Ravipops (The Substance)
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Ravipops is an album by C-Rayz Walz
C-Rayz Walz
Waleed Shabazz, better known by his stage name C-Rayz Walz, is an MC from The Bronx, New York. He is currently a member of the Legendary NY hip hop Syndicate Stronghold. C-Rayz Walz has been a fixture in the New York hip-hop scene for years. He hosts many hip-hop shows and events, has appeared on...

, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 musician who is currently signed to Definitive Jux
Definitive Jux
Definitive Jux is an independent record label based in New York City, United States. It was co-founded in 1999 by Jaime Meline and Amaechi Uzoigwe. The label was initially known simply as Def Jux, but in 2001, popular hip hop label Def Jam Recordings sued Def Jux over the name similarity...

. The title represents C-Rayz Walz status as a father, or a "pops", to a newborn Ravi, a Hindu
Hinduism
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 solar deity.

Track listing

  1. "Floe" (W. Shabazz
    C-Rayz Walz
    Waleed Shabazz, better known by his stage name C-Rayz Walz, is an MC from The Bronx, New York. He is currently a member of the Legendary NY hip hop Syndicate Stronghold. C-Rayz Walz has been a fixture in the New York hip-hop scene for years. He hosts many hip-hop shows and events, has appeared on...

    ) – 2:58
    • Producer: Malik Allah
  2. "The Essence" (W. Shabazz) – 4:12
    • Producer: Belief
  3. "Guns And Butter" (W. Shabazz) – 3:51
    • Featuring Natural K.A.W.S.
    • Producer: R'Thentic
  4. "Protect My Family" (W. Shabazz/G. Singleton) – 4:20
    • Featuring Killa Kal
    • Producer: DJ Lord Ron
  5. "Thug Melody" (W. Shabazz) – 4:16
    • Producer: Belief
  6. "'86" (W. Shabazz) – 3:57
    • Producer: DJ Sean One
  7. "The Lineup" (W. Shabazz/V. DeJesus
    Thirstin Howl III
    Thirstin Howl III is a New York-based hip hop artist of Puerto Rican descent from Brownsville, Brooklyn. In 1997 he was the winner of The Source Magazine's Unsigned Hype Award...

    /V. Johnson/P. Smith/T. Arrington
    Vast Aire
    Vast Aire is a rapper from New York City. He is one half of the New York hip hop duo Cannibal Ox, which consists of him and fellow rapper Vordul Mega. He is also a member of the rap group Atoms Family...

    /D. Dumile
    MF Doom
    Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...

    ) – 4:25
    • First Verse: Wordsworth
      Wordsworth (rapper)
      Wordsworth is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn. A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Mos Def...

    • Second Verse: C-Rayz Walz
    • Third Verse: J-Treds
    • Fourth Verse: Thirstin Howl III
      Thirstin Howl III
      Thirstin Howl III is a New York-based hip hop artist of Puerto Rican descent from Brownsville, Brooklyn. In 1997 he was the winner of The Source Magazine's Unsigned Hype Award...

    • Fifth Verse: Vast Aire
      Vast Aire
      Vast Aire is a rapper from New York City. He is one half of the New York hip hop duo Cannibal Ox, which consists of him and fellow rapper Vordul Mega. He is also a member of the rap group Atoms Family...

    • Sixth Verse: Breezely Brewin
    • Seventh Verse: MF DOOM
      MF Doom
      Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...

    • Producer: 4th Pyramid
  8. "Buck 80" – 4:21
    • Producer: DJ Etch A Sketch
  9. "Battle Me" (W. Shabazz) – 4:34
    • Chorus: Natacha Elossaint
    • Producer: Jo Chris
  10. "Elephant Guns
    Elephant gun
    An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or otherwise, so named because they were originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephants and other large dangerous game. They used black powder at first but then started using smokeless powder...

    " (W. Shabazz) – 4:46
    • Producer: Belief
  11. "We Live" (W. Shabazz) – 4:30
    • Producer: Ste-Lo
  12. "Yeah" (W. Shabazz) – 3:48
    • Featuring Natural K.A.W.S.
    • Producer: Malik Allah
  13. "Seal Killa" (W. Shabazz) – 3:58
    • Featuring 4th Pyramid
    • Producer: Wally What
  14. "Dead Buffalos" (W. Shabazz) – 4:08
    • Producer: Plain Pat
      Plain Pat
      Patrick "Plain Pat" ReynoldsPlain Pat is a Song Writer and Producer noted for working with Drake, Alicia Keys, Mary J Blige, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Lloyd, Young Gunz, Myron and The Kyniptionz, Ashanti, Ludacris, Freeway, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., and The Mutton...

  15. "Camouflage" (W. Shabazz) – 4:30
    • Producer: Black Panther
  16. "3 Card Molly" (W. Shabazz) – 4:17
    • Producer: Belief
  17. "Revelations – 15:2 Fuhks" (W. Shabazz) – 3:00
    • Featuring Moses (Maddcold)

Credits

  • Executive producer: El-P
  • Engineering: J. Shatkin "Belief" Bab, 4th Pyramid, Nasa, Plain Pat
  • Mixing: Dave Dar, Face, Nasa
  • Mastering: Chris Rocco
  • Artwork: Timothy Longcope
  • Art direction: Scotch79th

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