Hold It Down is the third album by Brooklyn-based Rap duo Das EFX, released on September 26, 1995, via East West Records. It contains production from acclaimed producers such as DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Easy Mo Bee. The track “Represent the Real” featuring KRS-One is the same version which appears on KRS-One’s 1995 album KRS-One
Now there are so many MC’s, so many record companies, so many problems if you want to make it in this field, we have to keep the position we have conquered in Hip Hop […] you know? This is the concept we wanted to express with Hold It Down it is about holding on and staying in true Hip Hop.
– Drayz, Aelle (Italian magazine) n° 17, May/June ‘96