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█▌ TEAM OZM PRESENTS ▀█▓█▒░██
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█ ARTiST :. Realistix ██░
█ ALBUM .: Turf Wars ██░
█ YEAR :. 2004 ▐█░
█ TYPE .: Album ▐█░
█ GENRE :. Hip-Hop ██
█ TRACKS .: 20 ██
█ LABEL :. iND ██
█ SOURCE .: CDDA ▐█
█ CATALOG :. n/a ▐█
█ RiP.DATE .: 04-12-2006 ▐█
█ STR.DATE :. 02-23-2004 █
█ GRABBER :. EAC █
█ ENCODER .: LAME 3.90.3 █
█ BiTRATE :. VBR.kbps.44.1kHz █
▓ MODE .: HQ Joint-Stereo █
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░ --──.────────────────────────────────────────────.___________.──────-· █
-##.┬[CD/Title]─ ──────────────────────── ─── ─ ─.___________.[Length] █
░ │ │ █
01.├ Turf Wars Intro │ 01:37 █
02.├ Got Gimmicks │ 03:53 █
03.├ Cash Cow Manifesto (Lyrics by Prophess) │ 03:31 █
04.├ Hold that Memory Interlude (Feat Elgusto) │ 02:37 █
05.├ Where Were You at (Lyrics by Urthboy) │ 04:13 █
06.├ Party People (Lyrics by Mohtaf) │ 03:44 █
07.├ Android Funk │ 04:59 █
08.├ Darkness Interlude │ 01:38 █
09.├ Green & Gold (Lyrics by Ozi Battla) │ 03:45 █
10.├ Mudcakes (Feat Macross) │ 05:04 █
11.├ Walking with Angels (Lyrics by 13th Son) │ 04:03 █
12.├ Basically Interlude │ 00:43 █
13.├ Talking Real Loud │ 04:09 █
14.├ Write it Down (Lyrics by Disco Rossco) │ 03:54 █
15.├ 3 in One │ 03:21 █
16.├ Times Up Interlude │ 02:46 █
17.├ Analog Freedom (Lyrics by Macross) │ 04:30 █
18.├ Centsa │ 03:40 █
19.├ Outro Intro │ 02:38 █
20.├ Outro │ 05:36 █
│ .──────────┴─────--· █
-- ─┴─ ─ ───────────── ─ ────────────────────────' 70:21 █
░ 91,2 mB ▓
░ iNFO ▒
░ & URLs: ░
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░ http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/review.php?review=552&q= ░
░ --- ░
░ MPC battle CHAMP: R E A L I S T I X drops his first solo ░
░ production/mc LP: "T u r f W a r s", featuring unreleased tracks by: ░
░ Ozi Battla, The Prophess, Urthboy, 13th Son and Yvern (Hoteph, ░
░ Fathom), Macross Matrix, Disco Rossco, 1 collab and 5 solo mc tracks ░
░ from Realistix. Scratching by Elgusto of Hermitude, also featuring ░
░ Aja Stuart (Funk Injection, Explanetary)on the bass on two tracks... ░
░ 15 full length tracks plus a couple of bonus bits... ░
░ ░
░ It's hard to remember an album this bitter and paranoid since ░
░ Tricky's Pre-Millenial Tension. The result of plenty of red-eyed ░
░ nights, it's redeemed by real insights and tough, raw production. ░
░ Better known to his mum as Shane Wasley, Realistix has been on ░
░ Sydney's hip hop fringe for a while now. Starting out with Blue ░
░ Mountains hip hop crew Explanetary in the mid '90s, it's taken a ░
░ while for him to get a solo release out. Along the way he's kept up ░
░ a pretty constant stream of output - notably producing a 7" inch for ░
░ Brass Knuckles' of Celcius fame - but he hasn't been happy enough to ░
░ release anything solo 'til now. ░
░ ░
░ The lyrical subject matter swings between bitterness at bands ░
░ "selling out" with their "pop lyrics" while hordes of speakers are ░
░ wasted "on pop shit", and black observations about the life of a ░
░ Marrickville gangster "Pimpin' ain't easy with GST / All the ░
░ paperwork just confuses a mack like me". There are a handful of ░
░ great guest MCs on the album - Ozi Batla and Urthboy turn in ░
░ typically acerbic rhymes, check Batla on the promise of policy ░
░ change from successive governments, "I won't believe a word / 'til I ░
░ see red, black and gold up a flagpole". Macross and 13th Son also ░
░ contribute guest rhymes, and ex-Explanetary MC Disco Rossco delivers ░
░ the hilarious "I write it down / So I don't have to think about it." ░
░ ░
░ Despite some well-executed vocals, it's the production that stands ░
░ out here. Wasley's time DJing rough and raw mixes of New York hip ░
░ hop, old school funk and tough industrial Bloody Fist techno informs ░
░ the sound. The result is a dark, moody atmosphere that's by turns ░
░ tough distorted industrial or sparse electronic hip hop beats. At ░
░ times let down by the vocals, it's the interludes, intros and other ░
░ instrumental tracks that show the potential talent on show here - ░
░ they're moody, electronic sketches that I'd love to see extended ░
░ into a full project. ░
░ ░
░ Turf Wars isn't perfect. At 20 tracks it could do with some pruning. ░
░ But Realistix conveys real, raw emotion. There's something really ░
░ honest and engaging about this album and it's worth tracking down ░
░ for that reason. ░
░
░ Another Fine OZM Contribution, Enjoy! ░
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