01. Stikumm
02. The Funk Is On
03. It Gets Better
04. Say What
05. It Gets Better (Remix)
06. Many Styles

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Hailing from Paterson “Silk City” NJ comes a rap group which can be considered true school in its purest form. Da Chozen, which consist of Eshawn, T-Smooth, Big Bunk, B-Hop, Shortcutt (R.I.P), and Dj Tab DiBiassi all born and raised in Silk City grew up during the golden era of Hip hop. They were students of the culture, which shows in their musical selections. Their songs, which are heavily sample driven, consist of a mixture of jazz, blues, rock, soul, and funk. When tragedy struck the group in 1993 with the sudden passing of group member Shortcutt, the group took a major dive. They group members were all childhood friends and with Shortcutt being considered the heart of the group his untimely passing sent them into a depressed state and had them contemplating not continuing making music. However knowing that Shortcutt would have not wanted any thing to stop their progress the group continued to do what they loved most. Up All Night is an EP that was made to get people doing what Hip Hop was meant to get them doing “Dance”! The songs are soulful and very bass driven which was the trend at the time of their production. The EP uses some recognizable samples as well as those, which are not so recognizable, which would give any good beat digger a run for his money. Group member Eshawn who also co produced the EP, with DJ M.A.T.E handling the bulk of the production, wrote all the songs.