213 "The Hard Way" after 2 years

[stephen619]

It's aight

[Sikotic™]

Yeah it was...more like a PPV match than a regular televised match

Can't wait to see Survivor Series on my homie's black box.

[R-Tistic]

It was great to me. Only had 2 songs that I'd say were filler...the rest was pretty damn hot.

I still play it more than almost everything that came out since then.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

I still dont understand, why people are hating on songs like "Find a Way" it was so soulful and had a nice topic to it

[R-Tistic]

I still dont understand, why people are hating on songs like "Find a Way" it was so soulful and had a nice topic to it

Yeah that song was dope...it had a real old school vibe to it.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

I guess people didnt like it because on the real It was a Mature album, with topics that I can understand  because im getting older, but most of the peeps on this board are teenagers, so they expected alot of Bang bang, Gangsta  and warren g produced cuts

[T-Dogg]

What I think it was missing was the sound... You had to have some G-funk on there. Warren G would've been my producer of choice, but others could've worked as well. More Battlecat on there, some Fredwreck, maybe some Soopafly... Plus neither Warren or Snoop really came off dope on the mic IMHO, minus maybe a few cuts. I think that as a whole, the album shouldn't have been made as it was.

There's a couple tracks I still bump every now and then, but truthfully, if I was the one picking the songs for it, the only one I'd keep is MLK. That's a real cool, smooth joint. Other stuff... sub-par for those guys.

[Samoan Enforcer]

lol at the thread title...might as well call it The Horny Way or The Hardy Boys or some sh!t.

lol

[d-nice]

Warren G is a big part of their sound. Kinda like doing a Geto Boys album without Face and Mike Dean doing beats. Still a good album but add some Warren production and this album would have been classic. Warren G was a little weak on some of the songs too, I can agree with that.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

what is a G-Funk track? because if this album aint g-funked enough welll....Run Up On You, was g funked, Keep it Gangsta was g funked, Joysticc, was g funked, Appreciation was so g funked, The Intro was g funked, MLK was soo g funked, honestly Im disapointed that y'all needed the "produced by Warren G" to really enjoy this album, because it was a solid effort

[d-nice]

what is a G-Funk track? because if this album aint g-funked enough welll....Run Up On You, was g funked, Keep it Gangsta was g funked, Joysticc, was g funked, Appreciation was so g funked, The Intro was g funked, MLK was soo g funked, honestly Im disapointed that y'all needed the "produced by Warren G" to really enjoy this album, because it was a solid effort

I still like the album, I just wanted some Warren beats on here. But I still play this shit. My Dirty Ho is classic man.

[Mr.(Ko)Kane]

I guess people didnt like it because on the real It was a Mature album, with topics that I can understand  because im getting older, but most of the peeps on this board are teenagers, so they expected alot of Bang bang, Gangsta  and warren g produced cuts

Maybe that's it.
I always loved the album and is still one of my most played albums these days. Never understood why people are hating that much on the album. Okay, some productions aren't that good but those three guys still made a good song out of them. But I have to admit that some songs are out of place and don't fit the overall 213 style. If they would have replaced "213 Tha Gangsta Clicc", "Lil' Girl" and "Groupie Luv" with some other smooth songs or even Warren G productions the album would have been much better. But it's still a good album if you ask me. People were just too hyped about a 213 album that they expected something totally different. Even though the album got good critics and reviews all over the world.

Overall the album has a old school feeling mixed with some fresh sounds. Over the years I got more into these melodic songs and that's why I prefer "Three the hard way" over many other rap albums.

[Si-Chiggedy]

sorry for the mistake in the topic, I fixed it now. Yes I think it's just not ok to hate this album just because there's no Warren G beat. be serious, some of the beats sound if they were produced by Warren G and that's what is really important. And in my opinion, Warren G beats aren't the best these days, I prefer Battlecat for example. Ok, ther must have ben Warren G beats, but just saying it's wack because there is non is bullshit. If you don't like the music, ok that's a different flavour but I don't understand when people say it wouldn't be a funky album. BTW, I like "213 Tha Gangsta Clicc" this beat is just crazy and Nate kills it at the end. Nate is 100% top notch on this album. "Lil Girl" would have been 3 times more worst without Nate. I hope they gonna make such an album again in the future, but I don't really belive it can happen. Warren is sorted out... but he gets some mentiones in a few songs these days for example "DPG Fo' Live" that's why I wonder that nobody fucks with him.

[d-nice]

sorry for the mistake in the topic, I fixed it now. Yes I think it's just not ok to hate this album just because there's no Warren G beat. be serious, some of the beats sound if they were produced by Warren G and that's what is really important. And in my opinion, Warren G beats aren't the best these days, I prefer Battlecat for example. Ok, ther must have ben Warren G beats, but just saying it's wack because there is non is bullshit. If you don't like the music, ok that's a different flavour but I don't understand when people say it wouldn't be a funky album. BTW, I like "213 Tha Gangsta Clicc" this beat is just crazy and Nate kills it at the end. Nate is 100% top notch on this album. "Lil Girl" would have been 3 times more worst without Nate. I hope they gonna make such an album again in the future, but I don't really belive it can happen. Warren is sorted out... but he gets some mentiones in a few songs these days for example "DPG Fo' Live" that's why I wonder that nobody fucks with him.

You are right about Nate he did his thing on there.

[Minkaveli]

No Dre=Dissapointment.