12" SERIES PART 1: SAY YES

GONNA START POSTING SOME RARE SAIGON MP3s, WHAT BETTER WAY TOO START THINGS OFF THEN SAIGON'S FIRST RELEASE THE 12" RECORD OF "SAY YES". I REMEMBER SEEING THIS RECORD YEARS AGO AT A SHOP AND TO THIS DAY I STILL CANT REMEMBER WHY I DIDNT PICK IT UP.


http://www.sendspace.com/file/9529ve
(40 MB)

A1		Say Yes (Radio) (4:19)
A2		Say Yes (Street) (4:18)
A3		Say Yes (Instrumental) (4:18)
B1		Contraband (A, B, C, D...) (Radio) (4:26)
B2		Contraband (A, B, C, D...) (Street) (4:26)
B3		Contraband (A, B, C, D...) (Instrumental) (4:10)
B4		Now A Days (Street) (4:18)

Featuring - Rough
Producer - Civilize


Producer - Agallah (tracks: B1 to B3) , Alchemist (tracks: A1 to A3)
Label: Rawkus
Catalog#: RWK 346
Released:2001

When getting out of jail Saigon had nothing. Rap was the only thing that remained. "Without the music there wouldn't be any way out for me! I would hang on the streets or suffer in jail. I have no education, I didn't graduate, I had nothing! My life was fucked up!" He was forced to finance his first single called "Say Yes" with money earned hustlin' on the streets. "Before getting that deal with Rawkus, I pressed the vinyl with my own money earned from selling drugs. This money helped my career getting started!" Later his deal with Rawkus made him known. But Saigon wasn't pleased with that collabo. "I had some songs and the Rawkus A&R wanted to meet me. He wanted me to release a 12" to see how the people would react and check the sales. They didn't want to pay my studio time. I gave them what I had and this turned out to be the "Say Yes" single. They got the record, I ended up getting a little money and that was the whole deal