After the jump check out the tracklist artwork plus a small breakdown of 5 select cuts from The Great Adventures of Dope Boy C: Dope For President. Election Day is June 23rd, vote dope!
1st Day In Office- Literally the last song I recorded for the mixtape. I needed an intro. Something that made a statement. Bean-One hit me on aim on my way from LA on the train to NY. He literally sent me like 300 beats! This beat was somewhere near the bottom...shhhheeeeesh! When I heard it and heard the crowds applause I immediately uttered the words "First day in office, i'ma free Mumia of all charges". BOOM! Intro! Got it. This one came pretty easy cuz it summed up everything I was talking about on the tape. Knocked this out in bout 10 mins and I think it set a great tone for the listener.
State of Emergency- I had this song sitting in the cut for a minute. I actually did like 3 different songs to this same beat. Seige had this beat in a folder with beats he didnt like. I thought it was monster. I was on a super "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" listening streak when I made this. The actual pro-tools file for this song is "Amerikkka". But this song represented that unspoken voice of the ghetto everywhere.
Watch For The Sirens- I don't know how I met Chemical, probably on Myspace, but he gave me that beat 5 years ago. I remember being on the train in New York writing that 1st verse. "Crack moving day and night, watch for them blue and whites..." another one of those "Amerikkkas Most Wanted" overload session. This joint was talking to all them cats running wild in the streets hustling tryna make a come-up. Just tellin em to watch for them sirens. The streets too hot. My man Tef heard it in the studio and told me to flip the hook a lil better than what I had it. He pulled that ol "Deep Cover" "They Coooming" out the hat and made the song magic.
3 Little Pigs- This and "State of Emergency" were done on the same day. I was in that zone. There was no pre-thought with the concept. I sat there for like 5 mins and came up with the opening lines. The whole fable, 3 little pigs, the house with bricks, the wolf- that whole analogy came outta thin air. To this day I wonder how no rapper has ever flipped that concept. Another ignorant Seige beat.
You Ignorant Bitch- I wanted to tackle the issue of the media very disrespectfully. I feel the media comes off very biased, very disrespectful and very stereotypical, so I said, I'm take that same energy they give and throw it right back in their face. I gave Redwine the sample and he made this beat in bout 10 mins. I toyed around for a while, then somewhere, somehow I just said "You ignorant bitch!" Bingo! Theres the song. Everything else was pretty much easy after that point on. Torch came thru to add some comedy being the reporter. He nailed it.
