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Title: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on May 20, 2026, 08:33:55 AM
cey cey showed me this .. ironically were currently working on a g-funk song with crooked i for maimonides

(https://i.ibb.co/tTmxHPj1/IMG-6214.jpg)
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Post by: dnjp4life on May 20, 2026, 09:01:38 AM
Could be greatness if this comes out and with the right features too.
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Post by: O.E.800 on May 20, 2026, 09:14:02 AM
Hopefully the 10 other ideas were also G-Funk related lol. Otherwise we're getting an album with one "G-Funk" song in it lol.
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Post by: doggfather on May 20, 2026, 09:14:26 AM
Could be greatness if this comes out and with the right features too.
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Post by: gfunk2024 on May 20, 2026, 11:26:37 AM
Hope it really sounds like 90s gfunk and he actually puts it out.
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Post by: BJV on May 20, 2026, 12:39:30 PM
20 years too late but I'll take it
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Post by: Rubinho on May 20, 2026, 01:52:30 PM
20 years too late but I'll take it

This
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Post by: hitsaw on May 20, 2026, 09:00:37 PM
10% g funk probably. It would be dope if he realy made a g funk record!
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Post by: Paolo on May 20, 2026, 11:02:51 PM
YES WOULD BE COOL
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Post by: Jay_J on May 21, 2026, 04:00:17 AM
cey cey showed me this .. ironically were currently working on a g-funk song with crooked i for maimonides

(https://i.ibb.co/tTmxHPj1/IMG-6214.jpg)

i like to hear Crook on some g-funk beats... wait! i already did that! :)
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Post by: Sccit on May 23, 2026, 09:21:19 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsQtzVKt9G/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Post by: astra4322 on May 23, 2026, 09:32:47 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsSAylKUPH/?igsh=M3h6MXA4dmVzcmN3
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Post by: hitsaw on May 23, 2026, 11:23:43 PM
Wow that shit sounds dope! Finaly Some new g funk!
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Post by: Eddz on May 24, 2026, 02:13:41 AM
I hope he releases both albums, biggest issue with Crooks albums are the beats but this sounds good  8)
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Post by: O.E.800 on May 24, 2026, 06:56:17 AM
That snippet sounds cool.

I hope he doesn't just rap about "how it used to be in the 90s" over G-funk and instead just raps over G-funk like he made it in the 90s. Seems like the goal would be to make people feel like they're there. The former takes you out of it. Just my two cents 🤷‍♂️
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Post by: astra4322 on May 24, 2026, 07:56:34 AM
That snippet sounds cool.

I hope he doesn't just rap about "how it used to be in the 90s" over G-funk and instead just raps over G-funk like he made it in the 90s. Seems like the goal would be to make people feel like they're there. The former takes you out of it. Just my two cents 🤷‍♂️

Word.
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Post by: heisenberg on May 24, 2026, 09:09:27 AM
i like Crooked I but he is so slow about his solo stuff. he shared the cover for his next solo like what, 2 years ago maybe more and it was supposed to be soon. we will be lucky if one of these projects really comes out.
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Post by: O.E.800 on May 24, 2026, 09:24:09 AM
i like Crooked I but he is so slow about his solo stuff. he shared the cover for his next solo like what, 2 years ago maybe more and it was supposed to be soon. we will be lucky if one of these projects really comes out.

Some of these entertainers are trying emulate Dre by putting a million years between projects. Seems like they don't understand that you can't just do that and expect hype to build out of thin air. All they're doing is losing fans and risk being completely forgotten about. Crook never had anything close to a career like Dre's. Kendrick can pull it off too. He blew up and mostly stayed in the shadows. Drops whenever with little to no promo. Have a run like either one of these guys first and then try that move again lol.
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Post by: astra4322 on June 05, 2026, 02:05:36 AM
https://music.apple.com/pl/album/west-coast-96/6773650894?i=6773650896&l=pl
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Post by: OG Snoopaveli on June 05, 2026, 05:25:04 AM
https://music.apple.com/pl/album/west-coast-96/6773650894?i=6773650896&l=pl

This is good  8)
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Post by: Sccit on June 05, 2026, 07:24:45 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSwkNkE2sI&ra=m


it's dope .. but we got a better g-funk joint wit crook droppin on Maimonides
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Post by: O.E.800 on June 05, 2026, 08:18:34 AM
It's aight.

