Represent II

Here is a follow up entry to the original 'Represent' post I made earlier this year. Here are another five tracks made by artists to represent where they come from. Enjoy.

Wildlife Society - Jacktown
Wildlife Society are a group consisting of four guys coming up out of Jackson, Mississippi. This mad dedication to their city is off of their 1995 'Jacktown (601)' album that dropped on Blunt Recordings (who at the time also had Mic Geronimo & Ca$h Money Click on their roster). The track starts off with a bit of dialogue before "Jackson, Mississippi" samples are accompanied by scratches by DJ Howie How. Each of the rappers drop quality verses in their smoothe southern style and the states name is spelt out as hook, I don't know what it is about the hook but it's almost hypnotic.The track closes out with the respective emcee's dropping names of all different places in their area. If I were from Jackson there is no doubt this track would be up their with my favourites. Wildlife Society rep their city well in this track and throughout the whole album, definately one of the best Mississippi hip hop albums I've heard.

Komain Ft Legacey - Indiana
Hailing from South Bend (Indiana), Komain is a member of the 'Block Monsters' crew. This track reppin' Indiana (featuring Legacey) is off of Komain's forthcoming release 'Monster Muzic', Komains 3rd solo album following on from 'N The Mouth Of Madness' and 'Livewire'. Komain has also dropped an album with his Block Monsters crew titled 'The Takeover'. This mid-west monster definitely has a sick flow and in his career to date he has worked with west coast icons such as Mac Mall, Celly Cel, Sean T and JT the Bigga Figga. Honestly, up until a couple of months ago I was oblivious to this guys music but since Alan from Italy told me about him I've liked most of what I have heard.

Dayton Family - Flint Town
Coming up out of Flint (Michigan), The Dayton Family are unquestionably one of the most gangsta groups to ever have dropped an album. The trio consisting of Bootleg (Ira Dorsey), Shoestring (Raheen Peterson), and Backstabber (Matt Hinkle) dropped their debut album release 'What's On My Mind?' in 1993 before seeing it achieve national distro in 1995 through 'Solar Music Group'. The final track on the incredible album is titled 'Flint Town' and as the name suggests it is a dedication to their city. The track is quality thanks to well delivered rhymes, great production care of Steve Pitts and a quality hook that combines scratching and repetetive 'Flint Town, Flint Town- F-F-F-F-Flint Town' vocals. The group have proudly repped their city on numerous tracks since which isn't surprising considering the group are named after an infamous street in Flint, Dayton Avenue.

Tela, Gangsta Boo, Yo Gotti, Haystak, Criminal Mane, Project Playaz, Maru - Tennessee Titans
The state that is most often heard in hip hop tracks when rhymed with hennessy has produced some top quality hip hop artists over the years; Three Six Mafia, Gangsta Pat, Haystak, Lowc and Eightball & MJG to name just a few. Former Suave House Records turned Rap-A-Lot recording artist Tela dropped the 'Double Dose' album in 2002, this included a cut featuring a cast of his fellow 'Tennessee Titans'. All of the respective rappers verses on this dedication track (named after the states NFL team) are short but sweet. For me, the highlights on this track come via verses from Haystak aka Crackervelli the Don and Three Six Mafia's ever-impressive female rapper Gangsta Boo.

O.C.U. - Streets Of Chicago
Claiming the mean streets of South Chicago, the Organized Crime Unit dropped the 'Penetentiary Bound' EP before coming back with the 'Stronger Than The Mafia' album which came out in 1991 on Kapone Records. The group consists of Homicidal MC, Impact, Murder 1, Sudden Death and DJ Tragic and although the album is dope the pre-album vinyl/cassette EP had better versions of a couple of the tracks and if all goes well Afects should be posting the vinly rips from the EP sometime soon. It is common knowledge that Chicago is hard city and is the home of the Mafia (hence the record label and album title) and in 'Streets Of Chicago' the OCU let everyone know just how hard it is.

MP3's:
Wildlife Society - Jacktown
Komain Ft Legacey - Indiana
Dayton Family - Flint Town
Tela - Tennessee Titans
O.C.U. - Streets Of Chicago
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