Underrated westcoast albums and your personal classics!

[D-e-f-]

what about ?

I their album ""

also, I don't ever see anybody talking about Cypress Hill! what's up with that?

[KrazySumwhat]

Time to educate you euros. Don't say I didn't try

Zion I and The Grouch - Heroes in the Healing of the Nation (just came out, a fresh sound for the west coast)
Zion I - Tru and Livin (my fav. Zion I album)
The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia (even better than their debut)
Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge (many of you probably slept on this)
Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars (another 09 album you slept on)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain (my favorite del album)
Aceyalone and the Lonely Ones (I KNOW you slept on this)
The Coup - Steal this Album (cop this classic if you haven't)
Haiku D'Etat - Haiku D'Etat (I know almost everyone here hasn't heard this classic)
Rakaa - Crown of Thorns (its from last year, did you sleep on it again?)

 I got one cd that has alot of zion i on it, asiide from that i aint heard much of em.
 That pharcyde album was pretty cool. Fatlips solo was also dope.
 I cannot belive i forgot Dels both sides of the brain. My fave Del album also. My mates slept on it pretty bad, three of us purchased it though. If i recal the source gave it 2 1/2 mics??
 I had mates that own the coup stuff but cant say i've heard teh other stuff.

 Another cool cd i own is beats and lyrics volume 1. its a complimation with heiroglyphics , pharcyde, living ledgends, aceyalone, mystik jouney men, xzibit, etc. Cool shit.
 This thread got me wanting to unpack cds i've had put away for almost 2 years.
  Oh and i DID buy That new Souls album btw, as well as Aplus's solo and Two of Dels more recent digital only albums.
 But iam not euro so dont really matter? lol

 EDIT: Oh and RasKass's A.D.I.D.A.S is a fucken dope double cd. Explains the state of current hio hop quiet well. Awesome hrsemen track on there.

[doggfather]

also, I don't ever see anybody talking about Cypress Hill! what's up with that?

Really liked skull and bones, and live at the fillmore albums.
And of course, the first 3 album

[D-e-f-]

 EDIT: Oh and RasKass's A.D.I.D.A.S is a fucken dope double cd. Explains the state of current hio hop quiet well. Awesome hrsemen track on there.

I love Ras Kass and all but some of those beats on ADIDAS ...meh.

I'd say Ras' Institutionalized Vol. 1 is pretty overlooked, though! (Soul on Ice is a classic, so I don't need to mention that one^^)

[DreTendo]

Daz only on the leftside/ Revenge Retaliation get back

King Tee Thy kingdom come/iv life

Dj quick all of them

2pac Still I rise/Better days

Snoop Dogg Paid the cost/Doggfather

Liks Firewater

[Raphael]

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
Casual - Fear Itself

[MistaNova]

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
Saafir - Boxcar Sessions
Casual - Fear Itself

Dope indeed +1.

[JMan]

lol half the albums mentioned aint exactly underrated, there just date like most 90's music.
2006 Dirty Birdy - Tweet tweet, that was an underrated & slept on album in my opinion.

[D-e-f-]

lol half the albums mentioned aint exactly underrated, there just date like most 90's music.
2006 Dirty Birdy - Tweet tweet, that was an underrated & slept on album in my opinion.

he had an album out? I only ever heard his single which his label sent me along with a review copy of the Westside Bugg album (which was also kinda cool). I really liked the dirty birdy single, though! Gotta check that album out, then.

[The Predator]

Ice-T - O.G.

A soundtrack to South Central of the 80's and 90's.

The sound-effects and prequel narration to '6 In Morning' on 'Midnight' is a must hear.

Midnight chillin' at A.M P.M.
Coolin' drinkin' apple juice
In Evil's BM
The sound's up loud
To attract attention
ARMORALL'd tires
On a lowered suspension
Nardi to steer with
Alpine deck was glowin'
Bumpinn' Big Daddy
And the nigga was definitely flowin'...

[D-e-f-]

Ice-T - O.G.

A soundtrack to South Central of the 80's and 90's.

The sound-effects and prequel narration to '6 In Morning' on 'Midnight' is a must hear.

Midnight chillin' at A.M P.M.
Coolin' drinkin' apple juice
In Evil's BM
The sound's up loud
To attract attention
ARMORALL'd tires
On a lowered suspension
Nardi to steer with
Alpine deck was glowin'
Bumpinn' Big Daddy
And the nigga was definitely flowin'...

I listened to that again just recently. While I love "Midnight" (those Led Zeppelin drums are a winner on every track), I'm having a really hard time with some of the more, let's say, simple tracks. Ice T's simple flow on those passive beats just doesn't grab me most of the time. It's too inconsistent for my liking. But like I said, Midnight is dope and without a doubt a classic track!

[JMan]

lol half the albums mentioned aint exactly underrated, there just date like most 90's music.
2006 Dirty Birdy - Tweet tweet, that was an underrated & slept on album in my opinion.

he had an album out? I only ever heard his single which his label sent me along with a review copy of the Westside Bugg album (which was also kinda cool). I really liked the dirty birdy single, though! Gotta check that album out, then.

yeah man, dude had a lot of potential but has been quiet for sooo long now, cant remember the last thing i even heard from him. but if you looking to check some birdy material out, i can sort out his album along with two mixtapes if u interested.

[D-e-f-]

lol half the albums mentioned aint exactly underrated, there just date like most 90's music.
2006 Dirty Birdy - Tweet tweet, that was an underrated & slept on album in my opinion.

he had an album out? I only ever heard his single which his label sent me along with a review copy of the Westside Bugg album (which was also kinda cool). I really liked the dirty birdy single, though! Gotta check that album out, then.

yeah man, dude had a lot of potential but has been quiet for sooo long now, cant remember the last thing i even heard from him. but if you looking to check some birdy material out, i can sort out his album along with two mixtapes if u interested.

that'd be cool! thanks

[Eazy-Duz-It]

Battlecat - Gumbo Roots

One of my fav G-Funk records. Period.

[D-e-f-]

Battlecat - Gumbo Roots

One of my fav G-Funk records. Period.

if only that record had been officially released