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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Dilated Peoples
One-two one-two in the place to be, yes indeed
As we proceed to give you what you need
Always smokin that dro weed, we have.. dilated.. peoples!
[ev] set to detonate
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[ev] uh-huh, sharp
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[ev] ha yes yall
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[ev] watch out
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[ev] what what uh
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[ev] uh, uh
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[ev] yeah, its goin down
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[evidence]
We got tension in suspense, theme in variation
Train robbery panic, description of equation
Im after the gold, and after that the platinum
You want what you dont have so far neither ones happened
But I was told by my peeps play your cards right
Spit hard, never look back, disregard hype
That goes for bad reviews, good reviews (uh-huh)
Any press, the news, I dont watch the two, I watch for crews
[rakaa iriscience]
Triple optic cockpit views
Birds eye, catch the rhythm in the words I use
Ive learned to burn pain for fuel
Everybody plays the fool sometimes, the other side of the game is cruel
Im back to school, the master rules
Born in the church where the pastor rules (why? )
I embrace the task that give birth to tools
And keep the pressure on that turns earth to jewels
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[rak] yeah, dilated were correctly holdin the crown, its like this
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[rak] cmon, yeah
[rak] dilated were correctly holdin the crown
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[evidence]
On tracks, its like boomerang
Sometimes you gotta let shit go to watch it come back
{*babu scratch*} evidence, presumed innocent
Move in silence, tracks covered, no fingerprints
Most are hit or miss, not what this is
Type on tour that might, hit your misses
Pack the bags, load up the pre-vo last year
We hit the road with rage, guru and primo
Cypress, dangelo, shits jurassic (hey!)
Kweli and all top notch acts, keep it classic
Bill graham presents, live at the fillmore
And after the encore, they ask for more
Fuck the irs, I roll with i-r-i-s
science the best, so dont test
Exotic, attack the wack a word of advice
I got it down so cold like ice from jew heights
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[rak] huh huh, yeah, dilated were correctly holdin the crown
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[rak] uhh.. yeah
[rak] its that shit you pump loud when you roll into town
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[rakaa iriscience]
Check your fusebox, my cosmic slop brings cops
Ghetto hip-hop that your city block rocks
Say what? I bust a u and come back (hey!)
Reach under my seat for that heat that blaze tracks
Face facts, youre facin poker faced cats
Dilated made our way through the maze, so take that!
For boom bap rap brought some state of the art shit (hey!)
After two ls, Im +cool+ like james todd smith
Made ya burn while the, tables turn
I teach but Im ready willin able to learn
These cats tryin to eat, Im just tryin to breathe
And tryin to leave a legacy that you couldnt believe
Live from dnd, peace to ny gs
Rakaa cy young on the m-i-c
Babs is clockwork, you could set your wristwatch
And the real backbone of hip-hop is disc jocks
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[rak] huh, yeah yeah
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[rak] no doubt dilated platform, expansion team!
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[rak] uhh uhh, yo, dilated, no doubt, worldwide connected
Come down mr. selector