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Regulate G-Funk Era

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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.

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.

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.

"Regulate...G-Funk Era" is just one of those albums that keeps you coming back for more, even though it's almost twelve years old now. Warren G somehow balanced the perfect beats and bass with the laid back flow and choruses to make some of the most likeable hip hop songs of the mid nineties. This album is also painfully overlooked, and it deserves to be spoken of in the same light as "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle" for its quality and influence. Although Warren is not a lyrical genius like his boys Snoop and Dre, he gets the job done on the mic, he has a good laid back sounding voice not too different from Snoop's and the beats are just beautiful, every song makes my head bob up and down. He enlisted a crew of guests to lend rhymes including the Twinz, Jah-Skilz, Lil' Malik, and the Dove Shack, and while they're not on the same level as Snoop or Dre, they fit Warren's beats well. Warren worked hard to make this debut perfect and it shows.

"Regulate" is arguably one of the best hip hop songs ever. Warren and Nate Dogg tell a story about a night in the LBC and the rolling piano beat make you wish the song would go on forever. There are just so many classic lines from that song, Warren and Nate had perfect chemistry. "Do You See" has a great beat like all the others, about living the life of Warren G. "Recognize" has great bass and a whistling sample and the hard raps of Warren and the Twinz. "Super Soul Sis" is one of the best beats on the album, and Jah-Skilz drops some surprisingly great lines in it. "This DJ" is arguably Warren's best solo song ever, rolling on the beat and good chorus and lyrics. I really like "This is the Shack" too, it's a more R&B styled song with the Dove Shack, and it's plain fun. "And You Don't Stop", "Runnin' With No Breaks", and "What's Next" are on the same level as the whole album, great grooves and raps. There is not one beat on the whole album that I would not call great and Warren G marked himself as one of the best producers around.

Warren's really great to listen to because his laid back style fits his beats so well. He doesn't talk about guns and women and smoking as much as his contemporaries do, he's just a great DJ who's loyal to hip hop. The record has such a good feeling to it to, it immediately brings to mind the lowriders and palm trees and beaches of California. "Regulate...G-Funk Era" is one of the best west coast hip hop albums, so if you've been sleeping on it all these years, it's time to wake up.

I dunno what to say to describe this album. I am seriously, without a doubt, Warren's BIGGEST fan. I've even written the equivalent of 'Stan', but with the G-Child himself as the subject. This album is immense - hundreds of hours of my mere 16-year-long life have been spent listening to this holy-book-on-disc. And despite that I can, without failure, repeat the whole of the album word-for-word (and not just warren's verses, but the likes of tha twinz (peace) and all of the G-funk family); the whole album sounds as fresh and as clean as when I was first blessed with the 'G'd up sound'. This album is soooooo mellow, and on a sunny day there's nothing more that I enjoy doing than pumpin' out this CD with a big PHAT dove whilst shooting some hoops.

Regulate (the single - opening track) is an ABSOLUTE classic: my fave song of all time without hesitation. But all of the other 11 tracks/roughly 35 mins of PURE g-funk are absolutely amazing too. You May not be stunned by the guys lyrics or flow (this guy is no Big L, lyrically), but you will, or SHOULD be hypnotised by the overwhelming combination of everything - lyrical style, flow, effects, beats, riffs etc. - everything jus fits together perfectly.

G'd up is SO underated N deserves much more praise for this work of art; but at the same time it's cool like that cos Warren wasn't made for composing tacky pop-chart-style hip-hop.

Bottom line, if u'r a true fan N don't have this album - get it NOW! But please beware: you're life will never be the same after hearing this - mine certainly ain't. It has proven to be the most influential and overwhelming 38/39 minutes of my life. ....

This is Warren's Best album by far, the sound of this music just flows together so well with the rappers styles, they just melt into one another. This is definately a classic album, and although it's been around for about 6 years or so, it still seems like it hasn't aged a day.

A song like "Regulate" is just classic and there's nothing else to it, but past that there are just some smooth songs like "This DJ" which was also played heavily on MTV. "Do You See", "Recognize","Super Soul Sis" "So Many Ways", "This Is The Shack" (even if this song Warren doesnt even rap in, it prompted me to buy the Dove Shacks album) "What's Next" (listen for his misspelling of Next it's funny) N-X-E-T. "And Ya Don't Stop" and "Runnin' Wit No Breaks" hold up, that would be all of them now wouldnt it, now there is no question to pick this one up. So Get It. It's a must.

love the album great for the price but its the edited version which i dident know but i can live with it ....

true ryhmes with carefully thought genius! 50 cent, please listen to this album and take notes! This is truely a great album, i just wish hiphop/rap albums where as thoughtful and true in form like this one!

buy this its a classic!

In the past few years the rap scene has been constantly played out, but Warren G. has come out with a fresh and original new style that is sure to appease rap and hip-hop fans alike. It would seem only natural since Warren G. is the younger brother of former N.W.A. member, and now solo artist, Dr. Dre. Warren G originally hooked up with Dre for the double-platinum hit soundtrack "Above the Rim," where he and long-time friend Nate Dogg (who is controversial rapper Snoop Dog's cousin) collaborated for the success of "Regulate."

"Regulate" exploded, selling well in excess of a million and a half copies, and has helped to spawn "Regulate ... G Funk Era," which entered the charts at #2, below only the new Stone Temple Pilots album. Following the success of the album, another hit single was released, entitled "This DJ." It instantly followed the success of "Regulate" and has already busted the top 10. "Regulate" and "This DJ" have been able to break down barriers that confront the "gangsta" rap scene. Both songs were able to hit urban and top 40 stations with ease.

Warren G may seem to many people like another West Coast rapper talking about life as a gangsta, drive by shoot-outs, and a typical day in downtown L.A., South Central, or Compton. But Warren easily sheds that image with his somewhat hard-core rhymes that are fleshed out with a funked-down twist. So if you want to catch onto the ever-growing era of funk, "Regulate ... G Funk Era" is by far the best ticket.

This has probably got to be the best album ever. Warren G knows his beats and lyrics. Regulate and This DJ are, by far, my favorite tracks on this cd, while the other ones come close. If you're into west coast rap, or any type of underground rap, this album is for you.