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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: d-nice on June 06, 2007, 11:13:04 AM
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Today is 1 year ago that this album came out and I was wondering what was people's thoughts about it 1 year later. Plenty of time to bump it and make a call on it. The good, the bad, it's impact, whatever.
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At first i was on the fence, because I thought Cube came correct but not all the beats were on par. Then I slowly grew to love the album as time passed and now i think it was the best West Coast release of '06 and one of the best releases last year.
IMO its his best album since Bow Down and should've erased all the "fell off" talk but unfortunately, its an Ice Cube album and waaaay too many people are hung up on expecting any DC or Predator.
Favorite Tracks: Nigga Trap, Doin What it 'Pose to Do, Spittin, Growin Up, Spittin Pollaseeds
Tracks it could do without:You Gotta Lotta That, The Game Lord
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Damn, it's been a year already? Still think about that same as when it first came out (check my review in the review section) although most the tracks grew on me. Only 2 or 3 tracks that are skipable. All the other tracks are solid. I know it's Ice Cube, but it's pretty amazing how it was able to sell 500,000 copies independently. One of the best albums of 2006 (which isn't saying much).
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I lost my interest in it. I saw it in iTunes just yet and decided to skip it, to me it doesn't have much replay value. I loved the album when it came out though, but i don't feel the need to listen to it again.
I think Ice Cube should have used other beats, there's definately some non-Westcoast beats on there that ruin it for me. Ice Cube = Westcoast OG so why use Scott Storch or Lil' Jon for your beats? He should have sticked with the Westcoast producers to give it that authentic sound to it, like Battlecat, DJ Muggs or QDIII. Lyrics are aight to me, nothing special though, he doesn't sound that hungry anymore, like a veteran looking back and thinking "been there done that".
It's still not a bad album though, 3/5.
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I lost my interest in it. I saw it in iTunes just yet and decided to skip it, to me it doesn't have much replay value. I loved the album when it came out though, but i don't feel the need to listen to it again.
I think Ice Cube should have used other beats, there's definately some non-Westcoast beats on there that ruin it for me. Ice Cube = Westcoast OG so why use Scott Storch or Lil' Jon for your beats? He should have sticked with the Westcoast producers to give it that authentic sound to it, like Battlecat, DJ Muggs or QDIII. Lyrics are aight to me, nothing special though, he doesn't sound that hungry anymore, like a veteran looking back and thinking "been there done that".
It's still not a bad album though, 3/5.
Yeah I agree with you on the beats. Muggs and Cube made some classics together. Although I liked pretty much all the beats, I think for the next one that is a nice list of westcoast producers you gave to start off with.
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Yeah just stick with the people that made your shit classic in the past. Imo Ice Cube should set some standards in the industry and do an album with 1 or 2 producers only. Like having a consistent album with just 1 or 2 people behind the boards, that hasn't happened much lately.
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Yeah just stick with the people that made your shit classic in the past. Imo Ice Cube should set some standards in the industry and do an album with 1 or 2 producers only. Like having a consistent album with just 1 or 2 people behind the boards, that hasn't happened much lately.
Man a DJ Muggs produced Ice Cube album would be incredible.
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Yeah, even though a QDIII or Bomb Squad produced album would be incredible too. ;)
Love Muggs style of producing though. 8)
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Yeah, even though a QDIII or Bomb Squad produced album would be incredible too. ;)
Love Muggs style of producing though. 8)
Muggs is my favorite producer. I would like to see Battlecat, Muggs, QDIII, Bud'da, LayLaw, and maybe 1 or 2 more and that would be a bangin ass album right there. Even link back up with N.O. Joe from Rap-A-Lot.
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i thought it was a pretty solid album, with just a few skippers. More consistent then the war&peace vol.'s. And shouldn't be a suprise to you xander to see him using storch, PLENTY of westcoast rappers get beats from dude
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i thought it was a pretty solid album, with just a few skippers. More consistent then the war&peace vol.'s. And shouldn't be a suprise to you xander to see him using storch, PLENTY of westcoast rappers get beats from dude
Yeah Scott has a very diverse style. He has made alot of west coast bangers in his time and Why We Thugs was the shit. Definitely worthy of being on a west coast album IMO.
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Probably don't like it as much as I did last year, the album was very uneven. There's still a couple tracks in my Ipod rotation though 8)
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this cd is dope, call me crazy but its prolly my fav Ice Cube cd
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i thought the album was dope.cube came with fire.im about to take it out and bump it
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IMO I liked the album. I thought even 20 years deep in the game that Ice Cube can top this album. I think alot of singles were more radio driven and had good success, but now that Cube has people's attention, I would like to see him create a album with a little bit more substance. I still rank it near the bottom of his catalogue but I did enjoy it. Alot of dope cuts on it.
