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Quote from: Reality Check on October 13, 2009, 05:08:33 PMTwo lessons should be learned from The Lost Sessions:1) Sometimes the released product is a lot better than the OG. Case in point, "Keep It Real". Snoop's solo version, while good, does not come close to the version that was released by the Original Death Row. Same with the song that uses the Head Doctor verse (although the true OG with the heavy Prince sample shits on the released version of "Head Doctor"). 2) Not every single piece of music that is ever recorded in a studio should see the light of day. The problem with the cd is that a lot of tracks sounded like they were leftovers or studio scraps. Even "Eat a Dick" or "Fallin' Asleep On Death Row" sound like they were not meant to be on an album. I hope that when Wide Awake comes out with stuff after the Box Set, that they actually pick songs that sounded like they were meant to be released.I don't mind the mixing. You guys have to understand that these tracks were recorded 10-15 years ago and technology has advanced to the point where a pro can only do so much to improve the quality. A quality post man props...gotta take you to task on that last point though. Dre mixed the original Doggystyle album WITH that 10-15 year old technology and it sounded AMAZING. These reels are from the same sessions, produced with the same instruments, recorded the same way. At the very least they should sound like the material on the original release.In fact, the gold standard for modern mixing engineers are the same solid stage logic (SSL) consoles Dre was using back in the 90's. Additionally, that Doggystyle Master reel was mixed down to DAT back in 93 the EXACT SAME WAY he mixed down Chronic 2001. I keep harping on this because a lot of you guys don't understand that this is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE and has NOTHING to do with the inherent audio quality on those reels. This is a botched job by people who don't have a clue how to run a business, a record label or manage a release.
Two lessons should be learned from The Lost Sessions:1) Sometimes the released product is a lot better than the OG. Case in point, "Keep It Real". Snoop's solo version, while good, does not come close to the version that was released by the Original Death Row. Same with the song that uses the Head Doctor verse (although the true OG with the heavy Prince sample shits on the released version of "Head Doctor"). 2) Not every single piece of music that is ever recorded in a studio should see the light of day. The problem with the cd is that a lot of tracks sounded like they were leftovers or studio scraps. Even "Eat a Dick" or "Fallin' Asleep On Death Row" sound like they were not meant to be on an album. I hope that when Wide Awake comes out with stuff after the Box Set, that they actually pick songs that sounded like they were meant to be released.I don't mind the mixing. You guys have to understand that these tracks were recorded 10-15 years ago and technology has advanced to the point where a pro can only do so much to improve the quality.
"Funk Wit Ya Brain" is the bomb!!! P-Funk!
Knowing how bad "The Chronic Relit" did for sales....
Quote from: love33 on October 13, 2009, 11:28:27 PMKnowing how bad "The Chronic Relit" did for sales.... Were official sales figures ever announced?
even if he does aplogize that doesnt mean shit coming from a jew
Quote from: Davizz on October 14, 2009, 12:32:26 AM"Funk Wit Ya Brain" is the bomb!!! P-Funk!Do you know what that track samples?
http://www.zshare.net/audio/66933686f752449a
The rap game in general and the west rap scene in particular is garbage in 2009. Death Row studio scraps are better than 95% if the new stuff dropping.
Managed to get this and I'm in the UK 2,000 posts bitches
Quote from: Jimmy H. on October 14, 2009, 01:05:30 AMQuote from: love33 on October 13, 2009, 11:28:27 PMKnowing how bad "The Chronic Relit" did for sales.... Were official sales figures ever announced? As far as I know the Re-Lit didn't hit the Billboard 200's..Soft White debuted at #141, and sold 3.900 copies..so probably less than 2k.
bought the bb version (they only had stocked 5 copies lol) and as expected it's great to hear the music but the whole product comes off sounding like another ftp/am7 bootleg. there is such a difference in track quality that it gives the whole album a very compilation/bootleg feel. doggystyle is very flat sounding and its only salvation is that its funky bassline is the lead melody of the song. likewise i get the impression that a lot of the songs were scrapped midway through the recording process because they sound unfinished and not typical of the dre style of introducing an instrument then taking it away a few bars later, never to appear again in the song. i'll admit that i didn't look for them this time around but i also didn't notice any breaks in the beats. being that we know an amateur mixed this down it's no surprise.overall the price was right but even still i am left feeling a little bit dissatisfied with the product. lots of 2pac music has only been recovered in full mixdowns (soon as i get home was a big one) and those songs were saved, so i don't get what a possible excuse for doggystyle would be... and god damn it's the lead and arguably most important song on the cd. oh well. i'll be skipping the box set. i see three or four songs i'd like to hear but i'm not going to rebuy all this shit to get them.