A closer look at the Above the rim soundtrack

[Will_B]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

There's merit to that statement, but they just have very different feels.  Like others have said, a lot of Above the Rim was R&B, plus the rap beats were mostly G-Funk style, so if you like that, then you're going to prefer Above the Rim.  Gang Related was a lot of gangsta rap for the most part, which again some people love here.

To be honest I don't bump either soundtrack from start to finish.

There's 6 to 8 tracks I bump on both, but IMO the best tracks on Above The Rim are better than anything on Gang Ralated.
Just my 2¢..

[Cavvy]

the only Pac track that can fuck with regulate is California love
Were H town affliated with Luther Campbell?

[Hack Wilson - real]

the only Pac track that can fuck with regulate is California love

[Will_B]

the only Pac track that can fuck with regulate is California love

Cali Love is overrated IMO. Lot's of other Pac stuff I've heard is superior.

[Macdaddy_93]

Were H town affliated with Luther Campbell?

Correct, they were signed to Luke Records for their first two albums.

[HighEyeCue]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

starin thru my rearview, made niggaz, lost souls and lifes so hard shit on those

nah, but Gang Related album as a whole > Above The Rim IMO

[UCC]

Only really liked these tracks on it, skipped the rest --

Big Pimpin' -- Tha Dogg Pound   
Regulate -- Nate Dogg & Warren G     
Pour Out A Little Liquor -- 2pac & Thug Life   
Afro Puffs -- The Lady of Rage
Jus So Ya No -- Boss Hog & C.P.O.
Dogg Pound 4 Life -- Tha Dogg Pound
Pain -- 2Pac

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

There's merit to that statement, but they just have very different feels.  Like others have said, a lot of Above the Rim was R&B, plus the rap beats were mostly G-Funk style, so if you like that, then you're going to prefer Above the Rim.  Gang Related was a lot of gangsta rap for the most part, which again some people love here.

To be honest I don't bump either soundtrack from start to finish.

There's 6 to 8 tracks I bump on both, but IMO the best tracks on Above The Rim are better than anything on Gang Ralated.
Just my 2¢..

I can respect that.  I think the hardcore Pac fans will lean toward Gang Related (since the songs people usually point out on that are his, though other stuff like Way Too Major, Greed, These Days and Loc'd Out Hood were dope songs too), and some people who liked Death Row more as a whole with some preference for the original artists (Dre, Snoop, Rage, etc.) who don't really think Pac was as significant as some people make him out to be will like the older shit.

[bouli77]

Only really liked these tracks on it, skipped the rest --

Big Pimpin' -- Tha Dogg Pound   
Regulate -- Nate Dogg & Warren G     
Pour Out A Little Liquor -- 2pac & Thug Life   
Afro Puffs -- The Lady of Rage
Jus So Ya No -- Boss Hog & C.P.O.
Dogg Pound 4 Life -- Tha Dogg Pound
Pain -- 2Pac

songs i would skip :

Regulate
Pour Out A Little Liquor

I love these songs to death but they're larger than life and it's odd but i don't think they fit in the tracklist, i usually listen to them when i feel like it, or on the Warren G & Thug Life albums

Gonna Give It To Ya
Afro Puffs
It's Not Deep Enough
I'm Still In Love With You

[Hack Wilson - real]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

There's merit to that statement, but they just have very different feels.  Like others have said, a lot of Above the Rim was R&B, plus the rap beats were mostly G-Funk style, so if you like that, then you're going to prefer Above the Rim.  Gang Related was a lot of gangsta rap for the most part, which again some people love here.

To be honest I don't bump either soundtrack from start to finish.

There's 6 to 8 tracks I bump on both, but IMO the best tracks on Above The Rim are better than anything on Gang Ralated.
Just my 2¢..

I can respect that.  I think the hardcore Pac fans will lean toward Gang Related (since the songs people usually point out on that are his, though other stuff like Way Too Major, Greed, These Days and Loc'd Out Hood were dope songs too), and some people who liked Death Row more as a whole with some preference for the original artists (Dre, Snoop, Rage, etc.) who don't really think Pac was as significant as some people make him out to be will like the older shit.

i can see that....way too major and locc out hood are 2 amazing songs as well


but those 4 Pac songs were Pac at his best..or close enough to it.  starin thru my rearview is a perfect song...i will never get tired of it!

