INI - "Center Of Attention" FULL ALBUM!!!

[WiCkEd22]

Ok, I been talkin to Grap Luva on Twitter through tweets & direct messages and have some updates regarding the InI album...

*The version posted here is actually the OFFICIAL mixed & mastered version as he's listened to my download and confirmed it with me.
*The OFFICIAL version of the InI album is gonna see a CD and Vinyl release. No date, he just said "soon come".
*There was never a Test Press Vinyl LP made... all that exists is the DAT and Master CD.
*No More Words didn't make the album so most likely it would have been a b-side joint to a single.
*Two other joints will be on the album, Center Of Attention (Remix) and another joint that is unreleased, unheard and has never leaked.
*For Your Own Concern from '92 was one of the very first joints that InI recorded together, but it will not be on the album unfortunately.
*The albums real title is The Life I Live (I think everyone already knew this though).

A couple of other things... the joint Mark'd 4 Death by The Ex Cons (who were from Mt. Vernon), which was included on the Deda Baby Pa album, is actually produced by Grap Luva with scratches by Pete Rock. Grap was supposed to produce a full album for The Ex Cons with Pete Rock's help. Also, Grap Luva produced a joint for Mekolicious called Emaculate that is still unreleased, unheard and has never leaked.

Anyways, on MY version of the OFFICIAL album, I've combined the two tracks into one track and added three bonus joints...



01. Pete Rock Intro
02. The Life I Live
03. Interlude / Square One
04. Freestyle Interlude / Fakin Jax
05. Step Up Time [Prod. Grap Luva]
06. Interlude / Kross Roads
07. Pete Rock Midtro
08. Center Of Attention
09. Interlude / Mind Over Matter
10. Freestyle Interlude / Grown Man Sport (feat. Mekolicious)
11. Interlude / Think Twice
12. Interlude / To Each His Own (feat. Q-Tip & The Large Professor)
13. Interlude / Props
14. Keep On
15. Freestyle Interlude / What You Say
16. Pete Rock Outro
17. Fakin Jax (Rude Youth Mix) (feat. Mekolicious) *BONUS*
18. No More Words *BONUS*
19. Wunderlust [Prod. Grap Luva] *BONUS*
20. Greenbacks *BONUS*

DOWNLOAD: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ro0qxb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ***NEW LINK***

Listen/DL: http://www.hulkshare.com/wicked22/ini-c ... -attention" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Listen/DL: http://www.audiomack.com/album/wicked22 ... -live-1996" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;




Here's InI "For Your Own Concern" featuring Deda Baby Pa from '92...

Listen/DL: http://www.audiomack.com/song/wicked22/ ... -baby-pa-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lucy]

thanks Wicked22 !!

[Stieflkater]

Tell him to bug all the unreleased shit out of Pete. Pete Rock is dead as a producer in 2015 - wack shit...

[madstadik]

The dude who hooked it up from "the my ipod weighs a ton" blog musta been close w the group. I tried contacting hom again couple years back but the blog is dead. Wanted to see if he had any mekolicious, deda or pete red shit

[madstadik]

PS ask about the Mekolicious shit. Is there a full LP? EP? Or just a demo. They gotta get that shit out

[WiCkEd22]

PS ask about the Mekolicious shit. Is there a full LP? EP? Or just a demo. They gotta get that shit out

Well I had said to him... "It would be great if Pete also released the Mekolicious and Deda Baby Pa albums..." in which he replied... "Pete never did a full album with Mek...the Dedi stuff is the same as the BBE stuff."

So I guess the Deda Baby Pa album never had interlude beats or anything. *shrugs*

[madstadik]

Man that sucks. I find it hard to believe there were no interludes on that deda shit if it indeed came after main ingredient and before "the life i live". Too bad on that meko news. Theres at least enough material for a (short) album tho. Grap gotta get on that haha. U ever ask what mek and deda are up to these days. I find it hard to believe these guys could just sit idle for almost 15-20 years and not have the itch to record when the talent is there. I guess life happens huh?