It just sounds like a today record talking about yesterday. Really generic. I'm not convinced and I don't believe it. I'm surprised Crook does. He was around in the 90s and knows how those records really sound. They don't sound like that lol.
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Post by: Sccit on June 05, 2026, 10:39:50 AM
It's aight.

It just sounds like a today record talking about yesterday. Really generic. I'm not convinced and I don't believe it. I'm surprised Crook does. He was around in the 90s and knows how those records really sound. They don't sound like that lol.


stay tuned for the real 1
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Post by: Sccit on July 05, 2026, 06:19:21 AM
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaYwUjSSLus/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: O.E.800 on July 05, 2026, 07:20:21 AM
It might be good but every song I hear just sounds generic - nothing you would ever mistake from that era at all.

He shoulda tried to recreate the actual sound with producers and equipment from the time. That woulda been special.  8)
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: Sccit on July 05, 2026, 07:26:32 AM
It might be good but every song I hear just sounds generic - nothing you would ever mistake from that era at all.

He shoulda tried to recreate the actual sound with producers and equipment from the time. That woulda been special.  8)

"dpg initiation"
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Post by: hitsaw on July 05, 2026, 07:53:51 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSwkNkE2sI&ra=m


it's dope .. but we got a better g-funk joint wit crook droppin on Maimonides

This track is fire!
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: JohnnyL on July 06, 2026, 06:58:18 PM
I'll check this out but how about after almost 30 years someone sell, leak, or officially release his album "Untouchable"?
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: Paolo on July 08, 2026, 12:38:20 AM
I'll check this out but how about after almost 30 years someone sell, leak, or officially release his album "Untouchable"?

would be awesome to get this album finally
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on July 08, 2026, 08:20:36 PM
I'll check this out but how about after almost 30 years someone sell, leak, or officially release his album "Untouchable"?

A lot of those songs from the Untouchable sessions have leaked already.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: O.E.800 on July 09, 2026, 02:33:57 PM
would be awesome to get this album finally

Those HipHop Weekly drops were dope. I think he did over 50 cuts. Whatever happened to them? Vanished into thin air.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: gfunk2024 on July 09, 2026, 06:24:48 PM
Those HipHop Weekly drops were dope. I think he did over 50 cuts. Whatever happened to them? Vanished into thin air.

Yeah, he rapped his ass off on those. I just recently discovered them. I knew about them back when they were dropping but I never checked them because I didn't like the direction crook was going just prior to that. I felt his music had fallen off compared to his 90s music. However, the HHW are very dope!
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Post by: O.E.800 on July 10, 2026, 08:13:18 AM
Yeah, he rapped his ass off on those. I just recently discovered them. I knew about them back when they were dropping but I never checked them because I didn't like the direction crook was going just prior to that. I felt his music had fallen off compared to his 90s music. However, the HHW are very dope!

Where'd you find them?
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Post by: gfunk2024 on July 10, 2026, 08:37:31 AM
Where'd you find them?

Deezer, but the site hasn't been working for a few weeks.
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Post by: dnjp4life on July 10, 2026, 01:36:08 PM
Those HipHop Weekly drops were dope. I think he did over 50 cuts. Whatever happened to them? Vanished into thin air.

I loved that hip-hop weekly series, used to really anticipate seeing what beats Crooked I would pick each week and be excited to hear each one week after week and see how it developed.

I remember a few of them Crooked went all out on the track and they made me a massive fan of his.  The one with the Horseshoe Gang about 8 weeks in was a particular standout.