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

There's merit to that statement, but they just have very different feels.  Like others have said, a lot of Above the Rim was R&B, plus the rap beats were mostly G-Funk style, so if you like that, then you're going to prefer Above the Rim.  Gang Related was a lot of gangsta rap for the most part, which again some people love here.

To be honest I don't bump either soundtrack from start to finish.

There's 6 to 8 tracks I bump on both, but IMO the best tracks on Above The Rim are better than anything on Gang Ralated.
Just my 2¢..

I can respect that.  I think the hardcore Pac fans will lean toward Gang Related (since the songs people usually point out on that are his, though other stuff like Way Too Major, Greed, These Days and Loc'd Out Hood were dope songs too), and some people who liked Death Row more as a whole with some preference for the original artists (Dre, Snoop, Rage, etc.) who don't really think Pac was as significant as some people make him out to be will like the older shit.

i can see that....way too major and locc out hood are 2 amazing songs as well


but those 4 Pac songs were Pac at his best..or close enough to it.  starin thru my rearview is a perfect song...i will never get tired of it!

I wouldn't say that Pac's four songs from Gang Related were him at his best or anywhere close to it, outside of Staring Through My Rearview (which is my personal favorite, if you made me pick one song).  None of the other three would be in my top ten Pac songs, whether you ask me which ones are my favorites, which ones I think are Pac's best or most important/greatest/whatever.  Life's So Hard is cool, but again, it's a re-visited song originally from years earlier in Pac's career.  Made Niggaz is hard (especially Pac's first verse), but it pales in comparison to his other diss tracks.  Lost Souls is probably the next best song of the four after Staring, but it's nothing special, lyrically or musically.

[Black Excellence]

Classic without a doubt, pure heat

[UCC]

songs i would skip :

Regulate
Pour Out A Little Liquor

I love these songs to death but they're larger than life and it's odd but i don't think they fit in the tracklist, i usually listen to them when i feel like it, or on the Warren G & Thug Life albums

Actually that's true, I never really listened to Regulate on that actual cassette, because it was getting major play from me on the actual Warren G album so it seemed a bit redundant on the soundtrack...

[Will_B]

Big Pimpin & Regulate >>>>>>> any tracks on Gang Related IMO

There's merit to that statement, but they just have very different feels.  Like others have said, a lot of Above the Rim was R&B, plus the rap beats were mostly G-Funk style, so if you like that, then you're going to prefer Above the Rim.  Gang Related was a lot of gangsta rap for the most part, which again some people love here.

To be honest I don't bump either soundtrack from start to finish.

There's 6 to 8 tracks I bump on both, but IMO the best tracks on Above The Rim are better than anything on Gang Ralated.
Just my 2¢..

I can respect that.  I think the hardcore Pac fans will lean toward Gang Related (since the songs people usually point out on that are his, though other stuff like Way Too Major, Greed, These Days and Loc'd Out Hood were dope songs too), and some people who liked Death Row more as a whole with some preference for the original artists (Dre, Snoop, Rage, etc.) who don't really think Pac was as significant as some people make him out to be will like the older shit.

i can see that....way too major and locc out hood are 2 amazing songs as well


but those 4 Pac songs were Pac at his best..or close enough to it.  starin thru my rearview is a perfect song...i will never get tired of it!

I wouldn't say that Pac's four songs from Gang Related were him at his best or anywhere close to it, outside of Staring Through My Rearview (which is my personal favorite, if you made me pick one song).  None of the other three would be in my top ten Pac songs, whether you ask me which ones are my favorites, which ones I think are Pac's best or most important/greatest/whatever.  Life's So Hard is cool, but again, it's a re-visited song originally from years earlier in Pac's career.  Made Niggaz is hard (especially Pac's first verse), but it pales in comparison to his other diss tracks.  Lost Souls is probably the next best song of the four after Staring, but it's nothing special, lyrically or musically.

What was the original 'Lifes so Hard' track? I'm not as into Pac as I probably should be!

[Nutty]

There were a couple of classic soundtracks around that time.... Above the Rim.... MWTC.... The Show...

mind you... we were blessed with alot of classic material from that era.