RRRRAP

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Album Info

Release Date: 2008

Label: OX: Operation Unknown

Digital version given out for free after all plans for an official release fell through due to sample clearance issues. The music has been rearranged and remastered and sometimes sounds drastically different compared to the LP version from 2005. The tracklist slightly differs from the LP with some interludes being included that aren't on the LP and excluding some songs that are only on the LP.
"Big Booty Stance" does not include the Quasimoto acapella but only scratches (which again weren't on the LP).
The tracklist provided with the artwork also does not match with the actual song order. Tracklist above lists the songs that are actually featured.
Acapellas used:
Art Of Love Letters: Save Me Dear / Tooken Back
The R's: Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em
Bring The Terrorin: It's A Shame
94: Flow On (New Symphony)
Bra Straps: Jazzy Belle (Remix)
Oh See: OC Freestyle from Wake Up Show Freestyles Vol. 2
A Brighter Sunshine: Sunshine
The Recap: Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme B/W Beauty
One For The Zulu: Beyond This World / Promo No. 2
Total running time: 32:09

Comments by Ruckazoid:

Thank you for downloading this album,
- You can make physical cds of the audio files in this folder
- I've also made a letter which you can sign your name on, and send with a copy of the cd to your favorite magazines
* Do to size constraints, I had to make this album available as a High Quality Mp3 instead of WAV files.
* Throughout the album there are "promo" drops to avoid any bootleggers trying to officially release this album, which could end up getting me in legal trouble if it hit stores.
* The album artwork also has "free download" on it, just in case bootleggers try to make it official and sell it under my name.
* THIS ALBUM IS NOT FOR SALE.
* Feel free to give this album out

THOUGHTS ON THE ALBUM-

I made this record in early 2005. At the time, I realized that Hip Hop was less about wordplay, and more about talking to a beat, while at the same time, the backbone of hip hop, lost it's backbone to the laptop. Skill development is no where to be found.
Hip hop, like politics, only has a handful of flavors, and a group of subscribers of each. Gangster, South, Westcoast, Hipster, Underground, and a few more. This is what's left, if you don't fall into this, you are NOT "hip hop". The artform I fell in love with, changed, very much, and it's an empty shell.
RRRRAP is an ode to a dying culture, and my last offering to hip hop in a format that is recognize as "hip hop".

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RUCKAZOID

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