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Quote from: Dre-Day - Officer of the Kill Jimmy Iovine Movement on April 26, 2008, 10:37:04 AMQuote from: UCC on April 26, 2008, 06:53:27 AMhiphop in general peaked in like 92-94, those were dope years for west coast as wellyou had snoops best shit, some of cubes best shit, dre's best shit, some dope 2pac stuff, then a load of dope underground stuff like pharcyde, souls of mischiefprobably have to go with 93 because of Doggystyleby 96 shit was getting mad disappointing - snoop had fallen off, 2pac had gone completely thugged out, dre has fallen off for a second there and hiphop in general was just sliding down from it's peaki can see why you were very disappointed, but was it really THAT bad to you? Yeah, when Doggfather dropped I was SO disappointed. It's like Snoop had only got Doggystyle out, so I was expecting another Doggystyle (not realizing that Dre was really the mastermind behind that, so there was no way I was getting another Doggystyle). And Snoop had also dropped nothing but dope verses on everyone else's shit AND there was a rumor out at the time that he had got a full orchestra in for the beats, so I was thinking, holy fuck, so like Doggystyle but with mafioso strings all the way through - DOPENESS!!! And then I got the album and of course now it doesn't seem that bad... but at the time the rhyming seemed bored, the beats were so-so, there was way too much filler, etc - it was horrible listening to that for the first time, I thought they mustn't have given him enough time to finish the album or some shit, but my expectations were so high - basically Doggystyle 2 with an orchestra was what I was expectingSame thing with the Dre album really, he had a few dope tracks on Aftermath presents, but not up to his usually standards and with looooads of filler. Luckily he fixed the problem by firing everyone and starting again lol
Quote from: UCC on April 26, 2008, 06:53:27 AMhiphop in general peaked in like 92-94, those were dope years for west coast as wellyou had snoops best shit, some of cubes best shit, dre's best shit, some dope 2pac stuff, then a load of dope underground stuff like pharcyde, souls of mischiefprobably have to go with 93 because of Doggystyleby 96 shit was getting mad disappointing - snoop had fallen off, 2pac had gone completely thugged out, dre has fallen off for a second there and hiphop in general was just sliding down from it's peaki can see why you were very disappointed, but was it really THAT bad to you?
hiphop in general peaked in like 92-94, those were dope years for west coast as wellyou had snoops best shit, some of cubes best shit, dre's best shit, some dope 2pac stuff, then a load of dope underground stuff like pharcyde, souls of mischiefprobably have to go with 93 because of Doggystyleby 96 shit was getting mad disappointing - snoop had fallen off, 2pac had gone completely thugged out, dre has fallen off for a second there and hiphop in general was just sliding down from it's peak
i understand but how is the aftermath compilation not up to his usual standards?i can understand that you were expecting something different back then ( from that point i probably would have had a similar reaction) but if you look back at it now ( not sure if that's what you meant with "same thing with the Dre album") you probably agree with me that you used to have the wrong impression of what the aftermath compilation was going to be like.so i also disagree with the statement about the staff; some of the people that were part of the "first" aftermath producers team were already working with Dre back at death row.the aftermath compilation is far from being a personal favorite to me, but that's another story.
well the early 90's would be the obvious choice...but i also liked 2006...when the doctors advocate and the blue carpet treatment came out on the same day...and both albums were slammin...2 of the best albums out that year...next 2 king,release therapy,Hip Hop Is Dead, and The Inspiration...imo
Quote from: Dre-Day - Officer of the Kill Jimmy Iovine Movement on April 27, 2008, 07:15:47 AMi understand but how is the aftermath compilation not up to his usual standards?i can understand that you were expecting something different back then ( from that point i probably would have had a similar reaction) but if you look back at it now ( not sure if that's what you meant with "same thing with the Dre album") you probably agree with me that you used to have the wrong impression of what the aftermath compilation was going to be like.so i also disagree with the statement about the staff; some of the people that were part of the "first" aftermath producers team were already working with Dre back at death row.the aftermath compilation is far from being a personal favorite to me, but that's another story.Well yeah, it just had Dre's name on it, so everyone was expecting that next hot shit, but it's not a Dre album - but still the beats weren't all that compared to like California Love or anything before that. Like everything Dre had been involved in up to that point was pure illness, so when that came out it was like uh oh, has he lost his touch, it's not bad but it's not what we're used to
1999 was really a great year for West Coast rap music. Dr. Dre released one of the best albums ever, Snoop released another classic album, Kurupt released a classic (his best album), N.W.A. released "Chin Check", they could've came up with more great music. Shit like this won't happen ever again.
damn u still havent logged off...ur hurting everyone with all this wack shit u drop, it hurts more then getting the swine fluQuote from: Laconic on March 16, 2010, 08:21:33 AMTue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cubegbee:@ Petey: you sound like a broken record, time to grow up.
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cube
was chin check ever releasedthats one of my favorite westcoast traccs periodbangin, bangin traccI fucks wit that cube right thereren,dre, damn even snoopQuote from: Okka on April 27, 2008, 02:15:20 PM1999 was really a great year for West Coast rap music. Dr. Dre released one of the best albums ever, Snoop released another classic album, Kurupt released a classic (his best album), N.W.A. released "Chin Check", they could've came up with more great music. Shit like this won't happen ever again.
Quote from: UCC on April 27, 2008, 11:43:30 AMQuote from: Dre-Day - Officer of the Kill Jimmy Iovine Movement on April 27, 2008, 07:15:47 AMi understand but how is the aftermath compilation not up to his usual standards?i can understand that you were expecting something different back then ( from that point i probably would have had a similar reaction) but if you look back at it now ( not sure if that's what you meant with "same thing with the Dre album") you probably agree with me that you used to have the wrong impression of what the aftermath compilation was going to be like.so i also disagree with the statement about the staff; some of the people that were part of the "first" aftermath producers team were already working with Dre back at death row.the aftermath compilation is far from being a personal favorite to me, but that's another story.Well yeah, it just had Dre's name on it, so everyone was expecting that next hot shit, but it's not a Dre album - but still the beats weren't all that compared to like California Love or anything before that. Like everything Dre had been involved in up to that point was pure illness, so when that came out it was like uh oh, has he lost his touch, it's not bad but it's not what we're used toso you're saying that even your least favorite Dre productions from the death row era are better to you, than Dre's productions on the aftermath compilation?
3 years for me are my favorite94, 96, 98