This was the lead track from the Block Politics Mixtape hosted by DJ Epps. It was an official warning shot that Tha Union would no longer promote the “Ready 2 Strike” mixtape series. That particular DJ who was using the title pretty much stopped using it as well right after this track came out in 2005. This was a typical battle rap / lyrical track over a crazy beat to set the tone for the whole mixtape. Yes, DJ Choppa Jones is still up next, look out for a collabo mixtape with him soon enough.

This song is from the Block Politics mixtape featuring DJ Epps and it marks a turning point in my political philosopy. It was recorded and released in late 2005 when I was still a HARDCORE Democrat, trying to promote the idea of using the 2006 midterm elections as a last chance to remove the Bush Crime Family from office. Little did I know that the Democrats WOULD win that election, take control of congress and then let that asshole Bush and his fucking buddies walk off without a scratch. No impeachment! Back then I was naive enough to believe that the Democrats actually stood for the Constitution, the rule of law, justice, (yadda, yadda, etc and a bag of cookies). We now know that the Democrats are a bunch of coward ass motherfuckers and that the Republicans are still assholes. Fuck them both!

Recently when George Carlin died I was watching a bunch of his videos on YouTube and heard him say that he too abandoned the Democratic Party early on in his life, probably for similar reasons. If you want to know where I stand politically these days then listen to Common Sense. Peace!

About:
This song was recorded for the Blocc Politics mixtape and the title has nothing to do with Caliba and I smoking any weed (which we don’t… at least I don’t at the time of this writing) but the hook is based on us believing that the Ray Charles sample in the beat was saying “I got weed… I got Weed… she killed me mom, sumpthing sumpthin….”. So we flipped the hook and attacked the beat with crazy rhymes. I start off my verse saying “Bitch! Kanye got Jacked!” – some folks thought I said “shot”. Also, I was watching the Maury Povich show at the time (2005) and was obsessed with the crazy paternity/DNA-test episodes. At the end I actually recorded my self falling off a plastic chair but after a bunch of takes and a sore ass I got the recording that made the final cut. This is how we sacrifice ourselves to make classic hip hop records.

About:
This song was written and recorded back in 2003 for one of the first mixtapes by Tha Union. Caliba came up with the structure of the hook but we collaborated on the names of the rap groups we included and the final product. Funny enough, the rappers that I was talking about in my verse (sounding like Jay-Z and Juvenile) both hardly exist anymore. Remember that in 2003 Jay-Z was at the top of his game and had not yet dropped some of his later classics (like the Black Album) so for me to predict that those Jay-Z-sounding wannabe rappers would fade out along with Jay’s popularity was damn near prophetic (I should play the lotto). We had fun performing this song at many shows in South Florida especially when we had to take the stage right AFTER some wannabe rap jokes who took offense to this track! You had to see the mean mugging looks on their faces, but we didn’t care because the crowd loved it anyways.

About:
This song was originally written and recorded in the Little Havana recording studio / apartment that I like to call Abuelita’s Duplex Studios sometime around 2004. This one became one of our biggest underground hits so far (and it still gets us lots of positive feedback) and it even ended up being DJ Epps‘ Saturday Night Radio show intro on 103.5 The BEAT. Caliba and I took turns writing our verses so that we made sure the first line of our verse would match the last line of the previous one. Listen to it an you’ll see what I’m talking about. It was written and recorded in one evening but it’s staying power is timeless! There will be a video for this, I’ll make sure of it!
This song was included in Rushed Again.

Download (CTRAFFIK – Rushed Again – FULL 18 Track CD – 96MB .ZIP file)
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Track Listing:
1. Rushed Again
2. The Day Hip Hop Was Born
3. Mind Money
4. Bangin’
5. Fuck The Minutemen
6. Bush Crime Family
7. Zona Gangsta (feat. Snoop, Daddy Yankee)
8. Hip Hop 101 (feat. Caliba)
9. Creepin’ Up on Ya (feat. Caliba)
10. Rattlin’ Yo Trunk
11. Stop Lying to Ya Self
12. T-Paine (It’s Common Sense)
13. Sick Hook
14. Rush Ya (Headshot/Freestyle)
15. Ackin’ Like (Headshot/Freestyle)
16. T.R.A.F.F.I.
17. From Tha Grind (feat. Caliba)
18. Rush to Chico Town (Outro)


Music Videos:
Bush Crime Family – Video


About:
Release Date: May 9, 2009
Songs Recorded from 2003 to 2009.
Beats produced by: Everyone and their mother.
Recording in My Fukin New Room Studios (La Casa del Coño, FL), The Lab Studios (Kendall, FL), Affix Studios (Kendall, FL), Abuelita’s Duplex Studios (Little Havana, FL)



Commentary:
I was plotting on releasing this CD since 2004 pretty much. After putting out The BumRush and starting up Tha Union Entertainment, we were all in mixtape mode. They were cheaper to produce and quicker to release than a full fledged album. So naturally I wanted to make one of my own. Just when I thought the CD was gonna be made I would instead place songs on other Union mixtapes like “Blocc Hits”, “Blocc Politics“, “Blocc Unity” etc. Between doing shows, touring and dedicated my time to other joint mix CDs with Caliba this Rushed Again project seemed like it would never drop. I finally wrapped this shit up and in the process of recording the last original tracks like “The Day Hip Hop was Born” and “Sick Hook” I ended up recording the first tracks for the next CD “Chico Town”. I’m now cranking out albums like an assembly line! Stay tuned and enjoy this compilation of funk.