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Warren G Album: “Regulate...G Funk Era [Bonus Track]”
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Regulate...G Funk Era [Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:2003-06-04
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, Mainstream Rap, West Coast Rap
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Label:Universal
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988005336293
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Review - :
Anchored by the laid-back {\G-funk} anthem {&"Regulate,"} {$Warren G}'s appropriately titled {^Regulate...G Funk Era} embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness. Unlike most of his West Coast {\G-funk} peers, {$Warren} doesn't celebrate drive-by gang-bangin', dirty-money stackin', nor G's-up, hoes-down pimpin'. Sure, he says the f word once in a while and puffs on the cheeba-cheeba when it's passed his way, but he's essentially a good-natured, all-ages rapper, interested in nothing more than good ol'-fashioned {\hip-hop}. He professes his demeanor succinctly on the catchy hook to {&"This DJ,"} the other era-defining highlight here: "It's kinda easy when you're listening to the G-ed-up sound/Pioneer speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound/I got the sound fo yo' ass and it's easy to see/That this DJ be {$Warren G}." Like his stepbrother {$Dr. Dre}, {$Warren} is a more talented producer than rapper, and it's his by-the-book {\G-funk} beat-making that truly shines here. For instance, another album highlight, {&"Do You See,"} boasts an elastic bassline and whistling synth hook, capturing the essence of {\G-funk} as only {$Dre} himself could. {$Warren} further compensates for his middling rapping with a couple of guests, a few skits, and a brief running time. Even if {&"Regulate"} and {&"This DJ"} tower far above everything else here, {^Regulate...G Funk Era} is nonetheless a minor gem among the myriad {\G-funk} albums of the mid-'90s, and {$Warren} embodies the style itself here with a precision perhaps second only to his older brother and does so with a refreshing air of harmlessness. [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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