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Release Date: December 20, 2011
All Songs Published by No Espik Inglis Music, Inc. (ASCAP). Album recorded at Yegua Maldita Asquerosa* Studios and Engineered/Mixed by CTRAFFIK except: Tu ’Stas Loca (Recorded at Songo Sound Recording Facilities – Engineer/Mixing: Edgardo Matta ) On Yo Blocc (Recorded at On Point Entertainment Studios.) No Budget 2.0 and KillingDem Freestyle (Recorded at Killah Studios, Engineered by Killah Trakz). On Yo Blocc, Freedom & The Day Hip Hop Was Born were Mastered by Jorge Garcia for Miami Tape Inc.

Commentary:
The market forced my hand on this one. The original “Rushed Again” mixtape was downloaded thousands of times and, in particular, most of the MP3 cuts off the album. This lead to the realization that these hits needed to be cleaned up, recorded on original beats and given a wider audience. This album serves as a bridge between all of the mixtapes and tracks recorded since releasing “The BumRush” and the upcoming album “Chico Town”. Songs like “Blood on Ya Hands” and “Freedom” were originally written and planned for the “Chico Town” album but instead got released with the re-recordings of “The Day Hip Hop Was Born” (TDHHB), “T-Paine” and “We Came Up” – all that were so successful on the first “Rushed Again” disc. Because of time constraints, I just wanted all-guest producers on this project to get it out quicker, but folks were taking too long to get back to me with a beat for “TDHHB”. I fired up the turntables and produced the beat my damn self at the last minute to complete this album. This was definitely a work of love. I had to step up my mixing and mastering game as well. Also, getting to release the first few hundred copies with a silver foil stamped cover felt like I was releasing a deluxe version of an X-Men comic book. If you are one of the lucky few to get this limited-edition copy, then catch me when I’m in your town and I’ll buy you a drink for being a hardcore fan!

CTRAFFIK presents “Mind Money” from the album “Rushed Again 2″. Track produced by Ronnie Beck. Video Directed by CTRAFFIK & Rene Gonzalez. Video Editing by In the Ring Productions and titles by Cafeteria Films.

Shot guerrilla-style during a trip to China, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Playing with paper money like it was confetti. Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value (zero) no matter where you live.

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Like pretty much all of my songs, this one is based on true events. Namely, the dreaded act of being “pulled-over” by the police for breaking some random victim-less road crime. It feels like its more of a shake-down for government revenue than actually keeping the roads safe. After 9/11 the U.S.S.A is becoming more of an ape-shit police state and these armed goons have been known to murder and even seriously injure the cattle (citizens) of this country. Just go on YouTube and search “police brutality” videos and you’ll get the idea. My point of this song is that the priorities of the law enforcement are all wrong. Leave us alone. We want freedom. Go solve some real crimes. But if you do get pulled over… stay sharp, don’t make the cop feel threatened in any way, your safety and freedom could depend on it. This song is from the “Rushed Again 2″ album. Please share it with your friends if you agree. Peace!!!

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Hurry!! Contest ends July 16, 2011 and spots are limited. 801-TRAFFIK is a regular ass phone line, you won’t be charged for calling (other than what your phone company charges for making calls). No purchase necessary but your message has to be good. Please don’t suck. Call as much as you like until you feel it was good. One CD per winner but everyone in your house can win if all of you are that good (but I doubt it). Buena suerte amigos!

I’m not sure if I was drunk at the time but I told someone that I would actually tattoo the first verse of this song on my back just because I like it so much. Its like the track wrote itself. My favorite line was “They gun running the continents, don’t give a fuck what the conflict is”. That deserves a whole song on its own to explain an elaborate because the subject makes me sick! (Watch Lord of War with Nick Cage for a teaser on that subject).
My goal was to make this track timeless, I didn’t want to drop any names as far as who I was talking about. I made it generally about the biggest gangsters on the planet, the most vicious goons, criminals, murders, skips, skags, skallywags, hoolie hoops, heehaws and heifers to ever walk the earth (that was my Dave Chappelle impersonation). At the end the song you will already know who I mean but in case you missed it the final vocal loop says it all. Stay sharp. There’s more of us then them… but like Dr. King says “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.”

