Take a Look Over Your Shoulder — Appreciation Thread

[TraceOneInfinite]

I wore out my disc man with this album 💿 when it dropped Spring of 97’ and it still plays pretty well today.  Even his best friend (Snoop) and step-brother (Dre) don’t want to give G his respect and maybe he was the one writing the lyrics but whoever he had doing it those joints are slept on for sure… check these verses…

“Young Fun”

So when my rags get out
You betta walk a safe route
Cuz I’m going let um ride killa
You betta stay inside and keep
Your shit on your side nicca

^^That whole verse is hard as fucc and they switch up with the girl on the middle verse and then Jayo Felony drops heat rocks in the last verse.

He’s really fuccin flowing on “Can U Feel It” but of course nobody is going to give Warren G props for anything especially his bars, lyrics, flow—but this shit is hard as fucc he holds down all 3 verses stands up the best of them I don’t care what anyone says—

“From city to city and state to state
this DJ gonna regulate
so playa hate if you want to, I don't give a fuck
I'm still G-dubb and I'm subbin in my truck so good luck
and have a nice trip
we got y'all town locked down like a vice grip
I'm on the dice tip, shootin C-notes
a dollar and the bones hollerin G-oats
'cause we quotes, them gangsta raps
that ya'll paid for, and we banks the snaps
we perhaps, if you could see what I see
then you might be gettin paid like this nigga Warren G
so fee, fie, foe, I'm from, the LB to the see nigga don't act dumb
outta site, outta mind, so where y'all gonna put us
Warren G and the Twinz and my girls Five Footaz“

“What We Go Thru” Even LL catches it from Warren—

He sent a ho, in the back seat of my fo'
While ya Goin Back To Cali, watch how you flow
Now ya know, about this Warren G Era
G-Funk terror, look into tha mirror
And what you see is the don of the company, that nigga
(Warren G, Warren, Warren, Warren's to tha G)
You still see, what I see..”



The beats are unfadeable because Warren was in the zone at the time with his own G Funk signature sound and I thought with this album he was following a classic yet he was able to come with a fresh sound that was as near to his classic shit as it gets in 97’ which was a down year for the west

[Sccit]

near classic

[HighEyeCue]

near classic

both this and I Want It All are personal classics of mine

I wore out my disc man with this album 💿 when it dropped Spring of 97’ and it still plays pretty well today.  Even his best friend (Snoop) and step-brother (Dre) don’t want to give G his respect and maybe he was the one writing the lyrics but whoever he had doing it those joints are slept on for sure… check these verses…

“Young Fun”

So when my rags get out
You betta walk a safe route
Cuz I’m going let um ride killa
You betta stay inside and keep
Your shit on your side nicca

^^That whole verse is hard as fucc and they switch up with the girl on the middle verse and then Jayo Felony drops heat rocks in the last verse.

He’s really fuccin flowing on “Can U Feel It” but of course nobody is going to give Warren G props for anything especially his bare, lyrics, flow—but this shit is hard as fucc he holds down all 3 verses stands up the best of them I don’t care what anyone says—

“From city to city and state to state
this DJ gonna regulate
so playa hate if you want to, I don't give a fuck
I'm still G-dubb and I'm subbin in my truck so good luck
and have a nice trip
we got y'all town locked down like a vice grip
I'm on the dice tip, shootin see-notes
a dollar and the bones hollerin G-oats
'cause we quotes, them gangsta raps
that ya'll paid for, and we banks the snaps
we perhaps, if you could see what I see
then you might be gettin paid like this nigga Warren G
so fee, fie, foe, I'm from, the LB to the see nigga don't act dumb
outta site, outta mind, so where y'all gonna put us
Warren G and the Twinz and my girls Five Footaz“

“What We Go Thru” Even LL catches it from Warren—

He sent a ho, in the back seat of my fo'
While ya Goin Back To Cali, watch how you flow
Now ya know, about this Warren G Era
G-Funk terror, look into tha mirror
And what you see is the don of the company, that nigga
(Warren G, Warren, Warren, Warren's to tha G)
You still see, what I see..”



