Trife Life
Triflin Pac – “College Park“
from Triflin’s Da Word EP (Po Hustlin, 1997)
Hailing from Collipark, Georgia this nigh-ungooglable act originally came out in 1993 kicking that diggity iggity Das Efx flow. They dropped just one 12″ on Elektra before getting dropped themselves. In 1997 they relaunched the group with more of a post-Dungeon Fam/Ghetto Mafia street oriented vibe. You know, sounding a little like rappers who actually came from where they came from. I have a copy of the full EP here on vinyl but it looks like the Gravediggaz have been sharpening knives on it for the past twelve years so I had to grab “College Park” from this bootleggish Cool Breeze compilation. It would be nice if somebody could up a clean rip of the whole tape…
July 1st, 2009 at 1:33 pm
maynnn luvin dis righ here
July 1st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I remember seeing their stuff in used bins around Atlanta in the mid/late nineties–had no idea that they were local, or that they weren’t clogging used bins elsewhere.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
That is GOOD. Is the rest of the EP on that level?
July 1st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
DUDE! NO LIE! I was just singing this song to myself what when? this past weekend dude. they had another version of the song that used to open with the hook acapella. i think it was tailored just for the radio. this shit used to (and still does) jam. man, noz, you make the internets look like the shit man! ahahha
July 1st, 2009 at 8:10 pm
hold up, nah i meant that closing is what used to open up…the EWF sounding closing, thats what i meant. man, this song is so fie. got damn i miss my city. im actually frowned up right now. fuck.
July 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Noz,
Once again, you/your blog are the shit. I’ve learned so much about dope music I’d never even heard of before from checking out your articles. Your writings are a reminder of how far reaching this rap shit is and how important even the unknown folks are. When people hear amazing music like this and are unfamiliar with the name attached, it should teach us all a lesson. The game goes so much deeper than the same 15-20 artists you always see people blogging about all the time. Thank you for the continued humor, knowledge, and inspiration.
Sorce-1
July 6th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
PS.
Your interviews are killing it.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:57 am
It’s Collipark’s answer to, “Mind Playin Tricks On Me”.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:57 am
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