seductive he also told game to meet up with him so he could f*ck him up game neva responded again

"braveheart party" which features may j blige on the hook is actually written by jay z(the hook)

The Lox had A physical Confrontation with puff during the "let the lox go" days. They were then banned from the BadBoy Offices

fat joe got an outta a miami hotel by cuba link

fat joe also got kicked outta the VMA's after dissin 50 cent, 50 cent and Tony Yayo only responded when police confirmed to them that Fat joe and TS (including Pistol Pete) had left the building

due to bein near bankrupt big pun's wife tried to auction off big pun's terror squad chain on ebay it only went to 50 thousand and didnt make the "reserve" price

obie trice sold his old couch on ebay

krs-one was homeless for a brief time

- on the "Armagedon" track on bone thugs -n- harmony's Art of war cd before pac's vers bizzy bone can heard saying "HE'S ALIVE HE'S ALIVE" in the background

Mathematics not only designed the famous Wu-Tang logo, but also SOME of the graphics on the Liquid Swords cover

RZA was charged of attempted murder and represented himself without a lawyer back in 91.

cappadonna taught Inspectah Deck how to rhyme.

In 1994, U-God's son (at the time a baby) was shot in a drive-by shootout in Park Hill Staten Island while playing outside, he got caught in the cross-fire. At the time U-God was on the road and had to hear the painful news via telephone. Thankfully he survived and is still alive today. His name is Donte.

Also back in 94, the cops raided 36 Chambers studio and arrested Ol' Dirty & inspectah Deck. I don't know the reasons.

The cover of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… was the first time Ghostface had appeared in a photograph without a mask.

The first album on Wu-Tang Records was supposed to be "Nothing New under The Sun" by Sunz Of Man. It was supposed to come out back in 1997 but they started all over again and released "The Last Shall Be First" instead in 1998.

Some of the skits on Killarmy's "Dirty Weaponry" are quotes from HBO's Spawn Animated series.

On Bobby Digital's Digital Bullet, The RZA is incorrectly credited as the producer for track 4 "It Must Be Bobby". That track was produced by Mathematics.

masta killa was a honorary 9th member..[wu-tang manual]
u-god was kicked off alot of tracks cuz rza thought his lyrics just wasnt cuttin it..[wu-tang manual]
rza and the crew took the protect ya neck video and brought it to ralph mcdaniels of video music box fame and asked him to play it. and he did. the rest is history.
flavor flav is rza's distant cousin.
hellz windstaff was the only track title used twice.[on liquid swords & forever.]
cocaine inspired many lyrics on the 36chambers album [wu-tang manual]

Denys Cowan of DC Comics Designed GZA's Liquid Swords Cover

ODB got robbed at his apartement and was shot in his back

ODB's dad was a cop

Ghostface was shot in the neck…he talks about it in one of the songs off of the Only Built for Cuban Linx (Can it be so simple remix)…and Cappadonna didn't teach Deck how to rhyme…he taught U-God, who used to be Cappa's beatbox DJ…

after ODB got outta rehab/jail method man went to a night club seen a crowd of people chantin "GO GO GO" outside he went to see what was goin on and it was ODB gettin head from a woan with everyoe cheeri it on(meth stated this in a FHM mag i believe)

Rappers Who've Collaborated With Michael Jackson

1]A+ [Wreckx-N-Effect]-She Drives Me Wild
2]John Forte-2 Bad [Refugee Camp Remix]
3]Heavy D-Jam
4]Notorious BIG-This Time Around
5]Shaq-2Bad
6]Treach [Naughty By Nature]-Scream [Naughty By Nature Remix]

also run dmc and ll col j did songs with mj but they got shelevd

Mobb Deep's Quiet storm track was meant for Prodigy's Solo Album HNIC which was to be released after the Murda Muzik album, but instead they kept it for Mobb Deep Album.