The beats are unfadeable because Warren was in the zone at the time with his own G Funk signature sound and I thought with this album he was following a classic yet he was able to come with a fresh sound that was as near to his classic shit as it gets in 97’ which was a down year for the west

agree with everything you said

especially the part about the blatant disrespect

[TraceOneInfinite]

Yeah man ya’ll are with me—personal classic for me and a near-classic objectively.

…and special mention on the lyrics.  Them shits is tight !!  The disrespect started with the Source in 94’ when they dissed Warren for spelling next wrong “N-X-E-T” and suggesting that the lyrics were weak or that he was a good producer but not a good rapper—which would essentially be like telling Snoop that “fo shizzle” isn’t proper English—Warren was just fuccin round and showing he was like freestylin and just flipping words and vocab and spelling—that was just style—you really think the guy doesn’t know how to spell “next”? Give me a fuccin break.

Those journalists were just following that lame format your middle school English teacher gives you for critical writing that you balance the article with something good and something bad but one fuccin problem with that…

..THERE IS NOTHING TO BE CRITICAL ABOUT because G Funk Era was a flawless classic !!!

But that’s where some of the idea got promoted that Warren G is a good producer but not rapper and then it got even crazier when Snoop and Dre and Dogg Pound never had Warren produce hardly any of their music—which only made sense when Suge was blocking them.

Now I challenge you to listen to Take A Look Over Your Shoulder and tell me that Warren’s flow and lyrics is not tight !!?!!?!! 

I think most at the forum respect the album and I remember all the white kids in my suburb bought it when it came out because they were all fans of G Funk Era and Regulators—and it had to have sold out West so the fact the album only went gold must mean that NOBODY in New York bought the album.  But folks here in the Midwest bought this album and they even bought Nate’s first solo but these albums still didn’t go platinum for some reason.

[HighEyeCue]

Yeah man ya’ll are with me—personal classic for me and a near-classic objectively.

…and special mention on the lyrics.  Them shits is tight !!  The disrespect started with the Source in 94’ when they dissed Warren for spelling next wrong “N-X-E-T” and suggesting that the lyrics were weak or that he was a good producer but not a good rapper—which would essentially be like telling Snoop that “fo shizzle” isn’t proper English—Warren was just fuccin round and showing he was like freestylin and just flipping words and vocab and spelling—that was just style—you really think the guy doesn’t know how to spell “next”? Give me a fuccin break.

Those journalists were just following that lame format your middle school English teacher gives you for critical writing that you balance the article with something good and something bad but one fuccin problem with that…

..THERE IS NOTHING TO BE CRITICAL ABOUT because G Funk Era was a flawless classic !!!

But that’s where some of the idea got promoted that Warren G is a good producer but not rapper and then it got even crazier when Snoop and Dre and Dogg Pound never had Warren produce hardly any of their music—which only made sense when Suge was blocking them.

Now I challenge you to listen to Take A Look Over Your Shoulder and tell me that Warren’s flow and lyrics is not tight !!?!!?!! 

I think most at the forum respect the album and I remember all the white kids in my suburb bought it when it came out because they were all fans of G Funk Era and Regulators—and it had to have sold out West so the fact the album only went gold must mean that NOBODY in New York bought the album.  But folks here in the Midwest bought this album and they even bought Nate’s first solo but these albums still didn’t go platinum for some reason.

you are absolutely right the album got zero radio play in NYC

I remember them playing "I Shot The Sheriff" once on Hot or Not and I don't remember what the feedback was but they never played it again so I guess it wasnt good

I bought the CD the day it came out though and played it pretty heavy

[Sccit]

I Want It All was a step above Take A Look Over Your Shoulder… not sure if that got play in your deck

[TraceOneInfinite]

I Want It All was a step above Take A Look Over Your Shoulder… not sure if that got play in your deck

I was all in on Want It All both hands on deck and ten toes down !!  And I was really impressed how Warren G was able to keep it G Funk for 3 solo album and yet change up his sound with every album.  Another personal classic for me and near West Coast classic.

Where I disagree is I don’t think it’s better than Take A Look Over Your Shoulder.  There’s some tracks I skip but no filler and no skips on Warrens first 2 albums—Warren G decreased with each solo album though the first 4 all held to a high standard—

G Funk Era - 5 Mics
Take a Look Over Your Shoulder - 4.5
Want it All - 4
Return of the Regulator - 3.5

[Fonky Fresh]

classic album indeed, a shame i sold it (unclear reason why)

[TraceOneInfinite]

classic album indeed, a shame i sold it (unclear reason why)

Seems like the forum respects it…. “Annie Mae” should’ve been a single and video.

“Reality” is my favorite track on the album though

[Fonky Fresh]

Just found a rare live i had never seen before:

Annie Mae live featuring Nate

[TraceOneInfinite]

Just found a rare live i had never seen before:

Annie Mae live featuring Nate

Incredible find… shows a bit of the vision of that song being a single and I’d never heard this clean version—no lip singing they were doing it all from memory and adlib and Nate’s voice and performance everything seemed on point to me. 

Warren was really in the zone those days I think he had so much confidence in spite of Suge, Dre, Snoop, Daz, and Kurupt not giving him props as a rapper or a producer he still had his confidence from selling multi platinum on Def Jam with the first album so I’m sure it was full speed ahead with the second still in the zone

[HighEyeCue]

classic album indeed, a shame i sold it (unclear reason why)

I've sold a few albums when I needed the cash at the time

over the years I replenished them in digital form through various links

its still not the same as having the CD when it comes to quality of the audio though

[TraceOneInfinite]

I've sold a few albums when I needed the cash at the time

over the years I replenished them in digital form through various links

its still not the same as having the CD when it comes to quality of the audio though

Would you believe I traded All Eyez on Me to a girl on the 8th grade bus—in Spring 96’ for Kriss Kross Young Rich and Dangerous? 

Of course those were the days when you would dubb the CD 💿 onto one of your blank tapes when you needed money and then sell the cd.  So it wasn’t like I didn’t love the album and still wasn’t listening to it regularly.  But also it’s true Snoop was actually my favorite rapper at the time not 2pac.  2pac didn’t actually become my favorite until the “How Do U Want It” video dropped summer of 96’. Somehow I didn’t even catch that song when I’d listened to All Eyez On Me I skipped over it.  I bought the album all over again later at some point. 

Similar thing happened with 7 Day Theory.  Album was so mysterious I remember “Hail Mary” was epic even on first listen but the rest of the album was too big on me.  I sold it for probably like 5 bucks and then of course later realized how great songs like “Hold Your Head” and “Me and My Girlfriend” were. 

[Fonky Fresh]

I'm gonna derail the topic a little a Guy by the name of Lonelyboy does Lo-Fi instrus of Gdub and i very much like his work. It's on youtube.
Take a listen if you're curious

Annie Mae
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-annie-mae?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Relax your mind:
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-relax-ya-mind?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Smokin me out
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-smokin-me-out?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I want it all
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-i-want-it-all?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[TraceOneInfinite]

I'm gonna derail the topic a little a Guy by the name of Lonelyboy does Lo-Fi instrus of Gdub and i very much like his work. It's on youtube.
Take a listen if you're curious

Annie Mae
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-annie-mae?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Relax your mind:
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-relax-ya-mind?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Smokin me out
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-smokin-me-out?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I want it all
https://soundcloud.com/knofg/lo-fi-i-want-it-all?si=744377d096a94d8b9c27a231d45fc464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

That’s totally on topic homie—I’ll check um out later