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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Conan on April 15, 2010, 06:53:05 AM
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Today we return with another major review. This time we take a look at the feverisly hyped upcoming release from the Dogg Pound Gangsta, Kurupt. Our forum members have been heavily discussing Gotti's anticipated Streetlights, so it's only right that we premiered this thorough review before its April 20th release date.
Streetlights receives the Dub Quotable: "Essentially the successor to 2001's psychedelic Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, Streetlights is the unapologetic MCs spirited attempt at greatness," and earns an impressive Dub Rating for its creator. Take a look:
Kurupt - Streetlights (Review)
Be sure to pick up Streetlights by Kurupt on 4/20. Rest assured that fans will not be disappointed.. and you do know that, you bitch you! Finally, take some time to check out and then bookmark our Review Section. More coming soon - look out for our critique of the new Murs & 9th Wonder project!
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Hope everyone enjoys. Tried to be as detailed as possible with this review - know a lot of users have has been anticipating Streetlights!
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thx for sharing!!
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Great work Conan, id agree with the review and score, been bumping it all week and its varied in good and bad ways like you said - its been getting spins tho which is what counts!
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Great review. Cannot wait to hear this album.
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I suppose in one way that review served its purpose but i am even more intrigued now having read the review.
But I am still a little bewildered.... Obviously i am going to get it, its a kurupt album but... what are the lyrics like?
is it worth it??
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Can't wait till Tuesday, but I need a LEAK!!!
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On some tracks, he SPAZZES. Wait 'til you hear his revised verse to "Bounce, Rock, Skate." I loved the "Intro" too - just straight spitting, minus a hook or any other distractions. On others, I found him to be in more "superpowered iguana skate the Golden State" mould. Then again, some people love that "frenzied"-style Kurupt - I see "In Gotti We Trust" is getting a solid reception here.
As the rating should suggest, I am confident that new-era and veteran fans alike will enjoy the album. I certainly did, and found it to feature some of his best work in years.
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On others, I found him to be in more "superpowered iguana skate the Golden State" mould.
lol wtf
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I know what Kurupt can bring, but does Mr. Martin put together a solid album and is there good chemistry between them?
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Beats keep it cohesive - as you know, the majority of Streetlights is produced by Terrace. Like I said, he's one of Kurupt's biggest champions, so you know he's not gonna give him leftovers. Each track really does seem catered to the lyrics and theme.
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On some tracks, he SPAZZES. Wait 'til you hear his revised verse to "Bounce, Rock, Skate." I loved the "Intro" too - just straight spitting, minus a hook or any other distractions. On others, I found him to be in more "superpowered iguana skate the Golden State" mould. Then again, some people love that "frenzied"-style Kurupt - I see "In Gotti We Trust" is getting a solid reception here.
As the rating should suggest, I am confident that new-era and veteran fans alike will enjoy the album. I certainly did, and found it to feature some of his best work in years.
I know what you mean... have to be honest that short post answered more questions for me that the review! haha better than nothing tho
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Thanks for everyone who has commented so far. Please keep the feedback coming!
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Thanks for the review. It was excellent.
Makes me want this album even more. Have ordered from Amazon already.
HURRY UP!
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cool review - I like your writing style, however I would say it is too elegant for the audience in this case.
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
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Conan, that was a great review. I hope you got paid to write it or that people see it and recognize that you're a smart fellow. You dropped a lot of accurate observations in there. Kurupt is one of the greatest and I think most of his corpus is extremely dope - but someone really should tell him to stop the nonsense verses, like the "vicious piranna fishes" or "teradactyl, actyl" kind of stuff.
I'm def coppin Streetlights on 4/20. Y'all should too. Support the kingpin and don't leach this time.
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Thanks for everyone who has commented so far. Please keep the feedback coming!
Props to all those commenting on Conans abilities, he is an asset to Dubcnn
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Thanks for everyone who has commented so far. Please keep the feedback coming!
Props to all those commenting on Conans abilities, he is an asset to Dubcnn
it's how reveiews should be done instead of....
Track 12 - bangin beat, dope 3/5.
Where your not getting an insight.
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
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Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
So far I really liked it when he used that flow, those songs turned out nice
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2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Gotta disagree big time there. Think he's one of the more exciting young producers in hip hop. He knows what direction he want his beats to go.
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Thanks for everyone who has commented so far. Please keep the feedback coming!
Props to all those commenting on Conans abilities, he is an asset to Dubcnn
it's how reveiews should be done instead of....
Track 12 - bangin beat, dope 3/5.
Where your not getting an insight.
Word! and trust me Conan takes his time when reviewing, he soaks up the music, listening over a period of time to get a proper guage on it before he gets to writing and then he goes over it again and again to get the good and and points out of it for the review. Exactly as you say - the way reviews are supposed to be!
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Thanks Conan, nice read. I'm really lookin' forward to hearin' this album.
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Thanks Conan, nice read. I'm really lookin' forward to hearin' this album.
I feel the same Way.
Props! 8)
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
Well that beat is 2 of the 14 songs as the remix and the original have the same beat. I personally like the original better as Kurupt delivers much better on it.
In Gotti We Trust sounds like something Dre would of experimented with back in '98 and had potential but Kurupt seems bored on the song. So that would be the 2nd stand out TM production.
