West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Big BpG on December 11, 2002, 01:19:32 PM
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So I get home today from shopping and I jump on my computer, I play some video games, jump on the computer, eat some lunch and now I'm back. So anyway, I was in the mood for some good music, so I go to my cd rack and look under the "W's" ... I see WC, Westside Connection, and then I see my Warren G albums. I think, yea, I'm in the mood for some Warren G , so I look through all his albums and I decide to pop in Return Of The Regulator. I loved, and I mean I loved this album last year. I banged it from front to back so many times that I kinda wore myself out with it. I haven't touched it since April or something. So I start listening and wow, once again I'm hooked. Dope shit , Butch Cassidy dropped some tight ass hooks in this album and Warren, man he has the ability to flow so well and damn he does it so well. Within the last year, no one has really brought anything good to the west, but I think Warren has had the best album. Even to Snoop, Warren out did him here and Mista Grimm can really put words together. I love his rhyme with "osteoperosis" ... wtf? lol .... anyway, Warren brought some club bangers and some real shit. Young Locs is probably the dopest real life song I've heard from the west. Warren drops his mind on that track and WC does good too. I'm just here to say that yes, Warren brought some dope shit with the album and I'll probably be banging this album till next April
-Big BpG
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Warren G was solid, i woulda like more lyricly, production wise it was straight,
WC came out this year but I would pick Dub over Warren, WC put in some work on Ghetto Heisman, he kept it street and he kept it street on Def Jam, I woulda thought he woulda changed being on WC, but nah WC represented well.
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Within the last year, no one has really brought anything good to the west, but I think Warren has had the best album.
im feeling you 100% on this one. you can listen to this one every time, it still doesnt get played out.
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I like WC's album more. But there a couple of tight underground releaes out, that beat all the more mainstream albums.
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um...this album was coo...but not close to the best...i personally thought Crip Hop was much better...that was probably the best album of 2001...to me...and i like the new W.C. much more too...
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i prefer rotr to crip hop.
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i thought W.C. was better and im currently hooked on bumping it all the time but Ghetto Heisman is the best west coast album since Rotr.
Return Of The Regulator is fuckin dope and should of done better, i think ill listen to that right now.
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Album wasn't as good as "I Want It All." I think his last LP showed he needs to re-formulate his sound. You can't go with one sound forever and think you can survive. The raps on ROTR were weak as well.
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So I get home today from shopping and I jump on my computer, I play some video games, jump on the computer, eat some lunch and now I'm back. So anyway, I was in the mood for some good music, so I go to my cd rack and look under the "W's" ... I see WC, Westside Connection, and then I see my Warren G albums. I think, yea, I'm in the mood for some Warren G , so I look through all his albums and I decide to pop in Return Of The Regulator. I loved, and I mean I loved this album last year. I banged it from front to back so many times that I kinda wore myself out with it. I haven't touched it since April or something. So I start listening and wow, once again I'm hooked. Dope shit , Butch Cassidy dropped some tight ass hooks in this album and Warren, man he has the ability to flow so well and damn he does it so well. Within the last year, no one has really brought anything good to the west, but I think Warren has had the best album. Even to Snoop, Warren out did him here and Mista Grimm can really put words together. I love his rhyme with "osteoperosis" ... wtf? lol .... anyway, Warren brought some club bangers and some real shit. Young Locs is probably the dopest real life song I've heard from the west. Warren drops his mind on that track and WC does good too. I'm just here to say that yes, Warren brought some dope shit with the album and I'll probably be banging this album till next April
-Big BpG
Hell yeah.
Crip Hop & Ghetto Heisman isn't touching ROTR.
Not even seeing it in fact.
I also try to cut down on the ROTR-listening, cuz I'm afraid to get tired of it.
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I think his last LP showed he needs to re-formulate his sound. You can't go with one sound forever and think you can survive. The raps on ROTR were weak as well.
Yup, very true. Warren really seems to be riding that g-funk car til the axles break. It's coo he's staying true to a sound he helped to bring in, but as an artist it doesnt show much depth or vision. I mean, just look at the album cover.
I agree that Young Locs Slow Down was a BANGER but apart from that there wasn't much on there that broke any new ground for me.
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i guess im just the only person who is not a huge warren g fan...the beats were so so...and his lyrics were pretty shitty for my taste...Crip Hop was just an all around banger...plus Jayo stepped up his game alot...and cmon Ghetto Heisman has nothin but bangers...only song i dont really like is Tears Of A Killa...but even that songs pretty tight...only songs on Return Of The Regulator i bump are the ones with Mista Grimm and CPO...thats really all i think it had
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i guess im just the only person who is not a huge warren g fan...the beats were so so...and his lyrics were pretty shitty for my taste...Crip Hop was just an all around banger...plus Jayo stepped up his game alot...and cmon Ghetto Heisman has nothin but bangers...only song i dont really like is Tears Of A Killa...but even that songs pretty tight...only songs on Return Of The Regulator i bump are the ones with Mista Grimm and CPO...thats really all i think it had
Jeez, is it possible to say that "Crip Hop" had better beats than ROTR?
That's like cursing in church.
Now I admit the lyrics wasn't top notch, but neither was Crip hop..
But Butch Cassidy, Mista Grimm made it a enjoyable album.
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Album wasn't as good as "I Want It All." I think his last LP showed he needs to re-formulate his sound. You can't go with one sound forever and think you can survive. The raps on ROTR were weak as well.
