Old School Long Playa Volume Two

Collection Contents

#		Title	Length
1		Fire	4:24	Play
2		Dj Ego	3:42	Play
3		Rhyme Not Stupid	4:03	Play
4		I Self Lord and Master	3:46	Play
5		Day in the Life	4:57	Play
6		Hope (the Bullet Goes Back in the Gun)	3:06	Play
7		Yall Ain't Ready	3:29	Play
8		Spare Can O' Azzwhip	3:03	Play
9		The Hustle	3:19	Play
10		Trouble	3:36	Play
11		The Pain (magic)	3:03	Play
12		Satisfaction Guaranteed	3:18	Play
13		Take Me Away	3:02	Play
14		Blessing of the Blade	3:05	Play
15		Got a Gat 4 That (2004 Remix)	3:03	Play
16		The Maulin' (with Maal G)	4:04	Play
17		Do Something 2 Ya (with Ned Vicious)	3:07	Play
18		Behind the Smile	3:55	Play
19		Rock the Beat (what I Came 4)	3:03	Play
20		U Ain't Got Nothing On It	3:09	Play
21		Toldjah	3:09	Play
22		The Comeback	3:08	Play
23		Excuse Me (with Ned Vicious)	3:16	Play

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Greetings 2 all our peeps. Dat's right..Ya'll out dere. Black, brown, white, yellow, red, and whatever U look like. Male or female. Conservative or liberal. Democratic or republican. Jew, Muslim, or Christian. Upper class wannabee or Down N D hoodz and barrios. We drop mad shots 4 U right now. Representin' as always 4 D real. 'Cause D real is D life as D people live it and dat's what ReapALife represents...'cause ultimately on dis here plane what happens is dat we either manifest D positive tip or D negative tip. Either way, we gotz 2 survive.

Either way, we ReapALife. What kind of life we reap is D kind of life we sow. D negative and D positive is both parts of life and both parts of D real. Dere R no absolutes, no perfections, just hard work tryin' 2 git th'u'. And we B doing all up in the mix with D system dat's tryin' 2 tell me and U how to live while marching us 2 D altars of death.

What we know...we know by D life. Dis is a hip-hop reality here. D hip is bein' N D know. dat's what consciousness is..not some esoteric, mystical crap, but knowin' D ledge, D edge, so U don't fall off. D hop is mobility, 'cause U gotz 2 keep movin'. Either move or U git moved on. We tryin' 2 move, we tryin' 2 help U move. Listen N. We hit U wit' D lyric, we hit U wit' D visual, we hit U wit' D lessons, we hit U wit' D wordz. But every lick is 1 2 grow on. Dis yo birfday site, U bin rebo'n. Welcome 2 D home of ReapALife, web and worldwide, all over dem bustas, frauds, and fakes. DP Da Reapa N here, yo war correspondent. Stay alive! Signed..Reapa

DP Da Reapa (Rev. Dr. Nikitah Imani) is Pres. and CEO of Reapalife Records in Harrisonburg, VA. He is from the ATL and holds a BSFS, 2 masters degrees and a Ph.D. He is assoc. prof. of sociology at James Madison Univ and adjunct associate professor of sociology at Blue Ridge Community College.. He is also an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church and has pastored in Afrikan orthodox and Southern Baptist religious contexts. He was the co-author of The Agony of Education (1996) on Routledge press.


On volume two we gots DJ Ego written for somebody dat knows who dey is. Day N Da Life is an autobiographical joint. "Hope" is about trying to reflect on the impact of the intracommunal violence. "Blessing of the Blade" is for all ya Burg frauds out dere who gives a brotha no love. Eat one up with salt son..we gone do dis anyways witout cha and if I don't know ya now, forget me later!