Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha [Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks]

Kurupt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks
• Label: Antra
• ASIN: B000028TWH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engagingly beautiful; a hip-hop masterpiece., November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (Audio CD)

This is the greatest hip-hop album ever. Kurupt is a lyrical genius, his poetic lines are unbelieveable. The thing that makes Kurupt's lyrical style so amazing is that he has the ability to paint a picture inside your mind. That keeps you listening, and his fiery personality makes this album anabashed fun. The tracks on this album are so beautifully honest; it's what makes Kurupt a master of the art of hip-hop. All of the tracks are groundbreaking, and you can enjoy all of them because Kurupt put his heart and soul into them. Also, it's great to hear him with Daz again, even though Kurupt was great without him, they are a duo made in heaven. All of the Dogg Pound members show up on this album: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Soopafly, Daz Dillinger, Tray D, Warren G and Nate Dogg all drop in for The Streetz Iz A Mutha.

The highlight tracks on this album include the jazzy "I Call Shots", with it's amazing Organized Noise produced beat, "Loose Cannons", in which Kurupt makes his own version of a Hollywood bank robbery, and the police don't exactly come out on top, the party track "Who Ride With Us" features Daz and is a great summertime track, "Represent That G.C.", where Kurupt joins partners Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, Tray D, Snoop Doggy Dogg (who does a very playful verse) and Jayo Felony, for a bouncy Long Beach track, the beautiful "Welcome Home", in which Kurupt paints a fantastic lyrical picture and has terrific keyboard trills, "Trilogy", a string-laced track with a classical vibe to it, brought by borrowing from a Brahms piece, "Never Gonna Give It Up", a quintessential Dogg Pound track, with Snoop Doggy Dogg, Warren G, Tray D, Nate Dogg and Soopafly, one of the best tracks, "The Streetz Iz A Mutha", which features Daz, as Kurupt takes a solemn look at the streets over a beat laced by a bass clarinet and keyboards, "It Ain't About You", a classic track with great rhymes by Kurupt, Soopafly and Tray D, the excellent first single "Girls All Pause", which features Nate Dogg adding his musical magic, and keyboard trills, "Your Girlfriend", one of those 'I've been making love to your girlfriend' type songs. It is in a similar format to Eightball's "My Homeboys Girlfriend". The remix of "Housewife", Kurupt's great track from his second album, Kuruption, done by Dr. Dre, features Dr. Dre himself and his discovery Hitman, for a remix even better than the original, which was produced by Kurupt himself, "I Ain't Nothin' Without My Homeboys", another great Dogg Pound track, dedicated to all their homies, "Live On The Mic", a very special bonus track, which features KRS-One, as they freestyle over a bouncy piano track, and finally, "Callin' Out Names", where Kurupt ostrisizes DMX, Ruff Ryders family, Ja Rule, his ex-girlfriend Foxy Brown and Nas. Apparently Kurupt dissed DMX for stealing Foxy, and Foxy for dumping him, Nas for talking about him in the magazines. Kurupt mainly directed this song toward DMX, and Kurupt, being an experienced emcee disser, as he's dissed B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta ("One By One"), Eazy-E ("What Would You Do?"), and now The Ruff Ryders, bascially eats DMX alive, making DMX, who claims in many of his songs to be the hardest man in hip-hop, look like a panzy. All of the tracks were groundbreaking, and I enjoyed all of them.

To conclude this review, I recommend this to anyone who likes West Coast, even if you're a Death Row fan, this is a lot like it, so you might want to get this.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heads and Shoulders above "Kuruption"ÿ, November 22, 1999

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[e-mail] (Kingsport, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (Audio CD)

I have been a huge Kurupt fan ever since I heard him on "Stranded on Death Row" from the original Chronic album. He was an fierce on the mic. On his other featured tracks from the Chronic, he didn't come off as hard, but you knew the talent was there. Then came the infamous "Blunts and Tanqueray" on the B-side of the "Dre Day" single were Kurupt dropped what I thought was the greatest freestyle of all times. Ever since then I've been hooked. The Doggystyle album came, Kurupt got even better. He completly stole the scene on every track he was on. The Dogg Food album came, same results. I challenge anyone to find a better verse than Kurupt's on "A Doggz Day Afternoon". His style was sick and relentless. To me, in 1996 there was not a better MC in all of Hip Hop. Then came his first solo (his potnah Daz produced a handful of tracks) album "Kuruption". While it had it's fair share of highlights ("C-Walk", "Ask Yourself...", "That's Gangsta", the remix w/ Nore) it was a little too ambitious and on some songs his style seemed to change from a fierce battle rapper to a off beat mumbler. I was pretty dissapointed. When I started hearing his new stuff with the Horsemen and a few cuts leaked from These Streets... my expectations started grow again. This time I was not dissapointed, but pleasently surprised. From the opening track "I Call Shots" to the hidden "Callin' out Names" the album is very tight. While just about every song is worth a listen, the highlights are many. "Tequila" produced the always tight Organized Noize team is beautiful with Daz giving his best performance since "Doggpound Gangstaz" from Dogg Food. "Girls All Pause" with Nate Dogg is a banging West Coast heater. The title track starts off slow but by the second verse, you find yourself saying the chorus. The "Housewife" song with Dre and Hittman (which can also be found on Dr Dre 2001)is much better than the original on the Kuruption album. The NWA inspired "Loose Cannons" w/ Xzibit and Daz makes you want to go back and listen to Straight Outta Compton. The best track (and sadly, the shortest) is "Trylogy" with a sick classical sample looped over and over, Kurupt's speed and energy builds throughout the song and when he hits the climax it abruptly ends, leaving you to hit the skip back button on your cd player. Everyone is starting hype about the Ruff Ryders/Foxy Brown/Firm/Irv Gotti/Ja Rule diss "Callin Out Names", but buy this album to hear a tight rapper work his way through some dope tracks. While it is not perfect (like Dogg Food, and Doggystle), it is definate satisfaction for anyone with open ears. Do yourself a favor and cop this.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's like new Cortez, January 3, 2000

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"joe_momma" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha (Audio CD)

I was a little hesitant when I picked up this album; don't get me wrong, I'll always have fond memories of them Dogg Pound Gangstaz, especially during the legendary Death Row days ( you know, straight bumpin' "ain't no fun when the homies can't have none" while ditching school and avoiding LAPD, and listening to "summertime in the LBC" during bar-b-ques ) but as the years progressed I've moved on to artists like Common, The Roots, Polyrhythm Addicts and the like. But you know what? Kurupt still representing and he does a suprising good job of it. His latest, "The Streetz iz a Mutha", shows that this gangsta MC is still dropping them hits. Who Ride Wit'Us is a the joint that's just begging to be bumped down the boulevard, and Ain't S**t Without my Homies is the roll-dog anthem that chronicles the going-ons of street friendships without getting too overtly setimenal. The only weak track in Kurupt's offering is Tequilla, but thankfully it's followed by the short but sweet Trylogy. And of course it wouldn't be a DGP album without Daz, and you know Nate Dogg is doing a hook somewhere in there ( and he is ). As for the best cut on the album, it's a toss up between Live...Mike with KRS-0ne, and the hidden track right after it, Callin'Out Names. Where the former is a harmless mic session over a funky bass and piano loop, the latter is the now infamous f**k Ruff Ryder song, in where he specifically calls out DMX and JaRule. Maybe it's cuz I can't stand both them fools and there music to begin with, but that track provided a satisfying end to a superb album. And you know what else? I don't think I heard the word "thug" mentioned the whole time I was listening to the album. Now thats GANGSTA.