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AZ’s Back This Fall

Tuesday, October 3, 2006
By: Michael Ivey


AZAdd twelve-year veteran AZ to the list of newsworthy fourth quarter releases, as he (Quiet Money Records) and Fastlife Music plan to November 7 drop the emcee’s sixth solo LP, ‘The Format.’

The Brooklyn bred, self-proclaimed “greatest since Pac” teams with frequent collaborator DJ Premier for the lead single and title track, “The Format,” however it’s the lauded producer/DJ’s only offering. AZ chooses Emile (from AZ’s “New York” and “Since They Wanna Know,” Obie Trice) to hold down a third (four tracks) of the rather brief LP. J. Cardim, another up and comer- known for work with Saigon, Jean Grae and Talib Kweli-contributes music on three cuts, including “Rise & Fall” featuring Little Brother.

‘The Format’ is a lean eleven tracks, plus a bonus 50 Cent diss, “Royal Salute,” released earlier this year (50 said AZ drops “bullshit joints” on “What If” from the ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’ soundtrack). M.O.P. and Little Brother are the only rappers featured on ‘The Format.’ The retail package will include a DVD featuring live concert footage and music videos.

‘The Format’ is AZ’s second Quiet Money/Fastlife release; after ‘The Final Call’ was heavily bootlegged in 2004, 2005’s A.W.O.L. became the first, debuting at number 73 on The Billboard 200, breaking AZ’s three-year silence (‘Aziatic,’ 2002).
Track list and credits for AZ’s The Format:

1). I Am The Truth (Produced by Lil Fame)
2). Sit 'Em Back Slow f/M.O.P. (Produced by Face Defeat and Lil Fame)
3.) Get High (Produced by Emile)
4.) Make Me! (Produced by Emile)
5). Rise & Fall f/Little Brother (Produced by J.Cardim and Phonte Coleman)
6.) Animal (Produced by Statik Selektah)
7.) Doing That (Produced by Lil Fame)
8.) This What I Do (Produced by J.Cardim)
9.) The Format (Produced by DJ Premier)
10.) Vendetta (Produced by J.Cardim)
11.) Game Of Life (Produced by Emile)
12.) Royal Salute (Produced by Emile)---Bonus Track





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Damn az is droppin too this year is goin out hard jay is droppin nas and az its gonna be crazy
Posted by BkDon809
M.o.p. Is on a track? aint he with g-unit? uh oh, i dont think 50 gon like thaatttt
Posted by Verse.Atile
Az...the format....gettin that first day
Posted by geezus17
F*ck what 50 think mop some real n*ggas, if they F*ck with a cat that wont stop cause of they affiliation with 50. He dont want beef with brownsville anyway. Niggas got to get past that highschool bullsh*tmof i dont like you cause you hang with so and so. Az a real n*gga. The album gone be incredible. Fight. For. Us!!
Posted by Etheoryall
Yo, 50 is gonna be pissed...but who gives a fu*k az has been tight since before 50 caught those famous 9 shots...and just cause m.o.p is all over az's album don't mean sh*t it would have been fire without em' but with lil fame on tha boards you can't really go wrong... Tha east will rize again~
Posted by ~$ho~
Az sh*t is going to be ferice as always. He got the the worlds famous on it too.......i have yet to hear m.o.p. And az together so i think that sh*t will be fire. Even though az got a little static with 50 and m.o.p. On az album. Thats how i know they arent going to let 50 dicatate what they do and they are still going to give you that official street sh*t.
Posted by Q-HEKTIK
Woulda been nice if he did anotha collabo with nas on this one but it still look like it's gonna be fire
Posted by lou
Yo, mop will always do what they want... Az gonna come with this time ... I love the 50 line "so 50 you could never F*ck with me, so don't you ever F*ck with me"...done. One bar, and 50 is off his list. That is a one hitter quitter.
Posted by J1876
Man, this fall/winter is the best release line-up hip-hop has seen in ages! and with the lupe hype....i see big things for hip-hop.
Posted by JMSR
Yeah man, that's the only mc i really look forward to copping this winter, far as keeping it street.
Posted by ATHOTEP
Yeah nas and az izz return to claim what is theirs nyc i gotta buy this album
Posted by Chi la rock
Welcome back az. One of the illestest realest lyricist in the hip hop game now.
Posted by Ms CadiGirl
Yea 50 aint goin push them brownsville sluggahs round like he did game and countless others-billy n fame are tite lyrically and arent too far off from how they live in relation to thier lyrics. Mop is its own unit]g-unit is thier lable-so 50 beef is not thier concern-makin that good music]and stay tru is the most important thing!
Posted by cense251
Yo F*ck m.o.p. Dey shud not b F*ck*n wit a cat who fully got beef wit 50, 50's da fukkin head da bossdogg kno wha im sayin, if dey go thru wit dis song n ishh, 50 got err' right 2 F*ck dey ass up, straight up..F*ck az..mawF*cka prolly cant even say da alphabet so he namez him self afta da only 2 letters he knowz..right on 50 g-unit 4 lyfe mawF*ckaz!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by BEE-IY-ZEE
Yo, yo, yo!!!!!" bee-iy or what ever the F*ck your name is, are you 10? if you are let me school you on a couiple things young pup 1) you should not judge a man on how much money he has, you can have money but still be a wankster 2) 50 aint tuff!!! ( its only entertaiment b) and 3) just because 50 destroyed jah fool career dosen't make him hard......their both pussies!, and i dont think you should be repping g you not for life cos they aint paying your bills.....your paying theirs dummy, get it right!!!
Posted by Trooper
Nice gettin the day it comes out , glad too see hes in a track wit little brother
Posted by Manny1
Would prefer more tracks in case some comercial sh*t got on there,hope not to much . The lead single the format is of the hook but yall know primo newer fails to deliver___peace
Posted by Chosen Name
It will be nice to hear some real hip hop for a change
Posted by Lutherphil
Another breath of fresh air that will whisk through the rap industry,az,no words can discribe his lyrical ability.he's my kind of mc,i whish there were more lyrical stand up mc's who actually lived what they rap about and teach the youth there's a better way,get your mind right educate yourself and one another like my man az said "the last days is coming"keep up the good work az,god bless,peace!
Posted by b.waynne
Royal salute is a pretty unique diss...it won't F*ck up the album because it's not like a scar in between the tracsk....well, i at least hope not. Anyway, 3 of my favorie mcs have finally assembled on one track!!! big pooh! phonte! and az! gotta love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Posted by MaCRonI
About time some real sh*t start coming out again. Now i can finally cop a few new cds instead of recycling the same sh*t from previous years.
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Posted by JEE JUH PRODUCTIONS
Az would depart 50...like how u gon put a poodle up to a pitbull?F*ck outta here az's da truth nomatter how much the album sells
Posted by King
Az is da truth bun soundscan money doesnt make an artist lol if that was da case is chingy ur all tyme favorite rapper? lol get outta here wit that az would mop da floor wit 50
Posted by Kid
Az is one of the best emcee's to not get the reconition he deserves, this dude has always been ill, but he's never in the right situation, if he was on a bigger label like def jam, he would be alright, remember his classic verse on nas frist classic ablum illmatic, lifes a Bia'ch and then you die, thats still one of the best verses of all time.
Posted by chi infinite
Does anyone know were i can get sit em back slow lyrics from? wasnt mop with g unit and they went and did a son with az whos bags on fifty tisk tisk get back at me
Posted by jDl!!
50 cent sucks
Posted by Mike
Mop does whatever the F*ck they want. Game to 50 "all you gonna do is hide behind mop, but i can respect that, they just getting they cheese" mop is hot, and i love sit em back slow. Shit is crazy man. 2 of my favorite underrated artists. Ive been listenin to mop nonstop since hearing that song. Oh yea and his name is az cause its the first letter of his first name and the last letter in his last name. If 50 started with mop i dont think anyone in gunit would follow him anymore. Maybe banks. But it would be a terrible move.
Posted by BkBrawler
Woah.. Everybody seems to have sumthin to say about the beef between 50 n az.. Aint like neither of them would give a f*u*c*k about any of u.... They in it for the greens.. Everybody is man.. No famous rapper is in it to please the fans... They might say they are but when the cameras are off, they be laughin at everybody man.. They be like F*ck errbody, they just want they paper.. But if u go underground u got these cats spittin they rhymes hopin they gonn get a shot.. They really strugglin, n thats what its all about if u ask me.. Maby nas was right, hip hop is dead? i dont know.. But still im out here doin my thang everyday, in the booth spittin verse after verse, makin demos.. I think theres still sum true rappers out there, i know im one of them.......
Posted by Murda Meth A.K.A The Lyrical Assasin
Word that last one is true to a certain extent F*ck mainstream rap thats all i got to say i keep it ligit with that underground sh*t i was just cruisin around allhiphop to see what was good with that and then i find the motha F*cka sit em back slow i said it was iight but nah az's new album blown sold out at the fye in the first day and games new album is a F*cken killer he really lyrically murdered it on that
Posted by jDl!!
Az never fell off radio fell off i will be coping this one just like the last one and as far as mop ad fifty mop is under gunit label but they naree not part of g unit nad fifty don't want to F*ck with them cats like that anyway nhe don't want to get mashed out.
Posted by Dwyck36
Sit'em back slow what! its that raw sh*t!
Posted by RBTR808
is it me or are az lyrics impossible to find online, especially for "sit em back slow". Ohhla has been good for hip hop lyrics lately but still every major lyric site is lacking az lyrics. "sit em back slow" lyrics are unheard of thats for sure. Oh and apparently no one who post's here was taught to read or write, or maybe your all just pre-teen but the spelling/grammar on these posts is embarrassing and i didn't even write the sh*t. Sad to think this is our next generation and the way they communicate.
Posted by AzFan

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