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Title: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: WestSideDon on April 17, 2014, 07:23:20 AM
We all know death row in it's prime had pretty much the greatest roster of rappers, singers and producers of all time, but who do you think did't get the recognition he deserved ?

Edit:
Could someone change the title to "Most underrated Death Row Artist" ?
My laptop fucked it up...
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: The Mexican Turtle on April 17, 2014, 07:30:24 AM
Techniec  8)
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: HighEyeCue on April 17, 2014, 07:37:00 AM
Techniec  8)

I agree although dont know if he was officially on Death Row though...
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: The Mexican Turtle on April 17, 2014, 07:42:36 AM
Techniec  8)

I agree although dont know if he was officially on Death Row though...

the LBC Crew was on Death Row If I'm not mistaken. you know with Bad Azz and Lil C-Style
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: doggfather on April 17, 2014, 08:50:38 AM
Techniec  8)
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: David Gutterman on April 17, 2014, 08:56:35 AM
Techniec  8)

Ohh and what the fuck's a mexican turtle?
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: doggfather on April 17, 2014, 09:45:04 AM
Techniec  8)

Ohh and what the fuck's a mexican turtle?

??
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: David Gutterman on April 17, 2014, 09:47:27 AM
Techniec  8)

Ohh and what the fuck's a mexican turtle?

??


sorry! quoted the wrong dude
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: David Gutterman on April 17, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Techniec  8)

What the fuck's a mexican turtle?
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Blood$ on April 17, 2014, 09:50:00 AM
is Techniec working on any new music or is he still working at Verizon?
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: The Mexican Turtle on April 18, 2014, 04:21:11 AM
Techniec  8)

Ohh and what the fuck's a mexican turtle?

It's a turtle from mexico, chillin on some lettuce leafs, with a sombrero hat on, and a gun carefully placed on the top of his beautiful shell.

but it has no meaning/definition like Canadian Tuxedo or some shit like that.

But to be real honest i didn't pick my own nickname, it's just happend You know how it goes. something like this:

Mex the great - Mexi Flexi - Mexican - The Great Mexican - The Great Mexican Ninja - Ninja Turtle - The Mexican Turtle.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: 123imagee on April 18, 2014, 04:55:38 AM
Alot of people, too many to name ;))

Quote
Mex the great - Mexi Flexi - Mexican - The Great Mexican - The Great Mexican Ninja - Ninja Turtle - The Mexican Turtle.

(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/500x/48078386.jpg)
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Seagully on April 18, 2014, 04:58:43 AM
MEX-I-CAN TURTLE has a KILLER avi.
PROPS
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: The Mexican Turtle on April 18, 2014, 05:34:18 AM
MEX-I-CAN TURTLE has a KILLER avi.
PROPS

Appreciated!
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Game-Won on April 18, 2014, 07:23:30 AM
Petey Pablo, Kurupt, Daz, and Crooked I never got the respect they deserve - Kurupt and Daz at their best was proberly the best team up the game ever seen. (even better than warren / nate, - Bone thungs and so on)
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: flatlinerz on April 20, 2014, 09:51:44 AM
Watts Gangstas

NME & Grench the Mean 1....only ever one song but damn was that shit sick, wished they dropped an album.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Okka on April 20, 2014, 01:44:09 PM
People need to read the first post before posting.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Black Excellence on April 20, 2014, 01:53:27 PM
lady of rage
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Okka on April 20, 2014, 02:03:45 PM
lady of rage

For sure. Her album should've dropped after "Dogg Food", with Dr. Dre and Daz producing the whole album. "Necessary Roughness" has some classic songs on it, but it's far from a classic. She never became a huge star and mostly people know her just because she was on "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle". It's a shame.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Black Excellence on April 20, 2014, 02:06:23 PM
lady of rage

For sure. Her album should've dropped after "Dogg Food", with Dr. Dre and Daz producing the whole album. "Necessary Roughness" has some classic songs on it, but it's far from a classic. She never became a huge star and mostly people know her just because she was on "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle". It's a shame.
her album woulda been platinum had they put it out when they dropped afro puffs.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Okka on April 20, 2014, 02:08:43 PM
lady of rage

For sure. Her album should've dropped after "Dogg Food", with Dr. Dre and Daz producing the whole album. "Necessary Roughness" has some classic songs on it, but it's far from a classic. She never became a huge star and mostly people know her just because she was on "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle". It's a shame.
her album woulda been platinum had they put it out when they dropped afro puffs.