When havoc was producing a beat of biggies 2nd album, he lost the beat and had to make another (he said in the scratch magazine (W/Lil Jon Cover) back then he didnt save his beats on disc)

The thing that sounds like a flute in Kanye West - Jesus Walks, Is actually vocals by John Legend

15 Artists Who Debut As Guests

1. Biz Markie: "Def Fresh Crew" (1986)

-Roxanne Shante

The inhuman orchestra's beatbox rendition of the Meow Mix cat food jingle is one of hip hop's grea recorded moments

2. Sean "Puffy" Combs: "Dolly My Baby (Bad Boy Extended Mix) (1993)

-Super Cat also featuring 3rd Eye, The Notorious B.I.G. & Mary J Blige

Thankfully, Puff Poppa never resucitated the freaky, hyper-grimy flow he displayed on his debut.

3. Cam'Ron: "8 Iz Enuff" (1995)

-Big L also featuring Terra, McGruff, Buddah Bless, Twan, Trooper J & Mike Boogie

No, Killa Kam (as he was known then) didn't rhyme over the TV theme song to Dick Van Patten's hour long family dramedy. But, hey, there's an idea.

4. Del The Funkee Homosapien: "Turn Off The Radio" (1990)

-Ice Cube

At the conclusion of Cube's classic anti-airwave anthem, his Funkee Cousin call in with a special announcement: "I just called to say, 'f*ck The Radio' "

5. Hurricane G: "Tonite's Da Night" (1992)

-Redman

Who could forget this mami with attitude's agitated urging after Reggi's false start? "Yo yo Redman! Man, what the f*ck, man? Get off that punk, smooth sh*t, get on that rough sh*t-you know how we do!!"

6.Jay-Z: "Hawaiian Sophie" (1989)

-The Jaz

Jigga plays hype man to his Marcy PRojects pal on this touching tale of Pacific island love.

7. The Lady Of Rage: "Total Chaos" & "The Winds Too Def To Die" (1991)

-L.A. Posse

Death Row's first Lady was "discovered" by Dr. Dre off these guest debuts.

8. Lil' Kim: "!*@ Me" Interlude (1994)

-The Notorious B.I.G.

That's not just any random chick Biggie's making whoopee with-thats Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s own Big Momma!

9. The Lox: "Set It Off" (1994)

- Main Source also featuring Lotto & Shaqueen

A pre-Bad Boy Jadakiss and Sheek join forces with a post-Large Professor Sir Scratch and K-Cut

10. The Notorious B.I.G.: "A Bunch Of Niggas" (1992)

-Heavy D also featuring 3rd Eye, Guru, Rob O, & Busta Rhymes

The future of Bad Boy's funk made his inauspicious first appearace in the middle of this random line up.

11. DJ Premier: "I Keep The Crowd Listening" (1990)

-Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smoth

Preem's voice is heard for the first time on record introducing the Funky Man

12. Q-Tip: "The Promo" (1988)

-The Jungle Brothers

The first in a long line of consummate Absract performances

13. Souls of Mischief & Casual: "Burnt" (1991)

-Del The Funkee Homosapien

Oaktown rhyme snipers blazed through this frenetic first foray

14. Sweet Tee: "One For The Treble" (1984)

-Davy DMX

The Q-borough princess know for "It's My Beat" and "It's Like That, Y'all" made her debut as the cockney-accented rap chick exhorting Davy to rock on

15. 2Pac: "Same Song" (1990)

-Digital Underground

ODB collabrated with LL ool J before but it didnt work out as LL had to throw him out the studio because a druk/high ODB started t5o piss on the equipment

Grand Wizard Theodore (DJ Mean Gene's brother) is the creator of the scratch and needle drop. As the legend goes Theo was at home practicing on his turntables, and created these moves purely by accident. His mom came into his room asking him to turn down the music, and he held the record with his hand. He moved it back and forth and the rest is HipHop history.

In the 50's graffiti was used by gangs to denote territory.

