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Real Brothas

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After entering the rap game on Eazy-E's "Real Mutha*******' G's, B.G. Knocc Out and his brother Dresta put out a collaboration album, "Real Brothas".

1. Everyday All Day - Great bangin beat, Dresta rips this track, nice hook - 5/5

2. Jealousy - Good beat, Dresta and B.G. flow nicely, hook is great - 5/5

3. Whose the "G" - Good beat, B.G. murders this solo track, great hook - 4.5/5

4. Compton Swangin' - Real hard beat, Good verses, nice hook - 4.5/5

5. Life's a Puzzle - Good beat, B.G. and Dresta just kill it, hook is good - 5/5

6. B. G. Knocc Out - Alright beat, B.G and Dresta come hard, hook is annoying and repeated way too much - 3.5/5

7. Compton Hoe - BANGIN beat, Dresta comes real nice on this solo track, good hook - 5/5

8. Micc Checc - Nice beat, B.G. and Dresta come grimy as ever, nice hook - 4.5/5

9. Compton & Watts - Crazy beat, Dresta kills it, GREAT hook...hot ish - 5/5

10. 50:50 Luv - Great beat, Dresta and B.G. kill it - decent hook - 4/5

11. Real Brothas - Great beat, B.G. and Dresta come hard....the last verse is classic, there really wasn't a hook - 4.5/5

12. Do or Die - Another hard beat, B.G. rips apart this solo track, great hook - 4.5/5

13. Take a Ride - Great beat, Dresta flows so nice to the beat, Hook is awesome...best track on the album - 5/5

14. Down Goes Another N**** - Decent beat, Dresta and B.G. come real hard, alright hook - 3.5/5

15. D.P.G. Killa - Nice beat, Dresta and B.G. diss D.P.G. and Death Row, hook is alright - 3.5/5

Overall: 67/75

4.5 Stars

B.G. and Dresta put out a nearly classic album. It's just sad how they quickly faded from the scene. B.G. is still in jail and will be coming out next year in 2006 and Dresta is hard a work on his first solo album, "The Ghetto Messiah" which is slated to be released this coming September...

This is a classic album from a duo of brothers, B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta, who made names for themselves on tracks by Eazy-E. The atmosphere of the album is unbelieveable; beautiful singing voices and intelligent lyrics put this album to the top. Of the duo, I like B.G. Knocc Out best, because of his amazing lyrical ability and versatile flow, though Dresta is also very gifted, with a style all his own. Though no longer on Eazy-E's Ruthless Records (Eazy had died of AIDS not long before this album came out), these two showed that they could manage on their own, now on Outburst Records, a division of Def Jam Recordings. Plus, unlike many rap albums, B.G. and Dresta take on many subjects, whether it's talking about the puzzle of life, catching enemies slipping, street life, picking up ladies, talking back to other emcees, or just jumping in the car and taking a ride, it's great.

The highlights on this album include the excellent party opener, "Every Day, All Day", which really brings you into the album, "Jealousy", the single in which B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta express their anger towards all jealous people. On the true-life track "Who's The 'G'", B.G. Knocc Out goes solo and talks about many of his bad influences as a child, including his first drive-by at age eight, and his first high-speed chase at age nine. My favorite, the party song "Compton Swinging", has the "Hollywood Swinging" Kool & The Gang sample, used with italian-sounding keyboard waves. I found "Life's A Puzzle" very profound with Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out talking about facts of street life. The heavy bass-bumping of "Compton Girl" has Dresta talking about women over a great keyboard and bass beat, while the slower "Mic Check" is another gangsta jam session with B.G. Knocc Out doing a great job, and Dresta putting in a great verse. The first single, "50/50 Love", a song about how the life of the street has turned friends against each other. The swinging "Real Brothas" is another great tune with great guitars and my favorite little keyboard lick. This song really introduces B.G. and Dresta to the world. The slower "Do Or Die" has a great harmonica and B.G. Knocc Out talking about street life; a great song. Another one of my favorites is "Take A Ride", a song laced with shiny guitars and horns in the background, great song for the summer. Even though "D.P.G./K" disses my favorite rap group, The Dogg Pound, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Nate Dogg, it's all good because The Dogg Pound responded with "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" and "One By One", and the beef was peacefully resolved.

I love this album, and it makes no sense why these guys lost their record deal. I wonder where they are, they're so great. I would recommend this to anyone who likes Eazy-E or any other rap of that variety.

In late 1995, Compton natives and half-brothers BG Knocc Out & Dresta released their debut album "Real Brothas" to little fanfare on Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. Recently I have been going through my collection and reviewing some of my favorite albums, trying to steer people towards some underrated hip hop releases. "Real Brothas" shines on multiple levels. While on the surface the duo may just look like another jeri-curled, Compton Crip rap group, Knocc Out and Dresta are two of the toughest, grittiest west coast rappers that I have heard, and despite their young age they come as hard as any, heavy with threats and stories. Musically the production is excellent, graced with the slow rolling, heavy bass, whiny synths, and hard beats of the best g-funk records of the 90s. Unfortunately, this album is long out of print and impossible to find, making its legend even greater. "Real Brothas" is one of my favorite west coast g-funk albums and I highly recommend it.

