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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on March 16, 2011, 03:32:07 AM
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I have two...
The first one was back in 1993, I was bumping Snoops album Doggystyle in my room before school. I had only had the album a few weeks, and it was my first time listening to the track "Ain't No Fun". I heard someone singing so automatically I thought it didn't sound right. "This is supposed to be rap music, why is there singing"? I was just a kid so it kind of threw me for a second... "Is this a love song?" I thought... I finally got what it was all about but it took me a couple listens, I was only 11. Next thing I knew I was playing the song for my best friend at school the day, we had never heard some shit like that, it became an instant classic that day.
The second story is when I was driving out of town to visit a girlfriend. I actually passed through Detroit and I wanted to hear what a Detroit rap station would sound like, since it was January 2001 and Detroit had a great scene at the time with Eminem, D12, Royce, etc. Well the first song that came on was "Oh No" (it was my first time hearing the track it was just released) by Nate Dogg, Pharoah Monch and Mos Def. Right away I was like, "Damn, Detroit radio is dope as fuck!" and I Nate was singing something like, "Been 2 or 3 days the same clothes", I had been on the road for two days and hadn't stopped to change clothes yet... so then I was really feeling that shit!
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I remember the first time I heard Nate.
That was in 1999, i was 11. I was never listening to music at that time because radio was always playing corny shit.
One day the TV was fucked up and i don't how how she did it, but my mom fixed it, and now we have MTV. I remember there's a week special Snoop Dogg, of course i knew Snoop by name and from my friends big brothers. And there is this song played, "Regulate". I remember when I hear Warren G, i was like "Man his flow is so cool", then Nate, I was like "Whaaaaaa that's the smoothest voice i've ever heard". That really was a revelation.
I just ran to get a piece of paper to write the name of the song and the artists. I didn't know the names of who was singing and who was rapping, back then there was no internet at home. I had to wait for 6 months, til August the 10th, for my big sister to offer me for my birthday G Funk Classics and Regulate The G Funk Era. Til this day that's the best presents i've ever received.
From that day i became a Nate Dogg fan and by extension 213 fan, DPG fan, Death Row fan, well you got me a West Coast fan.
Since i'm 11-12 i've always been talking to people about Nate. Everybody around me knows i'm a Nate fan and never one time somebody said to me "Nah that's wack, i don't like it". His skills, his incredible voice, have always been recognized. Even my mom now listen to Nate Dogg, and i've always been grateful that she wasn't familiar with english!
That's how i started listen to Nate Dogg, and believe me, when i heard him the first time, i knew i'll play his music for the rest of my life.
So thank you Nate.
People take the time to read stories and share yours! Thanks Infinite for starting this thread.
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I have a similar story to mista rose, i discovered Nate through Regulate watching TV as a kid with my mother and the song came on I remember my mom liked it too, and Nate was one of the few hip-hop related artists she could bare.. Heard that song and never looked back.
He's also one of the few artists i never had the chance to interview. We were actually in touch with Nate in 2007, he had sent us his managers number via MySpace and I was in touch with his manager to set up the interview, we were scheduled to do it the week between Christmas and New Years Eve 2007... Sadly, Nate had his first stroke a few days before the interview went down and that was the end of it.
REST IN PEACE TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME!!!!
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Yeah thanks for this thread, i really think its deep, as soon as i heard Nate died i rolled a joint and played some of his shit. i remember on my year 6 graduation night i was listening to doggystyle, hearing Aint no Fun, and i always loved nate's style, never really said much but sung his heart out.
R.I.P Nate D-o- Double-G
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I remember when i was first getting into rap music i was like who's this guy singing, and from then i became a huge fan of the whole of the dogg pound. One of a kind and will never be replaced by no fuckin Akon or T-Pain.
The famous Golf Club incident always makes me laugh like fuck, Nate could have been Tiger Woods before Tiger came out! lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3aPWRbzurg
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Too many stories to pick a one. I'll just say he's the reason i started listening to rap music. Long long time ago... R.I.P. Nate Dogg :'(
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I hated Xxplosive the first 50 times I heard it.
Then one day I just fell in love with Nate's part.
Been lovin the song ever since. ;D
''Now that Im sober you aint that fine'' !
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I remember when i was first getting into rap music i was like who's this guy singing, and from then i became a huge fan of the whole of the dogg pound. One of a kind and will never be replaced by no fuckin Akon or T-Pain.
The famous Golf Club incident always makes me laugh like fuck, Nate could have been Tiger Woods before Tiger came out! lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3aPWRbzurg
yeah thats right! i just remembered the video..
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I hated Xxplosive the first 50 times I heard it.
Then one day I just fell in love with Nate's part.