Need to go back and revisit those weeklys for sure.
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Post by: O.E.800 on July 10, 2026, 01:46:10 PM
I loved that hip-hop weekly series, used to really anticipate seeing what beats Crooked I would pick each week and be excited to hear each one week after week and see how it developed.

I remember a few of them Crooked went all out on the track and they made me a massive fan of his.  The one with the Horseshoe Gang about 8 weeks in was a particular standout.

Need to go back and revisit those weeklys for sure.

Yeah dude, I know the one you mean; can't remember the name of it either. Super tight.

Anyone have the whole series in CDQ?
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Post by: WCThang on July 10, 2026, 04:41:55 PM
The hip-hop weekly series was the peak of Crooked I career tbh.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on July 10, 2026, 06:46:36 PM
Hip hop Weekly was the highlight of my week. Was so bummed when he started it up again and only got through about 20 weeks. But hey, getting free Crooked music every week for a year, dude has a fan for life in me.
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Post by: WCThang on July 10, 2026, 07:39:23 PM
I'm excited that he's actually dropping this album. I hope he went out and got some West Coast features. Some combination of like Kurupt, Tray Deee, King Tee and Xzibit. Don't him and Tray Deee do a podcast together?
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Post by: astra4322 on July 10, 2026, 09:51:22 PM
Crooked and Kurupt week after week - nice summer 8)
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Post by: BigFrank on July 11, 2026, 03:37:25 AM
I'm excited that he's actually dropping this album. I hope he went out and got some West Coast features. Some combination of like Kurupt, Tray Deee, King Tee and Xzibit. Don't him and Tray Deee do a podcast together?
  Yeah it was Crook, Tray Deee n Coniyac. I watched it on Youtube but they havent posted nothing in a year.
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Post by: gfunk2024 on July 11, 2026, 08:24:04 AM
  Yeah it was Crook, Tray Deee n Coniyac. I watched it on Youtube but they havent posted nothing in a year.

Crooked I and Tray Deee need to do an album together. That shit would be so dope!
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Post by: Paolo on July 11, 2026, 09:29:24 AM
Crooked I and Tray Deee need to do an album together. That shit would be so dope!

ohh yes would be a dope album
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Post by: WCThang on July 11, 2026, 09:57:30 AM
Crooked made it sound like one IG this album is pretty light on features. Said his next album after this one has lots of fts
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Post by: U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E. on July 14, 2026, 07:02:49 AM
Love the name of the album, i hope he made that name proud  8)
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: astra4322 on July 18, 2026, 04:07:49 AM
New date 08/21/2026

West Coast '96 autorstwa KXNG Crooked

Hit the iTunes for tracklist.
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Post by: WCThang on July 18, 2026, 06:37:43 AM
New date 08/21/2026

West Coast '96 autorstwa KXNG Crooked

Hit the iTunes for tracklist.
Where do you see the tracklist? I can't find it anywhere.
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Post by: O.E.800 on July 18, 2026, 07:00:13 AM
New date 08/21/2026

West Coast '96 autorstwa KXNG Crooked

Hit the iTunes for tracklist.

Less than a week before the release, it gets pushed back a month. Nice lol.
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Post by: astra4322 on July 18, 2026, 08:04:31 AM
Where do you see the tracklist? I can't find it anywhere.