That's true. I think Suge wanted to put out DPG first and Rage was supposed to be next, right?
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Black Excellence on April 20, 2014, 02:18:24 PM
lady of rage

For sure. Her album should've dropped after "Dogg Food", with Dr. Dre and Daz producing the whole album. "Necessary Roughness" has some classic songs on it, but it's far from a classic. She never became a huge star and mostly people know her just because she was on "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle". It's a shame.
her album woulda been platinum had they put it out when they dropped afro puffs.

That's true. I think Suge wanted to put out DPG first and Rage was supposed to be next, right?
yup.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: NIBIRU on April 20, 2014, 02:25:15 PM
NUTT-SO  - SWOOP G - SOOPAFLY           ?
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Black Excellence on April 20, 2014, 02:34:28 PM
cpo
sam sneed
jewell
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on April 20, 2014, 02:39:55 PM
Hussein Fatal
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: makaveli.. on April 20, 2014, 02:41:09 PM
Tha realest
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Black Excellence on April 20, 2014, 02:42:02 PM
Hussein Fatal
he didn't sign to death row.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: adi760 on April 20, 2014, 03:24:36 PM
Lookin at those posts it looks like everyone from DR was underrated except Pac, Dre and Snoop.
Rage had big single - the same with Sam Sneed. Kurupt was on every Death Row release since 92' and he got 2 platinum Dogg Food with Daz, so come on...
Underrated could be Swoop G, Techniec, Lil' C-Style, SKG.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Remedy360 on April 20, 2014, 05:20:44 PM
lady of rage

Yup. Techneic is definitely underrated too although I never thought of him as a DR artist.
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on April 20, 2014, 05:41:35 PM
Kurupt and Daz at their best was proberly the best team up the game ever seen. (even better than warren / nate, - Bone thungs and so on)

best group EVER?  with just one classic?  let's hold up a little bit
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Jimmy H. on April 20, 2014, 07:05:46 PM
I'd say Rage was a victim of timing. She needed to come out in 1994-95 to be most effective.  She was a Dr. Dre protégé and once the balance of power shifted to Suge and Pac became the top guy, it was a new ball game. Anyone from the original roster that is putting out an album after "All Eyez" is basically putting out a "Doggfather".

We all know death row in it's prime had pretty much the greatest roster of rappers, singers and producers of all time, but who do you think did't get the recognition he deserved ?
I think that's a little bit of a hyperbole.  I'd say they were the quintessential West Coast rap label of the 90's though.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Hack Wilson - real on April 20, 2014, 07:35:40 PM
Death Row did work pretty slow but I can see why they didn't want to put Rage out before Dogg Pound.  Obviously there were enough dope beats to go around but dudes like Snoop passed on them   (i.e. 2pac's Hail Mary and Friends)
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Jimmy H. on April 20, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
I don't fault them for not putting out Rage but like I said, she was a victim of timing. Her buzz with "Afro Puffs" was strong but by the time, they were ready to get an album out on here, the momentum was lost.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: 123imagee on April 21, 2014, 04:42:37 AM
Paradise

Young Soldierz

Prince Ital Joe

CPO The Boz Hogg
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: KrazySumwhat on April 21, 2014, 04:57:38 AM
L.B.C crew were not deathrow, were they? They were signed to doggystyle taht was going to be distributed through deathrow? eh i dunno.
 I'd say rage, Sam sneed , Soopafly and J flexx.
 Rage could give Crooked i a run for his money on tha mic, Sneed and Flexx were/are both good rappers and producers, Fly can rap, produce and sing? how many artists can do all of that?
 
