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AFFLICTIONS - Ralph Dog
Released October 2002
Compact Disc
Catalog # : BHH2052

Arrogant, energy, insight, ravenous, controversial, rage, rebel - these are some of the words that have been used to describe the outrageous demeanour that separates Chicago's Ralph Dog from the multitude of rap artists out there. This self confessed loner who was raised in and by the streets was drawn to music in his teen years, inspired by the infectious sounds of artists like Schoolly D, Big Daddy Kane and the Sex Pistols.

track listing
01. TIME BOMB
02. NERD KILLER
03. WHAT'CHU LOOKIN' AT?
04. AVERAGE PSYCHO
05. LOSE IT
06. DIPSOMANIAC
07. STOOD ALL ALONE
08. HIPHOP RE-BOP 2002 feat' Man Parrish
09. KEEP ON FIGHTIN'
10. POOR WHITE TRASH
11. WAY OF THE RHYME
12. DIPSOMANIAC (Remix)

Armed with his gravel-like voice, he shoots from the hip with lyrics that come directly from the emotional roller coaster that is his everyday life. Backed by a homegrown fusion of hip-hop, heavy metal and funk he is the mouthpiece of the people caught up in the everyday struggle. "I represent the people who don't have shit. Basically I say what others won't say about todays society. I'm a fucking rebel," says Ralph Dog.

His adrenaline fuelled 12-track CD explodes with the first song, the headbanging "Time Bomb." On this cut Ralph Dog vents his frustration at today's society. Cornball rappers get beatdown by Ralph's one man mosh pit on the rowdy ass anthem "Nerd Killer". There is a guided tour through the mind of an "Average Psycho" and this Alcoholics Anonymous poster child serves up a straight shot of beats, rhymes and life on the inebriated "Dipsomaniac". At the cross roads of life, where riches, burnt bridges and unbeaten paths meet Ralph takes time out to ponder the many obstacles that life has thrown in his way on "Stood All Alone". Paying his repects to old school hip-hop Ralph Dog takes it back to 1983 with a remix of the famous b-boy song HipHop Be-Bop called "HipHop Re-Bop 2002". This song features a special vocoder guest appearance by the legendary Man Parrish. "Keep on Fighting" paints vivid pictures of the trials and tribulations that he faces in his everyday struggle to not bow down to the music industry's giant moneymaking machines. He barks "Fake ass frauds win awards and get applause / and go on tours and claim to be hard-core / makin' wack-ass songs for the Billboard". Ralph Dog refuses to pull any punches while bringing his message to the people on this engaging and thought provoking release.


Ralph Dog (left) and Man Parrish (right)

Ralph Dogs' album Afflictions is currently out on Bomb Hip-Hop Records.
Available at fine record stores and online.


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