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Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
Release Date: 2001 07 10
Label: Antra
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Following his career-establishing debut on Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992, Kurupt quickly proved that he wasn't your standard West Coast gangsta rapper. No, Kurupt is much more than that -- he has brash charisma and more than enough attitude. He doesn't shy away from drama and isn't afraid to speak his mind. Yet character only goes so far -- even in rap. On Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, Kurupt finally brings some substantial creativity to that sense of character. This was what prevented Streetz Is a Mutha from being a great album -- he had rhymes and beats but couldn't bring it all together into a satisfying album. He does that here, to an extent. Yes, Kurupt finally manages to bring a sense of songcraft to his rhymes on Space Boogie. Every song here seems to capture a different motif: Some take a feel-good Cali-sunshine approach, others capture a theatrical gangsta approach. In addition, Kurupt employs a number of talented West Coast guests (Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg), which brings a sense of variety, and employs primarily one top West Coast producer (Fredwreck), which brings a sense of cohesion. So when you break the album down to its elements, Space Boogie has all the makings of a perfect rap album. But it ultimately falls a bit short. More than anything, Kurupt's songcraft goes a little too far as he seems willing to try everything from hardcore rap ("The Hardest...") to pop-rap ("It's Over"). And by sadly inviting along Fred Durst and DJ Lethal from Limp Bizkit, in addition to Everlast, Kurupt's ill-fated crossover ambitions seem a little too overt. Still, even if Space Boogie doesn't quite realize its ambitions by overreaching, it shows that Kurupt's on a steady path to superstardom. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Blast Off (Intro)		1:50
2	Space Boogie	Nassar, Brown, Hale	4:11
3	Hate on Me	Brooks, Washington, Brown	3:48
4	On da Grind	Means, Brown, Arnaud	3:40
5	It's Over	Lockings, Reed, Arms, Brown	3:24
6	Can't Go Wrong	Means, Blake, Brown	4:03
7	On, Onsite	Nassar, Smith, Brown	4:19
8	Sunshine	Buck, Brown	4:52
9	Hardest...	Joiner, Nassar, Patterson, Brown, Cruse, Hale	4:31
10	Gangsta's	Dean, Brown, Arnaud	4:30
11	Bring Back That G...	Nassar, Spillman, Broadus, Brown, Cruse, Nelson	4:30
12	Lay It on Back	Nassar, Durst, Brown, Cruse, Hale	3:59
13	Just Don't Give A...	Brown, Dimant	5:02
14	At It Again	Riley, Kemp, Hall, Griffin, Hersh, Brown, Young	3:32
15	Kuruption	Nassar, Schrody, Brown	5:54
16	World	Nassar, Brown, Arnaud	5:06