You have to to iTunes (not Apple Music) and look for Kxng Crooked
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Post by: astra4322 on July 18, 2026, 08:07:14 AM
https://music.apple.com/pl/album/west-coast-96/6770802188?l=pl
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Post by: Soopafly DPGC on July 18, 2026, 10:11:21 AM
1. Intro (Dayz of the Past)
2. West Coast 96
3. West Coast 26
4. 7 Day Theory
5. Safe
6. Po No Mo
7. For the Love
8. Retire You (feat. Adrian Rezza)
9. Makin Playz
10. Changez
11. Last Song
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Post by: WCThang on July 18, 2026, 10:58:54 AM
Essentially not a single feature. Hope he follows through with the promise of a quick follow up album with more west Coast guests.
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Post by: hitsaw on July 18, 2026, 12:13:37 PM
Cd release?
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Post by: doggfather on July 19, 2026, 12:01:32 AM
Cd release?
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Post by: Eddz on July 19, 2026, 03:48:16 AM
Crook posted on IG today that it's dropping this Friday.
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Post by: Iowa1 on July 24, 2026, 05:17:41 AM
No album.  Was excited for this one.  Guess its pushed to August (hopefully)
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Post by: astra4322 on July 24, 2026, 05:49:16 AM
No album.  Was excited for this one.  Guess its pushed to August (hopefully)

08.21.2026
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Post by: O.E.800 on July 24, 2026, 07:43:52 AM
08.21.2026

Date confirmed on Apple Music. It's up for pre-order. Last minute delays are so annoying.
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Post by: BJV on July 24, 2026, 07:53:03 AM
Is he using Crooked I as artist name for this album or KXNG Crooked
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 7/24/26)
Post by: O.E.800 on July 24, 2026, 07:55:19 AM
Is he using Crooked I as artist name for this album or KXNG Crooked

 KXNG Crooked
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Post by: doggfather on July 24, 2026, 08:45:49 AM
Is he using Crooked I as artist name for this album or KXNG Crooked


Just kxng for a long time
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: FUCK-YOU-BItch on July 24, 2026, 01:33:44 PM
Typical Crook Move like we still waiting for the Untouchable, Say Hi to the Bad Guy OG, Mama's Boy reloaded a Handgun, Boss Music, Million Dollar Album and that Glasshouse Album!!!!
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Post by: Mat on July 25, 2026, 02:15:02 AM
Typical Crook Move like we still waiting for the Untouchable, Say Hi to the Bad Guy OG, Mama's Boy reloaded a Handgun, Boss Music, Million Dollar Album and that Glasshouse Album!!!!
so needey lol jk i would love to hear all the mentioned
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: FUCK-YOU-BItch on July 26, 2026, 05:51:16 AM
so needey lol jk i would love to hear all the mentioned

I can beat you up with a Bat if you want ...just saying no hard feelings
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: Sccit on July 26, 2026, 08:58:11 AM
I can beat you up with a Bat if you want ...just saying no hard feelings


 :dead:
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Post by: U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E. on July 26, 2026, 04:58:44 PM
I can beat you up with a Bat if you want ...just saying no hard feelings

 :tupac:
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: FUCK-YOU-BItch on July 28, 2026, 01:31:37 AM
or with a Poolstick...Westcoast!!!!
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Post by: Sccit on July 30, 2026, 08:30:39 PM
https://www.instagram.com/p/Da8tjZqEuu9/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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Post by: Mat on August 01, 2026, 09:14:17 PM
I can beat you up with a Bat if you want ...just saying no hard feelings
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Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: astra4322 on August 02, 2026, 10:25:48 AM
Postponed till 10.16.2026.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: FUCK-YOU-BItch on August 02, 2026, 11:00:32 AM
10.16 thefuvk?? 
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 02, 2026, 11:34:38 AM
kurupt's album was postponed for a year

usually these pushbacks means they're putting in a real effort

patience
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 8/21/26)
Post by: O.E.800 on August 02, 2026, 04:22:58 PM
Postponed till 10.16.2026.

::Sigh::
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on August 03, 2026, 11:11:05 AM
Just sucks that a supposed throwback to the Westcoast sound g-funk type album is now being released right before winter.  We needed this in the summer to bump.  Winter is for the eastcoast cats, summer is when the westcoast shines. 
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 03, 2026, 11:54:39 AM
Just sucks that a supposed throwback to the Westcoast sound g-funk type album is now being released right before winter.  We needed this in the summer to bump.  Winter is for the eastcoast cats, summer is when the westcoast shines.


the chronic came out december

doggystyle november

dogg food october

all eyez on me february

2001 november



consensus top 5 west coast albums all came out in fall/winter lol
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Post by: The Predator on August 03, 2026, 12:17:08 PM
Yew, it's funny that...most people like to slap on east-coast hip-hop for winter and summer wise west-coast and the dirty south (me included).

