did the source or ne magazine rate "funk upon a rhyme"?

[LAZY]

did the source or ne magazine rate "funk upon a rhyme" if so wud they rate it and say about it? cuz i think its tite as fuck i dont got it but i got all the songs and btw if u can hook me up with a OG let me kno  

[_That_Cracka_J]

Yeah, the Source rated it and they gave it 3 mics.  They made it sound like the whole project was Dre-bitten....they tried to make it sound like the name 'Kokane' was a result of 'The Chronic' and they compared the production to Dre's.  A few issues later they made reference to Kokane again when they reviewed Bone and there they called Kokane "a diamond in the rough".

[GangstaBoogy]

Yeah, the Source rated it and they gave it 3 mics.  They made it sound like the whole project was Dre-bitten....they tried to make it sound like the name 'Kokane' was a result of 'The Chronic' and they compared the production to Dre's.  A few issues later they made reference to Kokane again when they reviewed Bone and there they called Kokane "a diamond in the rough".

Dayum! So tha sourse been bytchez for yearz huh? Thanx for possin that J!

[tnp]

The review:
The Source May 1994 Issue

Kokane-Funk Upon a Rhyme
Ruthless/Relativity
Production: artist, Cold 187um, Mike Smooth
3 mics

Niggas just don't know when to let a good thing rest. Ever since Dre and Death Row freaked the funk last year, everybody and their great-aunt have jumped aboard the G-funk bandwagon. And now you can officially add Kokane to the list.
But Kokane believes that he is different from the rest and has something new to offer. According to him, he doesn't do rap; instead he does straight-up funk. Which is true, he barely kicks a verse on the entire album, preferring to sing his vocals much in the narrative style of his hero George Clinton. As for the music? He boasts of not having one sample; all of his music is done live.
In the end the album is aw-ight; nothing about it will change your life. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but if I hear one more damned Casio keyboard-sounding bassline and a high-pitched whining noise, I just might start screaming. Don't get me wrong, I dig the funk as much as the next man, but gee-whiz, must all rap albums sound the same? As if every producer on the West Coast is a clone of Dr. Dre? How about a little bit of originality, guys? The overall package is decent, but at times the music sounds as if your favorite Parliament CD is skipping on about every sixth measure of melody.
Lyric-wise, Kokane is about average, but it's hard to tell with all of the Funkadelic-like singing that dominates the album. In the end Kokane is indeed correct in stating that his album is more funk than hip-hop. But as for me? I'll make like that girl did Slim Kid Tre from the Pharcyde and pass it by. And if you're sick and tired of the funk, you might want to do the same.
Review by The Derelict Todd B.

[budsmokeronly]

damn thats some straight up hatin on the westcoast, g-funk, and kokane.

fuck the source.  hows that for hatin.

[M Dogg™]

which is why if you noticed, most westcoast albums were not reviewed by the Source, because most westcoast artist didn't submit them for review by them. And I love the funk whining noice, can't get enough actually. The Source was just eastcoast dick riders in a time west coast was on top. They dissed all west coast albums, which is why I didn't even care for the Source, until like '99 when the westcoast was coming back, and they started paying attention. But that's them.

[Twentytwofifty]

which is why if you noticed, most westcoast albums were not reviewed by the Source, because most westcoast artist didn't submit them for review by them.

They can review whatever they want.  If the artist doesn't send a copy they'll just get a copy somewhere else if they think it's worthy of a review.

[LAZY]

that reveiw kinda pissed me off   i dunno why lol there just hatin and ridin dres dick plus we all kno ATL started G Funk b4 Dre and got looked over but when Dre does sumthin every1 says YA DRE another classic...... im not hatin on dre lol and also kokane always called himself a funkateer on his first cd when dre was on ruthless still

[Funkadelic]

This is album is straigh heat. 4 or 4.5 outta 5.

[M Dogg™]

which is why if you noticed, most westcoast albums were not reviewed by the Source, because most westcoast artist didn't submit them for review by them.

They can review whatever they want.  If the artist doesn't send a copy they'll just get a copy somewhere else if they think it's worthy of a review.

Actually, no. Record companies send out the CDs to get reviewed, and if a label is strongly supporting the westcoast, like labels did at the time, then they wouldn't send a CD to a magazine they know will give them a bad review unfairly. Between 1994-1997, hardly any westcoast CD was reviewed. All of Death Row wasn't reviewed, and the Source never bothered to review it.

[Twentytwofifty]

Actually, no. Record companies send out the CDs to get reviewed, and if a label is strongly supporting the westcoast, like labels did at the time, then they wouldn't send a CD to a magazine they know will give them a bad review unfairly. Between 1994-1997, hardly any westcoast CD was reviewed. All of Death Row wasn't reviewed, and the Source never bothered to review it.

Yeah, the record companies send out the promo CDs in advance for review but The Source can do whatever they want, if the company doesn't send the CD they can go to the store themselves and buy it so they can review it if they want to.  It seems like you're saying if the companies don't send the album to The Source they aren't allowed to review it.

[King Tech Quadafi]

Actually i remember reading a source, and some reader replied in a letter criticizing the source for not reviewing dogg food, all eyez on me, for fear of givin it a good mark...and the editor responded by sayin that unless the source recieves a copy from the record label, they dont review it

[Mudpole]

Actually, no. Record companies send out the CDs to get reviewed, and if a label is strongly supporting the westcoast, like labels did at the time, then they wouldn't send a CD to a magazine they know will give them a bad review unfairly. Between 1994-1997, hardly any westcoast CD was reviewed. All of Death Row wasn't reviewed, and the Source never bothered to review it.

Yeah, the record companies send out the promo CDs in advance for review but The Source can do whatever they want, if the company doesn't send the CD they can go to the store themselves and buy it so they can review it if they want to.  It seems like you're saying if the companies don't send the album to The Source they aren't allowed to review it.

Why would The Source go out and buy a record so they can just
review it, when they can review a record that was given to them by the record company for free. Just seems like common sense you
know what i'm saying.

[Twentytwofifty]

Well, if I working for a hip-hop magazine and 2Pac was releasing an album, I would review it.  2Pac's first album on Death Row is a big deal and the readers want a review I wouldn't be cheap and not buy a copy if the label didn't send it to me.  The only thing is if the label really didn't want the album reviewed and they said so but you did it anyways you could lose relations with the label and not get interviews and possibly suffer losing readership.

Again it could be thier policy not to review albums that weren't send to them but it's not like they aren't allowed to review whatever they want.

[M Dogg™]

Well, if I working for a hip-hop magazine and 2Pac was releasing an album, I would review it.  2Pac's first album on Death Row is a big deal and the readers want a review I wouldn't be cheap and not buy a copy if the label didn't send it to me.  The only thing is if the label really didn't want the album reviewed and they said so but you did it anyways you could lose relations with the label and not get interviews and possibly suffer losing readership.

Again it could be thier policy not to review albums that weren't send to them but it's not like they aren't allowed to review whatever they want.

But to them it wasn't. why else would Death Row not give them a copy, because the Source don't care, dissed the CD, and talk about the over hype of 'Pac. The Source hated 'Pac then, and Dogg Pound because of New York, New York.