Nate Dogg G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2 Album Review, Songs, Rating

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G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2
Release Date: 1998 07 21
Running Time: 133:24
Label: Breakaway Records
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Two years is an eternity in hip-hop, especially for rappers arriving at the tail end of a trend. Such is the case with Nate Dogg, a talented rapper who first made waves on Warren G's seminal "Regulate" in 1993 and then signed a solo contract shortly afterward. If he had been able to deliver his debut album, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1, in 1995/early 1996 like he intended, he may have been a major star. Instead, the album was shelved due to legal problems at Death Row Records, and he wasn't able to release the album until the summer of 1998. By that time, the record had become a double-disc set named G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2, and perhaps more importantly, gangsta rap, particularly West Coast G-funk, had diminished in popularity. It was a case of bad timing, pure and simple -- G-Funk Classics sounded dated, and its bloated running length made it seem even more of a dinosaur than it actually was. And that's all too bad, because Nate Dogg has a wonderful, jazzy vocal style that's terrific to hear. If he had fresh productions, his raps would have sounded kinetic and alive; instead, they sound like canned gangsta rap. The album would have been helped immeasurably by a little editing -- there are a handful of great cuts scattered across these two discs, but it takes too much effort to track them down. That, combined with the delay, prevented G-Funk Classics from being the explosive debut it could have been. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Hardest Man in Town	Dogg	4:07
2	Intro to G-Funk (Comm. 1)	Dogg, Dogg, Isis, Carmichael	2:13
3	G-Funk	Dogg, Beverly	4:44
4	First We Pray	Dogg, Kurupt The Kingpen	4:07
5	My World	Dogg	4:21
6	Crazy, Dangerous	Dogg, Jackson, Hampton, Banks	2:33
7	These Days	Dillinger, Dogg	5:00
8	Bag O'Weed	Deee, Dogg	4:34
9	Dirty Hoe's Draws	Big Chuck, Dogg	5:50
10	Scared of Love	Means, Dogg	5:27
11	Me & My Homies	Dogg, Two Pac	4:09
12	Because I Got a Girl	Dogg	3:49
13	My Money	Dogg	4:51
14	Never Leave Me Alone	Slater, MacDonald, Snoop Dogg, Dogg	5:56
15	Last Prayer (Comm. 2)	Harper, Carmicheal, Rice, Dogg, Morris	2:09
16	Where Are You Going?	Dogg	5:59
17	Dedication		:07
18	Who's Playin' Games?	Dogg	2:48
19	I Don't Wanna Hurt No More	Means, Dogg	5:39
20	Just Another Day	Dogg	4:16
21	She's Strange	Jenkins, Dogg, Leftenant, Blackmon, Singleton	4:31
22	Almost in Love	Big Pimpin', Dogg	4:14
23	No Matter Where I Go	Dogg	4:40
24	Stone Cold	Dogg	4:56
25	Friends	Dogg, G, Snoop Doggy Dogg	4:58
26	Puppy Love	Kurupt, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dillinger, Dogg	4:27
27	It's Goin' Down Tonight	Reese, Dogg, Means	4:26
28	Nobody Does It Better	Johnson, G, Dogg	4:29
29	Sexy Girl	Dogg, Big Skye	4:05
30	Dogg Pound Gangstaville	Kurupt, Dogg, Snoop Dogg	3:48
31	Never Too Late	Watson, Dogg	6:11

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