Is Regulate G Funk Era on ths same level as the classic Death Row albums?

[HighEyeCue]

there's been a little Warren G talk of late on here so I decided to pop in the CD this afternoon...I know there are some who will say it only has 12 tracks, well really 10 if we are taking out the skits but that doesn't make Illmatic any less of an album being around the same length so why should it make a difference here? I still haven't made my final vote but I'm heavily leaning toward yes

[gfunk2024]

Absolutely. If it would have dropped on DR it would have fit right in.

It is one of my top 10 albums of all time.

[Sccit]

good thread

and yes, it's a timeless classic

easily a top 10 west coast album all time .. arguably top 5

[Eddz]

Yep, it's a classis and on the same level.

Take a Look Over Your Shoulder is highly underrated too.

[HighEyeCue]

I highly respect everyone's opinion on here but I'm just wondering who voted no?

Yep, it's a classis and on the same level.

Take a Look Over Your Shoulder is highly underrated too.

I Want It All as well...solid album

ireally f you take his first 3 and put them against Daz's first 3 its very close but I think Warren comes out on top

good thread

and yes, it's a timeless classic

easily a top 10 west coast album all time .. arguably top 5

 

[Eddz]

I highly respect everyone's opinion on here but I'm just wondering who voted no?

I Want It All as well...solid album

ireally f you take his first 3 and put them against Daz's first 3 its very close but I think Warren comes out on top

 

Warren's whole discography is pretty underrated, all his albums besides G-Files are nice including In The Mid-Nite Hour.

I'd put his first 4 or 5 album run over pretty much anyone from DPG.

[dnjp4life]

Yes and no really.

It's a classic there's no denying that, but the Death Row albums had that harder g-funk sound that just gives them more weight and substance when compared to Warren G's album.

Plus if we're totally honest, Warren doesn't have the same mic presence as someone like 93/94 Snoop, Kurupt or Daz even, and definitely not Death Row 2Pac.  His rhymes sometimes can come across quite lightweight and his flow quite basic on this album, but then again I guess that was the easy-listening g-funk vibe he was going for.

[Soopafly DPGC]

there's been a little Warren G talk of late on here so I decided to pop in the CD this afternoon...I know there are some who will say it only has 12 tracks, well really 10 if we are taking out the skits but that doesn't make Illmatic any less of an album being around the same length so why should it make a difference here? I still haven't made my final vote but I'm heavily leaning toward yes

Yes to your question that it does fit in with the Death Row sound at the time.  The lead single was on a Death Row album, Dr Dre was in one of the videos, Snoop's voice is sampled.  So yeah for sure.

It is a little short, like you said, take out the skits, it's down to 10 tracks.  Then Super Soul Sis and This is The Shack doesn't even feature Warren, so now you're down to 8, and a lot of the tracks feature the Twinz and 5 Footaz, so there's only a few Warren solos on there.  But, same could be said about Chronic and Doggystyle.  Kind of cringe listening to the 94 Ho Draft skit and them talking about auctioning off underage girls. No way anything like that would fly today.

However, i don't think this is Warren's best album, i think "I Want It All" is his better work. 

[Sccit]

Warren's whole discography is pretty underrated, all his albums besides G-Files are nice including In The Mid-Nite Hour.

I'd put his first 4 or 5 album run over pretty much anyone from DPG.

i would say it's between snoop and warren


regulate
take a look over your shoulder
i want it all
return of the regulator
midnite hour

vs

doggystyle
doggfather
da game is to be sold
top dogg
last meal



that's a tough one

[Sccit]

Yes to your question that it does fit in with the Death Row sound at the time.  The lead single was on a Death Row album, Dr Dre was in one of the videos, Snoop's voice is sampled.  So yeah for sure.

It is a little short, like you said, take out the skits, it's down to 10 tracks.  Then Super Soul Sis and This is The Shack doesn't even feature Warren, so now you're down to 8, and a lot of the tracks feature the Twinz and 5 Footaz, so there's only a few Warren solos on there.  But, same could be said about Chronic and Doggystyle.  Kind of cringe listening to the 94 Ho Draft skit and them talking about auctioning off underage girls. No way anything like that would fly today.

However, i don't think this is Warren's best album, i think "I Want It All" is his better work.

who was underrage in 94 hoe draft?

[Soopafly DPGC]

who was underrage in 94 hoe draft?

Man, you need to up your game on the classic albums. 

One of the quotes was "We got Tammy, she's too young right now, but she's still got some good p****y". 

The other one talking about "flame-on was her Jr High nickname"

[Sccit]

Man, you need to up your game on the classic albums. 

One of the quotes was "We got Tammy, she's too young right now, but she's still got some good p****y". 

The other one talking about "flame-on was her Jr High nickname"

i literally looked up the lyrics before replying to see if i was missing something


that still doesn't indicate they underage


could be 18-19 which still many consider to be too young, but not underage legally



 

[TraceOneInfinite]

Absolutely. If it would have dropped on DR it would have fit right in.

It is one of my top 10 albums of all time.

Exactly — and it was so fascinating at the time — being a kid in the midwest and before the internet, you just had to make your own assumptions..

I remember scanning the liner notes for the Death Row logo and not seeing it.  When the sound wasn't hard like Chronic and Doggystyle — I almost even started wondering if it was some kind of Concrete Roots type of album like "is this legit?" Like, how is he best friends with Snoop and Snoop isn't even on this?  (Somehow I did know he was Snoops best friends)

I was also dumb enough to actually come up with some explanation for myself — that Snoop was on the album — that he was on "Rekognize" (when of course it was actually just a sample).  So "Recognize" was the only track I was bumping because really in those days I was buying anything with any association to Snoop — I pretty much idolized Snoop at that age like hero worship.

Then "This DJ" video came out and it all made sense and the rest was history — can you believe the summer of 94' brought us these 3 joints back to back to back:

"This DJ"
Ahmad "Back in the Day"
Coolio "I Remember"

[Soopafly DPGC]

i literally looked up the lyrics before replying to see if i was missing something


that still doesn't indicate they underage


could be 18-19 which still many consider to be too young, but not underage legally



 

lol come on man, don't be one of those guys.  He references Jr High.  In America, that's 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.  For the other one, the fact that the guy says 'she's too young right now' doesn't mean she's 18 or 19, especially when you consider Tha Twinz were that age during that album, and they are at the draft....doesn't make any sense.  Don't tell me for a minute you're trying to justify in your mind how this type of thinking is OK. 

[Soopafly DPGC]

Exactly — and it was so fascinating at the time — being a kid in the midwest and before the internet, you just had to make your own assumptions..

I remember scanning the liner notes for the Death Row logo and not seeing it.  When the sound wasn't hard like Chronic and Doggystyle — I almost even started wondering if it was some kind of Concrete Roots type of album like "is this legit?" Like, how is he best friends with Snoop and Snoop isn't even on this?  (Somehow I did know he was Snoops best friends)

I was also dumb enough to actually come up with some explanation for myself — that Snoop was on the album — that he was on "Rekognize" (when of course it was actually just a sample).  So "Recognize" was the only track I was bumping because really in those days I was buying anything with any association to Snoop — I pretty much idolized Snoop at that age like hero worship.

Then "This DJ" video came out and it all made sense and the rest was history — can you believe the summer of 94' brought us these 3 joints back to back to back:

"This DJ"
Ahmad "Back in the Day"
Coolio "I Remember"

I remember I was at the mall music store, Sam Goody i believe, and I only had enough money for one cassette tape, Warren G or Coolio.  I picked Warren G and listened to that for months.  I think i made the right call.  I did eventually pick up It Takes a Thief as well, but I didn't like it as much as Regulate.