Monsta Island Czars – The Come Up (Dope Folks 2014 DF0056)

CORRECT UPLOAD!!! (Old one with incorrect order of tracks: https://studio.youtube.com/video/S5W3... )

Tracklist:
A1. 0:00 Spiga aka Spiega (R.I.P.) - You Never Know
A2. 2:56 Megalon aka Tommy Gunn & Gigan - My Motive
A3. 4:18 Kong aka Kongcrete & Kamackeris - Hungry feat. Crystal Ball
A4. 8:39 Kong & Spiga - Written In Blood
B1. 10:09 King Cesar aka X-Ray Da Mindbenda - Bip Bap
B2. 13:48 Kamackeris aka Kwite Def - Mad World
B3. 18:18 Megalon & Trife Da God - It's About Time

Motivated to post this by the passing of Traver Brown aka Spiga of Monsta Island Czars on November 10th, 2022. His family still (as of 8/27/24) has a GoFundMe for his memorial services here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tj-traver-... . It says in the description "Hi my name is Johnathon Brown and my father died suddenly November 10 from a bicycle accident. He left behind my 15 year old brother an I, and many other family and friends who loved him. We need help to give him a beautiful service dedicated to his memory. Any help would be appreciated. Also you can cashapp my aunt Monique Collado at $MomoCo321"

Spiga was a very underrated emcee in the Monsta Island Czars collective, easy to sleep on given he didn't drop a solo album. In 2010, The Troy Blog made a great compilation album called Spiega - Forgive Them Father, which is 14 songs long and is a grouping of solo songs, group work and guest features. Find that here: https://web.archive.org/web/201504291...

Meanwhile enjoy this dope EP released by Dope Folks Records in 2014. Dope Folks releases a lot of older hip hop that never got a chance for a proper release or is just worth reviving once more. They also have released projects with X-Ray Da Mindbenda aka King Cesar separately from this.

A2: Gigan is on the hook. This is an amalgamation of samples from Gigan’s verse on the Gigan featuring Megalon track “Queens Day” on a Gigan Promo EP. The verse these samples were taken from was a re-recorded repurposing of his verse from the Monsta Island Czars track “Gunz ‘N’ Swordz”. Gigan Promo EP: