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The Official Bill Wallace/Tha Crip Custom Album And Track Thread!!!
teecee:
CRIP, thx for all your hard work! I'm rediscovering some gems and even hearing some new ones for the first time. Props
k1000:
--- Quote from: teecee on April 01, 2020, 10:55:01 AM ---CRIP, thx for all your hard work! I'm rediscovering some gems and even hearing some new ones for the first time. Props
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true!! that song with Snoop 'n Kokane over the "i pledge allegiance" beat from Nate's LP. Never heard (of) it.
kuruptlon:
--- Quote from: Infinite Trapped in 1996 on March 30, 2020, 10:29:26 PM ---
Infinite Review of Fanmade (Crip) The Firm Album (As always goes without saying great work on this one Crip)
FIRST, A LOOK BACK ON 97' WHEN THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED
First let me say that this was one of the more bizarre eras in hip-hop. The hip-hop world was mourning the loss of Big and Pac and lesser acts like Jay-Z, Puffy, DMX, and No Limit were filling the vacuum. Dre loyalists like me were hoping Dre would emerge and restore order but we'd have to wait a couple more years for that when Eminem emerged at Aftermath. This was also the Mafioso era. Death Row kind of spearheaded that stuff you saw the imagery with the way Suge was trying to run his label and Snoop's Doggfather album. It was a depressing era in hip-hop and a depressing time in my own life. I remember getting the album the day it dropped--just on the strength of the Aftermath name--because I wasn't really a fan of anybody else on the album. Even Nas, I wasn't really a fan at the time. I'd loved a couple tracks here and there like "If I Ruled the World" and AZ's "Sugar Hill" but it would be another couple years before I'd really get deep into Nas and other East Coast artists. So the idea at the time for West Coast headz like me was that shit was wack--and that the Firm album was a flop. I was smart enough to realize that "Phone Tap" was a banger. And eventually I was smart enough to figure out that "Desperado's" was also some next level shit. I remember at that time they were toutin' Canibus as being the second coming of Rakim or some shit--he was the next big thing--and I was all in once he came with "2nd Round Knockout" with Mike Tyson....In retrospect there was a ton of great music still being released in this era, and The Firm album was also a dope album looking back...
THE BAD
...As for this Crip fanmade album...word is Dre said he only really spent like 10 days on this album. There weren't enough Aftermath contributions to really please Dre fans. Crip tried to balance it out a bit here. Up until the "Firm Biz" track it was no real improvement upon the retail release. The Dre contributions were a bit tired...
The GOOD
It didn't seem like much of an improvement anyway, until you get to "Time" and the last few cuts then it starts to come together and you can see a vision of what this album could've been. Very solid, but not classic.
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I liked the way you summed up the state of the rap game at that time, very true. I can also relate to a lot of what you're saying regarding not really getting into east coast artists until later on. I thought this album was pretty good at time (aint gonna lie, I was a fan of that Firm Biz track especially the video with Foxy rolling around in $$$$ :o) and didn't understand why it was regarded as such a "flop", but I'm going to relisten.
Tha Crip:
Snoop recorded so much tracks during that era he coulda easily released the LP as a double disc. I gathered the greatest quality versions of all these tracks...everything is sequenced perfectly!!!
Tracklist:
01. May I Intro (Produced By Soopafly) *
02. Got To Do Wrong (Produced By L.T. Hutton) *
03. Touchdown (ft. Threat) (Produced By DJ Pooh) *
04. The Genie (ft. Bad Azz & Bo Rock) (Produced By L.T. Hutton) *
05. Head Doctor (Original) (ft. Raphael Saadiq) (Produced By Kurt Kobane)*
06. Dogg Collar (ft. Lady V, Big Pimpin' & Bad Azz) (Produced By L.T. Hutton)*
07. Midnight Love (ft. Daz & Raphael Saadiq) (Produced By Soopafly)
08. Caught Up (ft. Charlie Wilson) (Produced By Daz)*
09. O.G. (Original) (ft. Nate Dogg) (Produced By Daz)*
10. Gangsta Walk (ft. Tha Dogg Pound) (Produced By Daz)*
11. Hollywood Bank Robbery (ft. Tha Dogg Pound & Tray D) (Produced By Daz)
12. Out Da Moon (ft. 2Pac, Bad Azz & LBC Crew) (Produced By L.T. Hutton)
13. East Side Party (ft. Nate Dogg) (Produced By Daz)
14. Untouchables (ft. 2Pac & Tha Outlawz) (Produced By Daz)*
15. Keep It Real (ft. Kurupt, Bad Azz & Mack 10) (Produced By Soopafly)
16. No More Games (ft. Prince Ital Joe & Nate Dogg) (Produced By Daz)*
17. Hit Rocks (Produced By DJ Pooh)
18. Eastside (ft. Daz & Tray Dee) (Produced By L.T. Hutton)
19. Street Life (ft. 2Pac, Val Young & Prince Ital Joe) (Produced By Daz)*
20. Doggystyle 96' (ft. LBC Crew & Warren G) (Produced By DJ Pooh)*
21. Just Watchin' (ft. 2Pac, Kurupt & Charlie Wilson) (Produced By Daz)*
*= Tracks I TWEAKED
Album Link
https://www79.zippyshare.com/v/gMqbZT9l/file.html
Tha Crip:
All dope cuts and unreleased/soundtracks songs from that era made up for disc. 2...sequenced everything great!!!
Tracklist:
1. Intro (Prod. By Daz)
2. I Roc Mics (Prod. By Daz)
3. What Would U Do (ft. Big Pimpin') (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
4. Dont Give A Fu*k (ft. Dr. Dre, Lady Of Rage)(Prod. By Dr. Dre)
5. Dogg Pound 4 Life OG (Prod. By Dr. Dre & Daz)
6. OG To BG (ft. Soopafly) (Prod. By Daz)
7. Every Single Day OG (ft D.O.C., Nate Dogg & Jewell) (Prod. By Daz)
8. Big Pimpin (ft. Big Pimpin') (Prod. By Daz)
9. Got My Mind Made Up (ft. Method Man/Redman/2Pac) (Prod. By Daz)
10. Who Got Sum Gangsta Sh*t (ft. Lil C Style) (Prod. By Soopafly)
11. Lets Play House OG (ft. Michel'le/Warren G./Nate Dogg) (Prod. By Daz)
12. Gigolo (Prod. By Daz)
13. Like Dis (ft. Big Pimpin') (Prod. By Daz)
14. Mobbin Wit Da Pound (ft. Dr. Dre/Big C Style/Lil 1/2 Dead) (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
15. NY87 (ft. DJ Quik, 2Pac & Threat)(Prod. By Daz)
16. Bomb Azz Pus*y OG (ft. D.O.C. & Lil Malik) (Prod. By Daz)
17. Thats My Ni**a (Prod. By Daz)
18. Dont Stop OG (ft. Nas) (Prod. By Daz)
19. Blueberry (ft. LBC Crew) (Prod. By Sam Sneed)
20. Dont Give A Fu*k OG (ft. Dr. Dre) (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
21. Can't C Me (ft. George Clinton) (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
Album Link
https://www64.zippyshare.com/v/0gkLMQGn/file.html
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