" Originally released in 1998, Krumb Snatcha's debut "Snatcha Season Pt. 1" finally gets the full reissue treatment including the all tracks from the original CD release plus the original version of "Gangsta Disease" as well as the remix version of "Romeo & Juliet". The album contains timeless productions by the likes of DJ Premier, Ski, Dialek and Curt Cazal to name a few. " - courtesy of 90's Tapes
Available in a limited run on 2LP+7" (in gatefold sleeve incl. bonus 7" ("Closer To God" b/w "Instrumental") - 300 copies), CD in jewel case (300 copies) & Cassette (100 copies).
"Gettin Closer to God" is the third single released by the Boston-based emcee Krumb Snatcha on M.I.A. Recording Corp in 1997. It's the only song pressed on this 12", available in its Radio, Instrumental and Acappella versions and produced by legendary DJ Premier who used a sample of the song "I Am Love" released in 1974 and performed by the Jackson 5.
About Krumb Snatcha whose name is Demitrius Gibbs, he was born in Fitchburg, Ma and raised between Massachusetts and New York City. He served two years in prison for a weapons charge and violation of probation, before he turned his full attention to rap and saw his career take off. You 'll easily understand the lyrics of the song when you know that he was shot five times when a fight erupted outside a Lawrence pool hall in 1996.
This wax is really easy to find for a small price, so if you like it and don't have it in your collection yet, you should buy it ! Peace
Here is the debut 12" released by Da F.E.N.C.E Men on Dark Records in 1998. Da F.E.N.C.E Men was a Boston-based group consisting of 3 members named A-Sharp, Mr. Mattox and Big F.E.N.C.E.
Mr Mattox : "The Members of the group were A-Sharp, Mr. Mattox … behind the production of Big F.E.N.C.E, who believed in us. Also shouts to T-BugOut who inspired us in the writing process.
F.E.N.C.E. stands for Far East Niggaz Collecting Endz, this title was because Boston, Ma is more Far East than New York and that's where Hip-Hop was stationed at that point."
The wax is composed of the tracks "Action" (Clean/Dirty & Instrumental), "Head To Head" (Clean & Instrumental) and "Massacre" (Clean & Instrumental) featuring Krumb Snatcha and DJ Madsol-Desar on the cuts. All the tracks were produced by Dialek (Knightz.Of.Muzik) who also managed Dark Records with Madsol-Desar.
Mr Mattox : "We grew up with Dialek… who became our main producer at the time. Krumbsnatcha was the homey… and Dialek did production for him so we linked up on a few diff records recorded at the infamous D&D studios in New York !!"
Madsol-Desar - Krumbsnatcha & Dialek at D&D Studios - 1996 - Photo courtesy of Krumbsnatcha
As for me, the best tracks of the record are "Massacre" and "Head To Head". "Head To Head" contains a sample of the song "Star Children" released in 1978 and performed by the Mighty Ryeders. If you like to dig into samples, you should grab this album !
It is definitely the 12" from Da F.E.N.C.E Men to own in his hip-hop records collection. If you're looking for more material from this crew, they also released a few other records after that including a full album in 2004 and an interesting single titled "Mental Scriptures" dropped under the name The Union, a group consisting of D.Auguste, Laster & Da F.E.N.C.E. Men.
