Spring again.. Time to dust off Warren G's Take A Look Over Your Shoulder...

[Will_B]

I was dissapointed in it when it first came out but came to realize its a pretty dope album...same thing with "Doggfather" actually

"Doggfather" was the most dissapointed I've ever been.  Most people here at the forum love that album, but my theory is that I'm a few yrs older then them and that I was already into hiphop just before Doggystyle was released so if you remember just how huge that album was then Doggfather was a letdown. 

Doubt it.

I think a lotta people now give the album more credit than they used to tho

[TraceOneInfinite]

the album that i listen on every summer is this one



Best G-Funk album with a summer Vibe, best Warren G's Work

PERIOD !!!

Agreed that its one of my favorite summer albums.  The Dove Shack album is also a good summer album but it was very unpolished (terrible skits, sequencing, etc.).

Warrens best work was his first solo, then his second solo.. then after that the Twinz album, IMO

[DeeezNuuuts83]

I was dissapointed in it when it first came out but came to realize its a pretty dope album...same thing with "Doggfather" actually

"Doggfather" was the most dissapointed I've ever been.  Most people here at the forum love that album, but my theory is that I'm a few yrs older then them and that I was already into hiphop just before Doggystyle was released so if you remember just how huge that album was then Doggfather was a letdown. 

It depends.  But I never saw it as big of a letdown as a lot of people think.  It's a huge change in production, going from nearly all Dre beats (at a time when Dre really wanted to flex his production skills since it was also a way to show that The Chronic wasn't a fluke) to a mix of beats by Daz, DJ Pooh, etc. (many of whom were already rolling with a powerhouse and had made a number of beats that got shine).

I remember skipping a lot of songs when I first listened to the CD when it came out, so I get what you mean.  I also remember listening to Power 106 when the album came out, and a few callers were saying how they just didn't think it was as good as Doggystyle.

[Fonky Fresh]

After his classic first solo album, I was heavily anticipating his sophmore release, and unlike Snoop he didn't dissapoint me.   The album dropped March 25th, I still remember the day having my brother drive me to blockbuster music to buy the album.   Love it from the start.  That's why I break it out every year at this time.

To reward this great taste in wc rap music:
warren g, twinz, 5 footaz- live london '97 Flac (previously mp3 only)
http://depositfiles.com/files/oss1zqnoo
include songs: smoking me out, transformers, regulate, we brings heat, what's love etc...

front cover:
http://imageupload.org/en/file/248146/00-front.bmp.html
back:
http://imageupload.org/en/file/248147/00-back.bmp.html

[OG Snoopaveli]

Talkin bout Summer album, the album that i listen on every summer is "I Luv Cali" by Roscoe! Straight Classic   

[bouli77]

the album that i listen on every summer is this one


Best G-Funk album with a summer Vibe, best Warren G's Work

PERIOD !!!

yeah from a production standpoint it's the best shit Warren G ever produced in my opinion, even better than his first album. there's not a single bad-produced song on the album and The Twinz are very good mc's, better than Warren G (even though they kinda lack charisma), the only lackluster track is the one Soopafly produced, Four Eyez Two Headz, but it's still alright in my book.

[Sccit]

I like the album but in retrospect a lot of songs are fairly weak, especially rapwise... a lot of rap fans consider it trash and i understand them but I like Warren's style. I fuck with a lot of songs too though : Smokin Me Out, Reality, Transformers, We Brings The Heat, What We Go Through, Relax Ya Mind, What's Love Got To Do With It (especially the remix). Annie Mae used to be my shit but listening to it nowadays it's really nothing special, I guess I had low standards back when I didn't understand English very well.

Who cares what those "rap fans" say.  More than likely it was probably some East Coast fans.  If you think about the lifestyle and climate on the East Coast it really doesn't mix with Warren G's style of music.  What, does Warren G not spit enough elaborate metaphors to win their respect?    It's his sound, Warren always had a dope sound.  And one of the cool things about the album is that he came with yet another fresh, new sound for the album, and it was still G Funk.

real spit, "take a look over your shoulder" is a great album...not exactly classic, but it's always been good music.

