Wednesday, September 29, 2010

MAFFEW RAGAZINO "WHERE I'M FROM" (THE EXPERIENCE)




ANOTHER MASTERPIECE THAT MY FAMILY CONTINUES TO GIVE THE STREETS. MR. MAFFEW RAGAZINO IS THE BEST MC RED CAFE SHOULD'VE PAID MORE ATTENTION TOO AND GAVE HIM HIS SHINE...I UNDERSTAND SIMON SAY'S SIMON PLAYS...SMH WELL THANKS TO CLARK KENT O.G. SUPERMAN MAFFEW IS GETTING HIS DEBUT AND THE GAME IS EMBRACING HIM LIKE HE'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THIS, IF YOU RESPECT REAL LYRICS AND ORIGINAL CONCEPTS "CLASSICS" HERE'S ONE YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD NOT NOW BUT "RIGHT NOW"...MAFFEW IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND BE A PART OF YOUR RISE...DON'T LET THESE NEW NIGGAZ STEAL YOUR FOCUS GO "BROWNZVILLE" ON'EM.....OH YEA I GOT SOME SHIT BEING MIXED DOWN FOR YOU...CLASSICZ....c.jonah aka hood status jones

I remember the Sunday that ESPY (Shawn Peterson) brought me over to Architect's uncle's crib to talk with Los about the Donland movement at it's inception. I was sitting there on the couch listening to a joint blasting in the stu while it was still being mixed down. I asked the engineer who's vocals it is I heard and he's says MAF, you know, as in Money and Fame-- like "my nigga, you s'posed to already know " (lol) So in walks MAF like Obama from the way dudes are responding to him and he's giving everyone a pound. So Im like "ok this is the lil dude all the fuss is about, huh?" As more of MAF's music plays and Im sizing up the metaphors, wordplay etc in my head I'm sayin "Whoa ". Then we all get a good chuckle on as Skillz breezes through, explaining how he's in utter disbelief (as we all were) that Shaq targeted him on some lil mixtape diss.In response Skillz was cooking up what ended up being "99 Free Throws". He jumps on the jack with Mr. Harold Lily to give him the rundown so meanwhile my thought is I might be kinda like in the midst of some potential movers and shakers here. So as time goes on, 1001 smoke-filled downtown Donland Stu sessions later, we hear MAF body hundreds more tracks fastforward thru his Shakedown stint to NOW where I find myself listening to "Where Im From The Experience." Solid production, well selected beats, cuttin-edge spit game, and dope features such as the vocal stylings of Marsha Ambrosius is just icing on the cake. Good look overall. Salute !
_M Dot Hennessy Ferg