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La Coka Nostra - Choose Your Side
Artist: La Coka Nostra
Featuring: Bun B
Producer: Alchemist
Album: A Brand You Can Trust
Label: Fat Beats
Though they have yet to release an LP, La Coka Nostra have already established themselves as A Brand You Can Trust—composed of House of Pain alumni Everlast, DJ Lethal, and Danny Boy, Non Phixion vet Ill Bill, Special Teamz emcee Slaine, and Big Left, the quintet has a hella fide pedigree and connects to match. For their Booth debut, the collective team up with another proven quantity, UGK‘s Bun B, to issue a hard-hitting hip-hop ultimatum. Though Alchemist‘s infectiously laid-back sample work gives Choose Your Side a Middle Eastern flavor, this cut’s battlezone theme is more a springboard for lyrical ultraviolence than an opportunity to discuss foreign policy—with rhymes this razor-sharp, though, it’s hard to care. Everlast’s middle verse boasts both some of the coldest lines I’ve heard in weeks (see: his flawless first eight) as well as some of the most questionable (“Pope John Paul Wall”? Seriously?), but Bun’s solid opening verse and Ill Bill’s allusive closer (inspired by Ishmael Beah’s Memoirs of a Boy Soldier) add up to a record that bangs all the way through. For more of the collective’s raw and uncut product, grab a copy of their debut album when it drops July 14th.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on June 8, 2009
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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Damn, this goes hard. A few questionable lines here and there from Everlast, but great to hear him back on the mic.
Sidebar: Bun B is second to only Ludacris as the "best your money can be" feature artist. 
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Alchemist brought another hot beat. Do I even need to comment on Bun's performance? Very solid as always. I was very impressed with La Coka Nostra, though. They all went really well with the beat. Great underground cut.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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The beat from the Alchemist is a killer as usual, and I love the flavor that the sample adds. Bun B spits a very solid guest verse. Everlast shows exactly why we should be excited he's back at it wit his boys on the middle. Ill Bill came hard to close it... BANGER!
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Great production as usual from Alchemist and the opening verse by Bun B is dope. Lyrics are pretty good by all the artists. Hot track!
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Bun B leads off like Ricky Henderson! The beat reminds me of Dj Muggs. Dj Muggs turned alchemist on to the game. This is refreshing amongst all the snaps. This joint is kinda nice overall.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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This is some @ shit without question. That beat is murderous. Bun is one of them cats that just kill everythin@ he spit on. 100% of the time. He could spit to rapid toilet flushes. This is heat. not crazy about the hook thou@h.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 868 |
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Yeah bun b brings it everytime ,lyrically top 5 in my opinion, beat is cool ,alchemist good as usual,overall not a bad effort by all
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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nice
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1189 |
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Bun B = Mr Consistency. He never makes a bad guest feature.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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Step aside fellas, this one is for ya boy! ...
The beat itself is propane fire - Alchemist is sick with that sample (just randomly picked it from one of many Bollywood Movie)... & as usual BunB rips this track a new as*hole with his lyricism & everybody else kicks it mad hard as well ... Been on a constant repeat since Yesterday ... |
| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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the beat is good, but everybody came correct on this track.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Yup it's an indian sample from the 70's. I was diggin yesterday for like 2 hours in my collection till I found it, couldn't recall right away. Alchemist told me tho I shouldn't reveal it please haha. Tight shit tho!
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Damn! This some underground crack. I dunno why but I love middle eastern samples, like Scott Storch stuff. The Alchemist knows whats up.
Will bang this in my whip. |
| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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Well Alchemist certainly showed his true talent which was production which was cosigned well by Bun B.
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| Posted on Jun 03, 2009 |
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alchemist is so hot right now
bun b kills it, but i guess thats no surprise |
| Posted on Jun 04, 2009 |
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this is HOT it gets ur head noddin
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