Let's Relive A Classic West Coast Album

[FreeMac]

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Westside Connection - Bow Down (1996)


To start off, in my opinion, an album like this will never be done again. At the height of the East/West "fued", Westside Connection dropped this landmark album that needed no catchy hooks, and straight shitted on anybody disrespecting the west.

Although 'Pac said he didn't like the direction they were going, everything about this album is without a doubt untouchable. The chemistry, the flows, the beats, the content, is all on point. Ice Cube was on a mission, and Cypress Hill, Q-Tip, and NYC were on the hitlist. From classics like "Cross 'Em Out & Put A K" to "Bow Down" to "Hoo Ride" this album pretty much put the stamp on what a classic group album should sound like.

Standout tracks:

Critics In New York
King Of The Hill
Gangstas Make The World Go Round


fuck it, the whole damn album....

Overall Rating: 10/10


Discuss....

[BiggBoogaBiff]

how about... no

[FreeMac]

how about... no

ellaborate...what's no? no, as in you dont like the album, or no you don't wanna talk about it. either way you aint really addin nothin to the topic

[187Proof]

I agree. A classic westcoast album, imo.  

[stillinrehab]

I agree. A classic westcoast album, imo.  

Also cosign! I have had so many copies of this album go 'missing' at parties... damn! This was one of the first albums for me back in the days... I wasnt a fan from birth but albums like this won me over!

[acgrundy]

definite classic, although critics in new york is the only song on the album that I skip

[G-Bee]

Oh yeah for sure, great album! Listening to it really takes you back to that east/west era indeed. Ironic that Pac should be critical about the content, when he's the one who's most known for feuding with the eastcoast.

[MontrealCity's Most]

I dint understand why Tupac had a a beef with this.... TUpac as much as i liked him ... was hating everything and everyone it seems

[Crockett]

this albums is a classic everyone involved was on top of there game and it came out nice play it regularly

[al3000]

I agree. A classic westcoast album, imo.  

[scarface2oh4]

definite classic, although critics in new york is the only song on the album that I skip

[OG Hack Wilson]

THE BITCH IN YOU destroyed Ice Cube lol

[OG Hack Wilson]

Oh yeah for sure, great album! Listening to it really takes you back to that east/west era indeed. Ironic that Pac should be critical about the content, when he's the one who's most known for feuding with the eastcoast.

2pac was not fueding with the east coast...just bad boy and people who came to bad boys defense


pac was down with alot of NY people still...and NJ...such as his own group (The outlawz) and the boot camp clique

[s.a.k.10]

its been said a hundred times but the album was going at NYC media not just the eastcoast in general....
im sure some of yall remember WSC interviews on Funk Flex at the time.
cube and dub had and still get alot of love out in the east.

[s.a.k.10]

THE BITCH IN YOU destroyed Ice Cube lol

dope record no doubt......would have loved to see a proper response instead of a line or two...
its funny tho....comm aint been the same since he got turned out by erykah badu. wheres no i.d at??