This was a collaboration (a long time in the making ) with my fam at In The Ring Productions. They did everything: directing, shooting, editing, etc., to create the music video. I basically just told them that I wanted to bring the story from “Sick Hook” to life. My schedule as an independent Miami Hip Hop artist is so hectic and busy that I have to STEAL time to write and record. Namely, my car is the scene of most of these compositions. This is how the song “Sick Hook” came to life (read more about the song “Sick Hook” here). The video was not done low budget…. it was actually done with NO budget! Just creativity and hustle. I guess I paid to put gas in my car and food for the film crew. My homies MoeTive and Cesar G volunteered on separate days to put in work (much love!!) Yes, I wish I had 4 clones of me running around so I can actually have time to put out more records and watch this thing called “TV” that I hear so much about.

Another track from the “Rushed Again 2″ album, produced by Ronnie Beck. Its based on the original concept of the hit single Mind Money (I call it a hit because it gets downloaded thousands of times off my server… candela!). Originally Ronnie sent me the beat with the acapella from the the first version over it but I wasn’t feeling it, yet. So I re-recorded all of my parts and created a brand new hook to fit Ronnie’s beat perfect. That’s the only way to do it. When I was over in China & Japan I decided on the spot to film a music video for this new version of Mind Money. Had tons of fun, look out for the video soon. During the trip, my Mexican Chicano video director was spitting the hook to the remix out loud. I knew then that I was on to something special with this song. Plus those cute Filipino lounge singers in Guangzhou joined in and sang the chorus with me on the first try. Hopefully this shit catches on some more. Enjoy!

Mind Money Lyrics
Intro:
Yeah, You Getting Rushed Again (Getting Rushed Again) (x8)
CTRAFFIK, Mind Money….


Hook (x2):
Money on my mind, don’t forget it.
Hustle day n night, we gone get it
Let’s ride (let’s ride), all night (night), we gone get it


Verse 1:
My people gotta eat for real, Louis Vuitton & Moet won’t help.
P.Diddy combs aint gonna pay for my home
And your champagne tastes like cat piss when its warm
It don’t matter if your’e broke wearing prada,
You still broke, still got nada.
Aint got a piece of the enchilada,
these name brands aint feeding yo daughter.
Like Hey! Mr., Mr. DJ bring that back let me get a replay. (x2)


Hook


Verse 2:
Yo, Its the welfare baby, still tax evading,
got the IRS hate hating on me crazy.
You don’t gotta murder, they treat you like the worse, man.
That’s government violence, government coercion.
Al Capone stacking illegal bread. He said “No! You can’t tax none of it”
They said “Oh! Watch how we run it then, we’re the biggest thieves in the word.
You don’t know it, man?
Word to Uncle Sam, we gone run a scam.
Pay me all in cash, they don’t need it man.
I take care of mine, they take care of theirs.
Theirs is millionaires, mines is living here.
We still on the block, watch don’t get me knocked.
They don’t send the cops, they send in the SWAT!

Pow! Its a no-knock raid, you hear click clack got guns in your face (x3)


Hook


Outro:
Money on my mind, money in my palms, give it to the State, man, you so wrong. You so wrong. Naw you So wrong! (x2)
Money on my mind, money in my palms, give it to a bitch, man, you so wrong. You so wrong. Naw you So wrong! (x2)

This track was a complete loquera from the start. Don’t know what got into me but I created the hook and verses fairly easy. This was recorded back in the days at the Songo Sounds Studio in Kendall. The beat is by Edgar Matta and the voice on the hook is by a girl who helped out in the studio. I was just acting crazy with the lyrics and the concept. Since I have a track on The BumRush called “Street Liqour“, I made this one the sequel – Chico Liquor. Bootleg this one and enjoy!!

NEW: Watch the “Sick Hook” Music Video Here!

