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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Cheese on July 27, 2013, 02:10:49 AM
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Help a nigga out
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foesum - perfection
dove shack- this is the shack
5 footaz - the lost scrolls
twinz- conversation
warreng - regulate, take a look, i want it all,
Battlecat- Gumbo Roots
Above the law - Uncle Sam's Curse
Bloods & Crips - Bangin on the wax
C-Funk - 3 dimensional ear pleasure
Cali life style- Mexican Invasion
...and many others i forget
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foesum - perfection
dove shack- this is the shack
5 footaz - the lost scrolls
twinz- conversation
warreng - regulate, take a look, i want it all,
Battlecat- Gumbo Roots
Above the law - Uncle Sam's Curse
Bloods & Crips - Bangin on the wax
C-Funk - 3 dimensional ear pleasure
Cali life style- Mexican Invasion
...and many others i forget
You gotta add Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics - probably better that half of that list
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dr. dre - the chronic
snoop - doggystyle
dogg pound - dogg food
snoop - tha doggfather
above the law - uncle sam's curse
eazy e - it's on (187um killa)
eazy e - str8 off the streetz...
warren g - regulate
warren g - return of the regulator
dj quik - safe & sound
there probably more, but them are the first that came to my mind when readin the thread-title..
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dr. dre - the chronic
snoop - doggystyle
dogg pound - dogg food
snoop - tha doggfather
above the law - uncle sam's curse
eazy e - it's on (187um killa)
eazy e - str8 off the streetz...
warren g - regulate
warren g - return of the regulator
dj quik - safe & sound
there probably more, but them are the first that came to my mind when readin the thread-title..
this
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how can anyone say anthing besides Doggystyle or Chronic?
anyways my answer is Assassin "Hitworks vol 1" 8)
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foesum - perfection
dove shack- this is the shack
5 footaz - the lost scrolls
twinz- conversation
warreng - regulate, take a look, i want it all,
Battlecat- Gumbo Roots
Above the law - Uncle Sam's Curse
Bloods & Crips - Bangin on the wax
C-Funk - 3 dimensional ear pleasure
Cali life style- Mexican Invasion
...and many others i forget
You gotta add Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics - probably better that
half of that list
Don't listen him that Nate album is boring as hell
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Check out "ride with me" by slow pain...then if u like that check out his 95 album called Baby OG 8)..eazy was supposed to put em on before he died..
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South Central Cartel - All Day Everyday
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thanks!
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These came to mind first, but there's so much more
Lil 1/2 Dead - Steel on a Mission and the Dead has Arisen
Dj Quik - Safe & Sound
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Check out "ride with me" by slow pain...then if u like that check out his 95 album called Baby OG 8)..eazy was supposed to put em on before he died..
https://www.youtube.com/v/ioMOND7GRws produced by dat nigga daz 8)
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i hear instead of a royalty check Daz asked for a few hits of crack
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how can anyone say anthing besides Doggystyle or Chronic?
anyways my answer is Assassin "Hitworks vol 1" 8)
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maybe cuz its not essential and if i am not mistaken its mobb not g-funk and there are many much better albums from the bay
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how can anyone say anthing besides Doggystyle or Chronic?
anyways my answer is Assassin "Hitworks vol 1" 8)
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maybe cuz its not essential and if i am not mistaken its mobb not g-funk and there are many much better albums from the bay
Assassin did g-funk son
and Hitworks is the shit
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
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http://www.youtube.com/v/b08cwgeyYWI
http://www.youtube.com/v/rVnoeEJUQng
http://www.youtube.com/v/xdSN4gMvhS8
http://www.youtube.com/v/2iJNs_dzy1M
http://www.youtube.com/v/i0z0kiFwlJM
http://www.youtube.com/v/I8uwNzCHxAM
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
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1. Chronic - Dre
2. Doggystyle - Snoop
3. G Funk Era - Warren G
4. Dogg Food - Dogg Pound
5. Twinz - Conversation
6. Dove Shack - This is The Shack
7. Take A Look Over Your Shoulder - Warren G
8. G Funk Classics - Nate Dogg
^^^ Those are all classic albums. The Dove Shack album is very sloppy with some of the worst skits, but it's a hell of a G Funk album.
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infinite, why is All Eyez On Me not there?
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Young Gangstas
Premeditated Gangsterism 1995
From N.O., Str8 Up G-Funk/Mobb/Hardcore/WHATEVER U GON CALL ITT!
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
hahaha if Mr. 3-2 - wicked buddah baby or Boo - The Boss Player or 44 Clique - Mindofa44 is not g-funk albums so what is it and they from south?
there are many more g-funk albums from the south and they one of the best g-funk albums just after the SoCal
UNLV's "uptown 4 life - loool at calling that album g-funk, this perfect example of bounce and has not much to do with g-funk.
First album from Outkast (SOuth) is more g-funk that this.
whos haiting im just stating facts - maybe the best form The North California but certainly not from the whole west period
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
you clearly don't know what you're talking about son... there was a HUGE G-Funk scene in the South in the mid-90's, and that UNLV album isn't even G-Funk and ain't even close to be the best shit Cash Money put out. Mike Dean, NO Joe and them have produced some of the finest G-Funk songs, not to mention T-Mix at Suave House, Mannie Fresh, Precise at Big Boy Records.
Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Baton Rouge and even Atlanta put out classic G-Funk albums in the 90's.
by the way Assassin's music is not even G-Funk, it's Mobb music, and it ain't even that essential compared to all the classics that Bay Area artists dropped at the same period. still dope as fuck though but lol @ calling him one of the best producers from Nor Cal when you have Ant Banks, Studio Ton, E-A Ski, Tone Capone, K-Lou, Mike Mosley & Sam Bostic, G-Man Stan, Johnny Z and T.C. from Frisco (and some other) who have all way deeper catalogues full of classics.
http://www.youtube.com/v/QK9-ynLLiPshttp://www.youtube.com/v/OcLuFJcDjIohttp://www.youtube.com/v/m7qm173oXBUhttp://www.youtube.com/v/9PpSn3I0nYkhttp://www.youtube.com/v/nbqNLoW7Kvshttp://www.youtube.com/v/SmNpT6Y09l0http://www.youtube.com/v/fK-bfy5x7YAhttp://www.youtube.com/v/GUb9n7fB4tc
as for classic G-Funk albums, people have provided complete lists, I'll add some of my favorite G-Funk records
Menace Clan - Da Hood
Kausion - South Central Los Skanless
K-Dee - Ass, Gas or Cash, No One Rides for Free
Havoc & Prode'je - Kickin Game
The D.E.E.P. - Parlayin'
Gospel Gangstaz - Do or Die
as much as I love Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics, I wouldn't put it in a G-Funk essentials list, for the simple fact that it doesn't sound like G-Funk really and it's an acquired state, not like instant classic G-Funk.
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Fo'Clips - Be thankful is a must listen. Trust me. Listen and let me know playa 8) 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdIoVXXyfQ
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Above The Law~Black Mafia Life
Domino *self titled*
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b.g knocc out and gangsta dreasta real brothers 8)
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twinz conversation.
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skeelo i wish
sir mixalot return of the bumpa saurus
phat beach soundtrack
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Most essential.. No I don't think so.. but worth having in your collection. (If only for the single gangsta strut)
Mass 187 - real trues paying dues
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G.Funk albums
Dr.Dre - "The Chronic" - 1992
PRODUCED BY DR.DRE
Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Doggystyle" - 1993
PRODUCED BY DR.DRE
DJ Quik - "Safe + Sound" - 1995
PRODUCED BY DJ QUIK
Tha Dogg Pound - "Dogg Food" - 1995
PRODUCED BY : DAT NIGGA DAZ
Warren G - "Regulate... G.Funk Era" - 1994
PRODUCED BY WARREN G
Battelcat - "Gumbo Roots" - 1995
PRODUCED BY BATTLECAT
Suga Free - "Street Gospel" - 1997
PRODUCED BY DJ QUIK
Dove Shack - "This Is The Shack" - 1995
PRODUCED BY WARREN G, DOVE SHACK, DJ ENUFF...
Related / influenced
Above The Law - "Black Mafia Life" - 1992
PRODUCED BY COLD 187UM & ABOVE THE LAW
LBC Crew - "Haven't You Heard ?" - (1995)2010
PRODUCED BY SOOPAFLY, DJ POOH, LT HUTTON, DAVE SWANG...
