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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Eddz on July 26, 2011, 04:28:52 AM
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I was just listening to this album and the production is crazy. It's a solid album and definitely a West Coast classics but is it considered a classic album?
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don't think so, but a slept on...
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Nope. Dope to some but not a classic.
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don't think so, but a slept on...
I think it's majorly underrated.
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it has like 4 or 5 good songs
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CLASSIC 8)
http://www.youtube.com/v/t4vXQbwK0sM
http://www.youtube.com/v/b2swZBkhdhQ&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/v/9oXKMEUBv9I
(^^one of the best warren g's beats EVER)
http://www.youtube.com/v/n3IUcyXUB74
http://www.youtube.com/v/4SEP7rznyE4
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definitely a westcoast-classic
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just bumped this a few weeks ago after years of collecting dust...its aged well, but no where near classic..
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definitely a westcoast-classic
not even close bro
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'Annie mae' is dope as fuck.
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definitely a westcoast-classic
not even close bro
YOU ARE GAY
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Dope, but not anywhere near classic.
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If you are 28+ yes, it is a classic.
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are you serious? this album is one of the cornerstone's of west coast rap. it is for SURE a classic.
anyone who says no is a fool lol.
use your ears, this album is so amazing. it is better than 95% of the all rap albums.
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Good album but not a classic to me, obviously prefer regulate to this but also return of the regulator.
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absolutely, its my favorite warren g album. 'transformers' is my favorite track.
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If you are 28+ yes, it is a classic.
huh?
guess i dont understand yet since im only a mere 27..
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its a good album but not a classic.
regulate is classic from start to finish
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It's a classic to me, yeah
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I guess you could call it a beat/production classic.
Warren's vocal style was years out of date though, far too simplistic rhymes to warrant callin the album an all round classic (no hate)!
Great album gets a spin every once in a while. Lots of cool tracks to vibe to. :cheers:
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definitely a westcoast-classic
that what i think
love this album
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"Reality" is one of the most under-rated West Coast cuts of all time. 8) This was a great album, definitely a West Coast classic. And if he would of dropped a single and video for "Annie Mae" this album could've pushed to platinum.
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I think this falls in the same category of "Tha Doggfather"...near classic.
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I only like the second half of "Tha Doggfather", the first half isn't that great.
"Take A Look Over Your Shoulder" IMO is a definite West Coast classic, you can listen to the album straight through without skipping a track.
Anyone know whats up with Perfec? He voice sounds like Techniec and I heard a rumor before it was the same person.
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Anyone know whats up with Perfec? He voice sounds like Techniec and I heard a rumor before it was the same person.
he was in the new LBC Crew for a minute, but left
na, not the same person as Techniec
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If you are 28+ yes, it is a classic.
huh?
guess i dont understand yet since im only a mere 27..
Is it a classic to you? That's the only thing that matters, this album deserves all the praises and real love from the west coast fans.
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Anyone know whats up with Perfec? He voice sounds like Techniec and I heard a rumor before it was the same person.
he was in the new LBC Crew for a minute, but left
na, not the same person as Techniec
not the same person. he dropped an album in 2000 (i think) "the best kept secret"
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Thanks for making this topic, I have listened to the whole album twice in the last 24 hours. WOW . I forgot how beautiful it is.
Warren seems like he really worked hard on this album, putting his all into it.
I think "Whats's love got to do" would have made the album go platinum, it could have been a major single with remixes.
The remix to whats love got to do, is absolutely Gfunk (and no girl on the chorus!!) . i think it's on my shot the sherrif cd single.
This album is imo warren's best. i know alot of people say his 94 album is better, it sold millions, grammy nominated, etc.
This is like the peak of Warren's production, sounds more comlpex than than the first cd, but dont get me wrong, i cant live without that album either :laugh:
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I only like the second half of "Tha Doggfather", the first half isn't that great.
"Take A Look Over Your Shoulder" IMO is a definite West Coast classic, you can listen to the album straight through without skipping a track.
Anyone know whats up with Perfec? He voice sounds like Techniec and I heard a rumor before it was the same person.
