DRIFT INTO THE VOID

Artist  | Custom Made
Title   | Original Dynasty

Genre   | Hip-Hop                              Format  | Album
Source  | CD                                   Time    | 69:49

Label   | Babygrande Records                   Store   | 2008
Catalog | BYG-CD-0356                          Rip     | 2021

Bitrate | 870 kbps                             Size    | 459.10 MB
Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1

01. Live From Los Angeles (Intro) (Prod. Chris 'THX' Goodman)   2:17
02. Stack 'Em Up (Feat. Scoobs, Bluff & S-Mak) (Prod. Jayem)    3:53
03. Murderious Speech (Feat. Scoobs, Bluff, Element & S-Mak)    4:03
(Prod. Frank Dukes)
04. So Sorry (Feat. Element, Bluff, Scoobs & Aneek) (Prod.      3:34
Jayem)
05. Original Dynasty (Feat. Bluff, Scoobs, Element & S-Mak)     5:04
(Prod. Frank Dukes)
06. Maybe Tomorrow (Feat. Bluff, Aneek & Scoobs) (Prod. Kayy    3:27
07. Chemical Romance (Feat. Element, Scoobs & Bluff) (Prod.     6:02
Abstrakt Soundz)
08. Real Life (Feat. Element, Scoobs & Ei8ht) (Prod. Abstrakt   4:00
Soundz)
09. Thug Warz (Feat. Scoobs, Bluff, Element, Remy Ranthoven &   6:09
S-Mak) (Prod. Askim)
10. The Lion King (Feat. Bluff, Element, SCoobs & Bad Lucc)     4:58
(Prod. Finesse)
11. Gangsta's Theme (Feat. Scoobs, Bluff, Ei8ht & Element)      4:38
(Prod. Jayem)
12. Last Breath (Feat. Element, Paradox, Scoobs & Bluff)        3:47
(Prod. Frank Dukes)
13. Mass Appeal (Feat. Element) (Prod. Kevin 'Track Bully'      4:13
Harris II)
14. Troubled Adolescents (Feat. Element, Scoobs, S-Mak &        4:16
Eih8t) (Prod. Skandalous Scoobs)
15. Envoy (Feat. Bluff, Element, Paradox & Scoobs) (Prod.       4:16
Chris 'THX' Goodman)
16. Nasty World (Feat. Scoobs, Element, Aneek & Bluff) (Prod.   5:12
Osten Powers)

Diverting from the G-funk blueprint followed by many West Coast rappers,
Los Angeles street-rap outfit Custom Made draw their inspiration from the
cold, grimy soundscapes of East Coast groups like Mobb Deep and the Wu-Tang
Clan. And like many New York hip-hop acts, the five-man crew earned their
keep dishing out their own grimy, hardcore mixtapes, selling over 100,000
units within only a few years of their formation.

Still teenagers, four out of the five original members - Sinister Six
(Michael Brown), Bluff (Briceson Loving), Element (Oliver Johnson), and
Skandalous Scoobs (Aaron Umanoff) - founded the group in their high school
in LA; fifth member Aneek (Charles Newton) officially joined the crew later
in 2002. While still high schoolers, they offered their first
straight-to-street album, "L.A. State Of Mind", in 2004. The following
year, they stepped up their mixtape hustle with a string of more mixtapes
and gained popularity particularly with their Street Cinema series.

But, with the arrival of the series' third installment, "Street Cinema 3:
The Blackboard Jungle" (2006), Custom Made enjoyed their most success and
began receiving many offers from several labels. Brushing off the majors,
they decided to go the independent route and chose to sign with Babygrande
in 2006. That same year, Babygrande issued "Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best Of
The Custom Made Mixtapes", a synopsis of their best seven mixtapes plus
some newly recorded songs.

Their proper debut album was intended to be released very soon after their
signing, but was delayed for a few years because the project's architect,
Sinister Six, landed in jail for counterfeiting. The material was then
converted into the "Truth Be Told" EP, which was released digitally by
Rawkus in 2007. Their Babygrande debut, "Original Dynasty", finally
appeared in 2008.