At the least Burnt is getting airplay in LA and Portland, I don't know if it is anywhere else but people seem to like it where I live and so do the DJs.
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2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Gotta disagree big time there. Think he's one of the more exciting young producers in hip hop. He knows what direction he want his beats to go.
His production seems to take the same direction almost everytime, very simple style and not a lot of variety. I think he may have some potential cause everyonce in a while he comes out with a dope song but he has a lot to learn and thats why I gotta say hes a little overhyped.
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
Well that beat is 2 of the 14 songs as the remix and the original have the same beat. I personally like the original better as Kurupt delivers much better on it.
In Gotti We Trust sounds like something Dre would of experimented with back in '98 and had potential but Kurupt seems bored on the song. So that would be the 2nd stand out TM production.
At the least Burnt is getting airplay in LA and Portland, I don't know if it is anywhere else but people seem to like it where I live and so do the DJs.
what? i thought Kurupt was on fire there
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
Well that beat is 2 of the 14 songs as the remix and the original have the same beat. I personally like the original better as Kurupt delivers much better on it.
In Gotti We Trust sounds like something Dre would of experimented with back in '98 and had potential but Kurupt seems bored on the song. So that would be the 2nd stand out TM production.
At the least Burnt is getting airplay in LA and Portland, I don't know if it is anywhere else but people seem to like it where I live and so do the DJs.
what? i thought Kurupt was on fire there
So do i. Some people just like to jump on the Kurupt fell off bandwagon.
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well i think it's true that Kurupt puts quantity of quality nowadays,
but Terrace Martin really brings the best out of Kurupt
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well i think it's true that Kurupt puts quantity of quality nowadays,
but Terrace Martin really brings the best out of Kurupt
Since BlaQKout there hasnt been alot of Kurupt material apart from the stuff with Terance Martin.
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he also dropped a Dogg pound album & the bacon & eggs EP.
there's probably more, but if you look at the last few years you'll know what i mean
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he also dropped a Dogg pound album & the bacon & eggs EP.
there's probably more, but if you look at the last few years you'll know what i mean
guarentee those were not recorded in the last year. But obviously he'll pit them out as people will pay money for them. I do thnk in the last year the quality and concentration have come back to Kurupt.
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right now I'll say this album is 3.5/5
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
Well that beat is 2 of the 14 songs as the remix and the original have the same beat. I personally like the original better as Kurupt delivers much better on it.
In Gotti We Trust sounds like something Dre would of experimented with back in '98 and had potential but Kurupt seems bored on the song. So that would be the 2nd stand out TM production.
At the least Burnt is getting airplay in LA and Portland, I don't know if it is anywhere else but people seem to like it where I live and so do the DJs.
what? i thought Kurupt was on fire there
Its that.. bitch nigga you's more of a bitch than bitch.. type of lyrics with a slower flow than usual.. sounded like he was bored. He did the same thing on that Craccin All Night (Cali Iz Active with Puffy) track.. which I understood as maybe he was pissed off about having to work with Puffy. Listen to that track and then listen to In Gotti We Trust.. you'll see what I mean. At least on older songs like Representin That G.C. it was a faster flow to the repeats..
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I've listened to the album too and wouldn't of rated it as high..
I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
I'm Burnt and Yessir were both solid songs and album highlights. I was a bit disappointed some of the tracks on the 420 mixtape were a lot better than Streetlight tracks.
Factors that took away from the album:
1.) Whisper Flow (I really wish he would give that flow up.. I guess we're lucky he's stayed away from that flow on DPG tracks)
2.) Terrance Martin (A bit overhyped producer.. should of been more variety in production and only true stand out production was Burnt)
Burnt is boring, so that's not really a great example
Well that beat is 2 of the 14 songs as the remix and the original have the same beat. I personally like the original better as Kurupt delivers much better on it.
In Gotti We Trust sounds like something Dre would of experimented with back in '98 and had potential but Kurupt seems bored on the song. So that would be the 2nd stand out TM production.
At the least Burnt is getting airplay in LA and Portland, I don't know if it is anywhere else but people seem to like it where I live and so do the DJs.
what? i thought Kurupt was on fire there
So do i. Some people just like to jump on the Kurupt fell off bandwagon.
A honest 3 out of 5 rating is jumping on the Kurupt fell off bandwagon?
Please.. I purchased every Kurupt solo except for ATG and think That Was Then This Is Now is some of the best DPG tracks I've heard in years. And you would be lying to say there are not better tracks on the 420 mixtape than the Streetlights album which is still giving it up for Kurupt as its his music.
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Beats keep it cohesive - as you know, the majority of Streetlights is produced by Terrace. Like I said, he's one of Kurupt's biggest champions, so you know he's not gonna give him leftovers. Each track really does seem catered to the lyrics and theme.
damn, that alone is networth,that's exactly what a producer should do,makes me want to get the album off that alone yell
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The I'm drunk track is dope, simple but bumps
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Streetlights & Warren G's G Files whats the difference they both sound the same to me , anyway there are a couple bangers on Streetlights .
5/10
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Streetlights & Warren G's G Files whats the difference they both sound the same to me , anyway there are a couple bangers on Streetlights .
5/10
your ears are terrible.
This and the Dj Quik thread proves it.