L.A. = Sun, beaches, palm trees, blonde bitches, locs etc...
N.Y. = Snow, rain, trains, graffiti, Timbs etc...

Cruising to Illmatic in summer and Dove Shack in winter  :-\

There is a preference to it and can add to the immersion, but we all play what we want to hear when ever we want.

A lot of west-coast classics were released in winter back in the day, Chronic was launched in winter 92 but landed with a bang and ruled in summer 93.

If i throw on albums like Doggystyle, Lethal Injection in November...nostalgia always kicks in.









Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on August 03, 2026, 03:13:40 PM

the chronic came out december

doggystyle november

dogg food october

all eyez on me february

2001 november



consensus top 5 west coast albums all came out in fall/winter lol

haha, i don't think Dogg Food is in the consensus as a top 5 westcoast album of all time, but you struggled to come up with 5 with winter releases, with Pac's barely making the cut, so kudos for trying.  Pac's was Feb, but that was close enough to summer in my hood, we get warm weather in March, so I bumped that album in warm weather.

Westcoast music just sounds so much better when the sun is shining and the weather is warm. 
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on August 03, 2026, 03:16:52 PM
Yew, it's funny that...most people like to slap on east-coast hip-hop for winter and summer wise west-coast and the dirty south (me included).

L.A. = Sun, beaches, palm trees, blonde bitches, locs etc...
N.Y. = Snow, rain, trains, graffiti, Timbs etc...

Cruising to Illmatic in summer and Dove Shack in winter  :-\

There is a preference to it and can add to the immersion, but we all play what we want to hear when ever we want.

A lot of west-coast classics were released in winter back in the day, Chronic was launched in winter 92 but landed with a bang and ruled in summer 93.

If i throw on albums like Doggystyle, Lethal Injection in November...nostalgia always kicks in.

Exactly.  These young cats don't understand, it took months for albums to marinate and get airplay and reach the masses.  Just because an album got released on a certain date, didn't mean you had immediate access to it.  It took weeks, sometimes months after release date for our stores to get some of the more underground stuff.  Chronic released winter but it didn't really hit serious airwaves, MTV, BET until Spring.  Like you, I remember bumping the Chronic that summer. 

And, once it snows, i'm into the grittier stuff.  I put on Nas, Gangstarr, Primo, etc. 

Unfortunately, with the way streaming and music is now, Crooked I will release later this year and it will be all but forgotten by the time Spring rolls around.  Just the nature of the business nowadays. 

Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 03, 2026, 03:26:52 PM
haha, i don't think Dogg Food is in the consensus as a top 5 westcoast album of all time, but you struggled to come up with 5 with winter releases, with Pac's barely making the cut, so kudos for trying.  Pac's was Feb, but that was close enough to summer in my hood, we get warm weather in March, so I bumped that album in warm weather.

Westcoast music just sounds so much better when the sun is shining and the weather is warm.


u tryin too hard

those are the first 5 west coast albums that popped up in my mind .. none released in summer


simple science, not everything is a dick measuring contest
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 03, 2026, 03:43:22 PM
Exactly.  These young cats don't understand, it took months for albums to marinate and get airplay and reach the masses.  Just because an album got released on a certain date, didn't mean you had immediate access to it.  It took weeks, sometimes months after release date for our stores to get some of the more underground stuff.  Chronic released winter but it didn't really hit serious airwaves, MTV, BET until Spring.  Like you, I remember bumping the Chronic that summer. 

And, once it snows, i'm into the grittier stuff.  I put on Nas, Gangstarr, Primo, etc. 