Various - "19th Street LBC Compilation" - (1996)1998
PRODUCED BY LT HUTTON & DAVE SWANG
Nate Dogg - "G.Funk Classics Volume One" - 1997
PRODUCED BY DAT NIGGA DAZ, LT HUTTON, SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, SOOPAFLY...
Penthouse Players Clique - "Paid Tha Cost" - 1992
PRODUCED BY DJ QUIK
The D.O.C. - "Helter Skelter" - 1996
PRODUCED BY EROTIC D & THE D.O.C
Who Am I / KoKane - "Addictive Hip Hop Muzick" - 1991
PRODUCED BY COLD 187UM & ABOVE THE LAW
Mad CJ Mac - "True Game" - 1995
PRODUCED BY CJ MAC & MAD
Various - "Murder Was The Case" OST - 1994
PRODUCED BY DAT NIGGA DAZ, DR DRE, DJ QUIK, SAM SNEED...
Various - "Death Row Greatest Hits" - 1996
PRODUCED BY DR DRE, DAT NIGGA DAZ, KEVYN LEWIS, DJ JAM...
Various - The Death Row Singles Collection - 2006
PRODUCED BY DR DRE, WARREN G, SOOPAFLY, DAT NIGGA DAZ...
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Lil 1/2 Dead - Steel on a Mission and the Dead has Arisen
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Yeah most been already mentioned. lil half dead and foesome for sure have havy g funk produced albums and the obvious ones have been mentioned of course.
I'll add the c style compilations ("19th st l.b.c complimation" and "straight outta cali") also the "escape from deathrow" album, I think "return of the regulator" was already mentioned?
Daz "RR&GB", "RAW", "this is the life i lead", "DPGC u know what iam throwin up"
Kurupt disc one of "Kuruption" and "tha streetz is a mutha"
The eastsidaz albums of course.
Snoop albums of course, not sure if "No limit top dogg" and "Tha last meal" were mentioned?
"Dillinger and young gotti". "that was then this is now"
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there are no g funk albums really in the history of hip hop that are essential except for maybe chronic and doggystyle and some dont count the chronic as g funk
unless g funk is all your listening too and if thats the case you should make it essential listening to listen to all the music that was used to sample on those albums.
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does All Eyez On Me count as G funk?
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Most essential.. No I don't think so.. but worth having in your collection. (If only for the single gangsta strut)
Mass 187 - real trues paying dues
I found a good quality video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kXdY8MYBA
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does All Eyez On Me count as G funk?
imo no.
it was trying to be more global with wutang on it and bay area shit all over it he even says on that one beat johnny j stole from esham "some more g funk? you dont need"
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Ice Cube - Lethal Injection
DPG - Dillinger and Young Gotti
Cypress Hill- Stoned Raiders
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there are no g funk albums really in the history of hip hop that are essential except for maybe chronic and doggystyle and some dont count the chronic as g funk
unless g funk is all your listening too and if thats the case you should make it essential listening to listen to all the music that was used to sample on those albums.
I agree with you but that's not the point of the topic
IMO here we're not speaking from a hip-hop point of view, the point is not to assess what G-Funk album was the most influential in the history of hip-hop, or what G-Funk album you need to have in order to understand the evolution of the movement. the point is more to give a list of G-Funk albums that knock from front to back. what album you will like if you like pure G-Funk, and in that case there are many that I prefer over The Chronic even though The Chronic had the most impact. It's like talking about genre movies.
To me, one of the very best G-Funk albums is Conversation. That's Warren G best produced album, well above G-Funk era in my opinion, and it helps that Warren G doesn't rap on it and sticks to production and hooks (his hooks are always dope imo).
