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Young Mass Presents...the Best of Daygo City
By 40oz. Chris Pribilo | Published Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009
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Young Mass brought together San Diego’s hip-hop standouts on his new compilation The Best of Daygo City. Mass takes you on a trip around Daygo City's diverse hip-hop scene with 22 tracks showing off the city's underground, gangsta, and mainstream talent.
"Product of My Environment," the record's opener, exemplifies Mass' vocal and production skills as he spits triumphantly over a classic West Coast, Dr. Dre-style piano riff. Mass lends his vocals to three other cuts on the album, including the "You Don't Have to Be a Star"-themed track "Celebrity Girl" alongside smooth-flow R&B singer J. Young.
On "San Diego Is the Combination," Verbz teams up with Blame One and Deep Rooted MC Mr. Brady to spew clever SD couplets ("Social Distortion/Snakes Deception/Stack Dollars/Stayin Deep/Songs Done"), but it's the barrage of SD-themed cuts by DJ Demon on the turntables that make this track classic.
Lady rapper Ms. Kitty trades rhymes with beau I-Rocc on a seductive, sexed-up journey from the club to the bedroom. Newcomer Shavone C rhyme's well beyond her 19 years of age, over a canary chirp-driven beat on "Baddest Chick Around," and Latin lovely Vision tops off a top-notch showing by Daygo City's hip-hop ladies.
To date, the most successful acts out of SD have been gangsta-style rappers Jayo Felony and Mitchy Slick, so no compilation out of our city would be complete without a few heaters representing. One of the CD's best is by the MCs of DieNasty Records when they combine with SiccMade, Crhymes, and Ecay Uno on a lyrical slaughter of everyone in their path called "19:04."
From Pacific Beach party group Outta Control's feel good jam "Come Correct" to the introspective style of Jimmy Powers on "Same James," you will be wondering why SD's hip-hop scene has not blown up yet. Maybe it will after the world gets a whiff of this joint!
Editor's note: This review was written by one of the record's producers.
Album title: Young Mass Presents...the Best of Daygo City
Artist: Various artists
Label: Jake Records
Album Mp3s
1 – Young Mass - "Daygo City Intro"
2 – Outlaw Order
"Product Of My Environment" f/ Young Mass, H-Ryda, New Child, Cutthroat
www.hryda.com
Produced By: Young Mass
3 - Verbz
"San Diego is the Combination" f/ Blame One & Mr. Brady
www.myspace.com/verbz
Cuts: DJ Demon / Produced By: Verbz
4 – Kitty
"Work My Kitty" f/ I-Rocc & Harmoney
www.myspace.com/kittykatmeooow - Twitter: @kittykatmeooow
Produced by: Batkave
5 – J. Young & Young Mass
"Celebrity Girl"
www.myspace.com/theoriginaljyoung
Produced By: Young Mass
6 – Black Cotton
"I.Y.I.F.L.Y."
www.theblackcotton.com - www.myspace.com/theblackcotton
Twitter: @TheBlackCotton
Produced By: Marrel
7 – Tha Cor
"Smoke And Get High" f/ Muddy H20
www.myspace.com/thacor619
Twitter: @Crhymes619
Produced By: E-Man
8 – HeatRok
"Feelin Like Ooh Wee"
www.myspace.com/heatroksd
Twitter: @HeatRok
Produced By: t6
9 - Juice
"Bounce (Keep It On The LoLo)" f/ Nasty-O
www.myspace.com/kojuice2 - www.kojuice.com
Twitter: @Kojuice
Produced By: The BeatBoyz
10 –O.C.T./Outta Control
"Come Correct"
www.myspace.com/outtacontroloct
Twitter: @OCTMusic
Produced By: Arsenic
11 - Jimmy Powers
"Same James"
www.myspace.com/jpowers
Twitter: @JimmyPowersSD
Produced By: Longevity
12 - Young Mass
"Free"
www.myspace.com/massterpiece - www.youngmass.com
Twitter: @MassterpieceEnt @Mass2020
Produced By: C-Dash
13 – Kayo
"2 Tha Hataz (I’m Hot)"
www.myspace.com/beatsbykayo - www.lifestyleofahustler.com
Twitter: @Beatsbykayo
Produced By: Young Mass
14 – Bloodstone And Princess
"Gangstas Don’t Dance"
www.myspace.com/buprecordsent
Produced By: Ecay Uno
15 - Pac 10
"So So Fresh (remix)" f/1019, Just Chill, Acromic, Mr. Oda, Parker
www.magflux.net - www.myspace.com/parkerthenumberman
Twitters: @Pac10MF - @MagFlux - @Acromic - @DjWindzOne - @ParkerNumberman @WHATtheFERCH - @Magneticmogul
Produced By: Acromic
16 – Shavone C.
"Baddest Chick Around"
www.myspace.com/shavonecmusik
Twitter: @SHAVONEC
Produced By: James Wilson
17- Play B.
"Angel" f/ Young Mass & Kayo
www.myspace.com/playb619
Twitter: @Playb619
Produced By: Young Mass
18 - Bucky Adams
"Yaddada" f/ Yada & Majesty Da P
www.myspace.com/kaliforniabears
Produced By: Bucky Adams
19 – DieNasty Records
"19:04" f/ Ecay Uno, Sicc Made & Crhymes
www.DieNastyRecords.com
Twitter: @KaliburDieNasty
Produced By: Ecay Uno
20 – Vision
"Quit Frontin"
www.myspace.com/visioncomplex
Twitter: @VISIONCOMPLEX
Produced By: Miklo Sanchez
21 – Mr. Ridley
"Danger, Danger!" f/ Bazerkowitz, Trust 1 & Matlock
www.myspace.com/mrridley - www.myspace.com/theanticitizens
Twitter: @Mrridley
Cuts: DJ Marcellus Wallace / Produced By: Mr. Ridley
22 – Young Mass - "The Best Of Outro"
By 40ozChris 7:35 p.m., Dec 10, 2009 > Report it
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-Shavone C.
By shavonec 9:32 a.m., Dec 11, 2009 > Report it