Customer Reviews

Gang Related

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3 star:		(2)
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In fact I'd give it a 4.5 rating if I could. Damn, this album has so many GREAT songs on it and only few that are weak (and they are REALLY weak). This album is ten times better than Gridloc'd and it sounds much more like the good old Death Row we all love and miss. It's got many hardcore songs and also a few that're a bit smoother, with an RnB feel to them. Some of the best rappers in the industry are on that album : 2Pac (whose all 4 songs are just amazing, and without a doubt the highlights of the albu,!), Ice Cube, Kurupt, Daz, Mack 10, Snoop Dogg, WC, Nate Dogg, J-Flexx, OFTB and many more. Out of 24 songs there're maybe 4 or 5 songs that I don't like. The rest is just perfect. Songs like 2Pac's "Life's so hard" and Daz's "What's yo fantasy" really take you back to Death Row's greatest days when all the artists were still there, Suge wasn't in jail and DEATH ROW was the top label in the rap industry. This is an important album, because it's one of the last quality albums to come out Death Row, before everything totally fell appart for many reasons.

Death Row was still on top of the rap game for the past 5 years before this release and they continued with this double disc 24 song soundtrack. Features most of the Death Row roster at the time, the Outlawz and some others as well (plus a few R&B songs - which are actually pretty good). The production is great on here and it is a must have for gangsta rap mid 90's west coast fans. The movie is pretty good as well.

DISC 1
#1 - 9 (Daz Dillinger f/ Tray Dee)
#2 - 7 (2Pac {R.I.P.} f/ Snoop Dogg)
#3 - 8 (ice cube)
#4 - 10 (classic from Mack 10 & All Frum Tha I)
#5 - 9 (nate dogg f/ daz dillinger - also on Nate Dogg's "G-Funk Classics Vol. 1")
#6 - 8 (Storm, Young Noble, Daz Dillinger)
#7 - 9 (J Flexx & Tha Realest)
#8 - 10 (classic from 2Pac {R.I.P.}, Edi Amin & Kadafi{R.I.P.})
#9 - 3 (Paradise)
#10 - 5 (jackers)
#11 - 5 (Tech N9ne)
#12 - 6.5 (kurupt, Snoop Dogg & I Think (can't remember) Bad Azz & Tray Deee)

DISC 2
#1 - 8.5 (2Pac {R.I.P.}, Kastro, Napoleon, Kadafi {R.I.P.}, Hussein Fatal, Edi Amin - also on "Supercop" Sndtk.)
#2 - 6.5 (Kurupt)
#3 - 8.5 (WC, CJ Mac, Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee)
#4 - 10 (classic from Opperation From the Bottom {OFTB}{Low MB, Flipside & Bustop})
#5 - 5.5 (6 Feet f/ Storm)
#6 - 9 (Young Soldierz {Lil Stretch & Big Wy})
#7 - 1 (BGOTI)
#8 - 9 (Daz Dillinger, Napoleon, Young Noble, Storm - about sex)
#9 - 8.5 (J Flexx, Tha Realest, Bahamadia, ConFunkShun)
#10 - 8 (Roland - about sex)
#11 - 6 (2DV)
#12 - 10 (classic by 2Pac {R.I.P.} f/ Edi Amin & Young Noble)

Made Niggaz, Rear view mirror are better then any track that has been put out on any of Pac's recent 2000 and 2001 discs. Pick it up. Thug life indeed. Rear view contains a cool sampling of Phil Collins 'in the air tonite'.

I heard this for the first time cruseing though a parking lot looking at girls. Everyone was asking what we were listening to. My friend says the Gang Related soundtrack. They all went and bought it then. Man this is good Stuff. If you are a west cost gangstar rap fan you are sure to love it.

This soundtrack alone could be a greatst hits. I love all the 2pac songs. Daz really lights it up in way to major. Ice cubes Song Greed is nothing short of a hit.

This soundtrack saved Deathrow's butt in 1997 after lukewarm records sales for Snoop's The Doggfather and other Deathrow releases that bombed. It has a lot gems on here like Daz Dillinger's Way Too Major, Storm's Mash For Our Dreams feat Daz and Young Noble, All four of Tupac's joint were tight and Gang Related feat WC, CJ Mac, Daz and Tray Deee is a classic by itself. The main problem with double albums is that sometimes there are songs that could have been left off. Disc 1: I never like Ice Cube's solo Greed and Devotion by Paradise is boring. Disc 2: Young Soldier's Take A N***a Like Me is straight garbage. Feeling A Good Thang by 2DV and Freak Somethin by Roland are not bad track but they are pretty dull. But for every bad track, there is a good one that counters it so everything evens out. Bottom Line: Gang Related is the best soundtrack of '97 and is one of the best soundtracks of all time. This came out when you can expect a tight release from Death Row. If you can find it snatch it up. Standouts on Disc 1: WAY TOO MAJOR, LIFE'S SO HARD, MASH FOR OUR DREAMS, FREE EM ALL, STARING THROUGH MY REARVIEW, I CANT FIX IT, QUESTIONS and HOLLYWOOD BANK ROBBERY. Standouts on Disc 2: MADE N****Z, LOC'D OUT HOOD, GANG RELATED, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, WHAT'S YOUR FANTASY, A CHANGE TO COME and LOST SOULS.

this album is dope. excellent mix of great beats and expert lyrical styles. should be death rows greatest hits as the current greatest hits cd is made mainly up of songs from snoops doggystyle & dre's the chronic. if u are a fan 2pac, daz or any deathrow artists, buy this cd now.

