I ALREADY HAD 4 COPIES OF, "D-MAN - DEBUT OF A D-MAN". I HAVE A SEALED COPY IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION AND ONE TO SELL. I HAVE ALREADY SOLD 2 OF THEM. I'VE HAD MY COPIES SINCE THIS ALBUM FIRST CAME OUT. MY POTNA D-MAN AKA DERRICK CAME INTO MY UNCLE'S STORE (SPIN RECORDS) AND PUT THEM IN HIS STORE ON CONSIGNMENT BACK IN THE DAY. WE/ I HAD MY COPIES SINCE THEN.
OKAY, I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THIS ALBUM BEING BOOTLEGGED FOR SOME WHILE NOW, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. I'VE ALSO SEEN IT ON A CERTAIN JAPANESE AUCTION-HOUSE THAT MY BOY CED-P, PUT ME UP ON MONTHS BACK. I ENDED UP GETTING ONE OF THESE BOOTLEGS IN ERROR. I BOUGHT IT FROM A PERSON WHO I BELIEVE THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS CD WAS A BOOTLEG, NOR DOES/DID HE HAVE ANY TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CD VERSION BEING OUT THERE IN INTERNET LAND. THIS PERSON IS A PERSON WHO IS A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON, BUT SHIT HAPPENS. HE BOUGHT IT OFF OF SOMEBODY AND THEN SOLD IT TO ME.
I BOUGHT ANOTHER COPY OF THIS ALBUM, BECAUSE I'M A SELLER AND I LIKE TO HAVE MORE COPIES TO SELL IN THE FUTURE, PLUS I LIKE TO HAVE CERTAIN TITLES ON LOCK. YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW...I'M GREEDY. LOL!
YES, THIS SELLER IS ON EBAY & THE SICCNESS.NET. I'M NOT MENTIONING HIS NAME, BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY STYLE, I DON'T THINK THAT HE DID IT ON PURPOSE, HE'S NOT THE ACTUAL PERSON WHO BOOTLEGGED THIS ALBUM, NOR IS IT MY POINT TO ACT LIKE A BITCH ASS NICCA LIKE A LOT OF OTHERS ON THIS SITE HAVE DONE TO ME. MY POINT IS TO EDUCATE THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. THIS INCLUDES SELLER & COLLECTORS ALIKE. WE ALL CAN LEARN MORE.
ANY HOW THESE BOOTLEGGERS WENT SO FAR THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD THIS CD PRESSED UP ON GLASS MASTER DISC'S, EVEN THOUGH THE OG ALBUM WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A CD-R RELEASE. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. MY BOY D-MAN, PUT IT OUT ON CD-R. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DEAD BROKE, DUE TO YOU SPENDING ALMOST 10 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. YOU GO BROKE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT YOU USE TO HAVE, BEFORE YOU WENT INTO THE PEN. THAT'S LIFE.
ANY HOW LET ME BREAK THESE CD'S DOWN. BEFORE I GET STARTED... WANT TO BREAKS SOME THINGS DOWN. I PUT MY USER NAME ON THE OG VERSIONS PICTURES, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HELP THE BOOTLEGGERS CORRECT THEIR ERRORS! LOL! BUT TRUE!!!
HERE'S THE BREAK DOWN:
1. FRONT COVER:
OG: YOU CAN SEE BEHIND D-MAN.
BOOT: ALMOST MISSING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
OG: YOU CAN SEE THE PILLARED RAILS NEXT TO D-MAN AND THE GIRL.
BOOT: YOU CAN'T SEE THE PILLARED PORTION OF THE RAILS NEXT TO D-MAN AND THE GIRL.
OG: CLEARER PICTURE AND IT'S IN THE REGULAR SIZE.
BOOT: BLURRY INSERT/PIXEL ARE SEEN, DUE TO PICTURE SIZE BEING BLOWN UP.
2. INSERT:
OG: TRACK LISTING HAS 5 TRACKS LISTED (WILL EXPLAIN WHY LATER).
BOOT: TRACK LISTING HAS 7 TRACKS LISTED (WILL EXPLAIN AS STATED ABOVE).
OG: DOESN'T HAVE TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT LOGO ON THE INSERT, BECAUSE THIS ALBUM WASN'T DISTRIBUTED BY TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT. THIS CD WAS DISTRIBUTED AND MADE BY D-MAN'S STANKIN PRODUCTIONS ONLY!!!
