Product Description

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Genre: Soul/R&B
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 25-APR-1995

Track Listing

1. Sound Effectz
2. Smoke for Free
3. I'm a Gee
4. Potato Chip
5. Oxydol
6. Watch Yo Ass
7. Nutty Niggaz
8. Dope Dayton Ave.
9. Sound Effectz
10. Flint Niggazz Don't Play
11. Thru a Thang
12. Billy Blunt
13. What's on My Mind?
14. Flint Town

Product Details

• Brand: DAYTON FAMILY
• Released on: 1995-05-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

It doesn't get much harder than this here
Dayton Family is a rap group, coming from Flint, Michigan (about an hour from Detroit), growing up in one of the hardest and hopeless ghettos to be found. This album is hard-core to the fullest, it just doesn't get harder than this, it just can't! The album is street-gangsta rap in it's purest form. Those guys (rappers Bootleg and Shoestring, with their producer Steve Pitts) are on a whole new lever when it comes to spitting hard lyrics. Their flows are untouchable, the definition of hardcore rapping, and the whole feel of the album is different than many albums. The Dayton family do not focus on getting rich and gaining some (fading) fame, buying expensive cars and useless jewelery, their mentality is totally different - it's grim and dark. With them it's all about modest survival, just maintaining and staying alive. This album was released nation-wide in 95, but most of it was already released on an indy label ib 93. Yet it won't sound that out of date. The beats are banging', a combination of West Coast and Midwest flavor. Like I said, Shoestring and Bootleg's deliveries are plain ruthless, and the lyrics are some of the most shocking you'll get to hear. They don't hold back for nothing! For exmaple, on the title track you get to hear (over a great beat):
"What's on my mind is a rape in progress/
I got my di** in between some bit** breasts/
What's on my mind is a knife at a ho*'s throat/
I took her gold, her pus**, and her mink coat/"
If you read this, you'll get the idea. Don't think it's some stupid album, all about killing and drug dealing, it's much more. It's about survival, about hustling, and trying to have a normal life in an imposible environment. The album title suits it's content perfectly, the boys speak their mind, and tell about the life they live. Dayton Family is one of the hardest and realest groups ever, and if you are fan of the likes of NWA, Geto Boys, Compton's Most Wanted and Three 6 Mafia, there's no way you won't love "What's On My Mind?", the group's first album (they only released two albums after that) and it is a classic.

Comin Hard Out The Cut
1993 and 1994, The Dayton Family straight outta Flint, Michigan makes some cuts and finally releases an album in 1995, their debut, What's On My Mind? Bootleg and Shoestring come real raw and hard on the mic. The beats produced by Steve Pitts are hard and heavy midwestern madness and many have an early crunk and southern vibe mixin some G-Funk here and there. The beats are cool for rollin' hard and are perfect driveby soundtracks as are the lyrics. Anyone lovin' hard core gangsta rap and horrorcore will love this one as it is definitely violent. "Watch Yo A--" is one of those prime examples as TDF peelin caps and pumpin' fear into ya ear. The title track is real hard. What's on their mind is some gruesome bloodbaths. The beat is a mix of rattling midwestern bass and crunk. The only issue I have with this song is about raping a girl, which is something I do take some offense to. I can always skip over that part of that song. "Smoke For Free" is the hooter joint with a swangin' G-Funk style beat with an eerie keyboard riff and a whiny synth perfect to ride to. They warn that hunnies comin to kick it can't smoke for free without having sex. "Potato Chip" has a slight reggae flava and drops some offbeat lyrics personifying bustas, snitches, and marks as favorite brand name chips. It is a hard, energetic joint. "Billy Blunt" is another crunk joint about loc'n off the weed with cool scratches and an interesting "Inspector Gadget" keyboard sample. I do not have to go too much into detail about all the songs here because the album is consistent in subject matter, but it is definitely worth a listen. Anyone listening to rap by Ganksta NIP, C-Bo, Brotha Lynch Hung, Gangsta Pat, and 3-6 Mafia will definitely dig this banger. The cool thing is that it can be found in stores still today, so get it before it goes outta print. If you dig this one, check out TDF's 1996 classic FBI for more of that "Dope Dayton Ave" game.

1st album from Dayton Family is on point - 4.5 stars
This is the 3rd album from The Dayton Family I own, I have "F.B.I" (4 stars) and "Family Feud" (4.5 stars). The group doesn't disappoint on any of their albums, and this may be their best. Young at the time of it's release (most of the songs we're recorded in 1993 and 1994 while the group was around the age of 20), they take you through the tough streets of Flint, Michigan with some hood tales and stories of hood life. Shorter than most of their albums, at only 12 songs, but of the 12, 3 are ok, 1 is a classic, 1 is almost as classic and the rest are tighht songs. Guests are minimal and on only 2 songs. Production is tight and handled by Steve Pitts (who also handled the production nicely on "F.B.I."). A must have album for fans of underground real street rap.

#2 - 9 nice beat)
#3 - 8 (f/ Jake the Flake)
#4 - 8
#5 - 7 (about some baby mama drama)
#6 - 7
#7 - 8.5
#8 - 9 (great beat)
#10 - 8.5
#11 - 8.5
#12 - 7 (f/ Ghetto E -- a smoking song)
#13 - 9.5 (good beat)
#14 - 10 (CLASSIC with a tight beat)

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