Music To Driveby Music Cd

Compton`s Most Wanted - Music To Driveby

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Music to Driveby      Artist : Compton's Most Wanted      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1992-09-29      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (13 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Music To Driveby      90's flashback      Rating:      Great find if you're into the whole 90's gangster thing. Synthesizers, funk bass lines, and hardcore lyrics by MC Eight round out this selection. It by no means is a great album, but if you're in the mood for some music to drive by, this is it. Note the selection with Scarface, that song is the shiz. Also he's got a cut on here that was on San Andreas, and that song bumps. There's other west coast selections I would suggest before this one, but this ain't bad.     Customer Reviews for Music To Driveby Cd      Serious Game Poppin' Off From The CPT      Rating:      CMDubb's 3rd album, Music To Driveby is easily one of the top albums of the early 90's, thumpin beats and awesome rhymes. DJ Slip, Unknown, and DJ Mike T serve the beats in different flavas, raw, smooth, funky, melodic , jazzy (at times), and hella funky! Productionwise, this is one of the best albums of 1992, in my opinion. All three layer soul and funk samples one on top of another and Mike T dices and scratches them up with precision. Musically, this album resembles a West Coast DJ Premier of Gangstarr. Here in 1992, West Coast and East Coast beats diverge musically, and G-Funk was starting to pop up in West Coast albums. This album shows those tendencies while remaining raw at the same time. MC Eiht is game tight throughout the album. He can hold his own, and he gets hard on DJ Quik (who to be fair, I am a big fan of too)on the short "Who's Xxxxing Who?" and "Duck Sick 2," the latter is a funky classic. I love the Issac Hayes "Walk On By" sample by Slip on the melodic "Hood Took Me Under," an absolute classic where CMW shoots game about the trappings of the hood. Another classic is "N 2 Deep" with Mr. Scarface, another one of my favorite rappers; they both serve heat over a soulful funky beat. I love "This Is A Gang" which beautifully samples the beat sequence and hook of NWA's 1988 classic "Compton's In The House," and Slip adds a soft funky flute to add to the effect. This album sets a high standard for West Coast rap and often takes a back seat to other West Coast albums like The Chronic. It should not be overlooked.