Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. They achieved notability in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song "This Way", a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West, Xzibit, and John Legend appearing in the music video. They reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst." Their members include DJ Babu (producer/DJ), Evidence (MC/producer) and Rakaa (MC). The group also received a publicity spike after their songs were featured in the 2003 video games Need for Speed: Underground and NBA Street Vol. 2.
History
Its members, DJ Babu from the DJ crew Beat Junkies; Evidence; and Rakaa joined together in 1992 and released "Third Degree" (1997) and "Work the Angles" (1998) on ABB Records, developing a solid fan base in the underground hip hop community. They had previously recorded an album titled Imagery, Battle Hymns & Political Poetry (1995) that was never released, although many fans still have it on bootlegged tapes. The group eventually signed with Capitol Records and released The Platform (2000) to more critical acclaim.
It's heavy lighting [Iriscience] To all you non carpoolin' fuel burners in my town We're not headed for a ice age, we're headed for a meltdown I double checked it, the message is authentic It's the flash of heavy lighting that makes us photogenic (Check it out) I get hype on Stetsasonic Before rockin a show or droppin shit to plastic Iriscience, yo you shine so bright Tonight the only thing lit is our crew and off white [Evidence] Well you's a shaky gun faker, like Enzo the Baker I strip studio rappers lo-tech Amish Quaker Trip and fall and haul yourself b-boy breaker And all you never sprayed and you're whack on the fader I make you shake a double take, step in motion sensors Hit the stage spotlights on the towers and the fences Now you see how close the audience is Heavy lighting wreaking havoc on your senses Heavy Lighting We are the lighting, We are the path, Keep shining Heavy Lighting We are the lighting, We are the path, Keep shining [Evidence] We making money like tat make money like cash Grandmaster D to Grandmaster Flash As astrotheologists ponder my past Oh please give me one more hit or mega-blast Beggars ask, but still opt to be choosy You see I, U. Z. I. like an uzi And do see what's going on from the Towers of Babble To the heart of Babylon and on [Iriscience] Yo, I've learned many tactics that I practice til decrepit We Are... You know the record I'm that gunner in the forefront, you charge, I punt Off my ammunition, they'll be back for now Expect ambivalence, since I never retreat like Joey rockin them beats I'm hard to be seen like green on green Yo my voice strikes the mic, there's no time to be wastin My rhymes are snapshots from Brian Cross and Daniel Hastings [Hook] (2X) Yo I been around, I found a lot of the greats Physically are heavy, but mentally lightweights Brain percentage ain't used to full potential You're gone next week, only identified by dental [Iriscience] Dental records I checked and pressed for selectors And worldwide hotspots to weapons inspector Producer, director, or information expert Unidentified objects light up the desert [Evidence] Sometimes it's funny when you don't look how you rhyme Like one kid stepped to me with one of my own lines He didn't realize he was facing 'Ev in person Until I replied, turn his big moment to curtains [Iriscience] Well Rakka's insight in light and dim light I spit venom but I never had to bite As life works in cycles, the circles are closing Greenhouse effect or maybe you'll be frozen
Now 5 years old, she had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, meaning her heart lacked the strength to adequately pump blood throughout her body ... All as a result of the selfless acts of people they will likely never meet.
"Because astronauts and satellites orbiting the Earth are slightly further away from the centre of the planet (compared to people on the ground) they actually experience less gravitational time dilation.
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Four out of five people with an overactive thyroid have Graves' disease... It occurs as a result of the brain stimulating nerves, unleashing chemical messengers – cytokines – which make the small blood vessels near the surface of the skin dilate.
Per court documents, staffers at the hotel told investigators that Payne was "visibly drunk" with dilated pupils by 4 p.m. Prosecutor AndreMadea told TMZ more people may be charged in the coming days, in connection with Liam's death. .
... for people with diabetes.When to get screened. The AmericanDiabetesAssociation recommends that people with type 1 diabetes get a comprehensive dilated eye exam within five years of their diagnosis.
It can include extreme measures, such as drinking a magnesium cocktail before bed or using a nasal dilator to “perfect” your breathing. Not only are these strategies potentially unsafe for some people, ...
Pregnant mom of 4 Emma Baum mysteriously disappears in Indiana (MissingPeopleIn America/Facebook) ... She was 1 centimeter dilated on October 4 ... people in their cars. I have stopped people walking.
Basil Fawlty said 'don't mention the war' ... We were told how often it had gathered, how many people attended those events, and more. Ms Hardy was soon dilating at length on a conference held by the Association of Drainage Authorities ... An inspired choice.
“There are people who start coming to see us, not necessarily because they need glasses, but because their physicians have diagnosed them with diabetes,” said Dr ... For people with diabetes, blindness can be a real threat.
Shockingly, this small space used to house multiple people at a time ... When people see something frightening, this can activate centers in the brain that signal the spinal cord to dilate the blood vessels and signal the heart to slow down.
Franz Kafka...Begin tomorrow ... Alongside the feeling of not having enough time is also the time-dilating experience of procrastination — the paradoxical paralysis many gifted people feel at the prospect of living up to and into their gifts ... .
I have a lot of people around me who had miscarriages and needed D&C (dilation and curettage) ... Because the people who, up to that point, had been providing me with care − they had a lot of compassion − but they couldn't do anything.
But researchers noted people doing the harder tasks showed other signs of tiredness, such as dilation of the pupils in their eyes, which wasn't the case for the group doing the easier task ... When people ...
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