Thats exactly what I think ..Im Bumpin "I Want It All" everyday thats G Funk at his best (dont sleep on that one) Return of Regulator was aiight but weird at the same time also the fact that Dr.Dre gave him the Sticky Fingaz beat for his first single fucked up his album and his career (Universal kicked him out ) .His situation is similar to Dj Quik though "Rhythm-Al-Ism " was the last album that came successful ..I remember the video for "Hand N Hand" was tiight as fuck :o :o after that album his style became to change and ARISTA (one of the biggest label of the industry) asked him to only produce track for the label .after that none of his album was a success :'(
anyway the best west coast cd at the moment is "Ghetto Heismen"
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I think ROTR is his best since g funk era... but I find it very funny reading these posts.... a lot of people are saying that Warren needs to change his sound and get off the g funk wagon.... then you go to a snoop thread and people diss him cause he has switched his style.... its funny
-Big BpG
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i love warren g and i thought ROTR was a great album
having said that..as for best West album over the last year or so.....
DILLINGER AND YOUNG GOTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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true BPG the only problem is that no one was tired or getting tired of snoops style, you never heard anyone say after any of snoops earlier albums that he should be this and not gangster. warren's on the other hand is wearing kind of thin. have to admit though, Warren G, WC, DJ Quik, Jayo Felony and shade sheist all represented the west pretty good this year.
also Gfunka...is that an actual release coming out in your avatar? i've been waiting to hear more from Squeak Ru since....shit, i'd say ice cube's cd
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I wasn't feelin Return Of Tha Regulator too much neither. It was coo' though.. just kinda boring sometimes. I thought tha WC and Dj Quik albums were way better. As a matter of fact.. one of my favorite songs on ROTR was the song WC was on.
Not to take anything away from Warren though.. I alwayz liked his shit.. he's just not alwayz consistant. "This DJ" is a classic.. one of my all time favorite West Coast tracks. And I alwayz bump "Take A Look Over Your Shoulder"... but that last cd.. I feel he lost his touch or is just out if his time.
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The best westcoast LP to come out in the last year is Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
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I think ROTR is his best since g funk era...
Same here man, and I totally agree with your first post. Warren has had so much shit thrown at him that he deserves so much more props for the material he's released over the years, he's a quality producer, sure his lyrics aren't mind blowing but he has a great flow/delivery that fills the gaps there. G-funk is kept alive by Warren, and I thank him for that.
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I wasn't feelin Return Of Tha Regulator too much neither. It was coo' though.. just kinda boring sometimes. I thought tha WC and Dj Quik albums were way better. As a matter of fact.. one of my favorite songs on ROTR was the song WC was on.
Not to take anything away from Warren though.. I alwayz liked his shit.. he's just not alwayz consistant. "This DJ" is a classic.. one of my all time favorite West Coast tracks. And I alwayz bump "Take A Look Over Your Shoulder"... but that last cd.. I feel he lost his touch or is just out if his time.
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i love ROTG...dope album...
but i can't compare crip hop and warren G
two different styles
i luv both albums
best album last year???
high blood pressure
peace
GT
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Word. Warren G still has the best West Coast album to come out in the last year. Even tough "Return of the Regulator" is his worst album it's still a solid record with high replay value.
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I really liked this album when I first got it, but then I didn't really listen to it for a while cause it was too cold for Warren's summertime style of music. I played this album loads in the summer, and I actually do think that it is a really dope album, I'd say probably about the same level as I Want It All, above TALOMS but definately not up to Regulate:G Funk Era status. The only real downpoint of the album was the Dre produced joint, which was average at best and was a terrible choice of single.
I love Warren's G Funk style, he has always been a dope producer, and I'm really looking forward to his work on the 213 album, and hopefully another solo project. He really should have done more production for other artists over the years like he did for the Twinz, cause sometimes I feel as if there isn't enough Warren produced material out there.
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Jeez, is it possible to say that "Crip Hop" had better beats than ROTR?
That's like cursing in church.
Now I admit the lyrics wasn't top notch, but neither was Crip hop..
But Butch Cassidy, Mista Grimm made it a enjoyable album.
i loved the beats on Crip Hop...they were straight raw...just bumped nicely...those were some real gangster beats...the whole g funk thing is pretty played out...to me that shit died back when eazy died...
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I just dont understand how it is possible to be a fan of the Westcoast gangsta-sound, and prefer Paid the Cost or Ghetto Heisman to ROTR..
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^^maybe cuz warren g aint a gangster....he never really was much of a gangster like his brother dre
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I think we see that there are two different styles out there... a lot of folks here love that gangsta raw sound... which is cool, but then people like me prefer that laid back gfunk shit... and then there are people who sit in the middle... this is a westcoast forum...we bring everyone together
-Big BpG
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That Dre single wuz dope!
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I also think ROTR was dope as fuck... There hasn't really been a better West Coast album after that, IMO. Ghetto Heisman is close, damn close, it's the album of the year for me. But Warren's shit was top notch... It's a shame cats ain't recognizing him. Just like Quik.
That comment on how Warren's sound is gettin' old and shit... What the FUCK? That's what niggaz need to do - go back to their roots. Look what happened to Snoop when he tried to reach new audiences with the new sound on Paid tha Cost - a good album, good hip-hop, but it sure ain't that shit that made the world go crazy over Snoop Doggy Dogg back in the day. It just doesn't sound West Coast...
Since the 213 album actually seems to happen some time, I really hope that Warren (and whoever gets behind the boards, if anybody else does) keeps it West Coast and keeps it to his own sound. On ROTR Warren did what he does best - and IMO it came out golden.
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You kinda got a point dogg lol. The album was great but not amazing so that doesn't say much for the West right now.