Eyez on the Prize

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Eyez on the Prize was released April 13, 1999 by label record Trump Tight^[1]. This compilation was planned as a soundtrack to an independent film of the same name which Rodney Hisatake intended to co-produce. The film was to follow the struggles of four fictional brothers migrating from American Samoa to California, illuminating in particular the hardships of two of the brothers who become enmeshed in illicit drug economies. Due to insufficient funding, the film has not, as yet, been made. Paul Gilroy's remarks in Against Race on the changing category of freedom in Black popular culture emphasize that the Eyez on the Prize compilation displays a marked trend towards the representations of the hyper-physical and commoditized body that Gilroy's notes (although it substitutes a Samoan body for an African-American one), while retaining the title of a popular documentary series about the U.S. civil rights struggle.^[2]

[edit] Disc 1

1. Dog Eat Dog World (Intro) - Keep Yo' Eyez On The Prize
2. Have 'Em Hatin' - Mac Dre/Young Nade
3. Eyez On The Prize - Peter Gunz/Lord Tariq/Kutfather
4. You And Your 9MM - Down-N-Dirty Click (Dirty South)
5. Night Shift - Richie Rich/Samoends
6. Game Trump Tight - Snoop Dogg/JT The Bigga Figga/Kutfather
7. Interlude - Slim The Pale Pimp/Skrilla Mob
8. Follow Me - Black Rhino/Skrilla Mobb/Flash
9. All Day - Savage Gentleman
10. All My Niggaz - Luniz/Zwice/Vas Bossy
11. Sexy Lil' Neighbor - Dre Dog A.K.A. Andre Nickatina
12. My Blocks - L.C./Down-N-Dirty Hustlers
13. Gotta Get My Paper Right (Out Of 10 Niggaz Ain't Real!) - Coolio Da Undadogg/Usual Suspects/Baby Beesh (Latino Velvet)
14. Can't Go Against The Grain (Outro) - Keep Yo' Eyez On The Prize

[edit] Disc 2

1. Dead End (Spoken Word) - IPO
2. Paper Riderz - Samoenoz Ent.
3. Obey Yo' P.O. - E-40/2wice/Quran
4. Lace 'Em Up - Big Mack/Main-O/Family Tyz
5. Pimps & Playas - San Quinn/G-Boogie/Daveroski
6. It Takes Dirt To Make Flowers Grow - Eyez On The Prize
7. It's The Mob - Dubee A.K.A. Sugawolf/M.O.H.
8. You Can't Loose - B-Boy Posse/Kilomai/J-Mack
9. Dreams Of Being Rich - Big Rob
10. Slippin' - Rushe
11. Eastside 'G' Riderz - Brown-N-Proud/Baby Beesh (Latino Velvet)
12. Ain't Nothin' Changed - Calico/Young Al/Pistal (Usual Suspects)
13. My Destiny - Usual Suspects
14. Bonus Track - Keep Yo' Eyez On The Prize
15. Bonus Track - Keep Yo' Eyez On The Prize
16. Bonus Track - Keep Yo' Eyez On The Prize^[3]

[edit] References

^ Amazon.com: Eyez on the Prize: Various Artists: Music
^ Henderson, April K. “Dancing Between Islands: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora.” In The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 180-199. London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 200
^ Amazon.com: Eyez on the Prize: Various Artists: Music