Lauryn Hill was the first woman to nominated for 10 awards in Grammy history, and won 5 of them, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Doo Wop"), Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song (songwriter).

1996-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony break the record for fastest rising single with their hit "Tha Crossroads", the spot was previously held by The Beatles for "Can't Buy Me Love".

grand master flash taught himself to dj in his mothers kitchen as he had nowhere else to put the turntables

-Del The Funkee Homosapien is Ice Cubes Cousin.

skillz has ghst wrote fr foxy puff will smith mase etc..

- True Life robed prodigy in a studio cause prodigy used a verse that was suppose to be on tru life's album.

- Tru Life went to jail for driving under the influence

busta hymes and rampage are cousins

Killah Prest said when he was in the studio with ODB, ODB would freeze and not move when Killah Prest ask ODB what was wrong ODB would say there are Aliens in the room

Rass Kass isnt the only artist that has accused Alchemist of selling the same beat twice.

rhymefest and eminem battled back in the day

Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek were recording an album together called "From My Hood To Your Hood" when Bleeks brother "dre" was in a near fatal accident

BiZ MarkieS FavoritE ThingS
…Excerpt from "Ego Trips Big Book Of Rap Lists"
01]My Godzilla Doll that blows fire and talks
02]My AFX Slot Car Race Track
03]My Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
04]My collection of action figures esp. Action Jackson, Ali, Mr. T
05]My Atari, Colecovision, Pong Video Games
06]My 20 Freestanding Video Games
07]My Frankenstein Jr. Cartoon Videos
08]My Fat Albert And Wheelie & The Chopper Bunch Lunch Boxes
09]My collection of Karate Movie Posters
10]My original pair of Blue And White PUMAS
11]My Japanese Mothra Doll that spits a caterpillar web
12]My "Take me to the Mardi Gras" Bob James 12? single (it's without the bells. It's just the beat at first and then it comes into the bells. A lot of people don't even know but "Mardi Gras" is a live record. It's on CTI. I guess it was a fluke cuz i never seen nobody else with it.)
13]The rest of my 12? promo single collection-especially "Misdemeanor"-Foster Sylvers, "Johnny The Fox"-Thin Lizzy, "Mister Magic"-Grover Washington JR. and "Stilleto"-Billy Joel. (My 12? Collection is out of this world. There's only a couple niggaz that can mess with me on the twelve inches.)
14]My collection of every version of "Get Out of My Life Woman"
15]My John Travolta Record With The Break
16]My White Label Promos of all of James Brown's Albums
17]My Collection of Wacky Packs
18]My Welcome Back Kotter and Good Times Trading Cards
19]My Reggie Jackson Candy Bar Wrapper
20]My Collection of Mad Magazines
21]My Collections of every board game ever made
22]My Barbie Doll Collection. (My treasure. I got them from the beginning, like from Marilyn Monroe Days to now. I got different races from different countries and all that)

6 Feet High And Rising(rappers 6 feet tall or more)

01]EPMD
02]Ghostface
03]Inspectah Deck
04]Jay-Z
05]King Sun
06]KRS-One
07]Method Man
08]Q-Tip
09]Redman
10]Rock *Heltah Skeltah*
11]Will Smith
12]The Game
13]Snoop Dogg

EPMD recorded their debut in 3 hours

dj premier stole his first set of turntables

havoc originally was going to rob prodigy before they met.

Tommy Boy Records took HOUSE OF PAIN over the WU-TANG CLAN

RZA cut up about 7 records to make "Knowledge God" on Raekwon's debut

young zee and rah digga are married and have a child together

Raekwon and Biggie had beef, but it never escalated

Method man used to work at the statue of liberty for $120 a week.

ODB was once arrested for stealing a shoe (not a pair, just one shoe).

Cage made his first album "Movies For The Blind" while working at Burger King, high on PCP.

