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Expansion Team
Hip-Hop · 2001 · 16 tracks

Expansion Team

Dilated Peoples

Heavyweight turntable mastery meets dusty soul samples. A definitive document of West Coast underground hip-hop that feels both gritty and surgically precise.

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The ultimate 'your favorite rapper's favorite album' for anyone who misses when scratching was a lead instrument.

A focused, nocturnal confidence that balances underground grit with soulful warmth.

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Social Commentary writing recurs across this artist's catalogue — consistent here, not a departure.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Live on Stage
4:42
02
Worst Comes to Worst
3:36
03
Clockwork
3:49
04
Trade Money
5:38
05
Heavy Rotation
5:16
06
Self Defense
3:37
07
Phil da Agony Interlude
0:42
08
Proper Propaganda
3:56
09
Dilated Junkies
4:12
10
Panic
3:49
11
Pay Attention
3:24
12
Night Life
4:14
13
War
1:33
14
Hard Hitters
3:57
15
Defari Interlude
1:50
16
Expansion Team Theme
6:39
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting William Bell vocal sample on Worst Comes to Worst that anchors the entire track's melancholy weight.
DJ Babu's intricate, percussive scratching on Dilated Junkies that treats the turntable as a lead melodic instrument.
The transition into the Expansion Team Theme where the beat expands into a widescreen, cinematic finale.
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The Platform
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The Release Party
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2006

Shares boom bap, conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); confident, defiant, contemplative (moods)

Oasis
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2009

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Shares boom bap, conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); sample_based, analog_warmth, tape_saturation (production style)

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Shares boom bap, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); rap, baritone, deadpan (vocal style)

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