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Black Excellence on April 21, 2014, 10:30:00 AM
I don't fault them for not putting out Rage but like I said, she was a victim of timing. Her buzz with "Afro Puffs" was strong but by the time, they were ready to get an album out on here, the momentum was lost.
I fault them cause afro puffs would have easily gotten her a 2x platinum album. above the rim soundtrack did big numbers based off that single. regulate and the swv remix helped but in 94 everybody was on that afro puffs joint.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Jimmy H. on April 21, 2014, 10:35:07 AM

L.B.C crew were not deathrow, were they? They were signed to doggystyle taht was going to be distributed through deathrow? eh i dunno.
I'm pretty sure they were Death Row.  Death Row was not a distribution company so they would have to go through Death Row and have the label logo imprint on the package. More importantly, Death Row seemed to retain the rights and masters since Wideawake was able to put out their lost album without Snoop getting any "executive producer" credit. Just my theory.

I fault them cause afro puffs would have easily gotten her a 2x platinum album. above the rim soundtrack did big numbers based off that single. regulate and the swv remix helped but in 94 everybody was on that afro puffs joint.
But I'm not sure it was in the cards. It would have needed to come out around the same time or before "Dogg Food" and Dre's involvement as producer would need to be a catalyst in that and at that time, I think he was in different places.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: adi760 on April 21, 2014, 11:02:18 AM
Death Row supposed to be distributor and Doggystyle, Makaveli and MC Hammer's record company shoulded by under Suge's "control". That was a plan - tu put LBC Crew album via Doggystyle, Outlawz via Makaveli and Hammer.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: bouli77 on April 21, 2014, 12:15:45 PM
Paradise

Young Soldierz

Prince Ital Joe

CPO The Boz Hogg

prince ital joe was pretty dull, i don't think he's underrated, at all

i'd say OFTB and LBC Crew
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: ToOoOoN!!! on April 21, 2014, 12:35:40 PM
Mc hammer
Title: Re: Most underrated
Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 21, 2014, 11:04:53 PM
lady of rage

Definitely not.... she deserved to do the joints she did and nothing more.  Once Dre left Death Row she was finished.  That's not a diss.. the shit she was on when Dre was there was fire... but nothing more nothing less for than what she got.


LBC Crew was pretty much on Doggystyle Records, and then Doggystyle under Death Row so i don't know if Techniec really counts....

I think all those niccaz like Ital Joe, Big Pimpin, W Ballz that contributed were under-rated.  They really brought a lot to the table and it probably got overlooked because they were never featured, but they did their thang....

Nate was probably the most under-rated though because he was the greatest artists on Death Row that never got a chance to be featured on an album.



Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: 123imagee on April 21, 2014, 11:26:37 PM
Female: Paradise (Fuck Rage)
Male: Redrum
Singer: 6 Feet Deep
Producer: Sean "Barney Rubble" Thomas

Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: MistaNova on April 22, 2014, 10:43:24 AM
Whoever designed the album artworks.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: dnjp4life on April 23, 2014, 03:05:10 AM
If everything was done right, Danny Boy's album should have dropped shortly after 'All Eyez On Me', and it probably would have sold nicely. 
Nate Dogg was well known at the time from all of his features on other artists' albums, but his album (G-Funk Classics Volume 1) should also have been released in 1996 instead of it being rushed out and then quickly pulled from shelves.  I still am unsure what happened with that whole situation.  Shame really because I consider it a classic Death Row Records album.
In terms of the newer roster on the label, obviously Crooked I never had that debut album behind him which could have propelled him to stardom in the early 2000s.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: WestSideDon on April 23, 2014, 04:39:54 AM
While reading this I just realised again how much great releases we couldve had, but Suge was just too stupid to manage the different artists and their work. Damn shame...
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Mr. Theo on April 23, 2014, 05:54:43 AM
Soopafly... Soopafly is toooooooooooooooooooo talented.

As MC and as producer,instrumentalist and songwriter.

UNDERRATED.

Honorable mention : Danny Boy... thanks to Wideawake..

This Danny Boy album is a time machine.

Danny Boy + DJ Quik
"It's Like My Homeboy said, if it's don't make dollars, it's dont make sense" - How Many Times.
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Sccit on May 06, 2014, 02:50:25 PM
CPO
Title: Re: Most underrated Death Row Artist?
Post by: Kashif mirza on May 06, 2014, 03:25:24 PM
redrum, cpo boss hogg, j flexx,