The album begins with the banger "Everyday Allday," which is an upbeat cut with funky guitar line and bass, the MCs introduce themselves and their lifestyle. "Jealousy" explores the trials and tribulations of gang life, and the chorus is well sung by a female singer. "Who's the `G'?" is straight gangsta rap, with a nice woozy synth, another good song. "Compton Swingin'" is awesome, a funky, representing track with a great chorus, production, and verses from both parties. "Life's a Puzzle" drops a little philosophy, telling some stories too. Younger brother BG Knocc Out gets a chance to shine and explore his character on his self-titled solo cut. "Compton Hoe" is humorous and entertaining and boasts one of the best beats on the album. My favorite song is "Micc Checc," which is slow-rolling and will keep your head nodding. The chorus will have you chanting along after alisten or two. "Compton and Watts" is the first track where they diss Tha Dogg Pound, and they pledge to stay hard and true to their roots. On "50/50 Luv" they reminisce over their lost pal Eazy and look at their lifestyle from where they came from. After the title cut, a very upbeat, catchy track, comes "Do or Die," a deeper track exploring the pitfalls of urban life. "Take a Ride" and "Down Goes Another..." are two laidback but hard songs, just excellent g-funk cuts. The closer "DPG/K" is a definite highlight, a ruthless diss track aimed at DPG where they profess, "You'll never see Compton and Long Beach together."

"Real Brothas" is consistent, very well produced, and entertaining. BG and Dresta are lyrically miles ahead of the rest of the g-funk crowd lyrically, and the production on this album makes it one of the best, perfect for riding to in the car or playing at anytime. I understand that fifty dollars is an outrageous price to pay for any album, but if it comes your way, definitely pick it up. I have heard that Knocc Out & Dresta have recently gone back to the studio to record new music for the first time since this album, and I can't wait for that. Until then, "Real Brothas" is gangsta rap at its finest.

This album is tight all the way through from start to finish. The production was on top for the 95 west coast flavour, the classic old s#it that sounds better than most the stuff out now. But the two half-brothers had mad flows too and worked well flipping the mic between eachother, dresta had a slower and deeper voice, B.g. had a higher tone voice with a faster flow ripping up the tracks. They were featured first on eazys 93 album ''it's on (dr dre) 187um killa'' and that was a stepping stone for them, after ruthlessly attacking deathrow members. Then they had ''real brothas'' in 95, this was around the time the dogg pound album dropped too and that had more attention because a lot of people were following the row and all the hype around their releases of the time(not saying they weren't tight, just the way it was). So a lot of people didn't really know about this. The whole of the ''row'' were taking shots at eazy and anything to do with him at the time, he was real depressed about a lot of things in the last years of his life. Anyway, on this album, dresta and knocc out came at the row hard again, answering back everyone that knew them and didn't hold back anything. They showed they weren't intimidated by the row like kokane did on his classic ''Funk upon a rhyme'' album and RBXs ''The rbx files'' and the docs ''Helta skelta''. 'Real brothas' is tight because it has a variation of real life things in the ryhmes, a classic song about 'Jealousy', one about how life is so complicated and a struggle 'Life's a Puzzle', one about how you can't trust people like before and how they change '50:50 Luv', and lots more. The whole album is just heavy and worth getting. The only one problem is, there was a track I liked with knocc&bone thugs and a few other knocc&dre'sta tracks that were left off the album completely which is a shame. But still, theres enough tracks to make this the classic that it is. Can't wait to hear the newer stuff when b.g knocc out gets out, I hope he ain't going to come out with a completely different style. Anyway, if you want a tight unforgettable westcoast album, get this quick before amazon charge you $500 or something stupid like that. Peace!

"Real Brothas" (actually half -bro's - same mom) BG Knocc Out & Dresta deliver a classic album full of funky, head bobbing beats (beat wise it is one of the best albums ever - up there w/ Snoop's "Doggystyle" & DJ Quik's "Safe + Sound" & Too $hort's "Get in Where You Fit in") and good lyrics to accompany them. Feature no one on here rapping but them 2 (Dresta has 4 solo's - BG has 1) and 15 total songs (LV & LaTee do a couple of the hooks). There is no weak point (2-4 ok songs) and a good amount of great songs or classics. Has a get back dis song toward Tha Dogg Pound & Death Row. A must have rap CD.

#1 - 9.5 (Dresta) - great beat
#2 - 9
#3 - 9.5 (BG Knocc Out)
#4 - 10 (classic w/ great beat)
#5 - 10 (classic w/ great beat f/ LV on the hook)
#6 - 6.5
#7 - 9.5 (Dresta - upbeat song w/ him talkin' dirty)
#8 - 9 (laid back gangsta track)
#9 - 10 (classic w/ great beat)
#10 - 10 (classic by Dresta - great beat)
#11 - 9 (great beat)
#12 - 6.5
#13 - 10 (classic by Dresta w/ a great beat)
#14 - 6.5
#15 - 7 (dissin' Snoop, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound)

Dresta -- b. Andre Wicker ---- Compton, CA
BG Knocc Out --- b. A. Hinton ---- Compton, CA
COMPTON!!!!!!!!