MCA from The Beastie Boys had a fling with Madonna

A couple rappers and I had a discussion the other day about rappers who have ghostwriters, and their creditability in the rap game.  Now before I go any further, these were also fellow rappers that I came up with, who have lyrical skills themselves, and the response they were giving me added to my consternation. I don't understand how any artist, who is a rapper himself, can consider someone who has a ghostwriter a great lyricist, even if they do write their own lyrics now (supposedly). The fact that he had a ghostwriter for so long will make me skeptical for the rest of his career. 

The discussion started off about a rapper we all know, from the south, who tried to take shots at Jay-Z (who was really on his dick so hard he called himself the second coming of Jay-Z and named his album after him, now he wants to diss him? Go Figure?!?!). Now this rapper has had ghostwriters for 95% of his career and my homeboys were trying to tell me that he should still be respected as a lyricist because what he's been doing lately is hot, he has style, the past shouldn't matter, and blah blah blah. 

Now, in order to be respected as a lyricist (emphasis on the word LYRICist) one should have a talent in writing lyrics. The whole focus of rapping is the artist's lyrics. Being a rapper that doesn't write his raps is like a singer who doesn't sing (i.e. Milli Vanilli). Now of course style and delivery comes in to play as being an emcee, but those who are also rappers and lyricists should have a great appreciation for another artist's rhyming ability and what they have to say. This is not like singing, where the talent lies in the voice and it's acceptable to have someone else write the artist's lyrics. The rapper's talent lies in his ability to wow his audience with what he has to say. It's more in correlation with poetry rather than R&B. If we found out that Edgar Allen Poe or Langston Hughes had a ghostwriter, we would all feel hoodwinked. When I found out that Puffy couldn't even write his own dedication to B.I.G., and had to have someone else write the song, I was disgusted with the art form of rapping to say the least. I can see them as performers and entertainers, but this is not pop music, this is Hip-Hop and if you are going to take shots at a real lyricist and don't even write your own lyrics, you are stepping out of your boundaries a little.  And, to have the nerve to claim to be the hottest rapper out right now is even more perplexing and insulting to rappers that truly write their own lyrics.

 

Right on to the real...and death to the fakers!!! (C) Big Rube

*DISCLAIMER: These are the thoughts and ideas professed to you according to the crazy ass beliefs of Jas Mace. These ideas in no way reflect the beliefs and opinions of Marchitect, the other half of the 49ers.

I'm sick of seeing rappers performing live shows and rapping over their own vocal tracks. It's disgusting! It's like they just came to the show with their CD and said, "Here, play this." Can you not get instrumentals of your music or something? When did this become an acceptable form of live performance techniques? I mean, we all enjoyed Soul Train as a young buck coming up in the game, but got damn!!! If you don't know your lyrics, you have no business on stage performing those songs. If you don't have proper breath control to perform live, then I have two suggests:

 

1) Switch up your style and don't say so many words in one line. I've seen it first hand in the studio with rappers that have punch ins after every line and every time I say to myself, if they can't get it right in the studio, how the hell are they going to perform this live? Or,

2) Get a damn hype up man for Pete's sake. Hype men have made lustrous careers for themselves. i.e. FLAVA FLA & Ja Rule (according to DMX…ha)

 

I find it quite sad when I go to a show and see an act on stage lip-synching with their lyrics at a live show because they didn't take the time to memorize THEIR OWN SHIT!!!! And sometimes they can't even get that right, at this point they just sit there bobbin' back and forth hoping no one can see that their lips aren't moving.  Give me a break already. I'd rather go to an Asian karaoke bar where people are actually performing, then watch a "professional" performer rap over a vocal track (plus there would prolly be better looking girls).

 

Maybe, hopefully, someone can enlighten me and explain the reasoning for this hip-hop travesty. 

 

*DISCLAIMER: These are the thoughts and ideas professed to you according to the crazy ass beliefs of Jas Mace. These ideas in no way reflect the beliefs and opinions of Marchitect, the other half of the 49ers.