Lakey The Kid - The Unreleased EP

I'm not a fan of the streets.....They're tough, unforgiving and in many cases fatal....yielding far more pain and hopelessness than they ever do legends and success stories, I grew up very much aware of their realities by seeing those around me, friends and family alike claimed by them. Even with my insight I have always applauded the cats that were born of them, who despite perhaps one or two or even three or four setbacks, managed to make it up out, at least in part, through the music. Guys like M.O.P., Freddie Foxx and Nas all come to mind.....

.....Another name that far fewer fans might want to tack onto that long list is Lakey Da Kid. A veteran of the Queensbridge Projects Lake went to prison in 1992 for allegedly shooting a cop. Following his release in 1999, "Lake" would enter the music business, create his own imprint on Landspeed records titled Lake Entertainment and see his first project, a collaborative effort amongst QB rapper's titled "The 41st Side" sell 100,000 copies. Lake would go on to appear on Nas's 6th and critically acclaimed album "God's Son" in 2002 on the track "Revolutionary Warfare". Sadly however the relationship between him and Nas since then has soured considerably. Lake has done his best to keep busy.....In 06' he once again used the power of old friends from QB to drop a memorable album when he and Cormega teamed up for "My Brother's Keeper". In 07' Lake dropped one of the hardest mixtapes in a long while "American Rat Killer" (a play on the popular movie American Gangster).

Nowadays it's a lil' bit harder to find Lakey. I've seen him pop up here and there on the Internet, mostly in low rent DVD's. He's taken up fitness pretty seriously and now sports a frame not unlike a pro body builder's. Apparently he's still signed to Death Row East...A label created by the infamous Suge Knight in the 90's when he initially met Lakey.

"The Unreleased EP" is a high quality, DJ free/dirty compilation of a host of Lake's best and hardest shit and believe me, his resume basically is nothing but hardcore material and this is pretty close to the best of the best. Many of these tracks are around, but few of them have ever been available in such good quality. The gutter, grimy and unforgiving truths of the street live in Lake's music and these joints shouldn't go un-noticed. Props to HipHopGiant for putting this together and upping it.

-BIG D O










01 - Somebody Got Shot
02 - One Never Knows(Featuring Nas)
03 - Gauze Over Stitches
04 - By The Sword
05 - Snitch Niggaz(Original)(Featuring Cormega)
06 - Rise & Fall
07 - Gutter Block King
08 - Break Ya Back
09 - Hoes N Cocaine(Featuring Hardbody The Boss)
10 - Needle In Ya Arm(Featuring C-Rayz Walz & Couture)
BONUS
Lakey The Kid - Beware(You Dying) Feat Shark

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