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DAMANI (February 2003) | Written
By: Lil Jay for Westcoast2k
Inglewood lyricist Damani intends
to bring some different West Coast flavor to the table. With raw lyrics and charismatic
flow, Damani plans to keep the radio - instead of the streets - bangin. Most
people probably first heard of Damani on Kurupts last album "Space Boogie"
on the song "Hate
On Me" which also featured Soopafly. Damani has also recorded with Snoop
Dogg, Dr. Dre, Clinton Sparks and others. Damani
is signed to Fully Blown Records. He has a few real good underground tracks out.
Some of them are "Speak On It", "Damani", or his hometown
joint "Inglewood" where he's takin it back to the hood. Here are some
of the lyrics from "Inglewood": "I
Walk the streets of Ingelwood and its not all good/I try to mind my business but
niggas steady mind mine/Niggas must dont know that self-defense is not a crime/Im
not a thug rapper/Im a rapper with thug tendencies/ I aint got no time for fightin
too many women envy me/Im dark skin, 6'3'', 200/Come on dogg tell me do you really
want it?/West, see it from here aint no MC that I fear/Ill go line for line with
anyone on either hemisphere" Damani had
a radio single in summer 2002 called "Move"
with the tight ass B-Side called "Remember
The Day". Damani recorded a "Move
(Remix)" featuring Clypse which came out in January 2003. Damani's
"Move" was Produced by Clinton Sparks. Other
tracks are "Stay
Foolish" featuring Big Mike, which is a remake of Ashanti's "Foolish".
Songs like "As If U Didnt Know" have a East Coast feel, but Damani keeps
it Str8 West Coast on songs like "Rogers Park" or "Olympic Pimpin".
Rapper Toshamakia is Damani's labelmate, they recorded a few songs together, one
of them is "Be Yourself". Damani was
on the underground Remix of Tweet's "Call Me" which can be heard right
here...."Call
Me (Remix)". Most of the songs mentioned
here are featured on his demo he has out right now. Damani shouldnt be limited
to only one coast or style, sure he is reppin the West to the fullest, but he
has a nice East Coast flavor. Last but not least
two more songs to check out, two Freestyles to be exact. The first one is a Freestyle
for DJ Kurupt and next up is a Freestyle
over the Addictive beat. Damani has production
by Clinton Sparks, Soopafly or D. Evans. He has the skillz to blow up for sure,
all he needs is to catch thr ear of the right label and some exposure.
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