BOOT: HAS TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT LOGO ON THE INSERT AND TRAY CARD, BUT NON OF THE WORD'S/TEXT STATES SUCH. THE CD, INSERTS NOR TRAY CARD STATE THAT IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT", BECAUSE THE TRIPS DIDN'T DISTRIBUTE THIS ALBUM. MATTER OF FACT..."TRIPS" ENTERTAINMENT ONLY PUT OUT ONE ALBUM. THAT ALBUM WAS, "G.SOM'S FIRST ALBUM CALLED, "WHO'S GOT MY BACK" AND A TAPE SINGLE/DISS TOWARD DJ QUIK CALLED CUICIDE!!!
I BELIEVE THAT WHO EVER CREATED THIS BOOTLEG THAT THEY USED THE LOGO TO ONE OF THE "G.SOM - WHO'S GOT MY BACK" CASSETTES THAT I SOLD. I SAY CASSETTE, BECAUSE I HAD 4 OF THE CD. ONE CD IS MY COLLECTION STILL SEALED, I SOLD 2 OF THEM ON EBAY AND THE SAME BUYER BOUGHT BOTH OF THEM (WESTBANKLOVER) AND THE LAST COPY THAT I HAVE IS STILL UP FOR SALE ON EBAY RIGHT NOW! I SOLD A LOT OF CASSETTE TAPES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT MAINLY BUYERS IN JAPAN.
OG: YOU CAN SEE THE COLORS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE OG. YOU CAN SEE THE PINKISH CIRCULAR SHINE/SPARKLE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE OUT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT GREY CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND THE SPARKLE IS THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
BOOT: YOU CAN'T SEE THE CIRCULAR SPARKLE/SHINE AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T SEE THE COLOR. YOU CAN'T TELL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLOUDS. SHOT...YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BACK GROUND AT ALL.
OG: THE FONT OF THE TRACK LIST MATCHES THE FONT OF "DEBUT OF A D-MAN"
BOOT: THE FONT ON THIS TRACK LIST DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE.
OG: CONTACT INFORMATION INCLUDES D-MANS PHONE NUMBER "(720) 317-7345.
BOOT: CONTACT INFORMATION IS MISSING D-MANS PHONE NUMBER AND HAS MESSED UP/DIFFERENT FONTS WHERE IT STATES WHERE THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AT AND PRODUCED BY.
3. DISC:
OG: CD-R
BOOT: GLASS MASTER
OG: FONT IS CORRECT
BOOT: USING SOME CRAPPY FONT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT MATCH THE OG.
OG: INFORMATION/CONTACT SHOW'S PHONE NUMBER AGAIN (NO MENTION OF IT BEING DISTRIBUTED BY "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT".
BOOT: INFORMATION/CONTACT DOESN'T SHOE PHONE NUMBER (NO MENTION OF "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT".
OG: SAYS, "(BMI) ANI'T NO QUESTION" (SAYS THIS ON BOTH THE INSERT & DISC). THEY MISPELLED "AIN'T" ON THE OG.
BOOT: SAY'S "(BMI) AIN'T NO ?" INSTEAD OF "QUESTION"!!!
4. TRAY CARD & UPC:
OG: DOESN'T COME WITH A TRAY CARD. THE UPC WAS A STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE SLIMLINE JEWEL CASE!!!
BOOT: HAS "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT" LOGO AGAIN, STANKIN' PRODUCTIONS LOG (CREATED BY BOOTLEGGER) AND DIFFERENT UPC CODE. BASICALLY IT SHOULD'NT HAVE A TRAY CARD AT ALL!
5. TRACKS:
THERE ARE ONLY 5 TRACKS ON THE OG AND 7 ON THE BOOTLEG. THE REASON FOR THIS IS, BECAUSE THE TRACKED THE BOOTLEG DIFFERENTLY. THE BOOTLEG DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TRACKS, THEY JUST SEPARATED THE COMMERCIALS/COMMENTARY FROM OTHER SONGS. THEN THEY MADE UP THE NAMES TO THESE 2 NEW TRACKS/COMMERCIAL/COMMENTARY/SKIT'S. THE NEW NAMES ARE: TRACK 3. DANKIN & TRACK 5. DRANKIN. BASICALLY THE BOOTLEG AND THE OG HAVE THE SAME SONGS.
OG: SOUND IS BETTER/MASTERED
BOOT: SOUND IS HORRIBLE. THE BASE IS HARDLY NOTICEABLE, THE HIGHS/TREBLE IS TOO LOUD AND D-MAN'S VOICE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS AN ECHO!. SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS FROM A RIP OR UN-MASTERED. THE SOUND QUALITY IS ATROCIOUS IN COMPARISON TO THE OG!
