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| ARTIST : Mestizo |
| ALBUM : Dream State |
| GENRE : Hip-Hop |
| LABEL : Galapagos4 |
| CATNR : G4CD0043 |
| LANGUAGE : English |
| YEAR : 2007 |
| SOURCE : CDDA |
| DATE RIPPED : 09-12-2026 |
| STREET DATE : 00-00-2007 |
| URL : http://www.galapagos4.com/ |
| ENCODER : FLAC 1.3.1 |
| SETTING : compression-level-8 |
| QUALITY : 704 kbps Avg 44.1kHz / 2 channels |
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| 01 Rumble Fish 0:46 |
| 02 Coast Guard 1:45 |
| 03 Solid Gold 3:40 |
| 04 PrettyBoy Zold 4:27 |
| 05 Back Wash (Feat. Joe Dubbs & 2Mex) 4:06 |
| 06 Suzy Q 2:46 |
| 07 Confrontational Act 0:32 |
| 08 Tolerance (Feat. Qwel) 2:29 |
| 09 Sup' Girl 0:35 |
| 10 Please & Thank 1:28 |
| 11 Beat Flip 1:35 |
| 12 Creative 2:40 |
| 13 UMCCC 1:36 |
| 14 Even (Feat. Isaiah & Murs) 2:48 |
| 15 Continental Half Time 0:54 |
| 16 Time Card 3:18 |
| 17 In The Clouds 3:00 |
| 18 Spare Change 0:47 |
| 19 Live 3:57 |
| 20 Rosie 4:07 |
| 21 Disclaimer 2:57 |
| 22 Laughing 0:42 |
| 23 See Me Out 1:55 |
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| TOTAL SIZE : 23 Files_292.5MB_________________________TOTAL 52:50 |
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| California has one of the most diverse talent pools of emcees in |
| the Hip-Hop community. Whether you're hyphy, conscious, gangsta, |
| or, in some cases, simply stoned, there is always something for |
| every Hip-Hop head to relate to. |
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| Enter Mestizo, one of the most talented emcees on Chicago-based |
| indie label Galapagos4, and his new album "Dream State," a rallying |
| cry for the return of Hip-Hop drenched in battle rhymes, |
| shout-outs, and nonstop Cali representin'. The aforementioned |
| "Coast Guard" is a prime example of all of the above, where he |
| admonishes the state of underground Hip-Hop and the theft of its |
| organic sound in one verse, then gives shout-outs to virtually |
| every nation in the world on the next. |
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| Though Mestizo's strength is his honest, poignant storytelling, he |
| doesn't hesitate to dabble in a little braggadocio along the way. |
| His subdued yet aggressive collabo with Typical Cat member and |
| fellow G4 signee Qwel is an earnest attempt to show new jacks the |
| errs of their ways; "Even," on the other hand, finds him getting |
| aggressive with Isiah and a reinvigorated MURS, who drops one of |
| his hungriest verses in years: |
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| However, while battling is certainly not one of Mestizo's |
| weaknesses, it's certainly not a strong point, either. He's more at |
| home when the subject matter allows him to access raw emotion, as |
| on "Rosie," where he switches from apologetic to angry in coming to |
| grips with a female acquaintance's rape. The album also ends on a |
| similarly solemn note, where Mestizo awakens from his sleep crying |
| and on the brink of a mental breakdown. Mestizo's voice gradually |
| weakens as the song progresses. |
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| It's fitting that an album called "Dream State" would end with |
| Mestizo emerging from a nightmarish slumber, for the majority of |
| its subject matter touches on the artist's vulnerability as too few |
| rap CDs do in today's hypermasculine Hip-Hop climate. While it |
| certainly mimics a dream state, with beats and rhymes that dart |
| back-and-forth across every scenario in Mestizo's mind, by the time |
| that the album ends, you certainly won't have any trouble trying to |
| remember it. |
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