About Me
Brooklyn-based rapper Half-a-Mill climbed his way up from the underground in the late '90s and nearly broke into the mainstream. His initial breakthrough came in 1997 with an appearance on the one and only album by the Firm, a highly touted supergroup featuring Nas, AZ, Nature, and Foxy Brown alongside producers Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters. Following this high-profile appearance, Half-a-Mill then contributed "Some Niggaz" to the Def Jam-released Belly soundtrack in 1998, setting the stage for his solo debut, "Thug Ones." The momentous track, which featured Noreaga, Kool G Rap, and Musolini, sent ripples through the New York hardcore rap scene in 1999 and became the leadoff single for Half-a-Mill's debut album, Million. Unfortunately, the album, released in 2000, didn't do as well as many had expected, moving only about 40,000 units -- a respectable number yet not quite on a par with the big boys -- and the Brooklyn rapper lost much of his momentum. He returned two years later in 2002 with his second effort, Da Hustle Don't Stop, which Warlock Records had preceded with the release of "Still." With its defiant hook, this radio-serviced single took aim at those who claim Half-a-Mill had fallen off: "Still gangsta/still ghetto/still street."with lyrics like the ones onSodom and Gomorrah" (HAL-A-MILL)
we cry for the youths cuz they innocent
The Government is killin shit
While niggaz in the hood is dealin bricks, big shit
We sell Coke, they sell Countries
We cop ice niggaz workin Diamond mines for the rest of they life
Neva to see they seed or their wife
Jacob neva threw a block party in my hood
This is our live, Mercedes Benz ain't neva did for us
Except help victims micro-chip so they can put 'em in us
The hood is in lust, big brother got footage of us
Executive orders, 6-6-6 put 'em in cuffs
Put 'em on the bus, Concentration Camps waitin for us
Money and material they soon to take it from us
Take it from us!