Been lovin the song ever since. ;D
''Now that Im sober you aint that fine'' !
that part of the song is so funny ;D
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I got one from 94 when I was 17 moms an pops split up I moved out to New Mexico you know lowriders an all that graffiti shit was in hard core anyways me an my cuzzin were hangn out at some girlz pad that he knew from high school it was a rainy day
we drank some 40's smoked up an just got faded listenin to REGULATOR everytime I hear that song even now 15 years or whatever later I think about that fuckin day! damn R.I.P. Nate big ups to all the LBC I know there hurtin! GFUNK forever!
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No stories that stick out but he definitely defined most of my frat humor phase in the 90s, and I miss those days. RIP.
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wow thats all i can say first time i shed a tear in years that voice will be missed through out the world its a shame 2 lose such a great artis banging first we pray right now and will be for a very long time also how long will they mourn me !!! :(
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For me the DPGC thing started in 94. About the same time Snoop was touring and doing promo's in the UK (Westwood show & late night TV etc.). I first heard Regulate and was an instant fan. I was only 17 at the time but was heavily into old skool Funk, Jazz and 80's Soul.. buying all the second hand vinyl I could, and although I'd loved seeing Snoop Dogg and his attitude and charisma, it was Warren and Nate that got me hooked. Regulate was and still is a well loved party track in the UK.
Everyone knows Nates classic hook, and whether they're into hiphop or not people seem to just love Nate's voice. For me it was a combination of this new G-Funk sound and the fact I was already a fan of the Michael MacDonald track. G-Funk was the thing for me. To this day I'm still banging half West Coast Rap/half Funk Soul and Jazz and some alternive Rock like The Flaming Lips. G-Funk is a part of my life and thank Nate Dogg. R.I.P.
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I don't really have particularly outstanding stories. But when I first started listening to the Chronic, Deez Nuuts was one of my favourite songs from it, and Nate's part was the best part of the song. I just couldn't get his part out my head, was constantly singing it to myself :laugh:
The outro on Next Episode is similar in that respect, first few times of hearing the song I had to just stop what I was doing and try and sing along to the outro :laugh:
Also, on a less significant note, his line on Eminem's Shake That Ass "I get more ass than a toilet seat" is just quality, funny every time you hear it 8)
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Nate Dogg got me through a lot of tough times. His G-Funk CD was played a lot over the years. I listened to "Money" before every baseball game I played before I got injured. I also didn't go anywhere without my Murder was the Case OST when I was a kid. One More Day is still one of my favourite songs of all time.
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I first started listening to Nate Dogg through all of the 2Pac songs that he was featured on. His hook on 'All About You' is a pure classic and makes that song for me, among countless others. Then I branched out and heard all of the Death-Row related stuff that he was featured on, as well as the hit chart singles such as 'Area Codes' and 'I Like That' (remember that one :)).
I realised that there was more to him than being a chorus man and so I got familiar with his solo work and purchased a copy of his greatest hits and his G-Funk Classics Volume 1 record. Basically been a massive fan ever since and always seek out songs that he's involved with.
It's crazy to think that he was featured on singles and albums that have probably sold in excess of 100 million units to this day. Not many can lay claim to that, and that's why he's sort of an unsung hero of hip-hop in my opinion. Even people who don't listen to rap recognise Nate Dogg and like some of the songs he's featured on. He's one of very few rap artists that transcend musical boundaries in that respect.
It's also a real shame that his G-Funk Classics album was never properly released when Death Row Records was in its prime. I have no doubt that it would have been another one of their great successes and given Nate the recognition that he deserves.
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I first started listening to Nate Dogg through all of the 2Pac songs that he was featured on. His hook on 'All About You' is a pure classic and makes that song for me, among countless others. Then I branched out and heard all of the Death-Row related stuff that he was featured on, as well as the hit chart singles such as 'Area Codes' and 'I Like That' (remember that one :)).
I realised that there was more to him than being a chorus man and so I got familiar with his solo work and purchased a copy of his greatest hits and his G-Funk Classics Volume 1 record. Basically been a massive fan ever since and always seek out songs that he's involved with.
It's crazy to think that he was featured on singles and albums that have probably sold in excess of 100 million units to this day. Not many can lay claim to that, and that's why he's sort of an unsung hero of hip-hop in my opinion. Even people who don't listen to rap recognise Nate Dogg and like some of the songs he's featured on. He's one of very few rap artists that transcend musical boundaries in that respect.
It's also a real shame that his G-Funk Classics album was never properly released when Death Row Records was in its prime. I have no doubt that it would have been another one of their great successes and given Nate the recognition that he deserves.
Agree brother. I mean when someone like Cher acknowledge your passing away you're def known outside of the urban world.