Unfortunately, with the way streaming and music is now, Crooked I will release later this year and it will be all but forgotten by the time Spring rolls around.  Just the nature of the business nowadays.

just because everyone has ADD and can't properly appreciate a body of work nowadays doesn't mean we need to abide by those standards


crooks album will still be around come summer .. so if all the casual listeners forget it by then, doesn't mean u have to follow suit


a good body of work deserves to stay in the deck and the consumer should let it marinate properly


some of us cats still approach music like this


i'm a west coast artist and will probably drop winter as well .. my goal is to make the album as good as i possibly can, the date isn't going to hinder that for me
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: O.E.800 on August 03, 2026, 05:26:04 PM

u tryin too hard

simple science, not everything is a dick measuring contest


 :think:
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on August 04, 2026, 07:25:10 AM

u tryin too hard

those are the first 5 west coast albums that popped up in my mind .. none released in summer


simple science, not everything is a dick measuring contest

No extra exertion in my case.  Just say what you mean when you post.  When you rank Dogg Food in the top 5 westcoast albums of all time, i'm gonna correct you.  Appreciate you coming correct and fixing it.  Now if you wanna backtrack and say 'oh those were the first 5 that came to mind' totally cool.  Should've just said that in the first place. 

In 40 years of hip hop releases, of course there are going to be release dates every month for the whole year.  Not sure what the purpose was of you saying you found a random 5 albums released in the winter, but you do you do man.  Still doesn't change the notion that Westcoast rap sounds much better in the warm weather in my eyes. 
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 04, 2026, 08:10:38 AM
No extra exertion in my case.  Just say what you mean when you post.  When you rank Dogg Food in the top 5 westcoast albums of all time, i'm gonna correct you.  Appreciate you coming correct and fixing it.  Now if you wanna backtrack and say 'oh those were the first 5 that came to mind' totally cool.  Should've just said that in the first place. 

In 40 years of hip hop releases, of course there are going to be release dates every month for the whole year.  Not sure what the purpose was of you saying you found a random 5 albums released in the winter, but you do you do man.  Still doesn't change the notion that Westcoast rap sounds much better in the warm weather in my eyes.


he's guna continue acting like these are just a random 5 albums lmao

and talking about "correcting me" for calling dogg food a top 5 west coast album as if it's not a matter of opinion rofl

on this forum those are very much considered by most in the top 5.. top 10 at most


that's great that u think california music is more suited for california weather .... nobody is going to argue that, as it's pretty much the consensus
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Soopafly DPGC on August 04, 2026, 12:25:02 PM

he's guna continue acting like these are just a random 5 albums lmao

and talking about "correcting me" for calling dogg food a top 5 west coast album as if it's not a matter of opinion rofl

on this forum those are very much considered by most in the top 5.. top 10 at most


that's great that u think california music is more suited for california weather .... nobody is going to argue that, as it's pretty much the consensus

I think it's great that those are your personal top 5 Westcoast albums of all time. 4 of the 5 daz was heavily involved in, either rapping or producing. Glad to see you giving the man his due in light of all the hate he receives from others here. You obviously hold him in high regard and recognize his place in the history of westcoast rap.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: BJV on August 04, 2026, 12:35:58 PM
In terms of impact Dogg Food might not be top 5 but for me it is peak Deathrow sound perfected and I might prefer to bump it over Chronic or Doggystyle.
Title: Re: CROOKED I - WEST COAST '96 (New Album Coming 10/16/26)
Post by: Sccit on August 04, 2026, 01:11:06 PM
I think it's great that those are your personal top 5 Westcoast albums of all time. 4 of the 5 daz was heavily involved in, either rapping or producing. Glad to see you giving the man his due in light of all the hate he receives from others here. You obviously hold him in high regard and recognize his place in the history of westcoast rap.

the only one that doesn't happen without daz is dogg food

but yea daz is a legend in his own right

wouldn't work with him if i didn't respect the legacy