Dilated Peoples are a hip hop group who have achieved great fame in the underground hip hop community, although their only real mainstream success was the song This Way, a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West. DJ Babu (from the DJ crew Beat Junkies), Evidence, and Rakaa joined together in 1992 and released Third Degree and Work the Angles, which were quickly established as favorites in the underground scene and among rap critics. They eventually signed to Capitol Records and in 2000 released The Platform, to more critical acclaim. Their sophomore set Expansion Team was released in 2001, led by the Alchemist-produced single Worst Comes To Worst, which sampled from Mobb Deep's Survival Of The Fittest. Their third album, Neighborhood Watch, was released in 2004 and debuted at #55 on USA's Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
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Annihilation Lyrics
Dilated Peoples
I annihilate your type if you violate [malik b] 4x
[evidence]
The beginning, yeah
You know, its never too late to start over
[iriscience]
Yeah yo yo yo Im the type to sneak into your dorm and get shit warm
Im the type to spit on microphones and leave em deformed
Babu cuts into alchemist instrumentals
Gemini, this twin peaks like david lynch do
Or does, bustin off for every place I been though
Im hard to see through like lodges wit no windows
Sparks the beginning of the end of the dark
See I flood the stage hard, now you swimmin wit sharks
Rappers are cocky, but on the low, I know they watch me
Cuz weapons in my music like Im el mariachi
Or desperado, pushin at full throttle
Rock till Im horse/hoarse like broncos from colorado
I annihilate your type if you violate
We are the peoples from the crew they call the dilated
*cut and scratched by babu* I annihilate your type if you violate
(iriscience, world famous babu)
[evidence]
Aiyyo my weed stays fresh in the jar when the lids tight
Reminiscing on memories from last midnight
Time constraints why I hate music biz
I counterpunch clocks, pay no attention what time it is
Chop shit, bend notes, clear no samples
Drop my thoughts quick on sony audio handheld
Delve and breaks heat will take it to the streets
Whattup to rhett and carlos, all peeps at fat beats
Street sweep, strip the lock after we rock
The world is in my hand, but Im in pandoras box
Think the bigger picture is how I write my scripture
(an immediate response) or maybe later itll hit ya
I annihilate your type if you violate
[iriscience] Im iriscience from the crew they call the dilated
I annihilate your type if you violate
[evidence] evidence, Im from the crew called dilated
I annihilate your type if you violate
[both] we are peoples from the crew they call the dilated
*cut and scratched* I annihilate your type if you violate
[evidence]
Never test my integrity or doubt Im learnin lessons
Im the type of person always be the last to leave the session
Its etched in, stone, Im mikes/mics wit headphones
My minds a mini-clock latchin on to tones
My demeanor cant be shattered, Im followed by the man
I follow through a fully-executed blueprint plan
[iriscience]
I grab a crate for my dj and work wit a can
I rock a break for the people till the girls wanna dance
I dont need jewels to shine, just I bring the flows
Besides, I keep losin all my rings at shows
The way things are lookin, even heaven is crooked
And if your lighters missing maybe evidence took it
*answering machine*
This is ev, leave a message....have a good day *beep*
Have a good day? yo how many lighters you got in your pocket
Right now, man? that shit is wrong, you do this every time
I annihilate your type if you violate *cut and scratched in background*
[evidence] (iriscience)
I annihilate, what if you violate my crew
(dilated yeah yeah thats us, thats how we doin it)
Iriscience uh, evidence, dj babu, uh alchemist
(we rockin the old world, the new)
Everywhere on the map, its lookin smaller and smaller