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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite on July 09, 2026, 09:58:34 AM
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My vote:
1. "East/West Killaz"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsbJSugZPHU&list=RDFsbJSugZPHU&start_radio=1
East Coast 2. "No Fear" O.G.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDNMmbYtkw&list=RDxUDNMmbYtkw&start_radio=1
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I'm assuming you want the criteria to at least have been a single or had some general exposure and not some underground song no one has ever heard of. If that's the case, i will say:
Eastside LB - Twinz
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I'm assuming you want the criteria to at least have been a single or had some general exposure and not some underground song no one has ever heard of. If that's the case, i will say:
Eastside LB - Twinz
No there's no criteria really
"Eastside LB" is a nice choice
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"Still a G thang" by Snoop is up there
I know that it did pretty well but that was 10/10 track imo
actually another one is "Hooked" another Snoop No Limit track from the I Got the Hookup soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6W8p5CnjAk&list=RDd6W8p5CnjAk&start_radio=1
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No there's no criteria really
"Eastside LB" is a nice choice
In that case:
We Don't Love Em - Top Dogg
Amazing beat by Quik, great flow by Dogg. I know he got caught up in that 2pac/Snoop Dogg clone war with Realest and created a lot of negativity so I don't think many people gave that song a chance....but now that's all over with, looking at that song in retrospect objectively on it's own, it's really an amazing song.
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"Still a G thang" by Snoop is up there
I know that it did pretty well but that was 10/10 track imo
actually another one is "Hooked" another Snoop No Limit track from the I Got the Hookup soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6W8p5CnjAk&list=RDd6W8p5CnjAk&start_radio=1
Good choices...
"Still A G Thang" is a good choice because it sort of gets overlooked because it was in that lost period of Snoop's career. He even shouts out Dre on the song "u need to get at me". It's sort of an updated version of the o.g classic "G Thang" and he raps, "No Limit is the label that pays me." The production is tremendous, lyrics dope, and Snoop's style (we didn't call it swag back then) was in top form still from the Death Row days.
^^Pretty much the same could be said of "Hooked" except that it wasn't a single that saved a solo album, and didn't have the Dre connection/history to it
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In that case:
We Don't Love Em - Top Dogg
Amazing beat by Quik, great flow by Dogg. I know he got caught up in that 2pac/Snoop Dogg clone war with Realest and created a lot of negativity so I don't think many people gave that song a chance....but now that's all over with, looking at that song in retrospect objectively on it's own, it's really an amazing song.
This could be a good choice in the sense that the song has an extremely low rated and most hate it because it was that era when Death Row's best idea was to try to get a copy of Snoop (Top Dogg) and a copy of Pac (The Realest) while simultaneously dissing them (fun times). So the song has an extremely low rating so if it's actually a likeable song then it definitely qualifies as most under-rated
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My Honorable Mentions
Mel Man - "Shittin On the World"
RBX - "Blunt Time" (I was banging the o.g. of the track, this used to come on my parents car radio often in my youngest days)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ofnHmxE-I&list=RDU7ofnHmxE-I&start_radio=1
^^Notice so far all 3 of my most under-rated picks are from Aftermath Presents
Next I got an unreleased Pac gem I never heard anyone really give enough props to, but this is a great, classic, timeless track. It's not really even a love song they go into spirituality, contemplation, existentialism, philosophy — "Play Your Cards" Pac and Outlawz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT0H7rhh0Dc&list=RDZT0H7rhh0Dc&start_radio=1
Next, I know a lot of people love this song, but it should've broken mainstream. It never made radio or video in the midwest. It developed a sort of cult following, but it should've been big like Will Smith "Summertime" and Coolio "Fantastic Voyage" or Warren G "Regulators". It should have been one of those huge summer jams and platinum. It did come out on the greatest doc and soundtrack in history "The Show". But that soundtrack didn't go platinum because of this song, it ironically went platinum because they scammed everyone by putting Dre and Snoop's names on the tracklist, lol (which was the only reason I bought it, and it ended up being my best purchase ever, but by accident)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwLm8sADTY&list=RDKNwLm8sADTY&start_radio=1
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‘Good Life' by 2Pac, Big Syke and EDI.
One of the OG versions from the Until the End of Time album, and I think recorded during the same session as Hit ‘Em Up according to studio footage, but almost the polar opposite of that track.
It's like peak Death Row, top of the world, untouchable 2Pac and both Syke and EDI come with nice supporting verses as well, and there's a great vibe to the song. Love the beat with the wah-wah guitar and it just makes you feel good listening to it.
Definitely one of my favourite 2Pac tracks and would have fitted in really well on All Eyez on Me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QL-vTM3WA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEQHc8Au9Z4
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Can't believe I forgot to mention this gem from the height of the East/West beef this was an East Coast crew that was tight with Pac and taking shots at Puffy and Biggie
O.G.C. (of the Bootcamp/Duck Down click) "No Fear"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDNMmbYtkw&list=RDxUDNMmbYtkw&start_radio=1
It's not West Coast but oh well this thread is mostly dead anyway
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ICn3lOwxWXo&ra=m
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Murder Squad- knock on wood remix, Jayo did his thang!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=QSt7DxcplK4?si=ToGQkO-Tw1pCAT31
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Murder Squad- knock on wood remix, Jayo did his thang!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSt7DxcplK4?si=ToGQkO-Tw1pCAT31
Jayo's most underrated is "Zoom Zoom Wam Wams" that's one of the best songs ever from the best soundtrack ever — The Show
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5IaqLUY2Rck
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I-Smooth 7- Coolin in the ghetto (Battlecat prod)
Mausberg - Get nekkid ( Dj Quik prod)
Domino - Long beach thang (battlecat prod)
Kurupt - We can freak it (Battlecat prod)
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I-Smooth 7- Coolin in the ghetto (Battlecat prod)
Mausberg - Get nekkid ( Dj Quik prod)
Domino - Long beach thang (battlecat prod)
Kurupt - We can freak it (Battlecat prod)
I remember first seeing the "We Can Freak It" video late summer of '98...I thought it was a fairly big hit for Kurupt but I looked at his wiki and it only reached 89 on the R&B charts...that's criminally underrated for sure
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I remember first seeing the "We Can Freak It" video late summer of '98...I thought it was a fairly big hit for Kurupt but I looked at his wiki and it only reached 89 on the R&B charts...that's criminally underrated for sure
to be fair the album reached #8 on billboard charts
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I remember first seeing the "We Can Freak It" video late summer of '98...I thought it was a fairly big hit for Kurupt but I looked at his wiki and it only reached 89 on the R&B charts...that's criminally underrated for sure
In Kansas City, we had one station Hot 103.3 Jamz that played hip-hop, but mostly R&B. They never aired "We Can Freak It" during their regular, local programming.
But there was an excellent, National show that they would air on Friday Nights. It might have been two seperate shows. Because I remember one show had a DJ and they would mix and scratch cuts, it could have been Stretch Armstrong. Then they had a countdown show. You really had to be lucky to catch it. Kurupt "We Can Freak It" hit #1 on that National Show.
So... somehow it was #1 on the rap show, but didn't get played once on that "Urban Radio" (hip-hop and R&B).
So my guess is that chart you looked at was for "URBAN" radio, but there might have been a seperate chart for "Rap" radio where it ranked higher.
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In Kansas City, we had one station Hot 103.3 Jamz that played hip-hop, but mostly R&B. They never aired "We Can Freak It" during their regular, local programming.
But there was an excellent, National show that they would air on Friday Nights. It might have been two seperate shows. Because I remember one show had a DJ and they would mix and scratch cuts, it could have been Stretch Armstrong. Then they had a countdown show. You really had to be lucky to catch it. Kurupt "We Can Freak It" hit #1 on that National Show.
So... somehow it was #1 on the rap show, but didn't get played once on that "Urban Radio" (hip-hop and R&B).
So my guess is that chart you looked at was for "URBAN" radio, but there might have been a seperate chart for "Rap" radio where it ranked higher.
I know Billboard had a separate chart for rap singles but somehow whoever contributed to his wiki page didn't include that in the charts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurupt_discography
but Fonky Fresh is kind of right also because it didn't cross over to the pop charts like a lot of the hip hop songs did in the 90s
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ICn3lOwxWXo&ra=m
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5IaqLUY2Rck
Khayree the most underrated producer of all time.
The first Dubee album is soooo dope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8_-5ULeWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT3YFfQB5Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTu5gdMryN4
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