The woman did not file crimi­
charges and the was ed
forS350,CXX> in August, But me
NWAmrrn sw m
Il'lCIm that they did not approve the
settlement. � a result, the group
didn't pay and j enforced
apeaaliyamountof 16mUli n­
$2 million per group m mber.
Rappers
break it down
Rappe telling their own to­
nes about tap, racism, politics
al'¥i more is the theme behind anew
book, "Breaking It Down" by Mi­
chael Small.
Small, a music writer reviewer
for People Magazine, lbtitled his
work, '7helnside toryFrom The
New Leaders of Rap" he
let tx!ay' hip hop 1aIS speak on
any lbjea they wanted.
H It .
Latifah talking ut how he
s1Dpped a airnc 10 why it' bard for
berto meet men, AMO talks ut
the LA rio Brand Nubian ex-
plains why all whi rot devil
m:t DJ Quick reveals why he till
cam a gun. The book is pecked
from start finish with the who's
who of�. Small says one of the
main � he learned is you can't
judge a tapper by his or her raps.
BEHIND THE
SCENES
By Lisa Collins
. Playing
favorite
Motown has released another
of the videos from Eddie Mur­
phy's ''LoveAlright''album. Thi
ore teaming him with Michael
Jackson. The video debuted to
mixed reviews, but we till ha­
ven't heard much of Murphy'
own favorite cut, - a tune called
"Desdemona", ay Murphy,
"it' the m t mplex ong on
the album. •
It will ug you out when you
hear it. But if the charts are re­
O tiveofwhat' reaJlygoingon,
most will never hear It
By the w.ay
m ".
c wh t y h rd.
othing la ts forever and the
curfew- arin Youngsta's 0 last
y r are now tayin' up as la as
they want puttin pen to paper,
ettin down with the pros, and
are ready to take their props.
Th lbum b gins: "Comin
corr ct for 1993 ... Sit back, check
out the dope album and t pre­
ared for The Aftermath. "
rpri d how much
you can m tur in a year ... espe­
cially in the re rd busines ," ex­
plains 16-year ld Tarik of he
hard red and 'show and prove'
new Youngsta' . "We'f getting
our props on the street level, and
bringing them from the bottom
right up."
And Da Youngsta's props are
mad. "They're the perfect exam­
ple of real hip hop's next genera­
tion," said the legend-making
Treach of Naughty By Nature.
And he's right. As hip hop comes
into the mainstream reaching all
. age groups and crossing all cul­
turallines, Da Youngsta's are the
beginning of a generation thatwill
bring dope rhymes, fat beats and
real flavor to the young and the
old, shamelessly and flawlessly.
Da Youn ta's are truly on the
new sh t.
platinum-selling singles. "Crewz
Pop" shall be no different. As one
of the two rhymes on the album
written by Treach, (the rest wer
written by Da Youngsta's them­
selves), it is a tru indication of
where Da Youngsta s ar at.
Treach describes, "It's th
m u than u mberoneda fu nky
Youngsta's."
Although they feel strongly
about having written all of their
own lyrics, Da Youngsta' had n
problems giving up the pen to
Treach for "Crewz Pop" and
"Handle This." Treach, who was
once their hero ("one of the flyest
M out there"), and Da Youn -
ta' met back tage at a show and
he-ask d them t come on ta e
with him. They've en cool ev r
in e.
Tarik says, "W didn't have
any problem with Treach writing
our rhymes, because we know
he' dope. W have a I t of re-
pect for his lyrics. If it wa any­
body el e it would hav been a
thing."
The self-proclaimed "wild"
children kick off their new album
over a hy Beatnuts at and a
cl ar dem n tration 0 what you
can expect:
I'm a wild child/ I get buck
wild/I'm a wild child/ I get rowdy
and loud
ALTHOUGH THE AFTER­
MA TIl is radically harder than
their first album, Tarik confirms
that on the first album, Da Young­
sta's weren't 'fakin' no
moves, "but this year they are just
more ready to come with their
real, more matured selves, which
was hinted at when the surpris­
ingly rugged (much buzzed
about) "Pass Da Mic" was re­
leased last y ar. It was a subtle
warning that Da Youngsta's
could come truly hard without ad­
vance notice.