I actually bought a solo album of Perfec, I think I bought it off hip-hopsite.com around the year 2000. Not exactly sure, but the album was pretty week. It's probably the only solo album he has
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Thanks for making this topic, I have listened to the whole album twice in the last 24 hours. WOW . I forgot how beautiful it is.
No doubt, I just did the same thing after reading this thread, listened to the album from end to end a couple of times...yeah its definitely a tight album, great production and consistency....classic though? I wouldn't give it classic status, its a solid album with staying power but classic albums I don't forget about and consistently bump them, which isn't the case with this album
I still think Regulate was Warrens best, that album is not as consistent but it does have a couple of tracks I would consider classic and they always get get bumped
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I think this falls in the same category of "Tha Doggfather"...near classic.
I still remember the day Doggfather dropped. I was listening through it like, "okay.. this track is okay... this track is okay.. this track is okay" then I got to the end and I was trying to skip forward like, "FUCK, that can't be it!" Where are all the huge monster hits and certified classic tracks on this album????? Then it dawned on me that Snoop had just laid the biggest brick in hip-hop history.
...of course, years later the album doesn't sound that bad, and it's arguably a West Coast classic. But at the time, it was a huge letdown.
Take A Look Over Your Shoulder on the other hand I enjoyed from the first day it dropped.
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I think this falls in the same category of "Tha Doggfather"...near classic.
I still remember the day Doggfather dropped. I was listening through it like, "okay.. this track is okay... this track is okay.. this track is okay" then I got to the end and I was trying to skip forward like, "FUCK, that can't be it!" Where are all the huge monster hits and certified classic tracks on this album????? Then it dawned on me that Snoop had just laid the biggest brick in hip-hop history.
...of course, years later the album doesn't sound that bad, and it's arguably a West Coast classic. But at the time, it was a huge letdown.
Take A Look Over Your Shoulder on the other hand I enjoyed from the first day it dropped.
most peeps were disappointed when "Doggfather" dropped....thats cuz it was a completely different sound from "Doggystyle". not many commercial cuts and a very raw sound. Warren G stuck to the same formula he used for "Regulate" and pretty much kept the same overall sound...I also preferred "Take a Look" when it first dropped, but in retrospect, both albums are near classic...i wanna consider them both classic, but neither is as good as "Doggystyle" or "Regulate".
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dope album but not quite classic IMO
Personally I prefer Doggfather but the comparisons are rather accurate
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Good album but not a classic to me, obviously prefer regulate to this but also return of the regulator.
word!
Its not a classic nor a westcoast classic.
A classic example : All eyez on me ( TUPAC )
Westcoast classic : The shadiest one ( WC)
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I love this album. That "relax your mind" joint was some of the smoothest shit Warren ever made. But the album is dope from top to bottom, I need to bust it out, it's been a minute.
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That "relax your mind" joint was some of the smoothest shit Warren ever made.
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Transformers song is the shit especially live
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I was just listening to this album and the production is crazy. It's a solid album and definitely a West Coast classics but is it considered a classic album?
Come on bro, you should know better than asking for another person's opinion, because at the end of the day that's exactly what it is....another person's opinion.
If you consider it a classic, then shit by all means it is. to me its a solid ass album, fuck what anyone else thinks.
Personal preference man.
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Classic to me 8)
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I was just listening to this album and the production is crazy. It's a solid album and definitely a West Coast classics but is it considered a classic album?
Come on bro, you should know better than asking for another person's opinion, because at the end of the day that's exactly what it is....another person's opinion.
If you consider it a classic, then shit by all means it is. to me its a solid ass album, fuck what anyone else thinks.
Personal preference man.
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I just wanted to get peoples thoughts on the album as it's very underrated and doesn't get spoken about much.
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I guess you could call it a beat/production classic.
Warren's vocal style was years out of date though, far too simplistic rhymes to warrant callin the album an all round classic (no hate)!