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- I don't remember when I first heard Nate but I had Doggystyle on tape when I was 11 or 12. I remember when the "Never Leave Me Alone" single came out I kept bugging my parents to buy it for me. Also his death row album came out in Canada for a few days before it was pulled off shelves. I still have mine unopened, still sealed.
- I was pissed that Nate wasn't at the Up In Smoke tour in Vancouver.
- I remember too around 2004 there was a Chingy & Nate Dogg show in Vancouver. I didn't get tickets but we went down to the club to see if we could get in anyway, there was like 5 of us on a mission that night. Turned out Nate couldn't get across the border into Canada tho. We got to the club and they had signs on all the doors saying Nate wasn't there. They almost had a riot on they're hands that night. People were not happy.
- I never did get to see him live. And I've been missing him since 2008. He was almost always the best part of the songs he was in.
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One day I went to the city of Lakewood to visit my homie, and we were just chilling outside when all of a sudden this guy by the name of Nate Dogg parks in front of the neighbors house. It just happen to be that my homie was neighbors with Nate Dogg's baby mama, he was surrounded by little kids from the neighborhood when they seen him get out. He gave them CD's, posters, and he even gave some youngsters some money!! Nate a real person...R.I.P. Nathaniel Hale a.k.a. Nate Dogg and again thanks for giving us something to vibe out to when we were feeling down... :'(
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I got nto Nate music later than everyone here. I started to get into rap and buying some CD's, and I bought Doggystyle because I liked Snoop Dogg. I remember that ''Ain't No Fun'' wasn't my favorite track at all. I didn't understand, at that time, why somebody was singing in a Rap song. I tought it was corny. One day, one of my friend had his house for the week. I was young, maybe 16 or 17 at that time.So we made a big party all week, almost didn't sleep, smokin' and drinkin' like every teenager does. One night, one of my friend played Doggystyle. We were high as fuck, and when ''Ain't No Fun'' was playing, he said it was the best song on the CD. I was like wth there's somone singing, it's so corny. And he almost laughed at me, saying the lyrics are funny and the way he sings is very unique. So I opened my ears after that, and started to just love his part on the song. I had ''2001'' too, and I just discovered the genius of his verse on ''XXplosive''. He really is one of a kind, truly the king of the hooks. Nobody ever came close. The greatest rapper of all time is hard to define, but Nate really is the greatest singer in this genre of all time, no doubt about that.
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im originally from long beach so i grew up on the chronic , doggystyle and all the classic shit. i remember movin to Pennslyvania around 94 around the time regulate was poppin i remember all the kids asking me is their really a eastside motel they were so amazed that i was from long beach lol
i remember watchin YO mtv raps bacc in the day and snoop daz nate, kurupt rage were all being interviewed by fab 5 freddy and there was nate dogg wit a big ass bubble first down jacket a black one at that in the hot california sun i was thinkn damn aint this nigga hot in that lol but he was cool as shit didn't break no sweat
RIP to Nate Dogg he helped put long beach on the map, and his music was apart of my childhood definitely will miss his voice
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Back in September 1998 I had bought G-Funk Classics 1 & 2 and for some particular reason when I Don't Wanna Hurt No More came on I put it on repeat and listened to it for like 5 or 6 times in a row while staring out my window and just thinking about life in general.
I'll never forget that moment.
R.I.P. Nathaniel Hale.
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One day I went to the city of Lakewood to visit my homie, and we were just chilling outside when all of a sudden this guy by the name of Nate Dogg parks in front of the neighbors house. It just happen to be that my homie was neighbors with Nate Dogg's baby mama, he was surrounded by little kids from the neighborhood when they seen him get out. He gave them CD's, posters, and he even gave some youngsters some money!! Nate a real person...R.I.P. Nathaniel Hale a.k.a. Nate Dogg and again thanks for giving us something to vibe out to when we were feeling down... :'(
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When I was in high school, I had this homie who used to gangbang. His homie had gotten killed a lil before I started hanging out with him. And then he got kicked outta school so he had started coming to my school. He was from Compton, I'm from Carson(next city over) and I used to give him a ride back home sometimes. Back then, I used to be playing G-Funk classics heavy .. And he always told me to play "first we pray".. He used to tell me, that was the realist rap song ever, I guess cuz it hit so close to him and what he was going thru. We used to zone out to that song all the time.
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that steve1der mix was a great tribute!
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Back in September 1998 I had bought G-Funk Classics 1 & 2 and for some particular reason when I Don't Wanna Hurt No More came on I put it on repeat and listened to it for like 5 or 6 times in a row while staring out my window and just thinking about life in general.
I'll never forget that moment.
R.I.P. Nathaniel Hale.
