Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
In my eyes, the greatest album ever recorded. Each of the albums tracks remain classics from beggining to end. One of the first rap albums i ever bought, so it lasted 7 years and still is certified of gettin a play. i never let this album go dusty underneath the Nelly's and Ludacris' which have pushed older albums off the shelves. My favourite track of all time is also on this album, the classic Who Am I. I think classic is the only word to describe each track on this, reading off it is like reading a greatest hip hop songs ever track listing. Songs all hiphop fans have heard...Gin and Juice, Lodo Dodi, Murder Was The Case, Ain't no Fun, Doggy Dogg World. One thing that makes this album so good is how i can press play and just sit back and not have to do anything. No having to skip filler tracks, no having to skip annoying interludes. Though there are skits, they are either too short to have to bother, funny or are related to the song as with the skit before Murder Was The Case. This is a must have for every hip hop fan anywhere, anyone who has ever thought about buying a hip hop album to see whut the music genre is about should make this the album to buy. Dre's classic production, Snoop's ever recognisable flow with appearance from Daz, Kurupt, Lady of Rage, Nate Dogg and Warren G. what more could any hip hop fan ask for? |
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Twista - Adrenaline Rush
Anyone who knows me, will be fully aware of the trouble and time it took to get hold of this album. I'm sure some of you visiting this site will not be familiar with Twista and won't be aware whut all this fuss is about. He's one of those people who pops up on various albums by big artists, but can never quite remember his name. But for me it was the opposite, i first heard him on Is This the End on Puffy's No Way Out. But this wasn't my album but my borthers, so i never listened to it that much. But when i bought Forever, Puffy's second album, the stand out cut by a mile for me Is This the End (part II). I wuz hookt on Twista's flow, i couldn't beleive his flow. It wuz something i wasn't used to. But my short search for a solo album received no results. Then i copped Jay-Z's volume 3 and Twista wuz there again. His verse on Iz That Yo Bitch just left me knowing i had to cop his album. i searched everywhere, every record shop in Manchester and every large record shop in UK, but still no results. Then i copped Ryde or Die Vol 2 and he wuz there again with Drag-On on Twisted Heat so i had to go get imported. and it is worth ever penny! Traxster's eerie beats suit Twista's flow so well. The way he can switch to a bouncy sing-song flow to virtually an indeciphable flow just add's to Twista's skill. All i can say is to go and listen to as much Twista as possible and you'll know whut i mean. |
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Dr Dre - 2001
The long anticipated album from Dr Dre. the man who in the late 80's early 90's was running hip hop. He seemed to almost vanish, with his somewhat super group, The Firm. Despite having the emcee skills of Foxy Brown, Nature, AZ and with a 5 mic album under his belt, Nas. with that sort of line up you think he couldn'tgo wrong. But for some reason, The Form flopped. His Aftermath album crashed and burned just like the cover art work. But along the way he picked up artists, Eve of Destruction and of course, Eminem. Eve of Destruction who we now all know as Eve went onto find fame with the Ruff Ryders and her solo album, Scorpion, she calls upon the production of Dre, the man she calls her mentor. And as for Eminem, where do we start? The lyrical genius going no where but underground clubs suddenly find himself with the biggest selling rap album after his highly succesful Slim Shady lp. So now expectations were high. And Dre did not disappoint. Calling upon the man himself Eminem, Snoop, Kurupt, Xzibit and his new artists such as Hittman to bring the lyrical power along side Dre. Dre handles the beats along with Mel Man which never fail to please. And to make sure the album succeeds in all sections, Dre called upon the ghost writing skills of Jay-Z and Royce da 5'9. The album seemed to have it all, and indeed it does. The album virtually re-instating gangsta rap, the west coast along with Snoop and Dre back into the world of hip hop. Now how highly anticipated is his next album?!
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Cap.One - Through the Eyes of a Don
Any of you who read the Source will already be very familiar with this young gun, being featured in the magazines monthly article, 'Diary of a New Jack'.
After reading about him, i thought i'd go give him a listen over the web, and first listen i wuz hooked, cuz this kid can flow! Any of you who like me, are fans of the singature windy city flow from artists such as Twista, Do or Die and Crucial Conflict, will love this album. But i think this will please hip hop heads everywhere more so than the previously mentioned artists. Twista makes an appearance on possibly the albums hottest track alongside Rashawnna, on Chi-Towns Finest (see this week's top 10 singles). I loved the beat on this track, produced by D-Moet who duz a brilliant job producin a host of other of the album's tracks.
The next stand out cut is Thug In Your Life. The production and chorus comes from Jazzy-Pha.
The tracks opens with a sort of classical compostion, which made a refreshing change to find actual instruments being played on a hip-hop track. Cap's flow go so well with the instruments on Jazzy-Pha's smooth vocals. The lead off single They Luv Dat is another stand out cut on which Nokio of Dru Hill provides his own rap. The album stays consistlently tight throughout, and is without a doubt my album of the year so far! At No exaggeration, this is a must-have for all hip hop heads everywhere
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Kurupt - The Streetz Iz a Mutha
After his various guest appearances and the classic Dogg Food album which he released with fellow Dogg Pound Gangsta, Daz, again during the Deathrow golden years, we didn't hear much from him. His appearance on Ain't No Fun is no a classic and virtually any song picked frum Dogg Food will ring out the same. I eventually gave up waiting for a second Dogg Pound album and charged down to the record store, money in hand and picked up Kurupt's newest album, which wuz Streetz iz a Mutha. At first listen, this wasn't whut i wuz expecting. It took me a few listens before i began to like 1 or 2 of the songs. Then a few months later, this album hardly ever found itself off my stereo. I just suddenly found myself hookt to it. It has a very West Coast sound throughout, and Daz appears and most tracks. Along with Snoop, Nate Dogg, Xzibit and Warren G. The most well known track is the now infamous Callin Out Names, which is the bonus track on this CD. The track finds Kurupt calling out DMX after his supposed affair wit Kurupt's Fiance at the time, Foxy Brown. For any of you like me, who love to hear artists beefing on wax, this track alone makes the CD worth while. Who Ride Wit Us, Neva Gonna Give It Up, Ho's a Housewife and I Ain't Shit Without My Homeboyz keep the west coast gangsta sound consistent. The stand out cuts for me are Girls All Pause, which has Nate Dogg stretching his vocals on the hook and Roscoe providing an extra verse. Second is Your Gyrl Friend, which before Ludacris' Ho, wuz my favourite Ho bashing song. Kurupt never fails to have a regular dig at the female population, but don't let this put any of you laydeez off. There's plenty for all on this album. |
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