This is Michael Mixerr. Tonight I will re-review Marked For Death by DOA (demo) again. This will be my last DOA album review. I made some incorrect errors. Now corrections are in place. DOA came out on Deep Thought Productions from Flint, Michigan. Marked For Death was released on cassette in 1994. More Rock elements are prevalent on this album and the last one I had reviewed years ago. I am reviewing Marked For Death again due to popular demand!
The Marked For Death Intro samples Cristo Redentor by Donald Byrd and the movie Alien 3. The intro is super badass! Let me say that right now. It's about a minute long however. 6 Feet Deep had ventured into becoming a producer at that time.
To My Mafakaz is a dedication song which samples Zapp - Freedom and Zapp - Dance Floor. On To My Mafakaz, Loc Da Smoka refers to some rappers as "wanna be gay hoes" because he thought every rapper in Flint was trying to jock DOA's gangsta style which is what DOA was known for in Flint at the time. Now everybody wanna hit every studio
On If I Wuz A Police, Loc Da Smoka (I'm sorry, Officer Loc) tells use what he would do if he was the police. Such as getting hydraulics for paddy wagon, free all the homies in jail, sell narcotics, ignore crime, arrest the real police, etc. Officer Loc makes a diss to Chief Woodrow Stanley. At the beginning of the song you can hear the opening intro theme for the TV show called COPS, which is called Bad Boys - Inner Circle. A Cheech and Chong movie sample is used also!
Ridin' High samples the song of the name by Faze-O. This is a track that only the true budheads will understand. It's a great track to get blazed to. Listen to this track when you smoke while you're ridin' high and rolling in your cruiser down the road.
Holla samples the smooth ass Zapp - Tut-Tut Jazz song. Holla is a track dedicated to all the true dawgs, ladies, homies, and all the budheads out there. This is a dedication track. Another thing is that 6 Feet Deep dissed The Dayton Family for riding the DOA's dick. Yes TDF gets dissed on this smooth ass dedication track. Took-N-Bone always got love from the DOA. Project Born, BODK, Guttt Control, Quala D, B-Mad, B-Def, Tony Lampty, Anthony Jones, and Marcus Wilson all got shouted out with a handful of other people.
This song up next is My City's Going Down (Part 2). Samples from the Michael Moore documentary Roger And Me are used in this song. Here DOA talks about how rough Flint really is with all the violent crime, drugs, and political corruption. As I said before, Flint at that time was gaining notoriety for a major violent crime center. Ever since GM closed down their automobile manufacturing plants in Flint, the effect on Flint was absolutely devastating!!! Nearly more than half of the city of Flint is on welfare and food stamps. Crime in Flint continues to grow!
Survival is a reggae fusion dancehall track where 6 Feet goes straight up Reggae with a Jamaican flow. He's about how he lost his job, his wife, and his sanity. Here 6 Feet talks about the struggles of hustlin', starvation, and life. Living on the edge. Think early 70s funk and early 70s reggae! It would have been super crazy is Loc Da Smoka had a Jamaican madd ill flow. Survival is a Reggae track.
Payback is a diss song aimed at The Dayton Family. Payback was a diss track off of Marked for Death EP aimed at all of TDF. After listening to Payback, Six Feet Deep bragged about Shoestring in 1994. So did Loc Smoka. Loc Da Smoka rapped about how Shoestring used to drink beer, smoke dope, drive, deal drugs, and rap. He used to drive and now he walks. That's why Loc Da Smoka refers to Shoestring as a "used to nigga" and as a bitch. Loc Da Smoka dissed Ira Dorsey too.
Also DOA accused TDF of jacking their style. Loc Da Smoka dissed Ira Dorsey. Most rap groups from Flint were scared to diss TDF with the exception of Took-N-Bone.
What got me the most was that none of the members of DOA dissed Jake the Flake, considering the fact that he was popular at the time. I guess Jake the Flake was a rapper that could not be dissed. Which I don't know why that is. I do know that both TDF and DOA made money off their albums. Basically the TDF vs. DOA beef was neighborhood rivalries because Flint is a small town.
I rate this album, Marked For Death, 5/5*****!!
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