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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: themovie on July 03, 2002, 04:16:23 AM
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"Xzibit's biggest weapon on his upcoming Man Vs. Machine LP may be the element of surprise.
Yes, we expect him to throw them bows at his adversaries on songs like "Enemies," and considering they were once labelmates and both have no problem getting dirty in lyrical mud fights, his collaboration with M.O.P., "BK to LA," isn't a complete shocker. But the West Coast battle cat has a few wild cards up the sleeves of his jersey — he experiments with flows and rhymes about everything from his deceased mother to social turmoil.
Dr. Dre took the reins for the album's first single, "Multiply." The Doc starts the beat off with an understated, off-kilter rhythm, not too dissimilar from the sound of hitting switches on a lowrider. Meanwhile, X explicates with a half-singing sermon before going into a full-throttle rage about, among other things, how the game is "10 percent skills and 90 percent Hollywood." Clearly X's co-star on the song, Nate Dogg, is taking the whole Man Vs. Machine theme very seriously: The gangstafied soulman goes from the church to the spaceship, singing the chorus, "We back on line/ We came to ride ..." with a robotic croon.
Man Vs. Machine is supposed to drop sometime in the first couple of weeks of September, but the album's most important "Release Date" is the LP's first track. There X rhymes from the perspective of an inmate who's on the brink of getting out of prison. But before he leaves, he exposes his mental scars from a life behind bars filled with fights, rape and seclusion.
The X man is anything but isolated on "Choke Me, Spank Me, Pull My Hair" — he has more women than the law allows. Sounding like we've never heard him before, X switches up his scabrous monotone in favor of a high-pitched swagger reminiscent of Bootsy Collins. Xzibit wants to take big pimpin' to the next level, insisting on the song that he's not in love, but rather wants lovin' from as many girls as can fit into a room. "Choke me/ Spank me/ Pull my hair," a female exhorts on the chorus in her best naughty voice.
Eminem wants to give Jermaine Dupri a spanking of the verbal sort on "Say My Name." "It ain't beef man, I don't know what you call it," Em laments before he starts to rhyme and call out JD. Snoop Dogg swears up and down that anybody wanting to compete with him and X-to-the-Z have gone batty on "Losin' Your Mind," and it's a West Coast verbal demolition derby with X's Golden State Project members Ras Kass and Defari on "Harder."
X will take his acclaimed aggression out on camera within the next couple of weeks: He's currently gearing up to shoot the video for "Multiply." He'll soon be in front of a multitude of fans as well, on the upcoming Anger Management Tour.
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DAMN that sounds like tight shit...I cant wait to hear this album, its looking like a classic for the westcoast!
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sound tight cos x is my favourite artist from the west but he seriously needs to stay away from that pimping shit and go back to west coast gutter/underground - that pimping shit fukked west coast music up in my opinion.
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holy fuckin shit that album sounds TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!
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he seriously needs to stay away from that pimping shit and go back to west coast gutter/underground - that pimping shit fukked west coast music up in my opinion.
agreed...........and shiiit, Dre produced his first single again, and Nate did the hook :o :o :o
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Thanks for the info. This album sounds bangin'.
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Holy fucking Jesus this sounds tight.
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agreed...........and shiiit, Dre produced his first single again, and Nate did the hook :o :o :o
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How come it says "Harder" ft. Ras kass and Defari, aka Golden State. I like Defari and all, but he better not have replaced saafir in Golden state! Last month the Source said this song ft. Saafir and Ras, i guess we will see....
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i just read the article. this shit sounds tight
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How come it says "Harder" ft. Ras kass and Defari, aka Golden State. I like Defari and all, but he better not have replaced saafir in Golden state! Last month the Source said this song ft. Saafir and Ras, i guess we will see....
Don't worry,it's a mistake.....Saafir still a Golden State Member and he's in that song ! ! ;)
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First single produced by Dr.Dre........this is an amazing news !!
This album looks more tight on every update,i'm pretty sure will be better than Dj Quik's Under the influence (tight album).
P.S. (When we will "see" another first snoop's single produced by Dr.Dre ? ? ? )
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I hope it will not be too bootleged
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sounds tight!!!!! can't wait for the firs single.......dre production and nate on the hook :o :o :o :o
cant wait to hear this album!!!!!!!!!!!
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man yeah dre doin the first single is really dope, it'l be good to see what dre chokes up cuz he beats have been gettin on borin lately..........should be dope for x to tha z though if its first single , cant wait for this
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This sounds like it's gonna be fuckin DOPE!...
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Damn! X is gonna tear shit up wit this record!!! Tight production, tight guest appearences, X to tha Z looks like he gonna deliever a str8 up classic, fa sho!! I cant wait to peep this shit!!
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Damn! X is gonna tear shit up wit this record!!! Tight production, tight guest appearences, X to tha Z looks like he gonna deliever a str8 up classic, fa sho!! I cant wait to peep this shit!!
This could have been said for Restless, and it sucked ass.
Why can't Xzibit rap about life, the business, the game, or just flow with incredible lyrics like he used to? That pussy track sounds fucking horrible. Hopefully, he'll learn like Nas did and drop a classic sometime.
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looks good....lets hear it to see if its really all its hyped up to be
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Sounds dope can't wait :D Good to see Ras on it.
Hopefully tha liks are on this CD.
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dope
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This could have been said for Restless, and it sucked ass.
Why can't Xzibit rap about life, the business, the game, or just flow with incredible lyrics like he used to? That pussy track sounds fucking horrible. Hopefully, he'll learn like Nas did and drop a classic sometime.
If ur not satisfied, theres Mos Def, Ja rule rapping about the game, Fabolous is DEEP, etc...