More Than Music Mixtape (cln) (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00099923584124 Release Date: 7/12/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63989497 Item#: M2ETXH Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. More Than Music - (with Duke "Da God"/Hell Rell/J.R. Writer) ~ Dipset 2. Dipset Symphony - (with Hell Rell/J.R. Writer/Juelz Santana/Jim Jones/40 Caliber/Un Kasa) ~ Dipset 3. Back In The Building - (with Hell Rell) ~ Dipset 4. Santana's Town Part II - (with Juelz Santana) ~ Dipset 5. What Is This - (with Jim Jones) ~ Dipset 6. Open Your Eyez - (with 40 Caliber) ~ Dipset 7. Somebody Gotta Die Tonight - (with Cam'Ron/Freekey Zekey) ~ Dipset 8. You Make Me Say - (with J.R. Writer) ~ Dipset 9. Sucker For Love Radio Interlude - (with Duke "Da God"/Ash) ~ Dipset 10. So What's It Gonna Be? - (with Juelz Santana/Fabolous) ~ Dipset 11. Best Out, The - (interlude, with J.R. Writer/Hell Rell/40 Caliber/Bezel) ~ Dipset 12. Bloodshed R.I.P. Freestyle - (with Cam'Ron/Bloodshed) ~ Dipset 13. No Days Off - (with Juelz Santana) ~ Dipset 14. 40th Boys - (freestyle, with 40 Caliber/A-mafia) ~ Dipset 15. Pit, The - (with J.R. Writer/Hell Rell/40 Caliber) ~ Dipset 16. Get Down - (with Cam'Ron/Juelz Santana) ~ Dipset 17. So Gangsta - (with Jha Jha/Un Kasa) ~ Dipset 18. What Kind Of Life Is This - (with Juelz Santana/Razah) ~ Dipset 19. If Only You Believe - (with J.R. Writer) ~ Dipset   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Dipset: 40 Caliber, Jim Jones, Cam'Ron, J.R. Writer, Hell Rell, Jha Jha, Juelz Santana. Additional personnel include: Fabulous, Freekey Zekey. Recording information: Honor Room, New York, NY; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY. In his introduction to DIPSET: MORE THAN MUSIC, Diplomat Records VP Duke Da God offers up his own unique reinterpretation of the famous Malcolm X line, declaring "we didn't land on (Plymouth) Rock, we moved the rock." It's as good a summation as any for the Diplomats' raucous, uncompromising style, on display in full effect on this supremely potent mixtape-style release. Every member of the Harlem crew shows up on DIPSET: MORE THAN MUSIC, from founder Cam'Ron to eccentric Jim Jones to newcomer Jha Jha, the group's first female rapper. As usual with this crowd, the hooks are non-stop, from the gratifying loop of Otis Redding's "Hard To Handle" on "Dipset Symphony" to the distorted lushness of a child's choir singing Jefferson Starship on "If Only You Believe." The former, which features most of the Diplomats chiming in, reaffirms the band's abiding love for hip-hop history, effortlessly weaving in knowing references to everyone from A Tribe Called Quest to Eric B. & Rakim. Every member of the Diplomats flows, and they play off each other with ease; it's hard to imagine them having more fun than they do on DIPSET: MORE THAN MUSIC. Producer: Duke "Da God"; Dame Grease; Heatmakerz; Nomadic Musical Guests Fabolous Freekey Zekey   Compilation Appearances Def Jamaica (Explicit Version) Silverback Gorilla(Explicit Version)   Technical Info Release Date : 07/12/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 5841 Label : Koch Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00099923584124   Professional Reviews The Wire (p.71) - "The thing about Harlem's Diplomats is that they always manage to pull off things that, on paper, seem kind of absurd."