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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Connection => Topic started by: Jay_J on October 31, 2020, 01:09:59 PM
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Dr. Dre's right hand man, Aftermath producer, the legendary Focus aka Focus 3 dots released a compilation album called "The New Normal".
Here is the tracklist
1- The New Normal (ft. Mike Phillips)
2- Times R Hard (ft. J. Sol)
3- Darker Daze (ft. Dem Jointz)
4- Everything (ft. Dria)
5- The Way (Little Brother, BeMyFiasco)
6- Somethin' Ain't Right (ft. Cocoa Sarai)
7- What R We Now (ft. Suzanah Jones, J. Sol, Jola)
8- Look Where We Are ()ft. Stalone)
9- Let's Make Time (ft. Stalone)
10- Pvt Party (ft. Vxllxy, Marsha Ambrosius)
11- Use Each Other (ft. Aine Carroll)
12- Runnin (ft. K.A.A.N.)
13- Rockin' Out (ft. MC Tae, Jessame)
14- It's All Timin (ft. Nmbrnd)
15- Family First (ft. Busta Rhymes, Xzibit)
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Good looks. Definitely some dope songs on here after a quick skip through. The EQ on the vocals sounds really dull on a lot of the songs. I think it was intentional sound he was going for but I’m not feeling it.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZtmZOUiREdJTnJmimj5VT?si=gFarscnNREGroaJHGTymxg
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is it stream only?
ive been looking for somewhere to buy it but i can't find a link.
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is it stream only?
ive been looking for somewhere to buy it but i can't find a link.
Focus shared this link to apple music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/focus-presents-the-new-norml/1537513892
You can atleast get redirected to iTunes if you click the link below the tracklist.
I'm halfway through now btw, the album sounds good.
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2- Times R Hard (ft. J. Sol)
idk who is J Sol but that song is pure fire!!!
BTW
dope compilation no doubt... i think i saw a few months ago on his ig a little bit different tracklist and another cover of that project. He changed it after his son died
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2- Times R Hard (ft. J. Sol)
idk who is J Sol but that song is pure fire!!!
BTW
dope compilation no doubt... i think i saw a few months ago on his ig a little bit different tracklist and another cover of that project. He changed it after his son died
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https://www.datpiff.com/Sway-Focus-It-had-2-happen-mixtape.1576.html
that song is from 2006. his name was Jay Life that day and the song was featuring gage money and bishop lamont.
14 years later he mixed the song properly, produced a second part and let J.Sol do his own thing about black lives matter issue.
really great song. definately an Aftermath Era.
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thank U homie...
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I know it's kinda off-topic but I'm looking for all of Focus...'s instrumental projects after 2010. He released 3 volumes of his "aNALOG iN a dIGITAL wORLD" beat tapes and there's also another one called "For No Reason..." + I wouldn't mind a instrumental version of his new album either :D
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gonna check right now!
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Xzibit killed this ishhhhhhhh right here
https://youtu.be/s0nfas4dZWc
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not bad at all. reminds me terrace martin not dr dre. the album is rnb, not rap, but good.
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Been bumping Focus' old mixtapes for some months now and I gotta say I prefer the old version of "Times R Hard".
It sounds way more organic and the sample doesn't sound that disconnected from the beat. The singer on the new version is nice though.
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not bad at all. reminds me terrace martin not dr dre. the album is rnb, not rap, but good.
he said he is dissapointed that people are not open minded to new sounds.
but, what was he expecting really with that comptenish rnb album?
too experimental sound for rap fans.
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I know it's kinda off-topic but I'm looking for all of Focus...'s instrumental projects after 2010. He released 3 volumes of his "aNALOG iN a dIGITAL wORLD" beat tapes and there's also another one called "For No Reason..." + I wouldn't mind a instrumental version of his new album either :D
There are 5 projects of his "aNALOG iN a dIGITAL wORLD" series. I got all of them. 8)
https://focus3dots.bandcamp.com
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man these are reallt nice albums
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Looking forward to checking this out...
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There are 5 projects of his "aNALOG iN a dIGITAL wORLD" series. I got all of them. 8)
https://focus3dots.bandcamp.com
Yeah I know, I hit him up on IG after he dropped the 5th one and asked him about the other 4 volumes and he actually came thru with 'em the next day or day after 8) great fuckin' dude man.
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Cool project. Focus... has always had a cool sound. Love the songs he did with Bishop.
