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Shadiest One

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This is WC's first album without the Maad Circle, and probably his best solo album he has put out, solo or group albums (don't have any of his previous albums or his "Guilty By Affiliation" solo), but I am highly impressed with this effort, though I don't feel he is one of the best rappers, he is always consistant and his style differs from many others, and this album is strong from start to finish. With 14 songs, you get 1 classic, 3 almost classics, 1 ok song, and the other 9 are good, mostly real good songs. Guests are rapping on 4 songs and doing the chorus on 2 others. Production is great as well, and handled by some west coast greats and a few others. Battlecat does 4 songs, Skooby Doo, DJ Crazy Toones each do 2, and Ant Banks, Daz Dillinger, Young Tre, Dutch, Mo Suave A, Barr 9, and Douglas Coleman each do 1. A n album I'd highly recommend from a west coast vet.

#1 - 9.5 (nice beat)
#3 - 9 (nice beat)
#4 - 9 (f/ CJ Mac -- great Ant Banks beat)
#5 - 8.5 (f/ Ice Cube -- good beat)
#6 - 9 (f/ E-40 & Too $hort -- nice beat)
#7 - 9.5 (tight beat)
#8 - 9 (nice beat)
#9 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat)
#10 - 9 (f/ CJ Mac, Daz Dillinger & Ice Cube -- good beat)
#11 - 7.5
#12 - 9.5 (tight beat)
#13 - 8.5 (f/ Mack 10 & Ice Cube)
#15 - 9 (nice beat)
#16 - 8.5 (f/ The Dramatics)

William Calhoun -- Los Angeles, CA
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Let me say, that I love this CD, and I love dub C. I met him, and he's a nice guy. I saw him, Mack 10 and Ice Cube performing together, and every time I do see them together, it's the BOMB!!(no pun intended). I recommend that you get this CD, if you're a big WC fan, he has skillz and I like his flow. Can't wait to get the new CD! :)

I find the way that WC expresses his self threw verbal usage on the microphone to be supurb. He tells about his thoughts and life experiences and he also is able to give a laugh or two in every song.

This is true West Side CD. WC is one of the best rappers. This CD has great beats and lyrics. Also, he features Ice Cube, Mack 10, Too Short, E-40, CJ Mac and other WestSide rappers which make this CD even better. My favorite tracks are "The Shadiest One", "Just Clownin'", "Worldwide Gunnin'", and "Cheddar." If you like true WestSide rap you should definitely get this CD.

This album like his others is great! WC has his own style, unlike any other rapper out there. Every track makes you nod your head, its impossible not to feel his music, I have to say, WC is one of the best rappers out there, without being an MTV, BET, main stream sell out!!!! SnIp SnIp..

WC finally gets a chance to release a solo album, 1998's The Shadiest One. Ater about a decade in the rap game at this point, WC has several group albums with Mad Circle and earlier (in the 80's) with Low Proile. This album came out when the West Coast was losing popularity in the game and the shift in focus went back east. This album is full of fun and bouncy G-Funk and crazy spits by WC. Production goes to Battlecat, Ant Banks, Daz Dillinger, Barr 9, Crazy Toones, among a few others, and all bring their A-game to the boards. Battlecat's "Hog" is an upbeat bouncy lowrider joint with cool keyboards and a vocorder. "F--kin' Wit Uh House Party" is simply a phat joint. Battlecat again provides an energetic lowrider beat, and WC spits funny rhymes about going to a house party with a hoochie amongst rival gang members and gettin beat down, and he gets revenge. The beat is some of the phattest G-Funk I have heard in a long time. Young Tre laces a sunny laidback Cali beat on "Keep Hustlin'" with WC, Too Short and E-40 all delivering their trademark styles, and 40 Water really spits here. All their different rapping styles make for an entertaining listen. "Just Clownin'" is another Battlecat joint with a bass-heavy, deep-groove beat; WC describes about "snatchin' muthaf----s outta Nissan trucks" when Run-DMC starting out. He drops funny lines like that throughout the album. He may be humorous but he is definitely street and both elements create what we like about WC, along with his changeable flows that stay in tune with the beats. "Cheddar" is a fair Westside Connection hustler joint that sounds like it would be good for the clubs over a Mo' Suavea' southern bounce beat. Ant Banks produces the title track feat. CJ Mac. The beat is almost identical to Banks's beat on the title track his own album, 1995's Do Or Die, only the whiny synth is more prevalent here and the beat is a little faster. CJ and Dub drop some crazy street flows. "Betta Days" is a relaxed, soulful, smooth G-Funker, and WC gives an A-1 performance with a sick flow. The lyrics are deep. Dub can't believe that he made it to the year 1998 considering how crazy life was in his hood, with the loss of friends and gang violence. He drops some philosophy about how to carry on with life. Ron Banks from the Dramatics drops some dope hook vocals. "It's All Bad" is menacing with a hard beat and angry, loud, pessimistic flows by Dub. All in all, if you want an entertaining album with fast gangsta flows, great, funky beats, and some humor mixed in, then this one is for you.

W.C., originally part of a early 90's Los Angeles rap trio The Maad Circle to the mid-90's with his patnaz Ice Cube & Mack 10 formed a group called Westside Connection, my Locc W.C. drops hard unlike on Ghetto Heismen, The Shadiest One has more Dope beats, is waay harder and in some songs like The Shadiest One featuring CJ Mac, is Hard, Heavy & Grim. W.C.'s most popular hit on hear was the song Just Clownin', yet W.C. can't go soft with the song Like That featuring CJ Mac & Mack 10, just another Heavy Hitter. W.C. goes crazy loco with his boys in the Maad Circle on the song It's All Bad. W.C. has proven to be a true Locc, and a West Coast Heavy Hitter.

Dub's best are 1, 3, *4, 5, 6, *7, 8, 9, *10, 11, 12, 13, *15, 16 & 17.

WC is one of the best out of the west, but The Shadiest One is and AVERAGE album.

Definetly a classic album by the one and only WC! This is an album for pretty well anyone, if you're cruising, bangin' in yo hood, or just about anything. The lyrics are deep on songs like "It's All Bad" and are excellent storys, like "F**** Wit Uh House party". If you're into west coast rap, get this along with Westside Connection, Mack 10, The D.O.C, Ice Cube, NWA, and Ras Kass. They won't dissapoint you.

This Album Is Killer. You never get bored of it cause all the songs have different beats and sweet lyrics. Just one more thing....... If you don't have it....... Go buy it!