10 years later - Westside Connection

[Samoan Enforcer]

The Gangsta the Killa the Dope Dealer - WESTCOAST CLASSIC, I'm gonna go throw on my locs and smoke to this

http://download.yousendit.com/8D4D46BD6E252842

[d-nice]

Where does the time go. 96 was a CRAZY year for the west coast. Bumped All Eyez at the beginning of the year, this came out and I was bumping the hell out of this and Makaveli to end the year off with.

[MontrealCity's Most]

yep im still bumpin it hard. One of my favorites and one album that semented my love for hip hop.

[westkoastanostra]

hell yeah! classic indeed! from the intro...all the way to the last track i  listen all the way thru

[WestCoasta]

this album definitely makes ya want to commit a crime or somethin...

[West Coast Veteran]

Where does the time go. 96 was a CRAZY year for the west coast. Bumped All Eyez at the beginning of the year, this came out and I was bumping the hell out of this and Makaveli to end the year off with.

I did the exact same thing. This is prolly one of my favorite albums ever maybe even Top 10.

[King Tech Quadafi]

irrresistable bitch, lets go

j bananas : where we goin?

westward ho!

[d-nice]

If somebody asked me about what albums to start a gangsta rap catalog with, this would be one of my top choices. I am a die hard Cypress/DPG/WSCG fan, Cube and Pac my favorite artists and I just remember everyone being a little let down by Lethal Injection. And Cube was damn near at his lyrical apex on this album. WC and Mack 10 stepped they game up too. You just don't see that with groups that often to where each mc feeds off of the other. The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer was a crazy beat. I remember getting chills when that beat would kick in. A political record that really was a  to critics from ANY coast of gangsta rap and the west coast. I did not agree with Pac when he said basically that WSC was a gimmick and just another means for Cube to be relevant again.

[IRAN iz Gangsta!]

One of THE best albums ever.


Anyone have any other tracks for download??

[big mat]

If somebody asked me about what albums to start a gangsta rap catalog with, this would be one of my top choices. I am a die hard Cypress/DPG/WSCG fan, Cube and Pac my favorite artists and I just remember everyone being a little let down by Lethal Injection. And Cube was damn near at his lyrical apex on this album. WC and Mack 10 stepped they game up too. You just don't see that with groups that often to where each mc feeds off of the other. The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer was a crazy beat. I remember getting chills when that beat would kick in. A political record that really was a  to critics from ANY coast of gangsta rap and the west coast. I did not agree with Pac when he said basically that WSC was a gimmick and just another means for Cube to be relevant again.

What??? i didn't know pac disrespected cube like that, wtf, he always give him props, where u heard he said that?

[d-nice]

If somebody asked me about what albums to start a gangsta rap catalog with, this would be one of my top choices. I am a die hard Cypress/DPG/WSCG fan, Cube and Pac my favorite artists and I just remember everyone being a little let down by Lethal Injection. And Cube was damn near at his lyrical apex on this album. WC and Mack 10 stepped they game up too. You just don't see that with groups that often to where each mc feeds off of the other. The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer was a crazy beat. I remember getting chills when that beat would kick in. A political record that really was a  to critics from ANY coast of gangsta rap and the west coast. I did not agree with Pac when he said basically that WSC was a gimmick and just another means for Cube to be relevant again.

What??? i didn't know pac disrespected cube like that, wtf, he always give him props, where u heard he said that?

It was that Thug Immortal interview. He was saying that Bow Down was a carbon copy of Hitemup and they were trying to make a name off of it. They did not know how to make a diss track until they heard Hitemup. WSC was talking about lack of radio play on the east coast and the critics and Pac's beefs were also about that but his were more personal.

[sav-man]

If somebody asked me about what albums to start a gangsta rap catalog with, this would be one of my top choices. I am a die hard Cypress/DPG/WSCG fan, Cube and Pac my favorite artists and I just remember everyone being a little let down by Lethal Injection. And Cube was damn near at his lyrical apex on this album. WC and Mack 10 stepped they game up too. You just don't see that with groups that often to where each mc feeds off of the other. The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer was a crazy beat. I remember getting chills when that beat would kick in. A political record that really was a  to critics from ANY coast of gangsta rap and the west coast. I did not agree with Pac when he said basically that WSC was a gimmick and just another means for Cube to be relevant again.