This is the classic CTRAFFIK and Caliba street anthem that was inspired by the fans. Whenever we’d be out promoting on the street or performing at our shows, the crowds would chant “Tha Union is on Yo Blocc!” After a while we figured it would be a great chorus idea. On this track, the sound of people screaming “Blocc” during the hook is sampled off the film footage from one of our live shows.


The beat was produced by the Production Duo known as Street Scores. Unfortunately one of the two producers for this record passed away right after we released this single.

We recorded and mixed most of “On Yo Blocc” at the On Point Entertainment protools studio in Lil Haiti (Shouts to Buggah tha Guvnah). The track also features Balli who brings his Jamaican Dance Hall flavor to the beat.


Being that Miami is a Mix of Black, Latino and Caribbean influences, this bi-lingual hip hop track represents our city perfect and is one of my favorites to perform live.

Lyrics:
Intro (Balli):Tha Union,We’re rolling with Tha Union
Tha Union is On Yo Blocc, We’re on Yo Blocc Yeah, Yeah, Yeah


Chorus:
Tha Union Is On Yo Blocc (Blocc, Blocc, Blocc-a)
Tha Unio is On Yo Blocc, Tha Union is on Yo Blocc


Verse 1 (Caliba)
I’m the industry’s enemy but the streets love me
Cuz I don’t follow your rules but my name buzzing
Now who that is?
Caliba Caliba
Who that is?
Caliba Caliba
Who That is? Caliba Caliba Caliba Caliba Caliba Calibaaaa
And I’m Killing the Internet, I got a cyber buzz
They can call me Roger Troutman cuz I get so much Computer Love
But don’t get it twisted bra’
Not new to this business shit
I was ripping campuses when pampers you was pissing in
Me and Traffik got the blocc locked down
From Perrine to Goulds, Liberty City to Chico Town
We stay on the paper chase
I’m in to buying big weight
Then moved to Florida and made it real-er state
Cuz!


Chorus


Verse 2 (CTRAFFIK)
No me importa, no me importa un cajar-ashun
Oye mi herman-ashun,
Me cago en su madre-ashun
Es el Colombi-ashun from Little Havan-ashun
Con el encend-ashun,
Partiendote el cul-ashun
Soci-ashun!
This is for my Chicos and my Haitians
That Dade-County fire,
Live Blazing up the nation
Police come around?
No Informa-shun
Excuse me con el I’m sorry
Yo No Espik Ingl-ashun
CTRAFFIK that chico you know
I’m on the blocc with tha U.N.I.O.N. and its on
We got the street team strong
Got the rank in the zone
Any blocc and spot
That you on we on,
Because…


Chorus


Verse3 (Caliba and Ctraffik)
I’m on the Blocc like hood rat chicks and gang groupies
They cheering us on cuz we living like gangsta movies


I’m on the Blocc like EBT, Bootleg DVDs, Boycotting McD’s
Petty Thieves and robberies


Listen, I’m on the Blocc like eighths and O’s by Arab stores
Known to take your H. and O.’s, You know!


I’m on the Blocc like a dunk with the rims big as hell
I’m on the Blocc like those immigrants that just got here


I’m on the Blocc like dope holes, more dope sold
The streets is talking, that’s why my flow’s so dope, oh!


I’m on your Blocc like Crime, your Blocc like weed smoke
Not your favorite rapper he behind the VIP rope!


Chorus


Outro (Balli)
Tha Union is On Yo Blocc, We’re on Yo Blocc Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Check out a summary of the article below:
Local love
As hip-hop’s stars hit South Florida, give a shout-out to some hometown heroes.
by Dan Sweeney

Any hip-hop head worth his chain is familiar with at least a few South Florida artists — certainly Trick Daddy, Pitbull and Uncle Luke. People who are deep in the scene likely picked up DJ Khaled’s 2006 CD, Listennn: The Album. But anyone who doesn’t follow the ebbs and flows of local hip-hop with the obsessive care of a hand-washing Howie Mandel may not know who’s hot and who’s not. So we’ve put together the following list of 10 South Florida artists who, we believe, are ready to pop. Get with them this Memorial Day weekend in Miami Beach and elsewhere, prove your love early and then, enjoy being a part of the entourage when they’re richer than God. We’ve put them in alphabetical order so as not to play favorites. That way, we can expect our invite to the champagne room from all 10.