[madstadik]

I also surprised there isnt more pete rock/grap material. I mean shit thats his blood. Never a solo or anything beside the InI project

[foobar]

Will that "For Your Own Concern" track come in better quality? Dope song!!

[WiCkEd22]

U ever ask what mek and deda are up to these days. I find it hard to believe these guys could just sit idle for almost 15-20 years and not have the itch to record when the talent is there. I guess life happens huh?

I just asked Grap what was up with Marco Polo, Deda and Mekolicious... didn't ask about Ras (I Love H.I.M.) cuz I know he continued with music as InI Mighty Lockdown... http://www.discogs.com/artist/1182132-I ... y-Lockdown" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (the last album came out back in 2009).

Anyways, Grap said... "Jolo, formerly known as Marco Polo, owns a Vegan restaurant in New Rochelle. Jolo funded InI Mighty Lockdown and was a member of the group. Ras produced joints for InI Mighty Lockdown, but I don't know what he is up to now. Mek's around. I don't know what's up with Dedi."

I'mma chill for now on askin him shit cuz I've been askin him a lot of questions the last few days. haha He's been real cool about it all so I don't wanna annoy the dude.

I also surprised there isnt more pete rock/grap material. I mean shit thats his blood. Never a solo or anything beside the InI project

I've always wondered the same things man. *shrugs*

Will that "For Your Own Concern" track come in better quality? Dope song!!

The only leak I know of is the same one I posted which is a radio rip from a Tim Westwood Capital Rap Show tape from April '92.

I wish there was a proper mp3 of the Mekolicious joint "The Youth" from '96...





01."One Time" (feat. Pete Red)
02. "Hope The World Don't Stop"
03. "How You Feel"
04. "Fakin' Jax (Rude Youth Mix)" (feat. InI)
05. "Mention Me" (feat. Rob-O)
06. "Slow it Down (Rewind That Part)" (feat. Rob-O)
07. "Verbal Murder" (feat. Pete Rock & Buddah Monk)
08. "Strange Fruit" (feat. Pete Rock, Tragedy & Noreaga)
09. "The Youth"
10. "Grown Man Sport" (feat. InI)

- http://claaa7.blogspot.com/2013/01/comp ... youth.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[madstadik]

Word up wicked i feel u man. Dope that he has answered alot of your questions. Def dont wanna come off as an annoyance lol. If Mek is "around" someone need to find this dude and see whats good haha.

[Stieflkater]

Wicked thx for the early joint - quality is very bad though...you could ask Grap about an mp3 of that in a week or 2...still somebody needs to rob Pete Rock...maybe some YGz are still around and like collection dats and stuff for good prices hahaha ;D

[WiCkEd22]

I wish there was a proper mp3 of the Mekolicious joint "The Youth" from '96...

I actually have the BEST sounding and most COMPLETE version of this joint that I guarantee no one has...

Listen/DL: http://www.audiomack.com/song/wicked22/the-youth-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[45ReC]

I wish there was a proper mp3 of the Mekolicious joint "The Youth" from '96...

I actually have the BEST sounding and most COMPLETE version of this joint that I guarantee no one has...

Listen/DL: http://www.audiomack.com/song/wicked22/the-youth-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You finally got it, lol
http://forums.undergroundhiphop.com/rea ... earchYear=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There may not be an album but there's a slew of demos w/pete like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxZES7-Y88" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[WiCkEd22]

I wish there was a proper mp3 of the Mekolicious joint "The Youth" from '96...

I actually have the BEST sounding and most COMPLETE version of this joint that I guarantee no one has...

Listen/DL: http://www.audiomack.com/song/wicked22/the-youth-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You finally got it, lol
http://forums.undergroundhiphop.com/rea ... earchYear=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oh shit, I remember that post!!! Whatever happened to mecbar? He supposedly had all kinds of Pete Rock treats including "Greenbacks". Do you have his contact info? Or I wonder if the email for madnice33 still works? Cuz they never posted up "The Youth" or any of the other treats mentioned. My version is just a much better version of the radio rip. And wtf, Stieflkater is Decepticon_1_Galvatron from UGHH??? haha Shit...