Yeah, when BOW DOWN came out, shit...'96 was like the peak for the West Coast in terms of mainstream-type success! Not only did I bump BOW DOWN, but I also remember digging...

Tupac (of course)---ALL EYEZ ON ME (and eventually MAKAVELLI)
Above The Law--TIME WILL REVEAL
MC Ren--DA VILLIAN IN BLACK
The Dogg Pound--DOGG FOOD
Celly Cel--KILLA KALI
E-40--THE HALL OF GAME
The Click--GAME RELATED
B-Legit--THE HEMP MUSEUM
Too Short--GETTIN IT
Rappin' 4-Tay--OFF PAROLE
Mac Mall--UNTOUCHABLE
JT The Bigga Figga--DWELLIN IN THA LABB
San Quinn--THE HUSTLE CONTINUES
Dru Down--CAN YOU FEEL ME?
The Luniz--LUNATIC MUZIK
RBL Posse--RUTHLESS BY LAW
11/5--A-1 YOLA
Master P--THE ICE CREAM MAN (this was when P and No Limit were still essentially West Coast reppers)
Silkk--THE SHOCKER (same story as above CD)

The West Coast, sadly, may never again see a period with this type of consistency, but I think that probably reflects more on the way the industry has changed in the last ten years than it does on the individual artists. It's almost like after Tupac and Biggie died, the industry basically decided to shut out anything real, because they were scared of the political heat being aimed at them (by Bob Dole, C. Delores Tucker and those igonorant shitsucks). The scene hasn't been the same since--the industry today won't let you in the door unless you're doing club shit...

PEACE!

[sav-man]

If somebody asked me about what albums to start a gangsta rap catalog with, this would be one of my top choices. I am a die hard Cypress/DPG/WSCG fan, Cube and Pac my favorite artists and I just remember everyone being a little let down by Lethal Injection. And Cube was damn near at his lyrical apex on this album. WC and Mack 10 stepped they game up too. You just don't see that with groups that often to where each mc feeds off of the other. The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer was a crazy beat. I remember getting chills when that beat would kick in. A political record that really was a  to critics from ANY coast of gangsta rap and the west coast. I did not agree with Pac when he said basically that WSC was a gimmick and just another means for Cube to be relevant again.

What??? i didn't know pac disrespected cube like that, wtf, he always give him props, where u heard he said that?

It was that Thug Immortal interview. He was saying that Bow Down was a carbon copy of Hitemup and they were trying to make a name off of it. They did not know how to make a diss track until they heard Hitemup. WSC was talking about lack of radio play on the east coast and the critics and Pac's beefs were also about that but his were more personal.

Pac actually said that WSCG didn't know how to make a diss track until they heard "Hit 'Em Up?" What did he think Cube's "No Vaseline" was, chopped liver? LOL! No disrespect to Pac, but yeah, the main difference was that Pac was aiming more at specific rappers (Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, Mobb Deep, whoever else), and Cube, Mack and Dub were talking more about the lack of industry respect from Hip-Hop magazines on the East Coast, because the critics didn't want to give the West Coast any credit for being dope in their own right...

Also, Cube, Mack and Dub technically started their crusade with the song "Westside Slaughterhouse" which was on Mack's debut CD from the summer of 1995. As I remember, Pac didn't really start up w/ dissing the NYC rappers and whatnot until after Suge got him out of jail, which occured in the fall of '95--several months after "Westside Slaughterhouse" would have been out...I see both Pac's music and the WSCG's music as valid variations on a similar issue, though, and that's what was important at the time...

PEACE!

[d-nice]

That was in Pac's shit talking stage. I think if they would have had the chance to talk he would have understood where the WSC was coming from. Both were sticking up for the west.

[lilvasquez]

One of THE best albums ever.


Anyone have any other tracks for download??

Westside Connection- Westward Ho

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lf5ghd