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it was pretty hot.
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i noticed in the album credits that a producer named Laylaw did some tracks. Same Laylaw that used to be in Above The Law?
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I lost my interest in it. I saw it in iTunes just yet and decided to skip it, to me it doesn't have much replay value. I loved the album when it came out though, but i don't feel the need to listen to it again.
It's still not a bad album though, 3/5.
That pretty much sums up how I feel too.
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now that i think about it 95% of albums from recent years impress me at first but i never feel the need to listen to them ever again. i wonder why that is.
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A few pretty subpar lines/songs but minus that a good solid album
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The album is solid but should have been cut in length. "Go to Church", "You Gotta Lot of That", "Holla @ Cha Boy", "The Game Lord" all are unnecessary to me. Leave those out and the album becomes much better. Coincidentally, those all had the worst beats as well. More social commentary is needed from Cube and that is apparently the route he is going in for his next 3 records so hopefully he won't completely tarnish his catalogue and, therefore, legacy.
If Cube and Dub were smart, they would collaborate on a whole record under a new group name entirely produced by Crazy Toones. That would be some shit.
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The album is solid but should have been cut in length. "Go to Church", "You Gotta Lot of That", "Holla @ Cha Boy", "The Game Lord" all are unnecessary to me. Leave those out and the album becomes much better. Coincidentally, those all had the worst beats as well. More social commentary is needed from Cube and that is apparently the route he is going in for his next 3 records so hopefully he won't completely tarnish his catalogue and, therefore, legacy.
If Cube and Dub were smart, they would collaborate on a whole record under a new group name entirely produced by Crazy Toones. That would be some shit.
that would be perfect :o. i like mack 10 but he sounds pretty weak next to cube and wc. i thought i heard cube say they might make a new westside album without mack 10.
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this album for real cube's fan, near classic!like lethal injection
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This album is so fuck hard the shit still aint got played out oh except for the lil jon song
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i don't have it but i LIKE IT
and i need it
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i don't have it but i LIKE IT
and i need it
Shit man at least download that mothafucka
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i don't have a computer
i got to the library
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Terrible choice of beats. After why we thugs i was so hyped for this, heard it and was realy disapointed.
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It's funny, I just randomly listened to this album today, without even thinkin about the date........damn subliminal advertising.
Still a tight album, not a classic though, a solid 3.5/5, the tracks the cube drops knowledge on like nigga trap, child support, laugh now cry later and the others are amazing. Still though, at 20 tracks in your bound to have some filler.
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still bumpin GO TO CHURCH!!
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this album for real cube's fan, near classic!like lethal injection
Nah, Lethal Injection >>>> Laugh Now, Cry Later.
The song Bop Gun on its own is way better then most of LNCL.
now that i think about it 95% of albums from recent years impress me at first but i never feel the need to listen to them ever again. i wonder why that is.
Actually for me it's the other way around. I seem to dislike many records at first, then when i listen more to it it grows on me and in the end i can really appreciate these albums, examples are Urban Survival Syndrom (Mitchy Slick), Full Circle (Xzibit), Affiliated (MC Eiht), The Inspiration (Young Jeezy), all Outkast albums which i did checked out again and now i love them (especially ATLiens), Trill (Bun B), The People's Champ (Paul Wall) and Hiphop Is Dead (Nas).
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solid 4/5 release..e few more slower and deeper tracks on it would been cool
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pretty good album but i was expecting more.
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the album is still dope to me, I love that album! WEST COAST!
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i heard 2 songs off there, Go To church & Why We Thugs, but they were good
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the album is still dope to me, I love that album! WEST COAST!
Yeah although I thought it could have been better, I play the shit out of that album. It has crazy replay value for me and even with the DVD with videos for all the songs I just throw it on the TV and let it ride. That is one thing about Cube for me, even his weaker albums I can still find dope cuts and enjoy it.
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it was worth the money only for stop snitchin and smoke some week... love that album,.
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The only thing about this album is it didn't have the one CLASSIC track which is typical of Cube, it didnt have any tracks on the level of You know how we do it, Ghetto Bird, Ghetto Vet, Hello, Good Day...since Death Certificate is pretty much all classic no need to mention the songs, but you get the point. That being said, LNCL had many, many, many DOPE tracks..very well balanced and solid 4/5 to me.
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A very good album. I was quite skeptical about this album because Cube's last two solo's weren't good but I decided to buy LNCL in autumn since it was only one cent on eBay. It was really worth every cent ;). Child Support is my favorite from the album.