Warren G plans Nate Dogg tribute album

[Mista Rosa]

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/03/29/warren-g-plans-nate-dogg-tribute-album.html

The hip-hop veteran preps new album for late friend.

Of all the friends, fans and collaborators Nate Dogg touched over the years, perhaps none are as strongly associated with the late hip-hop star’s early career as Warren G. Together, the two friends from Long Beach rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on signature G-funk anthems like "Indo Smoke" and "Regulate." After mourning Nate at a memorial service this past weekend in their hometown, Warren took a moment to chat with BET.com about the loss of his friend and plans to carry on Nate’s legacy.

"I've been really, really hurt, but I felt a lot better because he ain’t suffering no more," Warren says of his emotions following Nate’s death on March 15 after years of battling myriad health issues. "It was messing me up knowing what he was going through, but now he's in a better place.”

The West Coast rap veteran says the duo recorded several unreleased songs together over the years, and he plans to put those tracks on a new collaboration album as a tribute to the fallen singer. The project will likely feature guest spots from various big-name rappers.

"We've got a lot of songs we did,” he says. "They're really great songs. It's gonna trip people out how dope he is."

Though Warren believes this tribute album should be viewed as the definitive musical commemorative for his deceased homie, he appreciates everyone in the hip hop community who has paid homage to his friend. In previous interviews Warren had expressed anger with some of the musical tributes that came out soon after Nate’s passing.

"I was upset at some other artists who were trying to do tributes before we could get around to paying our proper respects, but I was just emotional," he confesses. "I said some crazy things and I didn’t mean that. I wanna send a shout-out to every artist and DJ who showed love to Nate Dogg. Much love to them. It really does mean a lot. That’s real."

Surely hip hop has more than enough love to spread around for Nate Dogg.

"The world lost a truly soulful artist," Warren says. "It ain't no hit if Nate Dogg ain't on it. That was our motto."



Good news. Especially if Warren produces the majority of the album. And you know the profit of the album would go to Nate's family. Warren do it!! 

[U.N.T.O.U.C.H.A.B.L.E.]

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/03/29/warren-g-plans-nate-dogg-tribute-album.html

The hip-hop veteran preps new album for late friend.

Of all the friends, fans and collaborators Nate Dogg touched over the years, perhaps none are as strongly associated with the late hip-hop star’s early career as Warren G. Together, the two friends from Long Beach rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on signature G-funk anthems like "Indo Smoke" and "Regulate." After mourning Nate at a memorial service this past weekend in their hometown, Warren took a moment to chat with BET.com about the loss of his friend and plans to carry on Nate’s legacy.

"I've been really, really hurt, but I felt a lot better because he ain’t suffering no more," Warren says of his emotions following Nate’s death on March 15 after years of battling myriad health issues. "It was messing me up knowing what he was going through, but now he's in a better place.”

The West Coast rap veteran says the duo recorded several unreleased songs together over the years, and he plans to put those tracks on a new collaboration album as a tribute to the fallen singer. The project will likely feature guest spots from various big-name rappers.

"We've got a lot of songs we did,” he says. "They're really great songs. It's gonna trip people out how dope he is."

Though Warren believes this tribute album should be viewed as the definitive musical commemorative for his deceased homie, he appreciates everyone in the hip hop community who has paid homage to his friend. In previous interviews Warren had expressed anger with some of the musical tributes that came out soon after Nate’s passing.

"I was upset at some other artists who were trying to do tributes before we could get around to paying our proper respects, but I was just emotional," he confesses. "I said some crazy things and I didn’t mean that. I wanna send a shout-out to every artist and DJ who showed love to Nate Dogg. Much love to them. It really does mean a lot. That’s real."

Surely hip hop has more than enough love to spread around for Nate Dogg.

"The world lost a truly soulful artist," Warren says. "It ain't no hit if Nate Dogg ain't on it. That was our motto."



Good news. Especially if Warren produces the majority of the album. And you know the profit of the album would go to Nate's family. Warren do it!! 

Can't Wait For This....

[Tekniec]

good news.. this should be dope, i cant wait

[Knett]

Hope they will make a dope tribute though.. don´t fuck it up

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

good news.. this should be dope, i cant wait

[D-e-f-]

sounds awesome!

I'm glad he wants to share Nate's unreleased work with the world.

[arubiano83]

please do it urself warren, dont let snoop get involved....dont want no katy perry on this shit

[acgrundy]

good stuff.  What did warren say about other artists?

[jaytee]

I'm wondering if these are the tracks that they were considering making another 213 album with.  A Nate and Warren duet album would be sick, but it would be nice if they were able to pull off the tribute and another 213 project.

[love33]

Was he referring to The Game and Ya Boy when he talked about artists sprinting to release tribute tracks?? Game sprinted and released that Michael Jackson tribute with Chris Brown and Diddy.  I wonder why he's mad and if these are the artists he's mad about?  "Hey Game, someone just died....now HURRRY UP and RUN TO THE STUDIO so we get THE FIRST TRIBUTE TRACK PLAYED" j/k

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

It'll only be a real tribute album if the money goes to Nate's fam

[sofdark]

dope

[The_Ripper]

It'll only be a real tribute album if the money goes to Nate's fam

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Hope they will make a dope tribute though.. don´t fuck it up

I trust Warren, him and Nate have been making classics since day one

[Will_B]

Dope. Thanks for posting.