[Sccit]

I was dissapointed in it when it first came out but came to realize its a pretty dope album...same thing with "Doggfather" actually

"Doggfather" was the most dissapointed I've ever been.  Most people here at the forum love that album, but my theory is that I'm a few yrs older then them and that I was already into hiphop just before Doggystyle was released so if you remember just how huge that album was then Doggfather was a letdown. 

"Doggfather" was definitely a let-down as a follow-up to "Doggystykle", because of the lack of Dre and G-Funk....but in retrospect, it's some of Snoop's best work.

[johnnie360]

I was dissapointed in it when it first came out but came to realize its a pretty dope album...same thing with "Doggfather" actually

"Doggfather" was the most dissapointed I've ever been.  Most people here at the forum love that album, but my theory is that I'm a few yrs older then them and that I was already into hiphop just before Doggystyle was released so if you remember just how huge that album was then Doggfather was a letdown. 

I was also disapointed at first.  Around the time DJ Quiks Balance & options, Warren G - I want it all dropped, I had Doggfather in steady rotation, and have come to love the album.

As far as Take a look.. Extremely disapointed. Another album I wanted to like.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

To me Warren's best album is I Want It All...its musically a great album not cheap sounding funk...live instruments and stuff

[Sccit]

To me Warren's best album is I Want It All...its musically a great album not cheap sounding funk...live instruments and stuff

"I Want It All" is a near classic.. definitely one of his bests

[bouli77]

To me Warren's best album is I Want It All...its musically a great album not cheap sounding funk...live instruments and stuff

"I Want It All" is a near classic.. definitely one of his bests

I think I Want It All aged better than Take a Look Over Your Shoulder and as an album is more cohesive and consistent. a lot of different vibes and dope guests (DPG, Ruff Ryders, Crucial Conflict, Mack 10) and not many skippable songs, unlike TOYS. the type of cd you can bump it in your car from front to back.

[Detox Is A Myth!!!]

Doggfather was a big disappointment when it came out because Snoop sounded too mellowed out whereas on Doggystyle he was actually pretty aggressive with his mic presence.  Also, it was perhaps the worst engineered big budget rap album of all time (36 Chambers notwithstanding because it was supposed to sound unpolished).  Also, Pooh's beats were plain-sounding and identifiably formulaic.

Having said all that, as time has gone on, Doggfather has had lasting stature because it comes off as something so unique in the history of rap music -- it's actually a Westcoast backpack album, and that's how I prefer to think of it.  It's as if Snoop wanted to make an album for the backpackers but enlisted a grip of Westcoast producers and featured artists to help him do it.  It sounds odd, but it's actually a pretty dope approach, and these days I think of it as a pretty impressive concept album from that point of view.  It's only a disappointment if you think of it as a sequel to Doggystyle when in fact you should be thinking of it as a Westcoast backpacker album.

[Will_B]

Doggfather was a big disappointment when it came out because Snoop sounded too mellowed out whereas on Doggystyle he was actually pretty aggressive with his mic presence.  Also, it was perhaps the worst engineered big budget rap album of all time (36 Chambers notwithstanding because it was supposed to sound unpolished).  Also, Pooh's beats were plain-sounding and identifiably formulaic.

Having said all that, as time has gone on, Doggfather has had lasting stature because it comes off as something so unique in the history of rap music -- it's actually a Westcoast backpack album, and that's how I prefer to think of it.  It's as if Snoop wanted to make an album for the backpackers but enlisted a grip of Westcoast producers and featured artists to help him do it.  It sounds odd, but it's actually a pretty dope approach, and these days I think of it as a pretty impressive concept album from that point of view.  It's only a disappointment if you think of it as a sequel to Doggystyle when in fact you should be thinking of it as a Westcoast backpacker album.

However you look at it, it's a sophomore album that just ain't no good compared to his first.

It's still a good album in its own right tho

[TraceOneInfinite]

 Also, it was perhaps the worst engineered big budget rap album of all time (36 Chambers notwithstanding because it was supposed to sound unpolished).  

Yeah... 36 Chambers certainly had the worst engineering of any classic album.  You want to bump that shit but it refuses to play loud in your speakers no matter how high you turn it up.  The only way to listen to the album is through headphones.