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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: israelihiphop on December 05, 2006, 07:07:22 AM

Title: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: israelihiphop on December 05, 2006, 07:07:22 AM
I know everytime Dre and Snoop do a track together we supposed to say it's the greatest but I was let down by this, it is pretty dope but not classic like everybody has been saying, not even the best song on the album, the Timbo joint and Think About it where Snoop flows like a muthafucka is betta than this joint, I even think Round Here is a better song...
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: evan the dude on December 05, 2006, 07:16:26 AM
DPGC2007=ignorant
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: ~Lucien~ on December 05, 2006, 07:18:57 AM
that's what I'm sayin since day one...
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: evan the dude on December 05, 2006, 07:29:45 AM
that's what I'm sayin since day one...

alright, granted everyone was expecting this to be the track of the year, doesn't mean that it should be labeled as overrated. i think the simple fact is that everyones' expectations were to high. if you take the song for what it is: a laid back, mellow song with a good concept, great beat, and smooth chorus , then you will enjoy it for what it is. if you expect the best track of post-2001 just because it's dre and snoop, then yes. most people will tend to think the song is overrated.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Lord Funk on December 05, 2006, 07:59:25 AM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I found Dre's beats the most boring on the album, pretty much bar none. And Imagine was the dullest.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Fonky Fresh on December 05, 2006, 08:24:06 AM
it's a good track to me,i don't see what's the matter with it
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Post by: Chief on December 05, 2006, 08:28:18 AM
i agree... the song is good, but people are praising it hard core just because it's dre and snoop.

Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Hatesrats™ on December 05, 2006, 08:37:53 AM
It's a great song, Trust me you youngin's like shitty music.....
(I had to say it for my older hip-hop head's, who still lay in the cut)

 ;)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: -CaliKid- on December 05, 2006, 08:39:20 AM
it's a good track to me,i don't see what's the matter with it
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Crip2Nite: South Central LA's HoOdSTAr on December 05, 2006, 08:45:19 AM
Agreed,

This tracc is highly overrated as well as other Dre produced tracc's the last couple of years....Dre's beats are starting to all sound the same, especially with that over used piano loop..Hopefully he's saving and holding bacc on all the great production for the infamous "Detox" album, droppin next year ::)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Brazemac on December 05, 2006, 08:47:02 AM
It's a great song, Trust me you youngin's like shitty music.....
(I had to say it for my older hip-hop head's, who still lay in the cut)

 ;)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Teddy Roosevelt on December 05, 2006, 11:28:27 AM
After everyone on dubcc was giving it high praises, it was a bit of a let down after I bought the album. It definatly was a good song, but nothing that special.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: EFFeX on December 05, 2006, 11:31:43 AM
Man, that song is rediculous... I don't know how ya'll can hate, that's that real laid back, takin' bout the rap game and refectin' and all that. I like that clean, slow paced beat too... real classic if you ask me. Everyone entitled to their own opinion... that's the stand out track of the album for me though.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Cheese on December 05, 2006, 11:33:41 AM
This track started to grow on me lately. I think we should just be happy Dre & Snoop are together on a track again. For 5 years everybody been bitching and crying about Dre and Snoop not working with eachother anymore. Now, finally, Snoop did some new shit together, and everybody's still bitching and crying. If it's not what you expected it to be: fuck it! Just be happy they still work together; This is only more promising for Detox.  
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: West Coast Veteran on December 05, 2006, 11:58:35 AM
I love that fuckin' song! That's the song that gets put on repeat by me. The beat is just amazing to me with that laid back vibe, the subject matter and delivery Dre and Snoop use is great and D'Angelo kills the hook.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: d-nice on December 05, 2006, 12:09:13 PM
This forum is the king of underrating and overrating albums and songs. It is good to have Snoop and Dre on a song again with completely different subject matter then gin, weed, & bitches. Not a diss to their other classic collabos, but this was a nice change of pace. The media hypes it up because it does not happen too often, but the song itself is cool.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Styles1 on December 05, 2006, 12:11:56 PM
This song is perfect for what it is... Its a song of reflection, of thought, of looking back and wondering. You couldn't ask for a better beat for this type of song.

A + in my book...
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Sriram619 on December 05, 2006, 12:18:25 PM
its a dope collabo with a dope beat but the dre should have choose a better snare on it
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: The King Of L.A on December 05, 2006, 12:45:39 PM
Its a dope track but alot of snoop dick riders take it too far .
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: GangstaBoogy on December 05, 2006, 12:52:56 PM
It definatly was a good song, but nothing that special.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: T-Dogg on December 05, 2006, 01:04:52 PM
It's a great song, Trust me you youngin's like shitty music.....
(I had to say it for my older hip-hop head's, who still lay in the cut)

 ;)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: TuSlic on December 05, 2006, 01:07:27 PM
Man, that song is rediculous... I don't know how ya'll can hate, that's that real laid back, takin' bout the rap game and refectin' and all that. I like that clean, slow paced beat too... real classic if you ask me. Everyone entitled to their own opinion... that's the stand out track of the album for me though.

