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By the time Federation returned with their second album, It's Whateva, a long three years after the release of their debut, The Album (2004), the group's style of rap (i.e., hyphy) had become a full-fledged trend. Granted, hyphy was generally confined to the Bay Area of California, but the style had become popular, with such tastemakers as DJ Shadow championing it and such figureheads as E-40 taking it national. It's Whateva is consequently a celebration of hyphy and its newfound status; after all, Federation had been the ones who'd released a song titled "Hyphy" way back in 2003, and they work exclusively with producer Rick Rock, the style's chief architect. The album is long, clocking in at 21 tracks in 80 minutes, and it's a wild hyphy ride from beginning to end. Rock's productions are energetic, loud, and overpowering to such an extent that the Federation rappers (Doonie Baby, Goldie, Stressmatic) sometimes seem secondary on their own album. Standout tracks are interspersed throughout the album, tops among them "18 Dummy," "College Girl," "Happy I Met You" (which boasts a great Snoop Dogg verse), "Scraper 2 a Benz" (featuring E-40), and "New Baby Daddy." Many of the productions are truly phenomenal; in fact, they often seem deserving of better, more creative rappers -- or at least a more varied cast of rappers, for Doonie Baby, Goldie, Stressmatic are put to the test here on this long, wild showcase for Rock's flamboyant array of hyphy productions. [A clean version of the CD was also released.
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TRACK LISTING
1. Playtime Is Over
2. 18 Dummy (Skit)
3. 18 Dummy
4. Get Naked You Beezy
5. College Girl (Skit)
6. College Girl
7. Got Me Fucked Up
8. From the Bay
9. My Rimz
10. Happy I Met You
11. Scraper 2 a Benz
12. She Go
13. New Baby Daddy
14. We on Yo Line
15. Black Roses
16. Jail (Skit)
17. Fly Away
18. When I Was Yo Man (Skit)
19. When I Was Yo Man
20. Bang Bang
21. Break Your Face
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