The Firm - Phone Tap

[Al Bundy]

yeah its sadd to say but the firm did indeed flop

if Dre can be man enoguh to say "all you niggas say i turned pop when the firm flopped" on his own single then i'd say it wasn't nearly what it was expected to be lol

Are there two different versions of Forgot About Dre out or something? I just popped 2001 it in my stereo, I checked several times, but I swear Dre says
"All you niggaz that said that I turned pop, or The Firm flopped, y'all are the reason that Dre' been getting no sleep, so fuck y'all."
That's like the opposite!

And please get real. How did The Firm flop? It's been the best charting success in the careers of Foxy as well as AZ and Nature! It had the potential to become something totally unique and at that it failed, but it was still in no way a flop. What premise makes you say it is?

I mean, take these names in 97 - Dre, Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, Mega/Nature.  Those are some of the biggest names in the game at that time.  Even if it went platinum, most of those cats could have done those numbers in their sleep at that time - shit multi plat (Dre, Nas, Foxy).  So in that sense, it was a flop.  But it came at a time when Dre was kinda in a rut and trying to find his sound again.  I hated the shit Dre did w/ Nas on IWW, it's one of my least favorite joints on the album. 

And it wasn't just Dre, it was the Trackmasters as well.  And keep in mind that NY was really on some popped out, jack 80's joints,  mafioso shit, and it was pretty watered down at that time.  Remember "Affirmative Action"?  That shit was RETARDED.  The Firm album should have sounded like that from top to bottom, but these mutherfuckers dropped the ball.

But "Firm Biz" was a pretty damn large song at the time.  Peeps were bangin that shit when it dropped.  But this album came nowhere near it's potential.

It's a shame mega wasn't on it. Needed some better beats though.

And I have to agree, Nas Is Coming is like my least favorite track on It Was Written.

[Okka]

Classic track, best track on the Firm album.

[You Ain't Shit]

dope song

[Dre-Day]

bump, here's a higher quality version of the video

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/tQZUedYu0Hg" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/tQZUedYu0Hg</a>

[white Boy]

that album was trying too hard to be a 'concept album' .. this beat is fucking classic though,

[Nicolas]

Damn i was just listening to this shit like 3 hours ago. Probably top 10 Dre beat. Such a classic song.

Gotdamn at the flip of this sample



Ps. Someone tell me how to emped youtube in here

[ToOoOoN!!!]

classic shit right here! was listening to it a couple of weeks ago thinking to myself : this is still hard after all these years

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

I think people werent ready for this album, it was ahead of its time.

I don't get what that means. It was 10 years ago and today people aren't making Goodfellas rip offs in the form of albums.

Word.  I mean, I personally enjoyed the album, it had it's moments, Canibus had an excellent guest appearance on there, and no doubt "Phone Tap" is a huge banger!.  But the whole Mafioso thing was a little overdone to me, I mean, I understand it was a concept album, but even Dre admits it kind of fell short and didn't meet it's full potential.  Either way, it is what it is, and I've always liked the album even to this day.

BTW, the best Nas, Dre collabo will always be "East Coast/West Coast Killa" which is one of the most legendary and under-rated tracks in hip-hop history.

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

wasnt feelin the whole album but this song is crazy and mad dope
tuff 1 between this and Five Minutes To Flush

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

wasnt feelin the whole album but this song is crazy and mad dope
tuff 1 between this and Five Minutes To Flush

no way... "Phone Tap" is a ten and easily the best track on the album, and "Five Minutes To Flush" isn't even in the top 3 best tracks for the album... I put it like this...

1.  "Phone Tap"  10 out of 10
2.  "Desperados" feat. Canibus- 8.5 out of 10
3.  "Firm Fiasco" 7 out of 10

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

1.five minutes to flush
2.desperados
3.phone tap


3 of the best traxx from the east period...hard to choose which 1 is first

wasnt feelin the whole album but this song is crazy and mad dope
tuff 1 between this and Five Minutes To Flush

no way... "Phone Tap" is a ten and easily the best track on the album, and "Five Minutes To Flush" isn't even in the top 3 best tracks for the album... I put it like this...

1.  "Phone Tap"  10 out of 10
2.  "Desperados" feat. Canibus- 8.5 out of 10
3.  "Firm Fiasco" 7 out of 10

[Okka]

1.five minutes to flush
2.desperados
3.phone tap


3 of the best traxx from the east period...hard to choose which 1 is first

Are you serious? You consider these the best East Coast songs ever?

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

3 of the dopest

1.five minutes to flush
2.desperados
3.phone tap


3 of the best traxx from the east period...hard to choose which 1 is first

Are you serious? You consider these the best East Coast songs ever?

[Blood$]

I had this album like 4 years ago but I sold it... regret doing so

I gotta download this one again now after viewing this thread 

[Invincible]

Am I the only one that thinks Executive Decision is an awesome track aswell?