* T.D.S. MOB Dope For the Folks Crushin Em Race 12" TDS

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* T.D.S. MOB Dope For the Folks Crushin Em Race 12" TDS

Description :

T.D.S. MOB Dope For the Folks Crushin Em 12 inch single. This single is in MINT Condition, still sealed in the original shrink wrap and has never been played. It has a cut corner, so it was probably a promo copy.

Side one of the single has Dope for the Folks (vocal version) and Crushin Em (vocal version).

Side two features The instrumental versions for the same two songs. Although the record is still sealed,it has some signs of wear on the jacket (see photos).This record was released by Race Records in Boston, MA in 1988.

This 12 inch single is considered to be one of the holy grails of old school hip hop and is much sought after twenty years after it was released. The Boston based rap group T.D.S. Mob’s “Dope For The Folks” / “Crushin’ Em” on Race Records is the hardest 12” to find by the group. This particular copy is even rarer due to the fact that it is still sealed in the original shrink wrap and has never been played.

Contents:

A1. Dope For The Folks (Vocal)

A2. Crushin ‘Em (Vocal)

B1. Dope For The Folks (Inst.)

B2. Crushin ‘Em (Inst)

Here’s a great review of the record from diggerswithgratitude.com:

Kool Gee, Devon B (AKA DJ Devastator) and DJ Michael K created a legacy that far exceeds their two-single output. Ask any fan of the late 80's era if they've ever heard of T.D.S. Mob and you'll most likely be greeted with, 'Yo - you got a spare copy of their first 12"?'. Before Boston-mania hit the 'random rap' fans - partiallly attributed to the Top Choice Clique's 'Peace Of Mind' 12" - this trio lurked in the undiscovered depths of dusty basements. Not to say that they didn't make any mark when they released this debut single... Indeed, a chart appearance in an early edition of The Source listed them up there with their contemporaries, such as De La Soul and The Juice Crew.

Whilst their second 12" (the also-essential 'What's This World Coming To/T.D.S. Scratch Reaction') is the one that you're most likely to find, the first 12" is the pinnacle of the T.D.S. catalog for me. The dark burgundy label of the Race Records' roster doesn't give much of an indication of what you're going to find when the needle hits the grooves at all - if you weren't keeping an eye out, it's easy to imagine this one slipping past you. But under the lack luster label artwork (even the sticker on the cover doesn't enhance things quite enough) there is musical mastery, trust us.

'Dope For The Folks' stops you dead in your tracks with the "two DJs: Devastatin' Devastator and DJ Michael K" cutting up some intense drums, before unleashing bassline. "Pull up a chair, shut up and just listen to a rhyme that I built", informs Kool Gee, as the tempo holds steady and the loop cuts in and out. Powerful? Yes, most definitely: it's a head-turner. And I like to think that if I'd have been fortunate enough to hear it back in '88, I'd have loved it just as much as I do nearly 20 years on. "All Americans, sing the 'Star Spangled Banner' - while I rock in an ill manner You wanna hear it, again and again And for the folks, it's dope - addictive like heroin When I write a masterpiece, I must be isolated And when I narrate it, MCs get annihilated In the future, I like to foresee, a facsimile Of the Kool G-double-E"

Well, since then MC's have come and gone, but I'm not sure if too many would have been able to step up to the hungry teenage mic-wielder at the time.

So, what else is on here? A lot of you will know that 'Crushin 'Em' was the closing cut on DJ Ivory's 'Hear No Evil', so it's more than likely that you'll have heard it before. Another belter of a track, I'm hard pushed to decide which of the two is my favorite cuts: both are worthy of their place on the a-side of this 12".

"To make a short story long", Gee advises you to all 'listen up close' - and with the fuzz on the sample making the hairs on your neck spring to attention, you can't help but get drawn in. Clever and inspired edits and cuts keep the sparse beat interesting.

But, on this cut, it's Gee's rhymes that give it the edge. "Now I cold crush ya with the rhyme that I wrote Made for sucka MCs and it's all cut-throat With computerized sound from the legions of doom And if you want it up louder, turn up the volume"

While Gee states that he might not be "the greatest MC, but I'm on the chart", you can't help but think he was underplaying himself. With sure-fire delivery, solid beats and more than a touch of inventive structure, T.D.S. deserved more kudos than they got. A fantastic 12".

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