Itﾒs official Powerhouse labels like Interscope/Geffen are signing Latinos! On June 2nd, 2006, Omar Cruz announced to the world that he would be the first artist to release a record on BYI Entertainment, now that the label got a 50/50 deal with Interscope/Geffen. For anyone disappointed that he didnﾒt sign with Dr. Dre (though BYI has a deal with the same people giving Aftermath a deal), the Doc has been and will be close to O Dot giving him personal advice. To celebrate their signing, the Westsideﾒs pride and joy, Omar Cruz, knocked out 14 banging tracks for his DJ Skee hosted ﾓAlbum before the Album,ﾔ The Cruzifixion.
With beats from in-house Producers ROME(10 tracks) and Javie Lopez (2 tracks), O snatched up a beat from Julian Bunetta, who produced for Hush; as well as another producer, by the name of Xtreme. With all original tracks, this could be considered a Street Album, more so than a Mixtape. Keeping the features to a minimum, O Dot only uses family as the guests on Cruzifixion. Javie Lopezﾒ artist Raw Deal (whom we introduced here and will have more on soon) drops the hook on ﾓMy Worldﾔ. BYIﾒs in house singer J.Ortez lends his vocals on two tracks (ﾓWe Right Hereﾔ & ﾓLetﾒs Go (The Show)ﾔ). Lastly, Oﾒs right hand man, Merzevelli hops on ﾓCops Gang Bang,ﾔ and is the only other person to have a verse on the entire street album, outside of O.Cruz.
We have two tracks for you to check out, which you may have heard but have not been able to download. As usual, we got the exclusives for you. In the tracklist youﾒll find the L.A. anthem ﾓWe Rydaz.ﾔ
ﾓWe pump that soft and that hard like we El Debarge to the beat of the rhythm of the City Of Godsﾔ
We then have ﾓCops Gang Bangﾔ featuring Merzevelli. The ominous ROME beat and a ﾓScrewed Upﾔ O.Cruz voice sample set the serious tone for this ode to crooked cops.
ﾓWalk with me so you can see how these LAPD muthafuckas is living so dirty, some of ﾑem claim hoods, some of ﾑem still ride, some of ﾑem is movinﾒ birdiesﾔ
Check these tracks out in the Tracklisting and head over to BYIEntertainment.com to order this Street Album on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 (6-6-6).
Tracklisting:
01. The Cruzifixion (Prod: ROME BYI Ent.)
02. The Take Over (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
03. My World feat. Raw Deal (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
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05. My Sixteen (Prod: Xtreme)
06. When You See The God (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
07. I’m The LLA (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
08. Through The Eyes Of A Wolf (Prod: Javie Lopez)
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10. The Bells (Prod: Javie Lopez)
11. The Movement (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
12. We Right Here feat. J.Ortez (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
13. Let’s Go (The Show) feat. J.Ortez (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
14. Digan Lo Que Digan / Say What Ya’ll Want To Say (Prod: ROME for BYI Ent.)
Once again, head over to BYIEntertainment.com to order this Street Album on Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 (6-6-6).
Shouts to Omar for the Shout!!! We got you homie! Shouts to LuLu, Rome, Javie Lopez, the whole squad.