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Doesn’t blow you away... but the production quality is what you would expect from a Dre protege’
Not bad for a new release (I rarely like anything new, infinite trapped in 96)
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Doesn’t blow you away... but the production quality is what you would expect from a Dre protege’
Not bad for a new release (I rarely like anything new, infinite trapped in 96)
dude you should listen to Po Broke N Lonely's "forbidden five" album from 95 which is produced by Glove. You will hear aftermath 96. group members are Glove, RC and another dude.
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dude you should listen to Po Broke N Lonely's "forbidden five" album from 95 which is produced by Glove. You will hear aftermath 96. group members are Glove, RC and another dude.
Can't believe I didn't realize those were the group members. I will check this out.
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i think a couple of these beats should have been on detox i ended up downloadin and picking about 12 beats in total from the projects that stood out to me fire n ice and number 4 sound detoxy
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Can't believe I didn't realize those were the group members. I will check this out.
you will listen to Sexy Dance (OG version) in that album. there are also 4 tracks produced by Battlecat.
group's debut album "no money no honey" from 92 was executive produced by Dr. Dre also. there is even a song featuring dr. dre
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Listened to 2 tracks of this and instantly heard drums exactly the same as that Planets instrumental snippet that was leaked which adds validity to the leak which was good. A pay what you want is great for these too. I’ll cop when I can afford to pay something decent and not something insulting and advantage taking.
Also while there’s a bit of Po, Broke & Lonely/R.C. chat, I recently got a vinyl of R.C’s Slo Burn that doesn’t seem to be online anywhere to listen to. Might upload it if anyone’s interested.
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Listened to 2 tracks of this and instantly heard drums exactly the same as that Plabets instrumental snippet that was leaked which adds validity to the leak which was good. A pay what you want is great for these too. I’ll cop when I can afford to pay something decent and not something insulting and advantage taking.
Also while there’s a bit of app Broke & Lonely/R.C. chat, I recently got a vinyl of R.C’s Slo Burn that doesn’t seem to be online anywhere to listen to. Might upload it if anyone’s interested.
yes please, upload it bro.
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dude you should listen to Po Broke N Lonely's "forbidden five" album from 95 which is produced by Glove. You will hear aftermath 96. group members are Glove, RC and another dude.
DAMN homie good lookin out.. sounds like my flex
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you will listen to Sexy Dance (OG version) in that album. there are also 4 tracks produced by Battlecat.
group's debut album "no money no honey" from 92 was executive produced by Dr. Dre also. there is even a song featuring dr. dre
ya'll are blowing my mind right now... just when I thought I knew everything about the Aftermath project... 20 plus years later I'm finding out about an album that came in 95' and sort of set the stage for the first Aftermath project, and even featured one of the tracks that ended up on there.
If you had that shit it would be like having the Slim Shady EP before "If I Had" and such tracks ended up on the Aftermath release... It kind of reveals where Dre gets his ideas from
gonna give this joint a thorough listen and be back.. there was like one copy left on Amazon for only 9.00$ I bought that... I can preview it on youtube.. ya'll got the tracklisting?
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ya'll are blowing my mind right now... just when I thought I knew everything about the Aftermath project... 20 plus years later I'm finding out about an album that came in 95' and sort of set the stage for the first Aftermath project, and even featured one of the tracks that ended up on there.
If you had that shit it would be like having the Slim Shady EP before "If I Had" and such tracks ended up on the Aftermath release... It kind of reveals where Dre gets his ideas from
gonna give this joint a thorough listen and be back.. there was like one copy left on Amazon for only 9.00$ I bought that... I can preview it on youtube.. ya'll got the tracklisting?
You can check here, you will find the link and tracklisting.
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php/topic,335667.msg3142683.html#msg3142683
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Listened to 2 tracks of this and instantly heard drums exactly the same as that Planets instrumental snippet that was leaked which adds validity to the leak which was good. A pay what you want is great for these too. I’ll cop when I can afford to pay something decent and not something insulting and advantage taking.
Also while there’s a bit of Po, Broke & Lonely/R.C. chat, I recently got a vinyl of R.C’s Slo Burn that doesn’t seem to be online anywhere to listen to. Might upload it if anyone’s interested.
word...
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Rare Po Broke and Lonely album I just received in mail. Pittsburgh cats who laid foundation for Dre’s Aftermath Presents
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And?
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And?
Just got it in the mail today... be back wit a review later, it ain’t official till bumps in the disc player of my 1999 Camri. 8)
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Just got it in the mail today... be back wit a review later, it ain’t official till bumps in the disc player of my 1999 Camri. 8)
Cool story bro.
Has nothing to do with Focus... tho, maybe u should start a new threat ;)
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Cool story bro.
Has nothing to do with Focus... tho, maybe u should start a new threat ;)
Done.
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