All I have to say is, "IF YOU LIKE DEATH ROW, AND IF YOU LIKE GANGSTER RAP... IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THN THIS." I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY EXCEPT "BUY THIS CD!" I GUARRANTEE IT WILL BE THE BEST RAP CD YOU WILL EVER BUY, BEST SONGS TIGHTEST BEATS, DOPEST RHYMES... THIS CD HAS IT ALL! PLUS IT COMES DIGITALLY REMASTERED AND ENHANCED WITH VIDEOS YOU CAN WATCH ON YOUR PC.
AND AGAIN THIS IS THE BEST RAP CD EVER.

I wasn't that much of a Death Row fan until I heard this album. When I first put it in, Made Niggaz was the first song I heard. That's perhaps the hottest joint down by Tupac. That's the song that got me hooked into listenin to Tupac. The song after that with Kurupt was a tight track as well. Skip a lil to 6 Feet wit Storm, well done. Blazin~!! Then Tupac and the Outlaws at the end, another tight one.Then I put in the first CD. It wasn't as good as the Second one, but it still had some good songs on it. "Questions" and "Free em All" were the best on that CD. Tray Dee had a solid performance on it. "Staring At the World through my Rearview" I l kinda liked that one. On "Free Em All" there's a guy tryna sound like Tupac, but that track is still hott. Hollywood Bank Roberry when i first heard it, I didn't like it. that was when I first got it. Now, I heard it yesterday and it was pretty good.
Overall: This is tight. A "MUST GET" mos def.

Gang Related realeased in 1997, about a year after 2Pac was killed.
The album features a lot of bangers, but it would have been untouchable if it was a single disc, since it features a few fillers.
Here's the perfect tracklist for Gang Related, which would have given it a 5 star rating, instead of 4.

1. Way Too Major
2. Life's So Hard
3. Greed
4. These Days
6. Mash For Our Dreams
7. Free'em All
8. Starin' Through My Rear View
9. Questions
10.Made N-----
11.Gang Related
12.What's Ya Fantasy
13.A Change To Come
14.Lost Souls

But, anyways this album is definitely worth buying if you like westcoast rap, and if you're a 2Pac fanatic, the four songs of him on this soundtrack are all classics. Must be heard.

Almost everything from Death Row after Pac's tragic death gets overlooked and dismissed. This album is no exception. This album, or should I say soundtrack, is bangin from front to back. Pure West Coast beats and rhymes combined with some R&B tracks. It also includes 4 "new" Pac songs for those fanatics. His tracks don't disappoint.

Production is handled by Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, Budda, QDIII, 2pac, Nate Dogg, Johnny J, Barney and others. Artists that appear range from big doggs 2Pac, Nate Dogg, Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, Ice Cube, TechNine and Tray Dee to lesser known artists such as Storm, J Flex, OFTB and 6 Feet Deep as well as others.

Disc One is filled with hot joints such as Ice Cube's Greed, Way Too Major, Life is So Hard by Tupac, These Days from Nate Dogg, Staring Through My Rearview also by Tupac. Mash For Out Dreams, Free Em All, Devotion and Questions are also some tight songs. Two Wack songs include, surprisingly, Hollywood Bank Robbery which is performed by Kurupt, Snoop and Tha Gang and also I Cant Fix It is not good. Disc 1 gets 4 stars.

Disc 2 also has some more gangsta rhymes and beats. Two more excellent Pac songs appear on this disc. Made N!ggaz and Lost Souls are definitely worthy additions to your Pac song collection. The Title Track is something serious and is really a hardcore song. Lady, What Have You Done, and Feeling A Good Thang round out the well above average R&B selection on this album. Other tight songs include Whats Ya Fantasy and A Change To Come. This disc, however, suffers from more filler than the first one. Another surprising let down is that Kurupt's song Loc'd Out Hood is pretty lame as is Keep Your Eyes Open and Freak Somethin. The Worst song on the album is from Young Soldierz, Take Someone Like Me, which is probably one of the worst songs I have ever heard. Despite the bad songs the good ones outweigh the bad. Disc 2 recieves 4 stars.

All in all the cd suffers from the double disc syndrome. Tight songs with some filler every now and then. And also a double album may be too hard to digest for many. However you should still give this a try if you liked or loved the Death Row era. Gangsta rhythms and ghetto singing with reality raps and laid back melody. Add onto that 4 brand "new" Pac songs which can be compared to some of his best work and you have a double cd that is well worth the money you shell out. I recommend these cd's!