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The first cut is "Unfortunately," as in: "unfortunately, the world's full of people like me - frightening! We live with no apologies!" The instrumental is dominated by a metal guitar riff; but the loop is so short, it no longer resembles a rock song and plays more like a gritty bassline. The drums are being smashed as hard as they can, and it's all off-set by a subtle, repeating ringtone-like sound. And the lyrics are pretty slick. "Who could get us in? I'm with the right crowd right now; I could get us in and no shame, we're perfectly sane. I could get us some ill shit to smoke for the ride down, and I could get us out the small frame we're stuck in. Fuck it, I could get us through the flames without burning our brains. I could get us all paid without workin' all day. I could get us to get and stop gettin' words in the way; and I could get us livin' when it's all gray. But I think we're paranoid..." Finally BullShit gets on at the end for some swift flare scratches.
The B-side is called "Mainy," and it's definitely calmer with a decidedly more west coast feel. Even the accents sound more pronounced. "It's lookin' lovely; it's lookin' ugly. Got my mind on somethin' mainy, somethin' mainy on my mind." It's a bit of a nostalgic trip just to hear the term "mainy" being used on a record again. This one's got a smoothed out playalistic vibe to it, though lyrically, of course, they're up to something deeper. "It's good to suffer every now and then, 'cause taken in moderation, pain is a medicine. And since I know the pain, and Hip-Hop's my Novocaine, see rainbows every day as I walk in that acid rain. I rap for fame with the mentality of a dick, I'm here to fuck the world since life is just a bitch. I must admit my clinical depression's in my cynical expression with subliminal suggestions." I think they were looking to take some mainstream heads by surprise with this one.
Illa-dapted were pretty prolific for a while there, but it's been a good fifteen years since we've heard anything from them. I think they were pretty well respected in their scene but never really broke out to audiences outside their niche. Anyway, this is a pretty rare tape, but if you feel you must have this, don't stress. Both songs wound up being included on their 2002 album, Youthful Indiscretion, with a bunch of other great songs, including one produced by Vrse Murphy and a couple by Anticon's Matth. "Mainy," was even pressed as a vinyl single. And both of those are much easier to come by, so if you missed out on these guys the first time around, it's not too late.
