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Rappin ...4-Tau
Since his release from prison in
late-1992, Anthony Forte's objec
tive was clear. First, he wanted to be
the first playa to put San Francisco
on the map. Secondly, he wanted to
be able to take care o f his family.
Ih ird ly .g e lO tl Parole. He wanted to
makeapositive name in the rapgame
lor himself and his record label. Rag
Top Records. 4-Tay says , “ Let the
record now reflect that I have been
on nothin short o f a mission, with
my mission objectives clear. I've al
ways said, ‘i f you fail lo plan, you
plan to (ail. I just thought it was time
to listen to myself for awhile. "Cause
there are a lot o f people going around
talking ‘ these days.”
Debuting on record in 1989 as a
guest on Life is ...Too Short, 4-Tay
rapped with Too Short on a triple x-
rated track entitled “ Don’ t Fight The
Feelin". In 1993,4-Tay dropped his
own album. D on't Fight The Feelin’
on the streets o f the Bay Area, and
started working his way across the
nation, trying to sell his tape. 4-Tay
recalls, "W e had a plant set-up by
(label co-founders) Franky J (Frank
Husdon), Fly (Gary Hudson), and
myself. Since we didn't have much
money, we had to put in work. The
plan was to take the game a playa had
and whatever else a playaeould shake-
loose from his hustle, and put a
Rappin' 4-Tay tape in every neigh
borhood store and then find a place in
that area where I could rap. A fte r
wards, they’d come get the tape from
the store. That was the plan, that’s it
and that’s a ll."
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I've been having trouble sleep
ing lately, but it ’ s all gravy baby,
because I know it’ s all due to a
little Insomnia caused by Erick
Sermon’ s phat compilation album
featuring 11 butter tracks produced
by the funklord him self on Bandit?
Interscope Records. “ I titled it In
somnia because the album is a
funky station that stays on 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week...it never
stops," states Sermon.
Never stopping is something
Erick Sermon’ s accustomed to
since 1987, when he and Parrish
Smith broke in to the rap game
with their flavorful debut single
“ It ’ sM y T h in g /Y o u ’ re A Custom
er.” The duo went on to record
countless Hip-Hop classics such
as "Y ou Gots To Chi II,” "So What
Cha Saying," “ Rampage,” and
"Crossover.” A fte r the group’s
split, Erick went on to release a
solo debut album entitled No Pres
sure, which reached gold status as
well.
This project was put together by
E rick’ s long desire toow n arecord
label in the recording industry. A
driving force in the successful ca-
reersof Redman and Keith Murray
with solid funky production skills
and an unmatched experience in
the do’s and don’ ts o f the business,
as well as working with an im
mense group o f unsigned Hip-Hop
and R &B talent cemented his deci
sion to hit heads with something
different now. He explains the rea
son o f combining all the hype un
known artists in one package,
“ Rather than working with one art
ist at one time, I decided to piggy
back them and let the world choose
who they wanted first, and then do
an album on them.”
The Insomnia attack began with
88.9 WEDS radio hostess Cheir
Martinez representing lovely on the
airwaves immediately followed by
“ Funkoraina,” from ihe funkadelic
relic Redman. A jam firm ly stamped
in Del Squad tradition, produced by
Redman, Erick proudly describes it
as “ the heaviest o f the funk."
D e d ic a tin g the track to his
"peoples on lo ck down and on
the stree t," K e ith M u rra y covers
a ll ly ric a l bases on the jo in t ac
cu ra tely title d " I t ’ s That H it,"
w hich is sure to be a sum m ertim e
anthem. When asked to com m ent
on M u rra y ’ s cut, the fu n k lo rd
breaks out w ith a w ide g rin and
states," You know how he gets
dow n, he's ju s t sick w ith h is ."
H ow e ver, the Redman and
M urray cuts are far from being
the o n ly hype amm o on Insom
nia. The hard h ittin g w inn a o f “ I
Feel I t , ” features K e ith ’ s Cen
tral Is lip homeboys, L .O .D . also
g ettin g in y a ’ w ith the rugged
lin g o and b o rro w in g the chorus
from the classic “ Jamaica F unk."
“ This cut rem inds me o f ‘ H os
tile back when me and M u rra y
d id it , ” he states.
Judging by my inability to get
some sleep from playing his brand
new funk constantly, E rick’ s got
the a bility to put No-Doz out o f ]
business.
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