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_That_Cracka_J:
The D.O.C. - Deuce

1. Music business...intro
2. My prayer...interlude
3. Big dick shit (Concrete jungle)...Average beat.  6Two spits a nice verse and D.O.C. & Jazze Pha add a little bit, but UP-TIGHT's verse really stands out.  Nate Dogg lays down a nice sounding hook, but corny as well.  3/5
4. A lil' dick shit...interlude
5. The shit...Tight bangin' production by Jazze Pha.  D.O.C. opens up the track then Ren comes in to lay down a well constructed verse.  Ice Cube stands out with an exceptionally tight verse.  Snoop's final verse leaves a lot to be desired though.  6Two sounds good on the hook.  4.5/5
6. What would you do?...Nice, orchestrated production.  6Two and UP-TIGHT trade gangsta stories.  Both flow well.  4/5
7. Psychic pymp hotline...insert
8. Gorilla pimpin'...Production has a 70's laidback pimp feel.  6Two goes solo on the track and does the beat much justice.  Dr. Dre  appears to do a catchy hook, even though Erotic D produced the track.  4.5/5
9. Judgment day...Traditional Dre production.  6Two flows well to the slow, laidback instrumental.  Short track, but dope.  4/5
10.   Souliloquy...interlude
11.   Ghetto blues...A tight ass 6Two solo track.  Well fitting production for subject matter and perfect flow.  5/5
12.  All in the family...D.O.C. does a short introduction and then Eldorado starts the track.  The production is great, but the artists rapping over it (Eldorado and N'Dambi) do it no justice.  It sounds like a bad freestyle session.  3/5
13.   1-2-3 (Critical breakdown)...Faster paced song, especially when compared with the album up until now.  UPTIGHT rides solo here where he flows his ass off.  I can't get into the beat though.  3.5/5
14.   Touch of blues...insert
15.   Mentally disturbed...Another solo 6Two song produced by Dr. Dre.  Good mix of lyrical content and tight production.  Overall, smooth track.  4/5
16.   Safari west...insert
17.   DFW...D.O.C. finally lays down a short verse which sounds tight.  6Two, UPTIGHT, and El Dorado all come tight.  Catchy hook by 6Two.  4/5
18.   Simple as that...6Two has a nice stop and go flow on here, but the production just doesn't match well.  The track could have done without Jazze Pha's vocals.  3.5/5
19.   Playboy...Average laidback track.  Nothing exceptional, but a good track featuring 6Two, Cadillac Seville and a full verse by D.O.C., which seems to be off.  3.5/5
20.   Snoop shit...outro

OVERALL...

Basically a 6Two solo album.  D.O.C. more or less speaks through his vocals rather than his own.  I personally would have liked to hear more of D.O.C. himself like on "Helter Skelter".  But still, 6Two does a nice job.  The A+ production doesn't hurt either.  The main complaint of the album I have is the inserts (8 total).  I would have liked to hear some of the D.O.C. interludes into full length songs as well.  A great album with a total of 12 tracks and only a couple worth skipping.

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Did DOC write all of 6Twos lyrics?

_That_Cracka_J:
I kinda got the impression that he wrote most of them from an interview I read somewhere.....

_That_Cracka_J:
.....damn, no feedback on this one?

Dr._Funkenstein:
I mostly agree. "Ghetto Blues" is the shit! I expected Doc to do a bit more rappin' though. But it's all good.

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