Accurate. But fortunately Warren always had the Twinz, Malik and Jah Skillz right beside him to bust a bomb rhyme
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Take a Look wasn't as innovative as regulate was; tracks like I shot the sheriff, what's love, and I shot sheriff were blatant attempts at crossover songs (I still liked them). The album had filler, whereas Regulate is one of the best non skippers in hiphop history. However, tracks like Heat and Reality were unbelievably dope.
Take a Look= Westcoast classic for us older heads, but by no means is it a hip hop classic
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Not classic because of the cheesy Transformers song. But has some overlooked vintage Warren G cuts on it.
Has the CD quality version of the original unreleased Annie Mae EVER leaked???
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Not classic because of the cheesy Transformers song. But has some overlooked vintage Warren G cuts on it.
Has the CD quality version of the original unreleased Annie Mae EVER leaked???
??? u mean the remix?
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Not classic because of the cheesy Transformers song. But has some overlooked vintage Warren G cuts on it.
Has the CD quality version of the original unreleased Annie Mae EVER leaked???
??? u mean the remix?
I'm recall that it used to be listed as "Annie Mae (Remix)", so we're probably talking about the same track. The original I'm talking about was first mentioned in The Source's review of the album, describing it as a sample/interpolation of Prince's "Darling Nikki". Album was released, no Darling Nikki sample, most likely due to Prince notoriously not clearing samples of his music. Back in 1999-2000 when all the Death Row stuff started leaking, a low quality version of the Annie Mae version with Prince sample leaked, I wanna say it was on westcoast2k (if you remember that site). Have not heard it CDQ to this day. I'd post a link but it's really hard to find now.
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I think this falls in the same category of "Tha Doggfather"...near classic.
I still remember the day Doggfather dropped. I was listening through it like, "okay.. this track is okay... this track is okay.. this track is okay" then I got to the end and I was trying to skip forward like, "FUCK, that can't be it!" Where are all the huge monster hits and certified classic tracks on this album????? Then it dawned on me that Snoop had just laid the biggest brick in hip-hop history.
...of course, years later the album doesn't sound that bad, and it's arguably a West Coast classic. But at the time, it was a huge letdown.
Take A Look Over Your Shoulder on the other hand I enjoyed from the first day it dropped.
most peeps were disappointed when "Doggfather" dropped....thats cuz it was a completely different sound from "Doggystyle". not many commercial cuts and a very raw sound. Warren G stuck to the same formula he used for "Regulate" and pretty much kept the same overall sound...I also preferred "Take a Look" when it first dropped, but in retrospect, both albums are near classic...i wanna consider them both classic, but neither is as good as "Doggystyle" or "Regulate".
this.
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so its the o.g. then?
nice, thnx for info :)
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I thought I Want It All was better.....its still good tho
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I, myself, consider it a West Coast classic, borderline rap classic. It's not quite Regulate and it's also not quite I Want It All or Return of the Regulator, but that tells you how damn good Warren was for many years. From 1994 to really the end of 2001 and early 2002 when Return of the Regulator was still moving units, for 8 years and 4 solo albums I didn't think there was a guy in the business as consistently great as Warren G. To me, each of his first 4 albums qualify as West Coast classics with Regulate being a legit rap classic too.
This all changed with In the Midnight Hour, but I feel Warren's been so underrated for so long that this album got trashed pretty hardcore at times because it was a drastically different sound, but this is really a pretty nice record too. It's just not up to par with his first 4 and I don't come close to considering this a West Coast classic at all, just a nice record. I'm even surprised about the mixed reviews on G-Files because I've heard people say it's not West Coast when, to me, as someone who's been listening since day 1, most of the G-Files comes across as very West Coast.
In the Midnight Hour though just has a completely different vibe (whereas I think G-Files is more or less on the Return of the Regulator vibe, just not nearly as good). I really kind of like listening to it late at night when I'm driving somewhere, just a real cool, soulful laid back vibe. I'd be curious what people think about this one 6 years later.
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I agree with Mid-Night Hour. It's not as good as thee first 4 albums but it's still a very good album. It gets a lot of hate but has some nice west cost songs.
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its a good album but not classic . i think "I want it all" was a better album