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Nate Dogg - "Music & Me" Review/Thoughts
Cliche:
Damn... i been trying to post this shit off and on since this afternoon.. anyways
anyways.... I d/l'd his new album today.. due out on the 4th (pick it up!)... thought i'd drop my thoughts on the album.
Now first of all, if you have his first album it's a very different sounding album. That was basically 2 cds of G-Funk (aka heaven) and a lot of solo joints. Of the 13 songs (14 tracks) there's only 5 solo songs from Nate, so obviously the quality of the collaborations is important.
The album is set off by "I Got Love", which i've been bumping for a couple of months right now. Not as good as his old classics, but still a nice song. Solid production and Nate sounded pretty good. "Backdoor" has a strings section that reminds me of Dre, could this be Dre production? Anyways, it's a cool solo effort from Nate. The song basically tells a woman (or women) to call him if they're lonely or their boyfriend is playing games. "Keep It Gangsta" is a pace-change. It has a lot of talkbox on it which is dope, and Lil Mo actually doesn't sound crappy. Xzibit sounds pretty good, he also says something about "doing" Britney Spears haha....
My current joint is probably "I Pledge Allegiance" with Pharoahe Monch. The intro is unnecessary, but luckily it's a seperate track. I like the beat on this as well as Nate's different sounding cadence. Oh, and Pharoahe comes off, but I'm sure you all guessed that. This is where there's a bit of a drop off... not a serious one, but "Your Woman Has Just Been Sighted" featuring JD is not on the level of the previous tracks. The same can be said about "Can't Nobody" with Kurupt. "Your Wife" featuring Dre, also produced by Dre is pretty good, you can definitely tell it's a Dre beat and its cool to see these two working together.
"Another Short Story" showcases why Nate needs to do more songs by himself. This is some classic soulful, funky Nate Dogg G Funk shit. Nate drops a little.. you guessed it... short story. More songs like this would be much enjoyed by me personally. The pace is totally changed on "Concrete Streets" My favorite part is the hook, but the song is overall dopeness. Another Nate solo and another gem... hmmm.... coincidence I think not. The joint with Ludacris "Real Pimp" has a sample that gets on my last nerve... but the song isn't horrible... maybe that's just because I like how Nate sounds... Ludacris isn't bad, he just doesnt strike me with anything he says, as usual. The Fred Wreck produced "Ditty Dum Ditty Doo" featuring Eastsidaz is a better effort, perhaps that's just thanks to the natural chemistry they have.
Dope Money Clean:
i actually liked his last album more than this . it was more old skool . soulful .
but Music & Me is pretty dope . my fav joints on it :
-backdoor
-your wife
-your woman has just been sighted
-cant nobody
all them joints are HOT !
now the rest of the album gotta grow on me !
Cliche:
i also prefer nates first album..thats why i paid 42 canadian for it... its dopeness end to end.. this one has some flaws... but overall still nice.
Antonio:
Well.. let's say that the CD is a good CD. Not a classic, not at the same level of his last performances (Cant Deny It, Area Codes, Sassy Ways, etc..), but a good CD with a pair of classic songs.
I Got Love is wonderful, and the video too.
The Remix (the version of the video) is good too.
And Music & Me is maybe one of his top 5 songs ever.
I like the track with JD too. Good for the next video. They are so tight together, damn. Even if JD aint exactly my fav rapper.
Well.. if u wanna compare the albums (i know they totally different, but.. they both really really really anticipated by all of us)... THE RETURN OF THE REGULATOR wins. By a lot.
Vote: 3 mics.
But i'll still buy it for MUSIC & ME.
Lil Jay:
I noticed that they removed a track from the album. the bonus track with roscoe and kurupt. i hope it will be on the album as a hidden track, even if I havent heard the song yet.
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