Took-N-Bone is one of the earliest rap/hip hop groups from Flint, Michigan next to Connoisseurs of Groove, Mix Leather Crew, Mixed Emotionz, The Dayton Family, DFC, and Selby Hood.
Took-N-Bone originates back to 1982 when they first released their first EP called Took-N-Bone on cassette by ORN Productions and was later re-released on cassette in 1993 on their ORN Productions label. The songs were mixed and mastered at Silver Sun Studios. The cassette was self-titled and had contained 4 songs. ORN is Original Real Niggas. Isaac Meeks aka Izeek was responsible for financing the recording sessions at Silver Sun Studios.
Basically Hit was a diss song towards The Dayton Family where Took-N-Bone was hand lyrical beatdowns. The Dayton Family did not respond until they released the What's On My Mind? album on Po' Broke Records and Relativity Records in 1994. The Dayton Family dissed Took-N-Bone on the What's On My Mind? album on songs such as Smoke For Free, Watch Yo Ass, Potato Chip, I’m A G, Oxydol, and Flint Niggaz Don't Play.
Basically Hit was an old school hip hop song in which the bass line sampled Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown. The sampled bass line is what stands out in a memorable way.
Took-N-Bone gets both politically conscious and gets the general public to be aware of what’s going on in the world on the song This is 4 The Public. The trio address issues such as world hunger, poverty, drugs, criminology, economics, and politics. The trio was inspired by politics, news, and the religion of Islam to record this song. They make reference to Allah The Almighty at one point in the song.
The song samples Slave - Slide. As a matter of fact, the entire main bass line sampled Slave - Slide. This is another one of those songs where bass line stands out in a memorable way.
Each member of Took-N-Bone explains how each one of them is the dopest on the song I Be The Dopest 1. Bone (Anthony L. Reeves) raps and takes control for most of the song. Bone claims Took-N-Bone is the dopest rap group out of Flint. It’s a song about their own bragging rights. The song samples Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce.
Dopest 2 is picks up were I Be The Dopest 1 left off. In other words, Dopest 2 is I Be The Dopest 1 revisited. Bone claims Took-N-Bone is the dopest rap group out of Flint. The song samples Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce too.
Took-N-Bone was using outdated hip hop sounds and production by 90s standards at the time this EP was released which was a bit cookie cutter. The beats were outdated and played out. Yeah some of the beats were wack. Each track on this EP is sampled from songs which have been sampled countless times before. Sample usage from 70s soul songs is what everyone and their friends were doing by then. But don't let these thoughts persuade you from buying this album. That is if you have the money because this tape goes for $200 nowadays.
Honestly Took-N-Bone is wack. Took-N-Bone, Freaky Live, NFTP, and Raw Deal are the wackest rap groups from Flint, Michigan. No disrespect to them or those mentioned. From a business perspective and sales point of view, Took-N-Bone, Freaky Live, NFTP, and Raw Deal were not selling that many units and their sales were moving slow.
While DFC was the most funkiest rap group, The Dayton Family was the most hardest gangsta rap group, DOA was the most deadliest rap group, you had Ruff-N-Rugged which was the most rugged rap group in Flint, Guttt Control was the most gutsiest sexually suggestive out of all the Flint rap groups at that time, while FOD was the rawest, and Artfull Dodgers was the most artsiest, and NFTP was the most scandalas rap group, and Top Authority the most authoritative, Took-N-Bone were the dopest rap to come out of Flint.
I rate this EP, Took-N-Bone, 3/5***.
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