Product Description

'Expansion Team' is the second album by the hip hop trio made up of DJ Babu, Evidence and Iriscience. It features production by DJ Premier, Alchemist and Questlove amongst others.The single, 'Worst Comes To Worst', is included.

Track Listing

1. Live On Stage
2. Worst Come To Worst
3. Clockwork
4. Trade Money
5. Heavy Rotation - Dilated Peoples & Tha Liks
6. Self Defence
7. Phil Da Agony Interlude
8. Proper Propaganda
9. Dilated Junkies - Dilated Peoples & J-Rocc/Rhettmatic/Melo-D
10. Panic
11. Pay Attention
12. Night Life
13. War
14. Hard Hitters - Dilated Peoples & Black Thought
15. Defari Interlude
16. Expansion Team Theme

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30262 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
Expansion Team, as the name suggests, sees Dilated Peoples honing their old school hooks and breaks to ensnare purists and the mainstream alike. Over down-tempo beats, eerie Hitchcock strings ("Clock Work"), dinner jazz ("Pay Attention!"), 70s cop-show horns (Hardhitters) and DJ Babu's turn-table gymnastics ("Dilated Junkies"), their exhausting couplets wage war on the talents of fellow hip hop crews; while simultaneously validating their boasts of rhyme supremacy. Yet it's the instantly addictive slow-roller, "Worst Come to Worst", that best proves their point. Along with the "nobody comes close" taunts, there's a lot of regulation second album material: "Trade Money" assures that success isn't without its downsides ("Since last year I've accumulated more money / on top of that I got a lot of people acting funny"), "Proper Propaganda" has a pop at the media and there are countless reassurances that success doesn't mean principles will be compromised. Their messages may not be new, but the Dilated Peoples' genius is delivering them with simmering tunes that make them worth hearing again. --Dan Gennoe

Customer Reviews

Classic
Bought this on the after listening to their single on the radio and didnt expect much. But I have to say its one of my favourite CDs. I have introduced this many people I know, even my sister who's fave song is "Barbie Girl" bought this. The best songs are -

Live on Stage
Worst comes worst
Clockwork
Heavy Rotation
Self Defence

I tried SO hard
Aaaaah - what can I say...

I tried SO hard to like this album, I really did. Individual songs, heard seperately can be stunning (Heavy Rotation, Worst Comes To Worst, Live On Stage etc.). I don't know what it is about these guys though - I just can't ever seem to listen to an entire album!!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this is a bad album at all. What I am saying is that, in my opinion, there are too many very average tracks on here. Many of them just simply don't stand out enough to catch my attention - it easily fades into background music when you leave it on the stereo, it's not that they're bad, but when I listen to an album for the first time, I like it to MAKE me sit up and listen!!!

It's a shame, because it seems that there are always 3 or 4 of these stunning tracks on each album, but there's just too much filler!! They have the potential and ability occasionally to be BRILLIANT. By all means, buy this album - it's worth it for the stand-out tracks but you might be disappointed with the overall product. Hope this has helped.

Dilated peoples
if you are a hip hop fan i recomend you buy this album because it is quality and it is worth your money.it has powerful lyrics and big beats that make you want to rap to it.i would say my favourite track on the album is clockwork.i never get bored of listening to this album.this is dilated peoples at there best.proper hip hop i think.