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I’m TDK, Maxell, Memorex all day/ used to sit and listen to tapes out in the hallway/ directional mode walkman for when the tape flipped/ end to end and begin again and never once skipped/ your shit was high tech if it told time/ pause button, fast forward and a rewind/ plus a bass boost good for lo-fi break loops/ and a battery light that’ll dim when it needs juice/ my first dubbed tape was done on a tonemaster/ 60 minutes had jam after jam after/ UTFO, Whodini, then Slick Rick/ Boogie Boys, yeah I just took it back on some deep shit/ I’m talking noise reduction high speed dubbing/ if your stereo had a recording level you was stunting/ these young bucks don’t know nothing about pause mixtapes/ or your heartache when your favorite cassettes ate/ I used to hate when side one’s longer than side two/ now I gotta fast forward stead of letting it ride through/ and if the tape snapped apply invisible tape quick/ I don’t know anybody who ever bought a splice kit/ niguz’ll dub it like it and still buy it/ you didn’t have to pirate it was good enough to try it/ unfold the inlet and read the credits and liner notes/ and if the rhymes were included then that was really dope/ some of them had a bonus cut/ like silent murder on It Was Written or Doggystyle’s G’z Up, Hoez Down/ if you bought the Cd it wasn’t found/ but mama always told me you better shop around/ Redman had a bloody tape right before his muddy tape/ Rae made the purple Masta Ace graced the yellow case/ I was the king of cassettes without a doubt/ especially after getting down with Columbia House/ 11 tapes for a penny who wouldn’t do it/ you be otherwise stupid if you chose not to abuse it/ I remember I got busted at Blockbuster Music/ with 8 tapes in my jacket fronting like I didn’t do it/ ask Leola Green she was on the scene/ I lied and tried to tell the cops I was just a rap fiend/ that loved my hip hop and pumped the tape til my tape stopped/ still that way to this day until my own tape pops

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from Wholesale: Everything Must Flow​!​!​!, released April 17, 2012
produced by: Encyclopedia Brown

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Encyclopedia Brown Chicago, Illinois

A prolific MC and die hard hip hop enthusiast, Encyclopedia Brown keeps listeners on their toes with slick punchlines, fluent vocabulary, & dynamic wordplay. An 80's baby, Brown came up during the "Golden Age" of hip hop, penning rhymes and honing his craft as a teenager. A charismatic persona, plus a natural ability to command attention, equals an impressive performer worthy of any audience ... more

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