Can picture that, dope memory
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I remember when i just got internet at home, i was spending nights on the net reading and learning westcoast stories. How Eazy started NWA, Death Row and Ruthless, Pac's assassination, how 213 came up. Who was from LB, Compton etc. I was always searching for news about Nate. I remember i was so confused about his solo albums, i didn't get english very well, and thought G Funk Classics and Ghetto Preacher The Prodigal Son were different albums. I found a website dedicated to Nate with the catchphrase "must be a single with Nate Dogg singing on it". There was a giant list with all his apparitions. I printed it at my school and then spent night on limewire searching for each song. When i had the song i highlighted it with a feutre. I still have that list at home. I remember beefing with my stepfather because of limewire fucking the computer. He used to deinstall it and me reinstall it. I thought that if i threw the icon on the trash bin that would desinstall limewire and he wouldn't have known that i reinstalled it! The hardest song to get was "Drank Anthem" from the St Ides commercial.
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I remember that my older sister used to listen to the radio when I was around 7 years old and regulate has been played a lot. To that time, I didn't knew shit who it was. like 5 years later I started listening to Snoop Dogg and west coast rap and I liked Nate's parts on Snoop's songs from the beginning. And then I bumped "Regulate... The G-Funk Era" for the first time and I was like 'daaaaaaaamn, that's that jam from years ago' and I tried to get "G-Funk Classics" as soon as possible. I was expecting a rap album with a lotta singing of course, but still a rap album. but what I got kinda blew me away. I wasn't into music like "Scared Of Love", "Almost In Love" or "Crazy Dangerous" but from that point on I started collecting and listening to that classic funk and soul shit that Nate got inspired by. And I started spreading Nate's music to my friends. And it's in fact true what peeps like mista rosa say - everyone liked nate. even people who didn't like rap music at first or in general did like tracks with Nate. And I was almost impressed that my father recognized him after I showed him a track by Nate the first time. I don't know anybody who said Nate sucks.
To close this, I'ma write something down my best friend said when we were smokin and listening to some songs and "Bitch Please 2" was playing. He said something like: "You know, I dunno if it's just me, but there are so many songs that juist sound ordinary, they may have a cool beat and all, but they are not special. And then there are songs like this one. You start listening and may say 'yea, cool track' but you don't really follow the song intently. But all of a sudden you hear that singing and even when it's just 4 lines or whatever, you get pulled back to it and feel like it's dope as fuck. He just puts the special thing to a song, something remarkable that no one can copy."
and this was pretty much how I felt as well and I still feel the same way to this day. Nate put a lotta songs on a higher level and made them a classic. Quote Cube "It ain't a hit, til Nate Dogg spit"
Much love to his family and friends, we all miss you Nate!
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the first time i heard nate...it was a trip...i literally thought it was a dream...back when i was a kid i used to listen to the radio to go to sleep...i was 13 years old
well, on this particular night i had just finished watching the movie 'young guns' with emilio estevez and charlie sheen etc...after the movie was over, i got into bed, turned on the radio and a monologue from "young guns" came on (the intro to regulate "...we regulate any stealin of his property we're damn good, too...regulators, round up!"). What tripped me out...as it started i was thinking...how did the movie monologue get on my radio? what the hell is going on? and then i heard the michael mcdonald sample and thought my mom was fuckin with me (she used to listen to michael mcdonald a lot). i jumped up, turned on the lights, and boom...nate and warren hit me.
nate's been missed the past 4 years...but now, sad to say RIP...thanks for opening the eyes of a young white kid.
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I bought Doggystyle and 2001 both when I was in 4th grade so I heard Nate on there, and then I remember seeing Fabolous' "Can't Deny It" and Ludacris' "Area Codes" both on TV around the same time frame and always loved Nate's hooks on those songs, and from there on he became one of my favorites
I also just remember one time a few years back I had the top dropped in my whip during the summer and just riding around bumpn' "All Night Long", good times 8)
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Some great stories being told in this thread :)
If anything positive can come out of this, I hope those closest to Nate, who knew him personally (and who might read these threads) such as Daz, Kurupt, Soopafly, Shade Sheist, Butch Cassidy, Damizza etc, can see this and realise what Nate meant to his fans.
I also hope that news of his death will win him new fans that he didn't have in his lifetime.
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Some great stories being told in this thread :)
If anything positive can come out of this, I hope those closest to Nate, who knew him personally (and who might read these threads) such as Daz, Kurupt, Soopafly, Shade Sheist, Butch Cassidy, Damizza etc, can see this and realise what Nate meant to his fans.
I also hope that news of his death will win him new fans that he didn't have in his lifetime.
shade sheist was not CLOSE to nate, this bastard pretend to be one of his closest friends...
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i once gave a presentation on nate back in tha days... guess my music teacher really dug it since she was a big motown fan 8)