This is Michael Mixerr. Tonight I will review Marked For Death (demo) by DOA. I DOA came out on Deep Thought Productions from Flint, Michigan. Marked For Death was released on cassette in 1994.
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.
To My Mafakaz is a dedication song which samples Zapp - Freedom and Zapp - Dance Floor. On To My Mafakaz, Loc Da Smoka refers to TDF as "wanna be gay hoes" because he thought TDF 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. Love Track samples Zapp - Tut-Tut Jazz. A track dedicated to all the budheads out there. This is a dedication track.
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 Belize 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.
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 sleeping with Shoestring's mother in 1994. So did Loc Da Smoka. Loc Da Smoka rapped about how Shoestring used to drink beer, smoke dope, shoot people, shoot dice, gamble, 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".
Also DOA accused TDF of jacking their style. Loc Da Smoka dissed Ira Dorsey. Lil Joe dissed Matt Hinkle. 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.
I rate this album, Marked For Death, 5/5*****!
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