OG FRONT COVER:
BOOTLEG COVER:
OG INSERT:
BOOTLEG INSERT:
OG DISC:
BOOTLEG DISC:
OG UPC:
BOOTLEG TRAY CARD/UPC:
OKAY, I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THIS ALBUM BEING BOOTLEGGED FOR SOME WHILE NOW, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. I'VE ALSO SEEN IT ON A CERTAIN JAPANESE AUCTION-HOUSE THAT MY BOY CED-P, PUT ME UP ON MONTHS BACK. I ENDED UP GETTING ONE OF THESE BOOTLEGS IN ERROR. I BOUGHT IT FROM A PERSON WHO I BELIEVE THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS CD WAS A BOOTLEG, NOR DOES/DID HE HAVE ANY TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CD VERSION BEING OUT THERE IN INTERNET LAND. THIS PERSON IS A PERSON WHO IS A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON, BUT SHIT HAPPENS. HE BOUGHT IT OFF OF SOMEBODY AND THEN SOLD IT TO ME.
I BOUGHT ANOTHER COPY OF THIS ALBUM, BECAUSE I'M A SELLER AND I LIKE TO HAVE MORE COPIES TO SELL IN THE FUTURE, PLUS I LIKE TO HAVE CERTAIN TITLES ON LOCK. YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW...I'M GREEDY. LOL!
YES, THIS SELLER IS ON EBAY & THE SICCNESS.NET. I'M NOT MENTIONING HIS NAME, BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY STYLE, I DON'T THINK THAT HE DID IT ON PURPOSE, HE'S NOT THE ACTUAL PERSON WHO BOOTLEGGED THIS ALBUM, NOR IS IT MY POINT TO ACT LIKE A BITCH ASS NICCA LIKE A LOT OF OTHERS ON THIS SITE HAVE DONE TO ME. MY POINT IS TO EDUCATE THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. THIS INCLUDES SELLER & COLLECTORS ALIKE. WE ALL CAN LEARN MORE.
ANY HOW THESE BOOTLEGGERS WENT SO FAR THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD THIS CD PRESSED UP ON GLASS MASTER DISC'S, EVEN THOUGH THE OG ALBUM WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A CD-R RELEASE. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. MY BOY D-MAN, PUT IT OUT ON CD-R. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DEAD BROKE, DUE TO YOU SPENDING ALMOST 10 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. YOU GO BROKE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT YOU USE TO HAVE, BEFORE YOU WENT INTO THE PEN. THAT'S LIFE.
ANY HOW LET ME BREAK THESE CD'S DOWN. BEFORE I GET STARTED... WANT TO BREAKS SOME THINGS DOWN. I PUT MY USER NAME ON THE OG VERSIONS PICTURES, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HELP THE BOOTLEGGERS CORRECT THEIR ERRORS! LOL! BUT TRUE!!!
HERE'S THE BREAK DOWN:
1. FRONT COVER:
OG: YOU CAN SEE BEHIND D-MAN.
BOOT: ALMOST MISSING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
OG: YOU CAN SEE THE PILLARED RAILS NEXT TO D-MAN AND THE GIRL.
BOOT: YOU CAN'T SEE THE PILLARED PORTION OF THE RAILS NEXT TO D-MAN AND THE GIRL.
OG: CLEARER PICTURE AND IT'S IN THE REGULAR SIZE.
BOOT: BLURRY INSERT/PIXEL ARE SEEN, DUE TO PICTURE SIZE BEING BLOWN UP.
2. INSERT:
OG: TRACK LISTING HAS 5 TRACKS LISTED (WILL EXPLAIN WHY LATER).
BOOT: TRACK LISTING HAS 7 TRACKS LISTED (WILL EXPLAIN AS STATED ABOVE).
OG: DOESN'T HAVE TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT LOGO ON THE INSERT, BECAUSE THIS ALBUM WASN'T DISTRIBUTED BY TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT. THIS CD WAS DISTRIBUTED AND MADE BY D-MAN'S STANKIN PRODUCTIONS ONLY!!!
BOOT: HAS TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT LOGO ON THE INSERT AND TRAY CARD, BUT NON OF THE WORD'S/TEXT STATES SUCH. THE CD, INSERTS NOR TRAY CARD STATE THAT IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT", BECAUSE THE TRIPS DIDN'T DISTRIBUTE THIS ALBUM. MATTER OF FACT..."TRIPS" ENTERTAINMENT ONLY PUT OUT ONE ALBUM. THAT ALBUM WAS, "G.SOM'S FIRST ALBUM CALLED, "WHO'S GOT MY BACK" AND A TAPE SINGLE/DISS TOWARD DJ QUIK CALLED CUICIDE!!!
