The Mad Rapper - Appreciate The Hate...The Mad Rapper Chronicles Vol.1 Hosted by Statik Selektah

I'mma start off the first of September by postin' up a new helping from one of my all-time favorite producers, emcee's and hip-hop alter ego's. The Mad Rapper AKA Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie has for most of his career been known as a member of Bad Boy Records's original Hitmen production team. Along with such great names as Chucky Thompson, Easy Mo Bee and Nashiem Myrick, The Hitmen personified the mid 90's east coast sound and D-Dot was an integral part of that team.

Many heads might not know it (partially due to the fact that Puff was so good at hogging the spotlight and the publishing credits) but D-Dot was solely responsible for producing a myriad of Bad Boy's biggest hits and some of the biggest hip-hop hits in general in the mid and late 90's. From Biggie's "Hypnotize”, Jay-Z's "Where I'm From", and of course the joint that was rockin' on everyone's radio all day in 97' "It's All About The Benjamins", D-Dot was the man behind the boards for too many of our dopest street joints that crossed over back in the day. No question D-Dot was a talented producer, no question at all....but it would be his gift for humor that would eventually put him in the spotlight. Utilizing a loud, foul-mouthed and high-pitched New "Yawk" accent D-Dot would delve into these hilarious skits on many a Bad Boy artist's album and would have you in stitches. Most of the time the skits would follow a cat named "The Mad Rapper", who was well, he was always pissed off. LOL, more specifically he was always pissed off about not having a record deal. It was golden...I don't care who you were or what was happening you couldn't help but crack a smile during those Mad Rapper skits....lol, but then the unthinkable happened; they gave the Mad Rapper a deal....

Yup...it happened, The Mad Rapper was finally given a chance to drop a record. D-Dot would name it "Tell Em' Why You Mad" and yes the central character was his alter ego The Mad Rapper. It was a move that I was tremendously excited about and even though most staunch hip-hop heads routinely down play how good it actually was, I think it's one of the most overlooked albums from the beginning of this decade. First and foremost "Tell Em' Why You Mad" would introduce the game to a brash young upstart from Queens named 50 Cent, who would put practically the entire industry in his cross hairs with the song "How To Rob". Not only that, but The Mad Rapper's lone opus would also be one of the first big work assignments for a then little known beat maker out of Chicago named Kanye West who was D-Dot's production protege. It was a compilation style album and featured many of hardcore hip-hop's best and brightest including Raekwon, The Beatnuts, Busta Rhymes, Black Rob and Eminem. It did fall short in some of the collabo areas...(who the fuck was Picasso Black, Rambo or The Leonards?) but for every relatively unknown emcee, there was an infectious, head-nodding beat to distract you. Production has always been D-Dot's strong point, and unfortunately, his reciting of verses in character only proved that fact tenfold. While we all love the raucus, swashbuckling street attitude that D-Dot channels through The Mad Rapper, the fact remains the stuff he delivers in character can get a lil' over done and veer into ridiculous land at times. Although most of his verses are very concise and his flow is on time, he would've been considered nothing more than just a gifted mixtapes rapper today. Still, when I saw this new project from him I rushed to it.

For whatever it's worth his only album wasn't a terrible disaster, nor was it a breakout hit. LOL, these days that could mean it was damn near classic! Seriously though, it was very memorable and many including myself have been eagerly awaiting somethin' new from D-Dot. So here we are...almost 9 years after he first introduced The Mad Rapper to the world, Deric Angellettie re-emerges with "Appreciate The Hate..The Mad Rapper Chronicles Vol.1". A collection of new material that he's either produced, rapped over or his new protege Frequency has produced. He makes a strong showing and has not lost his extensive connections either. This project boasts a host of up and coming artists including Papoose, Joell Ortiz, Wais P, DV Alias Khrist and my favorite Making The Band member of all time E. Ness. They all come through and bless D-Dot in his new endeavor and that's important if he's trying to mount a comeback. I liked how he reached out to the hottest DJ doin it at the moment in Statik Selektah too. That's a great choice because Statik is a legitimate talent as a DJ, not just one of these sorry ass new jacks spinnin CD's and loading up a laptop. His name holds weight with real heads and it proves that D-Dot has kept his ear to the grindstone as far as who out there is truly nasty. And Of course, what new Mad Rapper jumpoff would be complete without some skits? They all are hilarious and they all have meaning....just as they used to. Straight disrespectful status baby! lol, yeah, this is a fun mixtape and for good measure the back end is filled with a few joints from the previously mentioned "Tell Em' Why You Mad" album. A move that kinda had me displeased in a way, but I realize he has to educate the youngin's that don't know who he is. All in all this is pretty worthwhile...jam packed too; has a good 20+ tracks on it. Maybe we might be able to get another album out of D-Dot yo...lord knows it did my heart good to see that old Mad Rapper logo on the front of this as well as his Crazy Cat Catalog label imprint on the back. But ya never know. Best of luck to him anyway.

-BIG D O




01. Statik Who? (Intro) [01:09]
02. Where Are All The Mad Rappers At? (Interlude) [00:52]
03. Carried Away [01:44]
04. Eye For An Eye (Feat. D-Dot) [01:41]
05. Gun Shots (Feat. E.Ness & Aasim) [01:15]
06. And Them Some... (Feat. Cory Gunz) [01:49]
07. Blogs (Interlude) [00:58]
08. Incredible [01:26]
09. They Comin' (Feat. Wais P the Pimp) [01:49]
10. Disco Freestyle (Feat. D-Dot) [00:43]
11. Give it to 'Em (Feat. D-Dot) [01:43]
12. Gangsta Music (Lose It) (Feat. Ceion) [02:51]
13. Brooklyn Lets Go! (Feat. Red Cafe, Maino, Wais P the Pimp, Papoose & Joell Ortiz) [03:05]
14. Get Off Me (Feat. Ceion) [02:30]
15. Statik Selektah (Interlude) [00:14]
16. Baby [01:49]
17. Magic [01:14]
18. I'm From Brooklyn (Feat. D-Dot) [01:03]
19. Breather (Feat. D-Dot) [01:46]
20. The Corner (Crazy Cat Remix) (Feat. Wais P the Pimp & DV Alias Khryst) [02:49]
21. A Rap Story [04:00]
22. Live From The BBQ (Feat. D-Dot, Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., E.Ness, Black Rob & Aasim) [03:29]
23. What You Gonna Do? (Feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & 50 Cent) [02:31]
24. Bongo Break (Feat. Busta Rhymes) [03:22]
25. Stir Crazy (Feat. Eminem) [01:54]
26. The Ghetto (Feat. Carl Thomas & Raekwon) [04:24]
27. How To Rob (Feat. 50 Cent) [03:54]
28. Statik Selektah (Outro) [00:27]

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