Babu The Dilated Junkie Presents: Duck Season Vol. 2

While autumn may be the most wonderful time of the year for hunters, Babu's ongoing Duck Season series makes it excellent as well for beat-digging fans. This second volume balances quite a few Babu-produced breaks for friends and fam (Talib Kweli, Phil da Agony, Defari, and his Dilated Peoples bandmates) with up-to-the-minute shots from the hottest producers in street-level rap (Madlib, DJ Premier, Evidence). The mix gets harder and darker during the first half, reaching a horrorcore peak with an '80s-B-movie production by Alchemist on 1st Infantry's "Serious (The New Message)." From there, Babu pulls back with some soul sauce courtesy of some prime West Coast talent: a remixed DP joint ("Behold My Life"), Planet Asia's "Right or Wrong," and a soundclash with Stones Throw affiliates Medaphoar, Oh No, and Wildchild on "Time to Rep." Near the end, Babu has some fun scratching on tracks from two classic artists: Gang Starr ("Deadly Habitz") and KRS-One ("Underground").

01. Intro
02. Raise The Bar
03. Street
04. Do For Self
05. The Official
06. Ends To Means
07. Elevate, Build, & Create
08. Serious (The New Message) feat. Prodigy
09. Live From Defcon (Skit)
10. Behold My Life (Remix) feat. Dilated Peoples
11. Right Or Wrong
12. Time To Rep
13. Think Fast
14. The Big Duck Hunt (Skit)
15. Deadly Habitz
16. The Song
17. I Got This
18. Underground
19. Booyakah (Click Click) (O.G. Version)
20. Outro feat. Rhettmatic, J. Rocc, & Melo-D

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