F.B.I. [Explicit Lyrics]

Dayton Family | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B000003BZV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast
  • #16 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore
  • #85 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > General

Track Listings

1. 79th & Halstead

2. Hand That Rocks the Cradle

3. F.B.I.

4. Real With This

5. Player Haters

6. Eyes Closed

7. What's on My Mind, Pt. 2

8. Killer G's

9. Posse Is Dayton Ave.

10. Blood Bath

11. Newspaper

12. Stick & Move

13. Ghetto

Editorial Reviews

No Description Available.
Genre: Soul/R&B
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: PA
Release Date: 1-OCT-1996

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Midwest's hardest and realest group stays real with this!, September 20, 2005

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Philip Y. (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: F.B.I. (Audio CD)

An year after "What's On My Mind" was released and went gold without any video-play, came out F.B.I. However, the group encountered quite a few problems with the law (problems that continued in years to come) - Baccstabber was gone to prison, and Bootleg's verses were recorded in 2 weeks, since he was going to the big-house as well!... However it doesn't show on the album: the album is strong and perfect as ever, and Bootleg's verses are as tight as they always were!... Nothing really changed about The Dayton Familly - they're still the realest and hardest rappers in the Midwest. On this album (and the others as well) they're still rapping agressively over hard hitting, clean and powerful beats. There's nothing at all subtle about the Dayton Family. They tell it like it is, and if it's shocking to you... well, go pick Nelly/50 Cent's CD. When you hear the Dayton Familly you get to hear their no-way-out mentality with a feel of desperation which is just a part of life. The Dayton boys aren't cocky, they don't floss, they're just troubled guys with a lot on their mind. Nothing is taboo for Bootleg and Shoestring - not murder, not cocaine, not a#@ wooping, not smacking bi#$%s, seemingly nothing. It's so nice to see rappers so unhinged and unconcerned with pop crossover. They are REAL with a capital R. These guys aren't just another hardcore group, there's something unique about them. They not only talk the talk, but they also walk the walk. The were able to overcome so much trouble in their lives and come out with those amazing albums. F.B.I. is a classic without a doubt, although I think I feel their debut a bit better, since the hooks were a bit more catchy (I don't really feel the singing on most of the songs on F.B.I.). Anyway, Bootleg and Shoestring deliver their hardest verses (you gotta hear their voices to understand what hardcore is all about) over Steve Pitts' remerkable beats. You gotta understand - that group that blew up in the 90's was the 1st to bring attention to the Midwest rap scene, way before Eminem ever thought about rapping. Those guys deserve respect - a LOT of it. See, years before there was 8 Mile, there was Dayton Avenue.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars F.B.I. is one of the greatest gangsta rap cd's ever recorded, July 2, 1999

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[e-mail] (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: F.B.I. (Audio CD)

The Dayton Family know what they're doen, and they do it true. They got the phattest beats to go with the phattest lyrics.They get straight to it with 79th & Halstead, not wasting any time. This is the truest cd I've ever heard, besides what 2Pac recorded. I give them 5 stars+, 5 thumbs up, 5 up's in every good possible way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Possibly 4.5 stars for Dayton Family's 2nd album, August 10, 2006

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: F.B.I. (Audio CD)

I really didn't know too much about The Dayton Family, I heard them on a few songs and liked them and saw this album had many good reviews so I checked it out, and needless to say I will be getting some of their other albums. Bootleg & Shoestring, with some rapping by Ghetto E and Baccstabber (who was in prison) hold down the album very nicely and deliver real street hardcore rap, not that watered down radio/video BS that's all over nowadays. With 13 songs, 3 are almost classics, 4 are ok, the other 6 are tight songs. Guests rap on 1 song and do the hook on about half of them, Steve Pitts nicely produces the whole album, with some Co-Production from the Dayton Family. A must have album for fans of real rap.

#1 - 9.5 (short but tight intro by Bootleg)
#2 - 8.5 (f/ Night & Day)
#3 - 7.5 (f/ Lorie Coleman)
#4 - 9.5 (tight beat)
#5 - 6 (dirty song -- f/ Esham & Night & day -- my least favorite on here)
#6 - 7.5
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Night & Day)
#8 - 9.5 (tight beat)
#9 - 8
#10 - 9
#11 - 8.5 (f/ Lorie Coleman)
#12 - 8.5 (f/ Night & Day)
#13 - 8.5 (song about the ghetto - (f/ Night & Day)

Flint, MI

BOOTLEG -- Ira Dorsey
SHOESTRING -- Raheen Petterson
GHETTO E - Eric Dorsey

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