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Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: 7 82508-2
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Hip Hop
Style:
Credits: Producer - Ski
Notes: -Executive Producers: Richard Nash, Timmy Regisford & Damon Dash
-All songs recorded at Power Play Studios
-Mastered by Carlton Batts at Frankford Wayne
-All tracks mixed & engineered by Phil "Skills" Castello, except T3 mixed
& engineered by Russ at Power Play Studios and Gordon Williams at Axis
Studios, and T2 mixed by Clark Kent for Superman Productions

-T2 samples "Black Mystery Has Been Revealed" by Ronald Kirk
-T7 samples "Sweetie Pie" by Stone Alliance
-T11 samples "Cymbaline" by Hubert Laws
-T14 contains elements from "Searching" by Ron Ayers

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1 Intro (0:54)
2 Can I Get Open (3:09) Featuring - Jay-Z
3 Beyond Flavor (0:14) Scratches - DJ Chubby Chub
4 Old School Skit (4:29)
5 Watchawant (4:25)
6 Stick It Where The Sun Don't Shine (4:25)
7 Blowin' Up The Spot (2:48)
8 Hit (3:22)
9 Nigga Code (3:34) Featuring - Clark Kent , Damon Dash
10 Many Styles (3:37) Featuring - Freshco , Jay-Z
11 All That (4:10) Scratches - DJ Chubby Chub
Vocals - Michelle Mitchell
12 Shut Up And Manage (1:01) Featuring - Damon Dash
13 Here We Go (Fuck It Up!) (3:36)
14 Keep On (Searching) (3:54)
15 Shout Outs (2:22)




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Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: 7 82355-2
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Hip Hop
Style:
Notes: [Sub-label: Atlantic Street]
Executive Producers: Clark Kent, Darien Dash & Damon Dash
Recorded at: Firehouse Studios, NYC, Quad Studios, NYC
Mastered by: Herb Powers at Hit Factory, NYC
Management: Dash Entertainment

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01 This Is How It Is (3:40)
Producer - Ski
02 When I Make It (4:01)
Producer - Ski
03 Best Friend's Girl (3:29)
Producer - Ski
04 Way Wit Words (3:12)
Producer - Ski
05 Kick The Butta (5:05)
Producer - Clark Kent , Larry Larr
06 Waitin' 4 My Break (3:27)
Producer - Ski
07 Handle The Technique (2:58)
Producer - Ski
08 Give 'Em Some Wrek (2:43)
Producer - Ski
09 Gumdrops (3:53)
Producer - Ski
10 I Like It (Freestyle) (3:51)
Producer - Clark Kent , Sean Wan
11 Brain Storm (4:39)
Producer - Ski
12 Swingin' (4:32)
Producer - Ski




One of rap's middle school crews headed by Ski, an MC/producer,
Original Flavor dropped their inauspicious debut This Is How It Is
in 1992. Although Ski worked with legendary New York DJ Clark Kent
for the project, the album fizzled unceremoniously. For their follow-up,
producer-in-training Ski enlisted the aid of a few more MCs including
T-Strong, Chubby Chub, and a young Brooklynite with some experience
in the rap field, Jay-Z. Jay-Z had worked with fellow Brooklynite Big Jaz
on the track "Hawaiian Sophie" and the two were commonly referred to
as Jaz and Jay-Z. Original Flavor was Jay-Z's training grounds and
served as a catapult for his future endeavors. Flavor's sophomore release
Beyond Flavor was released in 1994 to a mostly unenthusiastic audience.
However, the lead single "Can I Get Open" features Jay-Z in impeccable
pre-Jayhova form, with a decidedly less edgy rhyme format. Jay-Z's skills
far surpassed those of the rest of the crew and his solo career would begin
soon after the release of Beyond. Jay Peso went on to guest MC on the
classic Big Daddy Kane posse cut "Show & Prove" (among others), then
released a number of singles on his own including "In My Lifetime." It was
at this time that Jay-Z turned to Jigga and adopted the Tony Montana-styled
persona. Jay-Z would continue to work with his Original Flavor partner Ski after
the group disbanded, making him a member of his Rock-a-Fella staff.
Ski produced four tracks on Jay's solo debut Reasonable Doubt in 1996 and
two on 1997's In My Lifetime, Volume One.

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