This Is Now

Craig G | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: D&D Records (Red)
• ASIN: B000095J8Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,363 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Care Who We Bang

2. Wrong Chick

3. Ready, Set, Begin

4. Place Ya Bets

5. Now That's What's Up

6. Words From Warbucks

7. Stomped

8. Let's Get Up

9. Damn This Day

10. Frostbit

11. Love Is Love

12. Dribble or Shoot

13. Do It Over Again

14. Make You Say Yes

15. Executioner Song

16. Say What You Want

17. Freestyle Bonus

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many cooks for this stew, December 27, 2003

By 

Rlewis "MR_BACKWARDZ" (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Now (Audio CD)

I've been listening to hip hop for almost twenty years and I remeber when Craig G first came onto the hip hop scene with the juice crew. Then he dropped into obscuity and became one of the worlds most respected underground freestyle rhymers. This album starts out with a bang with the song "bang anybody". It's a hot battle song but the rest of the album suffers from inconsistent production and he tries to cover too many bases. You know he got the club song, the street song, the I did this chick song etc. This cd isn't all bad, but it lacks the attitude and point of view that can turn this Cd into a classic.

4.0 out of 5 stars This Is Now, October 4, 2006

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Jimmy Garcia (SLC, UT) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: This Is Now (Audio CD)

Probably the only Craig G LP you can still find on the shelves and when you do, cop it! If you're a long-time fan like myself and have been down since the kingpin, its worth owning no doubt. If you are new to the veteran MC this is a great LP to start with. Then, go do your homework and find his other material its waaayyyy better than this.(THIS IS NOW is still quality material to have.) Peace

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good record after almost a decade off, August 7, 2005

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G$ "Z-Wad" (B-More, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is Now (Audio CD)

First bursting into the rap scence with the Juice Crew as a teen in the late 80's, Craig G was one of the most feared on the mic and a king in battles and freestyles, then he kind of disappeared, poppin up on a song here and there. Then he wrote alot of the battles in the movie "8 Mile" and came out with this album. Packed with 17 songs, it has no classics, 7 are ok, 1 I skip and the rest are good. Guests rap on 6 songs (2 Craig G isn't even on) but you still get a good amount of Craig G, and it doesn't take long to see he still has killer lyrics and can still tear up the mic. Production is where the albums slumps even with some big names although they're the ones who supply the better beats. DJ Sage & Curt Cazal each do 2 songs. ALChemist, Rockwilder, DJ Premier, Marly Marl, Large Professor, Nottz, Arabian Knighy, Beatminerz and a few others I never heard of all do 1 song. A good album to have for his fans.

#1 - 9 (nice beat and killer battle lyrics)

#2 - 7 (about grimy girls)

#3 - 8

#4 - 8 (f/ Dirt Diggla)

#5 - 7.5 (f/ Mr Cheeks)

#6 - 8.5 (Warbucks solo -- nice beat)

#7 - 7.5

#8 - 8.5 (nice old school beat)

#9 - 8 (about a bad day)

#10 - 7 (Will Pack solo)

#11 - 8.5 (f/ Large Professor who also supplies a nice beat)

#12 - 4 (f/ Aru Ra)

#13 - 9 (deeper song about doing it all over again)

#14 - 7.5 (f/ Krumbsnatcha)

#15 - 7.5

#16 - 7

#17 - (just Craig G drunk freestylin' -- has some funny lines)

b. 1971 --- Queensbridge, NY

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