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Platform, The (EXPLICIT) (CD)

By: Dilated Peoples

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Platform, The (EXPLICIT) (CD) Album By Dilated Peoples
1   So May I Introduce To You  
2   Platform  
3   No Retreat  
4   Guaranteed  
5   Right On  
6   Main Event  
7   Service  
8   Ear Drums Pop  
9   Years In The Making  
10   Annihilation  
11   Expanding Man  
12   Last Line Of Defence  
13   Triple Optics  
14   Shape Of Things To Come  
15   Work The Angles  
16   Ear Drums Pop  
 

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Review

The Source (6/00, pp.224-6) - 3 mics out of 5 - "...Proves that the backpacker scene is alive and kickin'....will undoubtedly gain the respect both the backpacker and the back-alley thugs alike....containing highly melodic beats....offering quite a few impressive joints..."
Rap Pages (7/00, p.46) - "...Sends a clear signal that the West Coast underground has arrived on the larger scene....it's evident that heads had better start checking for Dilated Peoples..."
Q (8/00, pp.97-8) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Sits comfortably between the party-heart, old skool shape-throwing of Jurassic 5 and the darker weedscapes of Cypress Hill..."
Entertainment Weekly (5/26/00, p.74) - "...Some sharp major-label geometry. The rhythm matrix between rappers Evidence and Rakaa/Iriscience and Beat Junkie DJ Babu is a textbook for how to build turntablism trickery into bona fide songs..." - Rating: B+
CMJ (4/24/00, p.30) - "...Armed with grooves that rival any East Coast beatminer on the Lyrical Lounge circuit, these artists boast, toast and roast their competition....The bomb. Guess again, sucka. This...is nuclear."
The Wire (4/00, p.68) - "...[They've] translated their freight yard aerosol rivalry into dual air assault....Regarding LA HipHop, Dilated is more about King Tee's swagger than Jamie Jupiter or G Funk....DJ Babu cuts syllables within 12 inches of their short-breathed lives..."
Alternative Press (7/00, p.90) - 3 out of 5 - "...The beats are all around head-nodders, to be savored by backpacker and jeep-rider alike....touching on subjects...most chart-hitting artists leave in the notebooks once the champagne starts flowing."
Mixmag (6/00, p.169) - 4 out of 5 - "...a 17-strong selection of neck-jerk classics that will morph from the club to the lounge as smoothly as a smoothie..."
NME (6/3/00, p.40) - 6 out of 10 - "...They outline their charitable plans for world domination with Daisy Age rhetoric and intermittently distracting turntablism....proving they possess the necessary verbal skills..."

Product note

Dilated Peoples: Evidence, Rakaa, DJ Babu.
Additional personnel includes: Everlast, B-Real, Tha Alkaholiks, Aceyalone, Defari, Planet Asia, Phil Da Agony.
Producers include: The Alchemist, Evidence, E-Swift, Joey Chavez, Babu.
Engineers include: Kurt Matlin, Sean Freehill, Djinji Brown.
Recorded at Threshold Studios, Santa Monica, California; Audio X, Burbank, California; D & D Studios, New York, New York; Can Am Studios, Tarzana, California.
Gaining popularity within the underground hip-hop scene, Dilated Peoples drop their debut major label album, PLATFORM on Capitol Records. Filled with gritty beats and laced with mic skills, PLATFORM is a debut that grabs the listener's attention from the first play.
Songs like "The Platform," "Guaranteed," and "Ear Drums Pop" are pure hip-hop heaven. Joining Dilated on PLATFORM are B Real ("No Retreat"), and Tha Alkoholics ("Right On"). Beats from mad scientists like The Alchemist, Evidence, T-Ray and E-Swift keep the tracks flowin'. Some of the other cuts that shine on this winning debut are "The Main Event," "Annihilation," and "The Last Line of Defense." Make sure you check out the remix to "Ear Drums Pop," which is a hot posse cut that features White E. Ford, Defari, Planet Asia & Phil Tha Agony.

Album Description

Gaining popularity within the underground hip-hop scene, Dilated Peoples drop their debut major label album, PLATFORM on Capitol Records. Filled with gritty beats and laced with mic skills, PLATFORM is a debut that grabs the listener's attention from the first play.
Songs like "The Platform", "Guaranteed", and "Ear Drums Pop" are pure hip-hop heaven. Joining Dilated on PLATFORM are B Real ("No Retreat"), and Tha Alkoholics ("Right On"). Beats from mad scientists like The Alchemist, Evidence, T-Ray and E-Swift keep the tracks flowin'. Some of the other cuts that shine on this winning debut are "The Main Event", "Annihilation", and "The Last Line of Defence". Make sure you check out the remix to "Ear Drums Pop", which is a hot posse cut that features White E. Ford, Defari, Planet Asia & Phil Tha Agony.

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