Dogghouse records and its flagship act,, at first admittedly seemed like a questionable venture on the part of back in 1999. After all, his reputation wasn't exactly on solid ground at the time, and his timing wasn't exactly ideal either -- West Coast rap in general had faltered ever since 's death. Yet despite the odds, everything worked out for. The debut album didn't exactly set the charts on fire, but it did garner some respectable sales and, more importantly, it set the precedent for 's post-No Limit sound: and laid down the beats;,, and sung the hooks; loomed above with his sticky-icky ad-libbing; and and dropped the gangsta rhymes. ![]() Tha Eastsidaz - Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way. July 31, 2001, Long Beach, The Orchard. Register now for unlimited hip-hop/rap music album. Finds this sure-fire team of Cali crips returning a year and a half later, far more experienced and with a noticeably greater sense of camaraderie. In practically every way, is a noticeably stronger album than its predecessor -- beats, rhymes, hooks, songwriting -- and it features even more talent with unlikely contributions from,,,. But it's the in-house talent that steals the show on, in particular newcomer and the ubiquitous, two vocalists who offset the gruff rapping in nearly every one of the album's 20 songs with their singing. Furthermore, for every straight-ahead gangsta rap song here, there's an unexpected venture into rap-soul such as 'So Low,' where there's more singing than rapping. This balance between brash posturing and laid-back crooning seems to be 's new sound, and you can't help but feel that it's an inevitable evolution for the '70s funk/soul-influenced West Coast sound. So even if could use a few more hooks, it shows that is headed in the right direction. If Dogghouse can avoid inner strife and continue to blossom, it could realistically change the sound of West Coast rap just as Death Row did a decade earlier when was just a pup. Contents • • • • • • • • • • Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating B+ RapReviews (7.0/10) The album overall received positives reviews from music critics. Commercial performance [ ] Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way debuted at number 4 on the US, selling 116,000 copies in its first week. The album stayed on the chart for nine consecutive weeks. The album peaked at number 15 the previous week on the Canada Top 50 Albums chart for four weeks in a row. It was certificated on March 11, 2002 Track listing [ ] No. Title Producer(s) Length 1. 'Intro' – 1:19 2. ' (featuring and Sir Dogg) 5:00 3. 'Eastside Ridaz' (featuring, and ) 4:20 4. 'Crip Hop' (featuring Latoya Williams) Battlecat 5:17 5. 'I Don't Know' (featuring, Soopafly and Latoya Williams) Battlecat 4:09 6. 'Welcome 2 tha House' (featuring tha Angels and Nate Dogg) Battlecat 3:51 7. 'Friends' (featuring Kokane) 2:58 8. 'Gang Bang 4 Real' (featuring ) 4:51 9. 'I Pledge Allegiance' (featuring Soopafly and Kokane) Fredwreck 3:48 10. 'Now Is the Time' (featuring Kokane), 3:46 11. Dormimos juntos andrea hoyos pdf descargar. 'Cool' (featuring Nate Dogg and ) Hi-Tek 5:14 12. 'Dogghouse In Your Mouth' (featuring Suga Free, Soopafly,,, Ruff Dog, King Lou, Mixmaster Spade) Battlecat 7:10 13. 'Connected' (featuring and Kokane) The Alchemist 4:21 14. 'Mac Bible Chapter 2:11 Verse 20–21' (featuring ) Fredwreck 1:42 15. 'Break a Bitch Til I Die' Jelly Roll 4:09 16. 'Sticky Fingers' (featuring Kokane and ) 3:14 17. 'There Comes a Time' (featuring Daddy V) Jelly Roll 4:28 18. 'Late Night' (featuring Kokane) Meech Wells 2:58 19. 'So Low' (featuring ), Meech Wells 3:33 20. 'Everywhere I Go' (featuring Kokane) 4:35 Total length: 1:19:58 Samples [ ] I Luv It • 'Mr. Groove' by One Way. Crip Hop • 'Square Biz' by Teena Marie. ![]() Friends • 'At Long Last' by Moment of Truth.
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