Hey Stieflkater, what are you talkin about "the early joint"???

[Stieflkater]

"For Your Own Concern"

http://grimeandlime.blogspot.co.at/2015 ... block.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Never bothered to check out the quality of "Greenbacks" on there since i have a pretty good version of SNB if I remember correctly.

[madstadik]

I bet that mecbar dude was fronting. Some Ppl love to talk then when it comes time to back it up lol... I read that post from UGHH. Really the big issue was he didnt know how to upload a file smh

[Kor4dy]

U ever ask what mek and deda are up to these days. I find it hard to believe these guys could just sit idle for almost 15-20 years and not have the itch to record when the talent is there. I guess life happens huh?

I just asked Grap what was up with Marco Polo, Deda and Mekolicious... didn't ask about Ras (I Love H.I.M.) cuz I know he continued with music as InI Mighty Lockdown... http://www.discogs.com/artist/1182132-I ... y-Lockdown" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (the last album came out back in 2009).

Anyways, Grap said... "Jolo, formerly known as Marco Polo, owns a Vegan restaurant in New Rochelle. Jolo funded InI Mighty Lockdown and was a member of the group. Ras produced joints for InI Mighty Lockdown, but I don't know what he is up to now. Mek's around. I don't know what's up with Dedi."

I'mma chill for now on askin him shit cuz I've been askin him a lot of questions the last few days. haha He's been real cool about it all so I don't wanna annoy the dude.

I also surprised there isnt more pete rock/grap material. I mean shit thats his blood. Never a solo or anything beside the InI project

I've always wondered the same things man. *shrugs*

Will that "For Your Own Concern" track come in better quality? Dope song!!

The only leak I know of is the same one I posted which is a radio rip from a Tim Westwood Capital Rap Show tape from April '92.

I wish there was a proper mp3 of the Mekolicious joint "The Youth" from '96...





01."One Time" (feat. Pete Red)
02. "Hope The World Don't Stop"
03. "How You Feel"
04. "Fakin' Jax (Rude Youth Mix)" (feat. InI)
05. "Mention Me" (feat. Rob-O)
06. "Slow it Down (Rewind That Part)" (feat. Rob-O)
07. "Verbal Murder" (feat. Pete Rock & Buddah Monk)
08. "Strange Fruit" (feat. Pete Rock, Tragedy & Noreaga)
09. "The Youth"
10. "Grown Man Sport" (feat. InI)

- http://claaa7.blogspot.com/2013/01/comp ... youth.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

any chance you got a link to that ep? i keep up with that blog but that might've been posted before I discovered it

[vancitysfinest]

This update has made my weekend. No joke. I cannot wait to get the official and hopefully final version of this album on wax. 20 damn years in the making.

[WiCkEd22]

01."One Time" (feat. Pete Red)
02. "Hope The World Don't Stop"
03. "How You Feel"
04. "Fakin' Jax (Rude Youth Mix)" (feat. InI)
05. "Mention Me" (feat. Rob-O)
06. "Slow it Down (Rewind That Part)" (feat. Rob-O)
07. "Verbal Murder" (feat. Pete Rock & Buddah Monk)
08. "Strange Fruit" (feat. Pete Rock, Tragedy & Noreaga)
09. "The Youth"
10. "Grown Man Sport" (feat. InI)

- http://claaa7.blogspot.com/2013/01/comp ... youth.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

any chance you got a link to that ep? i keep up with that blog but that might've been posted before I discovered it

^No I don't, but the guy who put that together also posts here on as claaa7. Send him a PM and ask. I'm sure you could contact him through his blog too.

This update has made my weekend. No joke. I cannot wait to get the official and hopefully final version of this album on wax. 20 damn years in the making.

WORD.

[madstadik]

Yea it would be nice. That DAT rip was a nice treat tho.