The Aftermath, which boasts
some of the best producers in the
industry, will blow up from day
one. The first single "Crewz Pop"
was written by none other than the
skill-master Treach of Naughty
By Nature 'and produced by
Naughty s Kay Gee, the produc­
tion genius who has created orne
of hip hop's rare and revered
TOP VIDEO
RENTALS
'1. The Last of the
tght
6. r. B
7. Sn ak
II
II Hi B
tra k, "Halley Comb Hide Out, "is
horrno ncti ng d rhyme that
hows Da Young ta' have even
found time for h neys. With a
gue t ap. aran by the blowing
TOP 10 SINGLES
9. "Who Is Itn
................................................. MICHAEL JACKSON (EpIC)
8. Honeymoon In V
9. Captain Ron
10. Single
11.0
h
F m I
H
1. "Love Is"
�
.............. VANESSA 'N1LLlAMS/BRIAN MCKNIGHT (Giant)
2. "I'm So Into You"
.................................... : SVI/\/ (RCA)
3. "Looking Through Patient Eyesll
�
................................. P.M. DA'NN (Gee Street/ISland/PLG)
4. "It Was A Good Day"
.............. : ::-: ICE CUBE (Prionty)
12. Unl wful Entry
. 13. Cool World
14. Mo'Money
15. Pur Country
16. Of n
_ 5. "The Crying.Game"
................................................... BOY GEORGE (SBKJERG)
6. "Angel"
................................................... JON SECADA (SBKJERG)
. 7. Down With The King"
........... : : RUN D.M.C. (Profile)
8. "I H ve othlng
.. : WHITNEY HOUSTO (Arista)
dance hall sen lion, lieut nant
Sti tchie, the winding grindable
track can rule th dancehall as
well a bump the "Natural" the
third B atnuts creation, i a mel­
lower track with a jazzy flair that
let DC! Youn ta�. get bu y,
'talking about h w it' natural
that we flow like we do" ays
Qur'an.
Tra k provided by th mad
u cessful produ r Pet R ck,
ar just as fly. "Iz U Wit Me" is
tandard Pete R ck mast rpie ,
c mplete with trad mark h rn
and pumpin' ba which 1 Da
Youngsta's stake th ir claim nd
mak ure the mas ar checkin'
for them. All the hip hop J un. ie
iz u wit m "th Y ask. All wh
kn w what tim it 1 will say
"Mic Wrecka " the other Pete
Rock joint, is a fly "po "jam
that lets all mem rs including
gu t CL moth, flex kills, with
each e plaining why he is the
"M ic Wrecka."
ur'an y: I g t down you
g t to giv m a undo Taji flips:
It' nm IT me to wreck it, so
'checkit/l n akinjutli th rap
bandit if a lyrical murder/l know
u hit, cau you can't tand
it. Tarik flow : I g t th mad skills
that mak y u want to x ... thi
hip hop r gets props lik a mob-
t r.
B i Kay Gee, Pet Rock
nd B tnuts, Da Young ta's
hav trac that were produced by
arley Marl ( 011) and Pr -
m l c r , (Gang eneh .
Se AFTER ATH,83
TOP R&B/SOUL
1. "Dedicated"
............................................................ R. KELLY & PA (Jive)
•
2. "Down With The King"
.............................................................. RUN D.M.C. (Profile)
3. "Knockln' Da Boots"
.............. : H TO'NN (Luke Records)
4. "Sweet On U·'.
................................................ LO-KEY?(P r p en /A&M)
5. II If I Gould"
..................... ; : REGINA BELLE (Columbia)
6. "Honey Dip"
........................................................... PORTRAIT (Capitol)
7. I Ditty�'
................................. PAPERBOY (Next PI teau/FFRR/PLG)
8. 'Who Is I
..... Ie AEL JACKSO (Epic)
9. "That's. The Way Love" Is I
......... . . BOBBY BROW (MCA)