piano is the hardest instrument imo

i think that shit is the best song ont he album
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: acgrundy on December 05, 2006, 07:02:53 PM
I agree its overratted.  Several songs on Game's album are much better than this song.  The beat just doesn't amaze me like dre beats used to.  I have a bad feeling about detox, I feel that it will be one of the most dissapointing albums ever the way dre has been working the past few years.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: da flayboyant 2 on December 05, 2006, 07:07:28 PM
yeah, that songs real overrated. matter of fact. that shit sucks
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: evan the dude on December 05, 2006, 07:29:34 PM
yeah, that songs real overrated. matter of fact. that shit sucks

sure...  ::)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: abcdpgc on December 05, 2006, 08:03:02 PM
its dope, but snoop's intro sucks and the whole thing is way too short.  they stop rapping like 2 minutes in and then the beat just loops for another 2 for no reason.  they should have done a third verse to help distinguish it from all the other throwaway songs on the album.  really sounds unfinished.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Sikotic™ on December 05, 2006, 08:05:15 PM
So true. Anyone claiming this is a great song needs to have their dog murdered.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: $Eg2$ on December 05, 2006, 08:08:01 PM
I know everytime Dre and Snoop do a track together we supposed to say it's the greatest but I was let down by this, it is pretty dope but not classic like everybody has been saying, not even the best song on the album, the Timbo joint and Think About it where Snoop flows like a muthafucka is betta than this joint, I even think Round Here is a better song...


I agree think about it was off the chain Imagine is going to get liked more becuz DRE thats it sounded like a watered down average Dre beat like all the rest of his beats lately.

keep it movin
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: WestCoasta on December 06, 2006, 12:33:29 AM
I like the track... obviously a different feel to it, I mainly just like the beat, couldn't care less about what they're talkin about


see lots of people complaining about Dre beats lately

I actually like them a lot... the ones from Snoop's, Jay-Z's album, the new Nas track with Game

he's using the same fuckin formula but I kinda like that better because it's pretty much signature stuff

they sound like Dr. Dre beats, not Dre trying to re-invent a genre

people expecting Dre to change the game with new beats are in for a dissappointment

but if you want some dope solid beats then he's doin it, I like how he's usin the Dre piano in every track
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Brutus on December 06, 2006, 12:39:18 AM
its dope, but snoop's intro sucks and the whole thing is way too short.  they stop rapping like 2 minutes in and then the beat just loops for another 2 for no reason.  they should have done a third verse to help distinguish it from all the other throwaway songs on the album.  really sounds unfinished.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: J$crILLa on December 06, 2006, 01:37:49 AM
it's a good track to me,i don't see what's the matter with it

agree
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Darksider on December 06, 2006, 06:05:44 AM
its a good track...but thats it....its too short, nothing new and def not the best track on the album
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: EFFeX on December 06, 2006, 06:09:53 AM
I mean, when it comes down to it... everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I like the track basically because that's my style, I like the laid back joints, smooth pianos, deeper lyrics. That's me. Other dudes might have wanted to hear something a little tougher or upbeat, but the fact is, that's not Dre is to me anymore... I'd rather hear him showing his age and talkin' about life experiences and what he's seen through the industry over the years, how it's affected him.

Solid cut.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Okka on December 06, 2006, 06:21:46 AM
It ain't that dope at all, i like "Boss Life" & "Round Here" more...
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Stone Cold is Bout It, Bout It on December 06, 2006, 08:57:51 AM
yeah, that songs real overrated. matter of fact. that shit sucks
I mainly just like the beat, couldn't care less about what they're talkin about
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Noname on December 06, 2006, 09:13:42 AM
Imagine is one of the better tracks of the album. It couldve been a lot better:

- Without D'angelo
- Snoop shouldnt have changed his lyrics
- Snoop shouldve spit 2 verses instead of one.

But still a great track.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Peacock on December 06, 2006, 09:22:14 AM
So true. Anyone claiming this is a great song needs to have their dog murdered.
Murder my dog and I will kill your cat
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Styles1 on December 06, 2006, 09:34:33 AM
If you are sitting there reflecting about life, God, etc.. you are not going to use some funky hard ass beat.. You are going to use one that fits the mood of the song...   
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Mr.(Ko)Kane on December 06, 2006, 09:48:06 AM
Imagine is one of the better tracks of the album. It couldve been a lot better:

- Without D'angelo
- Snoop shouldnt have changed his lyrics
- Snoop shouldve spit 2 verses instead of one.

But still a great track.

I really like D'Angelo on there, but like everything that's a matter of taste.
But I missed a third verse aswell. Not a Snoop solo verse but Snoop and Dre trading verses like they did on "Dre Day".

Something like this.
Snoop: "Imagine if these niggas never saw a colour,
            would it be peaceful in them streets where niggas kill each other."

Dre:     "Imagine these kids don't shootin' at each other,
            imagine me standing next to my brother."
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Raphael on December 06, 2006, 09:53:51 AM
the song is okay.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: everlast1986 on December 06, 2006, 09:54:57 AM
I think its a great song.
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: driko95400 on December 06, 2006, 10:55:49 AM
imagine is dope 8)
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Layeth THe Smacketh Down on December 06, 2006, 08:27:18 PM
It's a dope song.  If you expect every Dre song to be the best thing you've ever heard, you will be dissapointed everytime. 
Title: Re: Imagine=Overrated
Post by: Sir Petey on December 07, 2006, 12:38:24 AM
This track started to grow on me lately. I think we should just be happy Dre & Snoop are together on a track again. For 5 years everybody been bitching and crying about Dre and Snoop not working with eachother anymore. Now, finally, Snoop did some new shit together, and everybody's still bitching and crying. If it's not what you expected it to be: fuck it! Just be happy they still work together; This is only more promising for Detox. 




god bless you.