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Dutty Devioso : Up The Ante
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Gritty Heartfelt Lyrics With A Class Tone
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap: Hip Hop
Release Date: 2008
Up The Ante Record Label: Groove Control Entertainment
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Dutty Intro 1:17 Album Only
Peepers 4:36 Album Only
Fish Grease 4:19 Album Only
Easy 4:04 Album Only
Walk Like A G 4:29 Album Only
Up The Ante 4:09 Album Only
Long Time Coming 3:49 Album Only
2 Step 4:03 Album Only
I'll Give U Dat 4:02 Album Only
Tippy Toes 3:47 Album Only
Fu*k Yall 4:19 Album Only
Real Talk 4:35 Album Only
Overnight Celeb 4:50 Album Only
Wasshappnin 4:56 Album Only
Young N Dumb 4:36 Album Only
Dis Is Life 4:39 Album Only
One Good Girl 4:30 Album Only
Googa Mooga 4:12 Album Only
Damage Is Done 4:03 Album Only
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Album Notes

Just A Quick Note: Dutty Devioso\'s alias is Lil\' D.V.S.
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DUTTY\'S BIO

Dutty Devioso\'s decision to pursue rapping as a career, was not welcomed with opened arms. Coming from a professional family, Dutty faced obstacles, pressure, and ridicule from the start.

Growing up without a father figure, did not help matters either. Dutty, used all the negative energy he received, as motivation to become successful. With the help of Groove Control Entertainment, Dutty has made leaps and bounds. With every release, there has been vast improvement. Dutty is now ready to silence all of this critics and \"get them monkeys off his back\".

Dutty Devioso was first introduced to Hip-Hop/Rap music back in the 80\'s when Def Jam was doing its thing with artist like L.L., Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. From that moment on, Dutty knew he had found his passion. Roughly ten years later, and now fresh out of high school, Dutty finds his way to Washington, D.C., attending Howard University on a football scholarship. It was here, through the help of a mutual friend (Chris Seldon), he hooked up Exec\'s at Groove Control Entertainment (K.D. & Fly). Seeing the untapped potential that was locked away deep inside this artist they gave him an offer that he couldn\'t refuse.

Dutty Devioso started his career under a different persona....\"Foe-Real\". Shortly there-after, due to close scrutiny and ridicule, it was changed to Lil\' D.V.S., because of the \"Devious\" connotation that his first recording had (His current official Artist name is Dutty Devioso). Because of his hunger for learning and dedication to perfecting his craft, one month later he was finished with what would be his first release under the G.C.E. stamp, \"Resistance Is Futile\". A 17 track LP that was self described as \"An attempt to find myself lyrically and musically.\"

While signed to Groove Control Entertainment, Dutty took up residence in Washington D.C., where he lived for about 5 years before returning back to his hometown in Baton Rouge. Dutty performed shows throughout the entire city and surrounding areas. Dutty was beginning to build a buzz, then complications arose. During this time, Dutty was facing a lot of personal issues from his childhood and young adulthood, both legal and psychological, that led to bad decisions. Dealing with these decisions, had taken a toll on Dutty. These decisions led to a downward spiral, that had Dutty living life recklessly and out of control. At times he had no where to live, and when he did find a place to stay, it was usually for no longer than a week or two. Because of the distance between the label and Dutty, recording was at a stand still, until Dutty could get on his feet. (Which During this period, was not for long). G.C.E. would fly Dutty back to D.C. to record. With all the drama surrounding Dutty, He finished and entire LP, in 1 weekend. (Future of Da Funk). His focus was unbelievable, due to the circumstance surrounding him at the time.

His releases consisted of stories and events from these times and displayed all of the emotions that he felt during these tribulations. This was the first in a string of \"heart-felt\" LP\'s that would later set him apart from everyone in his class. \"Future Of the Funk\", \"Unda Pressure\" and \"They Hate 2 Like Me Vol. 1\". With each release, Dutty\'s fanbase has continued to grow by the thousands.