it's of course essential to listen to the music used to sample G-Funk but it's very different though and I get those who don't like P-Funk that much and are G-Funk fans (not my case). because Hip-Hop is a more self-contained genre, the structure is way simpler, usually 16 bar verse, 8 bar chorus, a loop and some drums, sometimes a bridge. the talent of the producer is to find a dope loop and to flip it. and you might like that part of the sampled song but not necessary like the musical direction of the entire song. for example I love Tyrone Davis's in the mood, but I think the way DJ Slip flipped it for Eiht, or the way Ant Banks flipped it for Cube & Short is way doper, I'm not too fond of the chorus for example. Same thing for UGK's It's Supposed to Bubble, the way Pimp C sampled it and added banging kicks, and added a stunning piano solo at the very end make it that I prefer it over Passion's Thoughts of an Old Flame musical direction, although both the original songs are musically superior, it's just that I'm not fond of the evolution of the melody in those songs. Another example for me is the loop used on Jayo Felony's Sherm Stick, sampling Teddy Pendergrass's Come Go With Me. That loop is grimey as fuck, I love it, and I love that part in the original song, but the way it shifts after that and the melody teddy sings, I don't really like. the reason I love hip-hop is the ability to sample just a bit of a song to create something that can be totally different from the original and which in a way explores new possibilities about a melody that the original artist hadn't thought of or didn't feel like doing.
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kdees ass gas or cash was better then most everything yall mentioned for g funk
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I mentioned it
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sorry fam shoulda known you be on top of your music shit.
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
bullshit eightball and mjg did a better job at doing g funk then alot of westcoasters. check the first few albums
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
bullshit eightball and mjg did a better job at doing g funk then alot of westcoasters. check the first few albums
well they were doing songs with E40 and Mac Mall since the day they came out, they almost don't count in that regard.
uNLV and UGK both had a few g-funk songs but neither of them reached out to the west coast unti lthey were fully established
i'm not that up on 8ball and mjg but as someone who likes mac mall i knew he guested on their first LP if i'm not mistaken
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if u say so but still there are much better albums from Bay ;) or even South
the south has no good G funk except for UNLV's "uptown 4 life" which still was more bounce rap than G Funk.
quit hating Assassin, son was one of the best producers the westcoast had in the late 90s
bullshit eightball and mjg did a better job at doing g funk then alot of westcoasters. check the first few albums
well they were doing songs with E40 and Mac Mall since the day they came out, they almost don't count in that regard.
uNLV and UGK both had a few g-funk songs but neither of them reached out to the west coast unti lthey were fully established
i'm not that up on 8ball and mjg but as someone who likes mac mall i knew he guested on their first LP if i'm not mistaken
you are mistaken, Mac Mall is featured on their 3rd album (or fourth if we're couting "listen to the lyrics"), Sittin' On Top of the World. They just did one songs with them though, most of that Suave House shit was in house, and sounded G-Funk to the fullest. South Circle, Mr Mike (some songs produced by E-A Ski), Space Age Pimpin' is one of the best G-Funk tracks ever.
UGK had G-Funk albums, listen to Super Tight, most of the songs sound G-Funk (meshed with UGK's own style) : Supposed to Bubble, Fedz in Town, Protect and Serve, Three Sixteens, Pussy Make Me Dizzy and that's already half of the album. And they reached out to West Coast artists early on in their careers, on Supertight (1994) alone, Pimp C shouts out WC (I Left It Wet For You) and Spice 1 (Fedz In Town), as well as DPG (on the radio version of It's Supposed to Bubble). In the back cover of Supertight, you can see a E-40 poster. Not to mention they were mentored by Too $hort and did a feature with him on It's Alright (Dangerous Ground soundtrack). On Ridin' Dirty, Pimp C shouts out B-Legit, Studio Ton (Murder), and on the outro, he shouts out a LOT of west coast cats like E-40, Too $hort, Goldy, Spice 1, DJ X-Tra Large & G-Nut (187 Fac), C-Bo (one of Pimp C's favorite rappers).
sorry fam shoulda known you be on top of your music shit.
thanks sir
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I forgot 2 mention the new breed of hustlas.
I really spinned it like crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrczFQ0L1qk
I was like the only one who had that record way back.
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that new breed of hustlas album is incredible
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the jive rap artists all fucked with each other and supported eachother they had a nice lil inhouse thing going on until they switched to boy bands....so many legendary albums came out on jive music
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so many legendary albums came out on jive music
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thanks for the advice!
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the jive rap artists all fucked with each other and supported eachother they had a nice lil inhouse thing going on until they switched to boy bands....so many legendary albums came out on jive music
that goes only for southwest artists though. cause Jive had legendary artists like ATCQ and they weren't networking too much. but yeah Jive is a legendary label. they were kinda shady though (ask ATCQ and UGK lol), but then again, what label wasn't shady in the 90's ?
