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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: PLANT on February 11, 2005, 10:45:17 PM

Title: 213 - "The Hard Way"
Post by: PLANT on February 11, 2005, 10:45:17 PM
Underated album IMO....Ive been bumpin this album alot lately and its a fuckin sick album...Has a smooth, real westcoast vibe to it.  I know its not the album that most of us were expecting, but none the less, its a sweet album.  In some ways it reminds me of the first Eastsidaz album.  It has a very distinct sound to it.  Im glad these guys put this album out because I will be ridiing, bumpin & smoking to this for a long time  8)
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Post by: Suga Foot on February 11, 2005, 10:50:07 PM
I agree, this album is tight.  I'll be bumpin it for years. 
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Post by: soopadoopaflykid on February 11, 2005, 10:50:31 PM
it was a good album but it wasnt instant classic that everyone was cravin for but it still out beats a lot other albums out there that recently came out in the market. The only complaint I have really with this album is where is the warren g production
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Post by: BL7 on February 11, 2005, 10:53:15 PM
For some strange reason, I've been listening to it a lot lately. Definitely a good record, and, IMO, "Keep It Gangsta" is one of the best West Coast songs ever. I loved that song ever since I first heard it.
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Post by: 'EclipZe on February 11, 2005, 11:40:53 PM
the record is hot
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Post by: Sikotic™ on February 11, 2005, 11:51:28 PM
Overated album IMO....
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Post by: k1000 on February 12, 2005, 02:35:28 AM
a hot album "ni**a got to find a way..."
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Post by: mauzip on February 12, 2005, 02:48:08 AM
it was a good album but it wasnt instant classic that everyone was cravin for but it still out beats a lot other albums out there that recently came out in the market. The only complaint I have really with this album is where is the warren g production
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Post by: Danté Williams on February 12, 2005, 03:34:19 AM
It's kinda strange cause:

I've never really liked Snoop.
Nate sounds unmotivated sometimes and only comes with fat melodies in a few tracks.
Warren G delivers some nice verses, but a couple of them are quite average.
There's no Warren G beats, the #1 reason I loved 213.
Doesn't sound as westcoast as I would like, doesn't have that g-funk vibe.

And STILL I find it a DOPE album. Not classic, but a nice album you never get tired of, with almost 20 songs and only a couple skippers.
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Post by: Sir Petey on February 12, 2005, 05:20:40 AM
I cant understand how when snoop or some shit affiliated with snoop comes out everyone hates on it then after a few months slowly but surely everyone changes there mind....
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Post by: dexter on February 12, 2005, 07:28:31 AM
Top notch album
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Post by: white Boy on February 12, 2005, 07:33:21 AM
yea its not too bad
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Post by: T-Dogg on February 12, 2005, 09:42:52 AM
It's grown on me a whole lot. It still feels wrong that there's no Warren G beats on there, but the whole thing is surprisingly solid. That Battlecat track is off the hook though.
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Post by: _That_Cracka_J on February 12, 2005, 01:20:02 PM
I never understood why a lotta people didn't like it....People wanted Warren G production, which would have been tight, but the important thing is the production on the album WAS tight.

Definitely one of the top albums for 04
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Post by: C-clamp on February 12, 2005, 03:04:50 PM
wow, i thought i was the only one! Just outta no where lately all i've been listenin to is 213.  I guess it's just one of those albums that grow on you, gets better as time goes on.  I bet a year from now, someone's gonna call this album a classic
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Post by: Suffice on February 12, 2005, 04:10:29 PM
i liked the album instantly. Theres 3-4 dope party songs, 5-6 chill songs, and a couple gangsta tracks... overall the production was dope save for a couple tracks. I was surprised they didn't put out a second single. Absolutely would have been a perfect second single
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Post by: Eddie G. on February 12, 2005, 04:38:24 PM
I think it was one of my favorite albums of the past year.  It was a disappointment because it could have been so much more, but it was still a very solid CD that you can play the whole way through.
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Post by: Ozir on February 12, 2005, 04:56:37 PM
I agree.  I've liked the album since it came out and i've been listening to it ever since.  Listen to it again, and you'll realize the album has a true westcoast feel and sound.

"Absolutely"  8)
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Post by: LAZY on February 12, 2005, 05:01:59 PM
iv listened 2 the album a few times to try to get into it but i cant get into it.. i still dont like it, i liked Groupie Love & Run On Up then the track on the overseas version with Daz (and the chapelle skit) but thats it i didnt like anything else
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Post by: Acgrundy on February 12, 2005, 06:51:55 PM
I listened to it about 3 times, and it was decent.  I really have never had the desire to listen to it again tho.  its a pretty boring album.
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Post by: UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over on February 13, 2005, 12:41:25 AM
Only 1 word comes up to my mind: GARBAGE
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Post by: ::Mr. Hahn:: on February 13, 2005, 01:32:33 AM
This album just wasnt for me..i just didnt like it...One song i really liked was Appreciation. It had that real nice G-funk feel to it...
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Post by: Makaveli R.I.P. on February 13, 2005, 04:29:49 AM
I like the album very much  :)
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Post by: Lil Jay on February 13, 2005, 04:32:35 AM
I listened to it about 3 times, and it was decent.  I really have never had the desire to listen to it again tho.  its a pretty boring album.
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Post by: eS El Duque on February 13, 2005, 08:45:52 AM
 :puke:

Still dont like this...can't believe i downloaded it.
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Post by: Okka on February 13, 2005, 11:59:01 AM
Underated album

Hell yeah, this might be the best album that was released in 2004...
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Post by: doubletrouble™ on February 13, 2005, 04:47:35 PM
All these years waiting to get tha album released and it failed terribly :(
I love tha album and i was listeneing to it a few days ago and i'm still liking it but that album failed simply bcoz of tha single they chose. When i heard tha album i was wondering why they didn't release "Absolutely"
that single would've been much better .
  tha hook was real catchy and would've been a good track for tha bitches at tha club.
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Post by: dexter on February 24, 2005, 10:42:11 AM
How did it fail?^ ??? ???
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Post by: Inspire / Moss on February 24, 2005, 12:38:22 PM
I dunno, i quite liked it.. Some songs were abit shit, but then again you can say that for almost any album.. M.L.K was my favourite from the album though, that track is really cool and sounds real westcoast