I BELIEVE THAT WHO EVER CREATED THIS BOOTLEG THAT THEY USED THE LOGO TO ONE OF THE "G.SOM - WHO'S GOT MY BACK" CASSETTES THAT I SOLD. I SAY CASSETTE, BECAUSE I HAD 4 OF THE CD. ONE CD IS MY COLLECTION STILL SEALED, I SOLD 2 OF THEM ON EBAY AND THE SAME BUYER BOUGHT BOTH OF THEM (WESTBANKLOVER) AND THE LAST COPY THAT I HAVE IS STILL UP FOR SALE ON EBAY RIGHT NOW! I SOLD A LOT OF CASSETTE TAPES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT MAINLY BUYERS IN JAPAN.
OG: YOU CAN SEE THE COLORS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE OG. YOU CAN SEE THE PINKISH CIRCULAR SHINE/SPARKLE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE OUT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT GREY CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND THE SPARKLE IS THE SUN BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
BOOT: YOU CAN'T SEE THE CIRCULAR SPARKLE/SHINE AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T SEE THE COLOR. YOU CAN'T TELL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLOUDS. SHOT...YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BACK GROUND AT ALL.
OG: THE FONT OF THE TRACK LIST MATCHES THE FONT OF "DEBUT OF A D-MAN"
BOOT: THE FONT ON THIS TRACK LIST DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE.
OG: CONTACT INFORMATION INCLUDES D-MANS PHONE NUMBER "(720) 317-7345.
BOOT: CONTACT INFORMATION IS MISSING D-MANS PHONE NUMBER AND HAS MESSED UP/DIFFERENT FONTS WHERE IT STATES WHERE THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AT AND PRODUCED BY.
3. DISC:
OG: CD-R
BOOT: GLASS MASTER
OG: FONT IS CORRECT
BOOT: USING SOME CRAPPY FONT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT MATCH THE OG.
OG: INFORMATION/CONTACT SHOW'S PHONE NUMBER AGAIN (NO MENTION OF IT BEING DISTRIBUTED BY "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT".
BOOT: INFORMATION/CONTACT DOESN'T SHOE PHONE NUMBER (NO MENTION OF "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT".
OG: SAYS, "(BMI) ANI'T NO QUESTION" (SAYS THIS ON BOTH THE INSERT & DISC). THEY MISPELLED "AIN'T" ON THE OG.
BOOT: SAY'S "(BMI) AIN'T NO ?" INSTEAD OF "QUESTION"!!!
4. TRAY CARD & UPC:
OG: DOESN'T COME WITH A TRAY CARD. THE UPC WAS A STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE SLIMLINE JEWEL CASE!!!
BOOT: HAS "TRIPS ENTERTAINMENT" LOGO AGAIN, STANKIN' PRODUCTIONS LOG (CREATED BY BOOTLEGGER) AND DIFFERENT UPC CODE. BASICALLY IT SHOULD'NT HAVE A TRAY CARD AT ALL!
5. TRACKS:
THERE ARE ONLY 5 TRACKS ON THE OG AND 7 ON THE BOOTLEG. THE REASON FOR THIS IS, BECAUSE THE TRACKED THE BOOTLEG DIFFERENTLY. THE BOOTLEG DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TRACKS, THEY JUST SEPARATED THE COMMERCIALS/COMMENTARY FROM OTHER SONGS. THEN THEY MADE UP THE NAMES TO THESE 2 NEW TRACKS/COMMERCIAL/COMMENTARY/SKIT'S. THE NEW NAMES ARE: TRACK 3. DANKIN & TRACK 5. DRANKIN. BASICALLY THE BOOTLEG AND THE OG HAVE THE SAME SONGS.
OG: SOUND IS BETTER/MASTERED
BOOT: SOUND IS HORRIBLE. THE BASE IS HARDLY NOTICEABLE, THE HIGHS/TREBLE IS TOO LOUD AND D-MAN'S VOICE SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS AN ECHO!. SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS FROM A RIP OR UN-MASTERED. THE SOUND QUALITY IS ATROCIOUS IN COMPARISON TO THE OG!
OG FRONT COVER:
BOOTLEG COVER:
OG INSERT:
BOOTLEG INSERT:
OG DISC:
BOOTLEG DISC:
OG UPC:
BOOTLEG TRAY CARD/UPC:
