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GENRE: Rap RLS TYPE: Reissue SOURCE: CD PLAYTIME: 01:14:56 STREET DATE: 2002-00-00 RIP DATE: 2020-11-14 ENCODER: LAME 3.100 BITRATE: 266 kbps avg - 44.1kHz - 2 channels SIZE: 142.70 megs ARTIST LOCATION: Sacramento, California █ ▐█▌ RELEASE NOTES ██▓ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████▀▀▀▀█▓▓█████████▀▀████▀██ █ ▄ ▄█▄ ████▓ ■ ▄ ▓▀▀▀ ▀▀█▓ ▐▓▓█████████ ■ ▀█▄ ▄█ █ ▀▓▄▄ ▀ ██▌█▓ ■ ▄▄▓▀ ▄▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▐██ ▀▓▓█▓█████▌ ▄▓▄ ▀████ █ ▄ ▀▓█▀█▄ ██▌▓▓ ▄█▀█▓▀ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀█▄ ███▌ ▀▀▀▓▓███▄ ▀ ▐███ █▀▓▀ ▀█▄▀█▄ ▐█▌▓▌ ▄█▀██▀ ■ ■ ▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▄█████▄ ▀▓███ ░▓███ ██▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▓▄██▄▀▓▀▄█▀▄▓▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██████████ ▀███████▀ ▄▓██▀ █ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓▀▀ ▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▀ ▀ California rapper Shawn Thomas, who records as C-Bo, appears to be the first musician arrested for what he said on a record. Thomas was taken from his home to Sacramento County Jail on Tuesday afternoon after the state decided his latest album, "Til My Casket Drops," violates the terms of his parole. Though music is not mentioned specifically, Thomas' parole agreement does stipulate that he "will not engage in any behavior which promotes the gang lifestyle, criminal behavior and/or violence against law enforcement." His parole also restricts him from associating with gang members. "There are 17 songs on the album, and each one promotes the gang lifestyle, criminal behavior and violence against law-enforcement officers, public officials and parole agents," said Tipton Kindel, assistant director of communications for the California Department of Corrections. The most incendiary track on the album, which was released Feb. 23, is "Deadly Game." In an interview three days before his arrest, Thomas said he and the rapper X-Raided wrote the song in 1995 because of his belief that a California law targeting repeat criminals has spiraled out of control. Under a "three strikes, you're out" provision, conviction for a relatively minor violation like shoplifting can lead to a life sentence. The song features provocative lyrics about killing a police officer in order to avoid being arrested for what would be a third-strike offense: "You better swing batter, batter swing/'Cause once you get your third felony, it's 50 years you gotta bring/It's a deadly game of baseball/So when they try to pull you over, shoot 'em in his face, y'all." Such words did not escape the attention of the law. "After reviewing the lyrics and the entire file," Kindel said, "it was considered that he was actually more of a danger to leave on the street, so it was decided to arrest him." Thomas' supporters say this type of restriction violates the rapper's 1st Amendment rights. "I don't think that it's fair," said his wife, Sandra. "Everyone is entitled to their 1st Amendment rights. In prison he had more freedom than he has on the streets." The Sacramento rapper was arrested after a 1993 video shoot, when, Thomas said, he fired shots in the air to quell a potential gang situation. But instead of dispersing the crowd, the gunshot confused and excited those in attendance, resulting in a fatal shooting. Though Thomas, 26, was not charged in the death, he subsequently was convicted of illegally discharging a firearm and sentenced to probation. After violating his probation by being arrested in Cincinnati for marijuana possession, Thomas was given a two-year sentence. He was released from prison in June after serving 15 months. "When it comes to a parolee, we have the responsibility to try to keep them from participating in the behavior that got them into trouble," said California parole administrator Henry Peralta. Ann Brick, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, counters that parole conditions should not restrict speech. "It is extremely unusual and very disturbing," she said. "He's not being punished for anything he did. He is being punished for using music as a means of expressing his political views. The state is trying to put him back in jail because they don't like what he said." Thomas has been recording rap music for several years. His first album, "The Autopsy," was released in 1994, and he has released five records since then. All six feature violent story lines. Although Thomas, whose moniker is an abbreviation of "Cowboy," records for the tiny Sacramento label Awol, he has developed a loyal fan base and respect from his musical peers. Thomas was a featured artist on Tupac Shakur's huge "All Eyez On Me" album, and San Francisco-area rap legends E-40 and Spice 1 are among the multitude of guests who appear on "Til My Casket Drops." Thomas will be held in the county jail, with the possibility of being transferred to prison, until the California Board of Prison Terms sets a hearing date for the case, which may take up to 45 days. At the hearing, the board will decide whether Thomas violated his parole and, if so, determine an appropriate penalty. Thomas could serve up to an additional 12 months in prison. "This is the parole board getting into the content of his music," said John R. Duree Jr., one of the lawyers representing Thomas. "His music has a political message, and it's a political message that they don't like. When they say your music can't be anti-law enforcement, they say, `We don't like those politics.' Words aren't considered dangerous in our constitutional system." Before the album was released, his lawyers filed three appeals, the maximum allowed, to the corrections department objecting to the terms of parole. Each was denied. "They're trying to take my freedom of speech -- telling me what I can't say and what I cannot do," Thomas said Saturday. He also said some of the material was recorded before his arrest and that he now better understands his status as a role model in the community. "Right now, it's getting to the point where what I say is more important" than it used to be, Thomas said. "It's not just talking about being in the 'hood, pulling out guns and doing a driveby. I lived that lifestyle. Now my lifestyle is all about Rolex chains, diamonds, convertible Benzes. I changed. As I change, my lyrics will change. I'm not gangbanging anymore, but I now I talk about certain things that I might hear or something that happened to one of my homeboys." For example, on the song "Ride Til' We Die," the first track on the new album, guest vocalist O Fed of the Mob Figgas says, "I'm never gang related, but dedicated to my (brothers)." Kindel said the Board of Prison Terms will take into consideration when the lyrics were recorded and whether Thomas had control over the finished product. Though Thomas has six albums to his name, "Til My Casket Drops" is the first to be distributed nationally. "The reason (the authorities) weren't paying attention to me at first (was) because I was on an independent and they didn't feel I was going to expand out there and have much power," said Thomas, whose new distributor is Noo Trybe. "But now that this album's going nationwide, they think that I can just tell everybody, `Let's go gangbang.' They feel like I'm back in that mentality, which I am not." Like most rappers, he says his work is simply an earnest reflection of his environment. And even though he said he is no longer a member of a gang, Thomas feels he must continue to rap harsh rhymes in order to remain consistent with his beliefs and to avoid alienating his audience. If he were to tone down his lyrics too much, he said, he would have to build a new fan base. This is not the first time rappers have had legal problems with their music. In 1990, Florida record store clerks were arrested for selling 2 Live Crew's "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" album, and members of the group were arrested for obscene performances. The 2 Live Crew was acquitted of the obscenity charge in a trial later that year. Other, lesser-known rappers also have had conflicts over their artistic expression. For example, Warner Bros. Records refused to release Kool G. Rap and D.J. Polo's 1992 album "Live and Let Die" because the cover art and lyrics were deemed too violent. The group was dropped from the label after refusing to change either the cover photo or the album's content. Before being arrested, Thomas said he would stand by his past output because freedom of speech is not reserved only for the agreeable. "This is a God-given talent that I have," Thomas said. "I chose to run with it. I found out what my talent was. It was writing, expressing feelings. I guess I'm getting so deep that they want to stop me. But I will never change. All I'm doing is making rhymes -- stories and rhymes. I don't understand it." █ ▐█▌ TRACKLIST ██▓ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████▀▀▀▀█▓▓█████████▀▀████▀██ █ ▄ ▄█▄ ████▓ ■ ▄ ▓▀▀▀ ▀▀█▓ ▐▓▓█████████ ■ ▀█▄ ▄█ █ ▀▓▄▄ ▀ ██▌█▓ ■ ▄▄▓▀ ▄▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▐██ ▀▓▓█▓█████▌ ▄▓▄ ▀████ █ ▄ ▀▓█▀█▄ ██▌▓▓ ▄█▀█▓▀ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀█▄ ███▌ ▀▀▀▓▓███▄ ▀ ▐███ █▀▓▀ ▀█▄▀█▄ ▐█▌▓▌ ▄█▀██▀ ■ ■ ▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▄█████▄ ▀▓███ ░▓███ ██▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▓▄██▄▀▓▀▄█▀▄▓▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██████████ ▀███████▀ ▄▓██▀ █ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓▀▀ ▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▀ ▀ 1. Ride Til' We Die - Featuring 151 & Mob Figaz 4:31 2. Deadly Game - Featuring X-Raided 4:55 3. Major Pain & Mr. Bossalini - Featuring Spice One 4:30 4. Money By The Ton - Featuring Mississippi 4:08 5. 40 & C-BO - Featuring E-40 3:49 6. Hard Labor - Featuring Outlaw Immortals 4:31 7. Raised In Hell - Featuring Big Syke 4:22 8. Can We All Ball - Featuring Killa Tay & JT Tha Bigga Figga 3:43 9. Desperado Outlaws 4:31 10. Real N**gas - Featuring The Mob Figaz 4:31 11. Professional Ballers - Featuring Marvaless, Pizzo, Mac Mall, JT 4:22 Tha Bigga Figga & Killa Tay 12. Big Gangstas - Featuring Laroo, Lil Bo & The Mob Figaz 5:31 13. All I Ever Wanted - Featuring Lunasicc & 151 4:37 14. Boo Yow! 3:51 15. No Pain No Gain - Featuring Lunasicc & Laroo 4:38 16. 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