Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Mastamind - Street Valu (2004)





01.Intro
02.Tha Resurrection
03.Wicket Gangsta
04.Dangerous Mindz
05.I Got This
06.In The Creek ft Nio Supremu Zelly
07.Tha Throw Back
08.Stop Dat ft Crisis 'Tha Ryhm Don'
09.Dollaz Ova Damez (Hellraiser Mix)
10.Phuk Dat ft Lavel
11.G-Like Ride
12.Streetvalu (Tha Streets Iz Watchin')
13.The Next ft Spice 1
14.Detroit Pt 2
15.Self Made
16.Da Hardest
17.U Kno Nothin
18.Live Life Like
19.Been There (Skinny To Big)
20.Tha Outro (Da Wicket Shyt Neva Dies)



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For nearly a decade, Mastamind existed exclusively as a member of the Detroit acid rap group Natas before releasing his first solo album in 2000, proving that he was more than group leader Esham's right-hand man. Ten years earlier while attending Osborne High School in Detroit, MI, Mastamind (born Gary Reed) passed a three-song demo tape to fellow student Esham. At the time, Esham had already released a debut full-length, Boomin' Words From Hell, along with a handful of EPs, making him a substantial superstar amongst his teenaged peers. Esham liked what he heard and decided to form a group with Mastamind and a friend named TNT. Together, the trio decided on the name Natas as a symbol of their disposition at the time and released their first album, Life After Death, on Esham's Reel Life Productions label in 1992. Subsequent years brought a number of follow-ups. In 1995, Mastamind's solo debut appeared, a five-song EP titled Lickkuidrano, but it wasn't until 2000 that his first solo LP appeared, Themindzi. With this release came critical acclaim among the hardcore rap underground, as ~Murder Dog magazine's readers voted Mastamind 2000's "most slept on" rapper while also praising his album. The rapper then went on the road in 2001, touring nationally for the first time and winning legions of new fans in the process.

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