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This is a classic album from a duo of brothers, B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta, who made names for themselves on tracks by Eazy-E. The atmosphere of the album is unbelieveable; beautiful singing voices and intelligent lyrics put this album to the top. Of the duo, I like B.G. Knocc Out best, because of his amazing lyrical ability and versatile flow, though Dresta is also very gifted, with a style all his own. Though no longer on Eazy-E's Ruthless Records (Eazy had died of AIDS not long before this album came out), these two showed that they could manage on their own, now on Outburst Records, a division of Def Jam Recordings. Plus, unlike many rap albums, B.G. and Dresta take on many subjects, whether it's talking about the puzzle of life, catching enemies slipping, street life, picking up ladies, talking back to other emcees, or just jumping in the car and taking a ride, it's great.

The highlights on this album include the excellent party opener, "Every Day, All Day", which really brings you into the album, "Jealousy", the single in which B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta express their anger towards all jealous people. On the true-life track "Who's The 'G'", B.G. Knocc Out goes solo and talks about many of his bad influences as a child, including his first drive-by at age eight, and his first high-speed chase at age nine. My favorite, the party song "Compton Swinging", has the "Hollywood Swinging" Kool & The Gang sample, used with italian-sounding keyboard waves. I found "Life's A Puzzle" very profound with Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out talking about facts of street life. The heavy bass-bumping of "Compton Girl" has Dresta talking about women over a great keyboard and bass beat, while the slower "Mic Check" is another gangsta jam session with B.G. Knocc Out doing a great job, and Dresta putting in a great verse. The first single, "50/50 Love", a song about how the life of the street has turned friends against each other. The swinging "Real Brothas" is another great tune with great guitars and my favorite little keyboard lick. This song really introduces B.G. and Dresta to the world. The slower "Do Or Die" has a great harmonica and B.G. Knocc Out talking about street life; a great song. Another one of my favorites is "Take A Ride", a song laced with shiny guitars and horns in the background, great song for the summer. Even though "D.P.G./K" disses my favorite rap group, The Dogg Pound, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Nate Dogg, it's all good because The Dogg Pound responded with "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" and "One By One", and the beef was peacefully resolved.

I love this album, and it makes no sense why these guys lost their record deal. I wonder where they are, they're so great. I would recommend this to anyone who likes Eazy-E or any other rap of that variety.

There was probably only one disagree out of all this 18 of reviews. Personally, I really felt this album and give it a straight up 5. Great lyrics, HOT production, and a deserving classic. Unfortunately underrated, Dresta still's got ambition continuing releasing his solo very soon as brother B.G. Knocc Out is soon out of prison. 95% of all tracks are real good, nonetheless all good lyrics and performance. A must-get album. Get it while you can!

This is a tight album these two are some of tha best west coast rappers eazy-e found them this album is tight alot of u are wondering why eazy was not on this album are were these 2 are let me tell u on song 15 DPG Killa eazy-e was supose to be on that dissen death row and tha dogg pound on the record you can here eazy's voice on it in the back round saying dogg katcha boutta get cha but then dresta comes n takes it away saying eazy's rimes you can tell cuz he sayz "eazley I aproach the michaphone cuz I ant no joke" this is eazy wards he gotting sick right when he was recording the voecals and went to the hospital and never came back as for as knocc out hes and jail till 2006 but you can here him on flesh-n-bone's albums t.h.u.g.s & 5th dawg let losse as fear as Dresta goes go to dresta.com there you'll find these two. God bless yall

The underrated protegés of Eazy-E bring us an outstanding album.
Jealousy,Do or Die and Real Brothas , are smooth California tracks. Whose Tha G and BG Knoccout, are the best songs in the album, with astonishingly stylish beats. Lifes a Puzzle is a silky track featuring LV. Compton Hoe, is a funky tecno-dance track.Take a Ride is a summer classic. This album rocks, so buy it because true quality westcoast rap has been nearly driven to extinction.

This album from B.G. KnoccOut & Dresta, who you might know from Eazy-E's "Real G's", make an album that's even better! The trackz are original and trump tight, not a single bad one here! production coming from Dr. Jam, Madness 4 Real, and mostly from David "Rhythm D" Weldon from Ruthless. The best tracks are: "Every Day, All Day", "Jealousy", "Compton Swangin", "Life's A Puzzle", "Micc Checc", "50 50 Luv", "Real Brothas", "Do Or Die" , "Take A Ride", and "DPG Killa", which they call out Daz, Kurupt, and Nate Dogg, unfourtunately, The Dogg Pound all responded on a song called "dogg pound gangstaz", and another song on Dogg Food (their album), and nate dogg responded on his album, sadly winning the beef for DPG. Well, actually it'z more of a draw. well, whatever tha reason, this is a classic!