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Quote from: HighEyeCue on March 21, 2015, 05:02:31 PMthe last true great Death Row album Right.
the last true great Death Row album
Quote from: Locolli on March 21, 2015, 05:33:48 AM the best track hands down is gang bangin ass criminal and O.G. Tray Deee's verse. "Gang Bangin Ass Criminal" was a great posse cut and a certified banger to open the album with. They made a mistake by letting the intro run so long and not moving the song to track 2 on the album. But that was cool in those days, I think Biggie had "Kick In The Door" come in after a long skit on Life After Death, so a lot of rappers were doing that in that era....I've been giving props to this album for a long time at the forum. While most rap fans were following No Limit, Bad Boy, Ruff Ryders, Roccafella and trash like that... I was still riding for Death Row. By that time, Snoop, Nate, Kurupt, had all fled the label, Suge was of course in prison—and Daz was making a triumphant last stand for Death Row. They even gave him some Vice President title at the time (although that didn't end up amounting to much).This would be the last great Death Row album, and it was up to the standard that was expected from the label throughout the mid-90's. I thought "In California" was a perfect lead single. A great song that was hard but still had pop appeal. It's bullshit that the song was not topping the charts. I guess Daz lacked some sort of pop appeal to sell the song. Without Snoop and Dre around to make little cameo's in the video and single I guess MTV wasn't gonna show it no love.The album is one of the hardest, gangsta rap albums ever made. Tracks like the title track, "Oh No", "Our Daily Bread", "O.G." are all bangers. And "Initiated" is the one track I still hear being bumped to this day in 2015. I think it's an album you can listen to from beginning to end, with no filler. I even like the tracks like "Only For You" and "Baby Mama Drama" or "Thank God For My Life" because I think they provide some balance and sentimentality to an otherwise hardcore gangsta rap album.
the best track hands down is gang bangin ass criminal and O.G. Tray Deee's verse.
Quote from: Infinite...I'm back, I'm back on March 21, 2015, 09:30:40 AMQuote from: Locolli on March 21, 2015, 05:33:48 AM the best track hands down is gang bangin ass criminal and O.G. Tray Deee's verse. "Gang Bangin Ass Criminal" was a great posse cut and a certified banger to open the album with. They made a mistake by letting the intro run so long and not moving the song to track 2 on the album. But that was cool in those days, I think Biggie had "Kick In The Door" come in after a long skit on Life After Death, so a lot of rappers were doing that in that era....I've been giving props to this album for a long time at the forum. While most rap fans were following No Limit, Bad Boy, Ruff Ryders, Roccafella and trash like that... I was still riding for Death Row. By that time, Snoop, Nate, Kurupt, had all fled the label, Suge was of course in prison—and Daz was making a triumphant last stand for Death Row. They even gave him some Vice President title at the time (although that didn't end up amounting to much).This would be the last great Death Row album, and it was up to the standard that was expected from the label throughout the mid-90's. I thought "In California" was a perfect lead single. A great song that was hard but still had pop appeal. It's bullshit that the song was not topping the charts. I guess Daz lacked some sort of pop appeal to sell the song. Without Snoop and Dre around to make little cameo's in the video and single I guess MTV wasn't gonna show it no love.The album is one of the hardest, gangsta rap albums ever made. Tracks like the title track, "Oh No", "Our Daily Bread", "O.G." are all bangers. And "Initiated" is the one track I still hear being bumped to this day in 2015. I think it's an album you can listen to from beginning to end, with no filler. I even like the tracks like "Only For You" and "Baby Mama Drama" or "Thank God For My Life" because I think they provide some balance and sentimentality to an otherwise hardcore gangsta rap album.Pretty much sums up how i feel about this album.The production was tight (still had that organic sound), lyrics were cool (didn't become cliched) and before Daz started shouting his raps and doing stupid corny adlibs.The only criticisms are the intro being too long, and the album being too long in general. Either take off 3/4 tracks or make some of the tracks much shorter.
The O.G. solo version with nate & snoop is better to me, just like it more with a snoop dogg in his prime doing all the verses (dont wanna say daz part is bad, because its definetely not )
DAZ DILLINGER - RETALIATION, REVENGE & GET BACK (Original Master / December 1997)01. Intro / Gang Meeting02. Gang Bangin Ass Criminals03. Its Going Down04. Playa Partners05. It Might Sound Crazy06. Because Of You Girl07. In California08. Initiated09. Oh No10. Retaliation Revenge & Get Back11. OG12. Baby Mama Drama13. Only For U14. Ridin High15. The Ultimate Come Up16. Thanks God For My Life17. Outro / Why Do We Bang18. Pimp City (Cassette Bonus)"Our Daily Bread" - Dogg Food leftover previously recorded in 1995"Because Of You Girl" - original version featuring Outlawz "Initiated" - recorded during the summer 1996, previously planned for Gridlock'd OST"Pimp City" - later released in Soopafly Dat Whoopty Woop
Pimp City was the bonus on my cassette
I got the album the day it came out and "Because of You" is not on my copy. Also, "Gang Bang..." comes in after the long as intro for track 1, then 2. "It's Goin Down", then 3. "Playa Patnas"... and so on. Btw, not a fan of B-Legit but that "Playa Patna" joint is smooth as fucc in spite of B-Legit and thanks to Daz...And like what was said above, Kurupt was all over the album, and it's likely he recorded those verses earlier, because he is his usual Death Row self and not just spittin random nonsensical—tyranical bacteria crack your back tortilla tyrantialla—like he did on Kuruption and everything else after leaving Death Row.
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