The Street Theory Vol.1: Follow The Leaders, by The Street Heat

The Street Theory Vol.1: Follow The Leaders

by The Street Heat

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	1.	Intro 01:05
	2.	The Starting Line Up 03:18
	3.	Thief's Theme / Bad Boys 03:02
	4.	Slab Pranks Blaze 00:50
	5.	Hood Hop 02:30
	6.	For The Record (Interlude) 02:20
	7.	For The Record 05:11
	8.	Hey Ma 03:18
	9.	Hold Me (Interlude) 00:24
	10.	Hold Me 03:42
	11.	718 02:42
	12.	Lay Down 02:10
	13.	Ya Boy Gizzy 03:06
	14.	Oh Boy 03:30
	15.	Discussion (Skit) 01:44
	16.	Blaze's Law 01:38
	17.	Rumors 04:02
	18.	S.H.I.N.E 05:09
	19.	Slab's A Hustla 03:14
	20.	Y? 04:06
	21.	Outro 02:30

about

This is where it all started...the Beginning...the Origin Point...the Genesis...the Launch:

Around February 2005 there was a talent show. Me and my boy Trav signed up as a duo act. Our boy Gray signed up as a solo act. The 3 of us did our thing and it was a big moment for us displaying our artistry early in our lives. Over the next several months a lot of events went down with our peers, the streets, adults, administration...the whole world basically. The 3 of us were public enemy #1. Fights, conflicts, missing items, planted drugs, roasting sessions, suspensions, search and seizures...ALOTTA HEAT IN THE STREETS...STREET HEAT!

Around late March/early April shit was coming to boiling point then a fight happened that boiled it over. The 3 of us were thinking of way to address the situations, the rumors, the allegations, the questions all the bullshit.

The year before a music theory teacher forced me to learn Sony Acid 3.0 because I refused to do work in his class and he simply wanted a young black kid to learn something, so he taught me basic music engineering instead of piano theory. In order to actually pass the class I got a copy of Sony Acid 4.0 off Limewire and began working at home on the beats to bring to class and pass his course.

Flash forward back to 05, I realized I had the program on my laptop and a Windows 98 microphone to record on. With Limewire and Bearshare I could easily find instrumentals.....BAM! We decided right there we would make an album and call out everyone who didnt fuck with us and control the narrative. We used the gym auxiliary locker room before school, during lunch, after school and skipping classes to record our sessions. Piece by Piece we got the tape done eventually released 2 days after my 14th birthday. Staying up the night before pressing up 150 copies by hand on CD-R and a sharpie. Talking to Trav and TB on the phone while the burner and cooling fan were running overtime. Fudged copies, misburns, it was a moment.
On the day of release we hit the bus routes, the halls, the park, the gangland...everywhere. $2 a copy, we were selling CD's like hand to hand nickles and dimes. We set out with a goal and had money to show for it, killed the talk and the rumors, solidified ourselves like men.

We had no clue the journey we set ourselves on and me personally the path to being an artist turned legend in this culture and art form. This is a rare gem and I'm glad I had the chance to do it, I'm glad the elements all aligned to make it possible and keep me going. I'm glad though time has passed I can preserve this history that impacts this world.

Thank You Trav, Gray and Taylor. Street Crew/Street Heat 4 Til Death

credits

released May 5, 2005

The Street Heat:
Blaze StickyFingerz aka John Blaze aka John Dozier
Slab aka DarkNess aka BK Trav
Double Gizzy aka Gizzy414 aka Gray414
TB aka Aristotle

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The Dozier HimSelf Nashville, Tennessee

Enigma hailing from Haynes Manor in Nashville,TN. In 2005 at the age of 13, he began his music career. After working three groups, he went solo in 2007 establishing his trademark "Phantom" series. To date, he has completed over 20+ projects, Mixtapes, Albums, EP's and Group Compilations including; 6 Phantom Mixtapes, 2 Installments of Dozier Island w/ Don Cannon, and 3 Round Table Projects ... more