If you ever wondered what I would sound like if I had any talent as a producer and Dre wanted to rap over one of my beats. This is how I would sound. West Coast!!!!!! I might just fuck around and get a California tattoo next weekend.
Dammit Warren, Jizzle, Quik, neither of you muthafuckers could introduce Gibbs to Dr. Dre. Seriously get him and Jizzle on Detox. I’ll ruin the ending of the video for you, Jeezy talks about a possible Quik & Gibbs collabo. Damn, that shit gots me super hyped. CTE, West Side.
Gibbs x Young x Quik x G-Child
Not only is Gibbs getting the co-sign from two of the biggest pioneers in West Coast hip hop, but this puts him 1 degree away from Dre and a guest spot on Detox, which needs to happen. I am confident whatever these guys are cooking up, the first hit will be free, but I’ll be back for full album worth very soon.
Gangsta Gibbs & Madlib
Can someone send this video to Dr Dre and tell him to get Freddie Gibbs, Kendrick Lamar and Slim Tha Mobster in the studio to write for Detox. Between those three plus Joell Ortiz & Crooked I from Slaughterhouse, he could bang out Detox in time for Coachella.
Freddie Gibbs honestly reps LA/West Coast gangsta culture better than most LA artists. Imagine if he was rapping during the Death Row days?
West Coast. All Day. Every day.
A little West Coast can go a long way. Download this song somewhere, burn it CD, and play it as you ride in a convertible driving down Sunset. West Coast, all day.
I can’t wait for this game to drop so I can buy it and never play it. GTA’s finally coming back to the West Coast. Fuck New York. LA all day.
LA Weekly vs H.H.I.R: 20 Greatest LA Rap Albums of All Time
LA Weekly Presents: Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
2. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
3. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
4. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
5. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
6. DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name (1991)
7. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
8. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
9. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (1989)
10. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots (1993)
11. Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
12. The Game - Doctor’s Advocate (2006)
13. Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
14. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990)
15. Suga Free - Street Gospel (1997)
16. Tyler, The Creator - Goblin (2011)
17. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
18. Kool Keith - Sex Style (1997)
19. Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens (2007)
20. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to Dilla (2009)
For the most part, I agree with a majority of these albums being on this list. Some I feel should be higher, (Eazy-Duz-It, 2001, Below The Heavens), and some I feel should not even BE on the list, (Kool Keith, Tyler, Doctor’s Advocate). Here is H.H.I.R’s list, which I feel resembles my list a little more.
Hip Hop Is Read Presents: Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time
1. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
2. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
3. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
4. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
5. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990)
6. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
7. Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
8. 2Pac - Me Against the World (1995)
9. Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food (1995)
10. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
11. The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better (1989)
12. Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
13. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
14. Warren G - Regulate…G Funk Era (1994)
15. DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name (1991)
16. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
17. Low Profile - We’re In This Together (1990)
18. N.W.A. - Niggaz4Life (1991)
19. The Game - Doctor’s Advocate (2006)
20. Xzibit - Restless (2000)
I personally would have subbed out Doctor’s Advocate for The Documentary, I mean it WAS produced by the D.R.E. How is Doctor’s Advocate more LA than The Documentary. I would move Low Profile, down to the early twenties and bring in Westside Connection’s Bow Down. Finally, I’d have to go song for song and really analyze whether or not Restless should be there in place of 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz. Restless had the whole West Coast hoping Xzibit would sign with D.R.E after hearing X, but 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz had What You See (Is What You Get), and the video was the inspiration behind CJ’s crib in GTA:SA and no game’s more LA than that.
HHIR’s Honorable Mentions:
21. Westside Connection - Bow Down (1996)
22. Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster (1991)
23. Above the Law - Black Mafia Life (1992)
24. House of Pain (no, they’re not from Boston!) - House of Pain (1992)
25. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots (1993)
26. Compton’s Most Wanted - Music to Driveby (1992)
27. Mack 10 - Mack 10 (1995)
28. King Tee - At Your Own Risk (1990)
29. Compton’s Most Wanted - Straight Checkn ‘Em (1991)
30. Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal (2000)
E’erybody know da KANG, yea I said da KANG, of da SOUTH has returned *T.I. VOICE*, to reclaim his title. What about the West Coast? The video shows you the level of excellence needed to even THINK about wasting Dre’s time with a phone call to MAYBE come listen to some shit. Snoop called up, DJ Pooh, Battlecat AND Quik, to produce just 4 songs worth of being played in front of the God Producer DRE. Snoops monologue is more of a commanding of the troops. The way he talks about Still D.R.E, the making of that record. He says that shit still hits harder anything those three men have produced and it’s OLD SHIT. OLD. Fuck. Detox. It’s Over. West Coast.
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