Regulate the G-Funk Era [Clean]

Warren G | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 1994)
• Original Release Date: June 7, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean
• Label: Def Jam
• ASIN: B00000GBRF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,965 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars radio edit ripoff, July 1, 2009

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Drew Penhale - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Regulate...G Funk Era (MP3 Download)

they should tell you up front that this is a radio edit. worst $5 i've spent. i would have been better off burning my money. stay away from this one unless you enjoy gaps and missing words in your music.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless Long Beach hip-hop classic; beautiful sound., February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Regulate G-Funk Era (Audio CD)

This is one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever. Warren G shows here, on his debut album, that he is a hip-hop genius. The sunny summertime sounds of Long Beach rap are always amazing. All of the tracks are laced by soulful keyboards, thoughtful raps and beautiful bass. The songs are unreal and can be enjoyed over and over again. Warren G has the ability to appeal to all. All of the songs are extremely memorable, and I find it hard to believe that anyone couldn't enjoy this album. Listening to it soothes you; it makes one feel better. Almost like heaven on Earth, quite a masterpiece. Warren G is a complete hip-hop artist, with the ability to rap and produce amazingly well. This album has some of Warren G in his 213 days, and in my mind Warren continues to bring the West Coast to the top. All of the lyrics are intelligent, no mindless killing songs, no stupid sex stories, and best of all, no dumb interludes. Instead, the two interludes are hilarious plays on other things, "Gangsta Sermon", a sermon turned gangsta with a preacher talking about chronic, and my favorite interlude, "1994 Draft", which turns the NBA Draft on its ear to a woman draft. The best things about this album are the bright sounds and raps.

The highlights on this album include the classic "Regulate", the first single, in which Warren G and Nate Dogg trade lines, making a magnificent team. This is in my mind the most innovative track in all of hip-hop. On "Do You See", there are icy keyboards and great raps by Warren G, excellent lyrics about his life and the way it has progressed. On "Recognize", a great Long Beach track, Warren joins The Twinz, a group on his very own label, and they bring in some excellent raps. Warren comes off very well on this track himself, and the keyboards and guitar are great. On "Super Soul Sis", Warren joins special guest Jah Skills, a female rapper from the group Five Footaz, for a light-hearted spinning song that works brilliantly. "So Many Ways" is a swinging tune that has Warren G turning in an excellent performance, and a great spanish chorus with sweet keyboards. My very favorite, the second single, "This DJ", is another track I really love, with its soulful keyboards and feeling, is Warren G at his best. Yet another one of my favorites is "This Is The Shack", a blissfully swinging, shuffle-beat track featuring The Dove Shack, who all really kick nice raps over a sweet keyboard and funky guitar. Another classic is "And You Don't Stop", laced by guitar somewhat like the background music of Warren's newer track "Dope Beat", and Warren's lively raps. Last is the lyrically amazing track, "Running With No Breaks", another track I love, and I can enjoy all of the tracks, they are all amazing.

To conclude this review, I can enjoy all of the tracks on this classic album. Any hip-hop fan will appreciate this, but it's great even if you like Soul/R&B, Jazz, Blues, anything, this is a great find. You won't be disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars His best Album, March 25, 2005

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Deeyar - See all my reviews

This review is from: Regulate G-Funk Era (Audio CD)

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 bass line 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.