Tha Union: Caliba and Ctraffik each put out solo albums a couple of years ago, Xperience and The BumRush respectively. The duo’s recent pairing, the single “On Yo Blocc,” has sold out online and created regional buzz. Visit Thaunion.com.

Ever since Nas called out Jay-Z for getting ripped by Eminem on his own track, any emcee worth his weight needs to make sure not to collabo with Slim Shady unless you got a hot verse. I also wanted to give the track the Spanish Hip Hop treatment while matching Eminem with a sick flow. We both touched on the issues we’re facing in the respective stages of our careers: Enimen is on top and I’m still coming up. Two perspectives, two languages, two emcees and one Music Biz.

This has got to be one of my favorite tracks ever because its so personal. First off, I looped a sample from Sade’s song “King Of Sorrow“. Everything that Sade drops I buy and I had always hoped to rip one of her tracks.


Secondly, the two verses speak about actual people I encountered at that time (2003-2004) who were so fake that they inspired the lyrics. I had just came back from doing an out-of-town show with Caliba when the rappers who gave us a ride took us to the house of one of their artists to drop him off first. This was the incident in the gated community, way the fuck outside of Miami. Right there on the sidewalk in front of his pristine suburb dwelling I started freestyling the hook “if you living in the suburbs don’t talk about guns and crack…” It all just came so natural to me. This guy had just dropped a mixtape, acting like Tony Montana, etc. etc. The first verse explains it all in vivid detail.


The second character is a guy who showed up to one of our shows down in Homestead, FL asking to be a part of Tha Union. I thought he was cool at first, kind of a bum, but a friend gave him a ride and was introducing him to us as a favor. I don’t judge anyone, especially when they are down on their luck and trying to make it. But his attitude stunk. Later on as we left Homestead we popped his CD demo into the car stereo and immediately were punished by his bullshit lyrics about driving a Bentley and wearing gold chains!!! I swear to you, I never hit eject or ever flung a fucking disc out the window so fast. HOLY SHIT! I hate crappy commercial rap music, plus I just met the fucking guy and he was bumming a ride because he’s so broke. After meeting him, my second verse was in the bag.


On the outro I was touching on the subject of conflict Diamonds and African Gold, way before Kanye West made it a big deal (which I’m glad that he did). The basic premise of this track is what Ali G always says “Keep it Real”. Enjoy!


(Note: I have not seen or heard from those two fake-ass rappers since. Goes to show that they wanted that “Get rich quick” song to pop-off but gave up on the music biz when it got too rough)

1. Loba (Miami Remix)
2. Zona Gangsta
3. Ole Ole Ole
4. The Day Hip Hop Was Born
5. Crabz (Feat. Garcia)
6. Mind Money
7. Ironias
8. I Got Weed
9. T-Paine (Common Sense)
10. Tienen Que Brincar (Colombia Anthem)


In total, there were over 22,000 downloads/requests. If I had a penny for every download I’d have $200 to buy a new turntable for my studio. I appreciate all of the love, even if I gave the tracks away for free. If you guys wanna buy some merchandise or purchase a track or two (available in a higher quality on iTunes and Amazon) I would be able to buy some yogurt for my daughter! Help me feed the kids in 2010 and keep bootlegging my shit! Peace!

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Here is a classic from my debut album The BumRush. I can still remember the day when I made this beat, writing the lyrics and the hook just came naturally sine the track was so crazy. On iTunes and Napster this song has become one of the most popular tracks off The BumRush. I touched on the subject of gentrification and a little bit of social justice. This is pretty much a protest song against stereotypes and barriers put in place to keep inner-city, lower-income folks from achieving “the American Dream” (whatever that means). I was fresh out of high school and still mad at the world. Otherwise, this is a banger that you can play loud as fuck!