AZ - The Money (feat. Half-A-Mil and Animal) [single]

[surv2syn]

This is an oldie but goodie that AZ just released on DSPs. I only listened on my phone so not sure how good the mix is. One of Mil's dopest and most memorable verses!



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[DrexlersFade]

Half a mil was nice as fukk

 

[imtheillest]

RIP Milliato

 

[tehparadox]

Half a mil was nice as fukk

 

[Awesome Wells]

It's a shame that most people didn't know about Half-A-Mil when he was killing the underground.

Back in like '94-'95, he would be up on WNYU weekly, playing his demo tracks. We were recording all of his sh*t straight off the radio back then, before we met him. One night The Roots came up there and he was rapping over them playing live for over an hour. Freestyling! When DJ Scratch was trying to help him get on, that's when dude was in his prime. This was years before the situation with The Firm.

We all thought he was next. I still have a ridiculous amount of tapes with his unreleased music on them. Mad songs that never saw the light of day, but could've easily been put together for a classic album, if he had a deal. He was a really good dude. Definitely gone too soon.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Half was special!!!

Wonder why he got taken away young & early..he was too great for this place & doing shyt in this industry.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

This been heard!!

 

[surv2syn]

It's a shame that most people didn't know about Half-A-Mil when he was killing the underground.

Back in like '94-'95, he would be up on WNYU weekly, playing his demo tracks. We were recording all of his sh*t straight off the radio back then, before we met him. One night The Roots came up there and he was rapping over them playing live for over an hour. Freestyling! When DJ Scratch was trying to help him get on, that's when dude was in his prime. This was years before the situation with The Firm.

We all thought he was next. I still have a ridiculous amount of tapes with his unreleased music on them. Mad songs that never saw the light of day, but could've easily been put together for a classic album, if he had a deal. He was a really good dude. Definitely gone too soon.

But his album Milion was dope as fukk, I played the hell out of it. His 2nd album had some joints but the production was a big drop off

 

[surv2syn]

This been heard!!

Yes of course. We heard this in the 90’s and it’s not the first time on streaming either as it appeared on AZ Lost and Found tape in 2019 (as Blood Money). but was just interesting that he re-released this and it sounds like they attempted to mix it.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Half a Mil

RIP

 

[88m3]

one of the greats imo


RIP

 

[surv2syn]

Mil was getting A on the tracks they had together

 

[imtheillest]

 

[surv2syn]

After the Firm flopped everyone's career except NORE took a turn for the worst. Especially AZ, Nature and Half A Mil. I mean his debut album was crack but they werent clicked up any more and his next album was super low budget and not very good due to lack of production. It was a strange time in the industry and it was the markings the end of the major label dominance and the rise of the independent game. They fell in between this period which I feel was the abyss. Everyone wanted to be solo. if an exec really wanted to be creative they couldve done something with that collective. maybe a Rifkin or somebody. you didnt need Nas in the group but he could co-sign it. AZ, Mega, Nature, Half A Mil and a few other MCees at that time could have splintered off potent groups. That was more needed than Bravehearts. I would have liked to have seen them all form a Wu-like collective with Nas and AZ being at the head.