Total Pack | Battle Hymn | 1994
Crew from Hollis, Queens, formed by CeStyle The Mic Murderer and Kamal B Wize. In 1992 they got a deal on Columbia Records but were dropped the following year, after which Kamal and CeStyle split ways, but in 1995 and through his ties with MC Serch (he was at one time manager of the group), CeStyle signed with Wild Pitch Records / EMI, where he continued to do his thing keeping the name Total Pack. The label got to produce and record his entire album, but their (unsurprisingly) wrong decision to delay its release led to a final lost of their distribution with EMI and Total Pack was once again without a deal. The previous year, two tracks, ''Battle Hymn'' and ''What's The Deal'' had featured on DJ Eclipse's ''Wild Pitch Blends'' mixtape. The crew had also become regular guests on the Stretch Armstrong Show thanks to Kamal's connections with Bobbito, and CeStyle even showed up on ''Stretch Armstrong presents Lesson 1 and 2'' albums.