During this 9 year span, Devioso has learned from and done shows with some of the premier names in the industry. Dutty Devioso continues to work hard just to be considered as one of the best! Period. Currentlly he is working on multiple projects at the same time, including video documentary (consisting of Live performances, interviews, freestyles, and more) and His forthcoming release \"Up The Ante\". Dutty Devioso and Groove Control Ent. Are ready to put their name on the MAP….

With Baton Rouge\'s recent hip-hop/rap emergence, it won\'t take long for Dutty Devioso\'s star to shine the brightest.

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REVIEWS

BringDaRuckus.com
author: Alex Davello
Nineteen tracks deep, this new album by Dutty Devioso aka Lil D.V.S. is not your average US rap album. For a start it has no major guest appearances or recognisable producer credits. He isn’t claiming to be affiliated with any major US crew or label, instead he has just grinded and spent time to make and create a superb long-player which in my opinion is the best US independent release of the year so far. He remains humble throughout and on tracks such as “Dis Is Life” and “Real Talk” you really feel like you know the man well. Bangers such as “Walk Like A G” and “Up The Ante” show he can rock any crowd with up-tempo tracks too. Make sure you get a copy of this album. 4 outta 5
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Hip Hop Village - thehiphopvillage.com
author: Simon Dellar
Hailing from the Dirty-South (Louisiana to be exact) the home of such rap greats as Outkast, Goodie Mob, Master P, Juvenile and Lil Wayne, as well as the founders of the infamous ‘bounce\' sound (N.O.), Dutty Devioso has dropped an album that deserves to get mentioned in the same sentence as those names. Honestly from the production, to the concepts to the whole vibe and sound of ‘Up The Ante\' it just hits hard everytime. Tracks such as ‘Easy\', ‘Up The Ante\', ‘I\'ll Give U Dat\', ‘Real Talk\' and ‘Fu*k Y\'All\' show he can go hard and is not an emcee to mess with, but tracks like ‘Dis Is Life\' show great diverseness. The vocals on the hook are so sweet really complimenting the song so well, as Dutty Devioso spits such as ‘I ain\'t good at basketball, and I can\'t go to selling/So tell what I\'m supposed to do when there ain\'t nobody helpin\'. This album is about real talk and you get that because of the way he sincerely puts his life on wax. It\'s a great album and I think this artist has so much more to give. The futures bright, the futures Dutty Devioso.
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Monstermaggot.wordpress.com
author: Phillip Gates
If you like your music dirty then this is for you. It’s not even dirty, it’s dutty! Yeh, that’s right this album is something rather special. As a rapper his delivery is really clear and he spits each word and syllable with pin point precision. Killer tracks for me included the hard-hitting title track ‘Up The Ante’, the bouncing two-step anthem “Two Step” featuring Kid-O. Loving “F**k Y’all” featuring Kingpin Slim and bassline on “Overnight Celeb” is awesome. Other cuts worth mentioning have to be the huge radio joint “Dis Is Life” and the humorous “Googa Mooga”. On the whole the album is as good as anything your gonna pick up on Cash Money as well as other top labels in the south. This is a great long-player and is without a doubt definitely worth a purchase.
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Rago Magazine.com
author: Late
Ive been a big fan of Dutty Devioso for a few years now he used to go by the name Lil Dvs he's coming out of Baton Rouge and this album is hotter than fish grease 19 tracks deep Dutty has definitely up the ante on this release all the beats are big studio quality and Dutty's bars, delivery and story telling ability will test anyone out there at the moment, some of my favourite tracks on here are Fish Grease, Walk Like a G, Real Talk, and Dis is Life which features the soulful vocals of V.Skills. Dutty touches on a lot of real life situations on this release as well as having some quality club bangers on here. You definitely need this album in your life so log onto the websites check it out for yourselves and if you like what you here you can also buy all his other albums from his myspace page.
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