Big Dank – The Hood Has Raised Me (1996) Flac + 320kbps

 

Big Dank – The Hood Has Raised Me is a 1996 hip-hop album by rapper Big Dank, released through Pup Dog Records. The album is associated with Little Rock, Arkansas, and contains 16 tracks with a total running time of approximately 60 minutes. The release is identified with gangsta rap and G-Funk, placing it within the Southern rap tradition of the mid-1990s.The album opens with “Intro” and continues with “I Specialize,” “While U Were Away,” “Jus Pimpin (Radio Edit),” “Thangs Don’t Change,” and “In The Game.” The tracklist also includes “The Compound,” featuring J-Mac and V.O.S., followed by “Reminisce” with V.O.S. and “Get ’Em Up” featuring J-Mac and J-Rat.The title track appears in both radio-edit and gangsta-mix versions. Other songs include “Upside Down,” “Claim Tha Hood,” “Shots Fired,” “From Me To You,” and “Takin’ Care Of Business,” the latter featuring Family Thugs. Additional vocal contributions on the album come from Idora, Ta-Tanysha Rosby, and Brian Blackmon.Production credits include ROE, Ardell Allen, Jay John, Lil Roeshelle Robinson, and Mark Jones, who also received a co-producer credit on several tracks. Mark “Pup Dog” Jones served as executive producer, while Rusty Batts handled mastering and Steve “Andre” Wilson was responsible for mixing.The Hood Has Raised Me is connected to the Pup Dog Records catalog, which included other Little Rock artists such as Victims Of Society and J-Mac. The label became associated with the Arkansas underground rap scene during the 1990s, with its releases documenting the area’s developing Southern hip-hop culture.A later 25th-anniversary Japanese limited-edition CD was issued by II Tight Music and Pup Dog Records in 2021, bringing the original material back into circulation. That edition retained the 16-track program and identified the album as spanning hip-hop, gangsta, and G-Funk.Big Dank – The Hood Has Raised Me remains a notable release from the Little Rock, Arkansas underground and an example of the Southern gangsta rap and G-Funk recordings associated with Pup Dog Records during the 1990s.

1 Intro 1:22
2 I Specialize 3:49
3 While U Were Away 4:47
4 Jus Pimpin (Radio Edit) 3:48
5 Thangs Don’t Change 3:39
6 In The Game 3:51
7 The Compound 3:35
8 Reminisce 3:45
9 Get ‘Em Up 3:29
10 The Hood Has Raised Me (Radio Edit) 4:09
11 Upside Down 3:49
12 Claim Tha Hood 4:48
13 Shots Fired 4:05
14 The Hood Has Raised Me (Gangsta Mix) 4:10
15 From Me To You (Bonus Track) 3:46
16 Takin’ Care Of Business 3:54
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