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no one mentioned "effil4zaggin"? i credit that as bein an essential in the development of g-funk
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no one mentioned "effil4zaggin"? i credit that as bein an essential in the development of g-funk
only like 2 or 3 songs though.
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no one mentioned "effil4zaggin"? i credit that as bein an essential in the development of g-funk
not really...only a few g funk songs on there
another classic is Assassin "Armed N Dangerouz" it has guest appearances from Cougnut (RIP), RBL Posse, San Quinn, Venom, D-mac (RIP), X Raided, Brotha Lynch Hung, Sh'killa, Gangsta Dee, Shock G, Cisco, Levetti, Guce and Young Life
and the best intro ever 8)
(http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-942125-1175456408.jpeg)
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
nah if u ask me the first ever gfunk song was nwa's "dopeman" original version for the ohio players sample
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that could be part of it, but if u listen to"efil4zaggin", it has a lot of that signature "chronic" sound.....it's where dre really started developing that style.
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that doesn't make it an essential g-funk album
but it certainly is an essential rap album.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
or so he claims
the creation of an entire genre cannot be credited to one person.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
or so he claims
the creation of an entire genre cannot be credited to one person.
true but g funk was mentioned on an above the law record before a dr. dre record.
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no doubt, but im talkin the development of the genre as opposed to who actually coined the name
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no doubt, but im talkin the development of the genre as opposed to who actually coined the name
above the law.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
or so he claims
the creation of an entire genre cannot be credited to one person.
true but g funk was mentioned on an above the law record before a dr. dre record.
so are you saying 2pac started G Funk because he was the first to ever mention the term "G funk" on record in 1992?
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
or so he claims
the creation of an entire genre cannot be credited to one person.
true but g funk was mentioned on an above the law record before a dr. dre record.
so are you saying 2pac started G Funk because he was the first to ever mention the term "G funk" on record in 1992?
he may have coined the term.
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doesn't matter, that album was the beginning..shit helped pioneer g-funk and that was when dre first developed that sound (or co-developed, depending on how u look at it)...i remember the ol school poster mellowman once argued that it was basically the album which introduced rap to g-funk. duno if i'd go that far, but it's definitely in essential.
cold 187um started g funk.
or so he claims
the creation of an entire genre cannot be credited to one person.
true but g funk was mentioned on an above the law record before a dr. dre record.
so are you saying 2pac started G Funk because he was the first to ever mention the term "G funk" on record in 1992?
lmao, that the term was mentioned wasnt really a g-funk beat ;)
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there are no g funk albums really in the history of hip hop that are essential except for maybe chronic and doggystyle and some dont count the chronic as g funk
unless g funk is all your listening too and if thats the case you should make it essential listening to listen to all the music that was used to sample on those albums.
Another example for me is the loop used on Jayo Felony's Sherm Stick, sampling Teddy Pendergrass's Come Go With Me. That loop is grimey as fuck, I love it, and I love that part in the original song, but the way it shifts after that and the melody teddy sings, I don't really like. the reason I love hip-hop is the ability to sample just a bit of a song to create something that can be totally different from the original and which in a way explores new possibilities about a melody that the original artist hadn't thought of or didn't feel like doing.
This song also samples Come Go With Me, check it out. (The chorus makes reference to the sample and it's produced by DJ BattleCat.)
http://www.youtube.com/v/aOR3HB6qAiA
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DGSB - THE ALBUM 8) 8)
http://youtu.be/MeFRWgtuJ0w
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btw, could someone provide me a link for the sinister Mobbin 4 LIfe album ?
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no one mentioned "effil4zaggin"? i credit that as bein an essential in the development of g-funk
not really...only a few g funk songs on there
another classic is Assassin "Armed N Dangerouz" it has guest appearances from Cougnut (RIP), RBL Posse, San Quinn, Venom, D-mac (RIP), X Raided, Brotha Lynch Hung, Sh'killa, Gangsta Dee, Shock G, Cisco, Levetti, Guce and Young Life
and the best intro ever 8)
(http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-942125-1175456408.jpeg)
"hitworks volume 1" has a sick intro too.