Music To Driveby

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Total Tracks: 18   Total Length: 57:28

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Sean Fennessey is the editor of GQ.com. He is a former Director of Merchandising at eMusic and has written about music and culture for Spin, Rolling Stone, The ...more »

04.09.08
Dark, dank gangsta rap with a soul spine
Label: Bump Johnson Inc.

Compton's Most Wanted didn't invent West Coast gangsta music, but they may have perfected it. Over an impressive three-album run in the early '90s, only founding member MC Eiht was a constant in the group, crucial because his methodical, menacing storytelling was the crux of their appeal. Driveby, a viscous, virulent collection of serrated Isaac Hayes samples and slow-rolling beats, is the group's high watermark, led by "Hood Took Me Under," a suffocating master class in rap macabre. Pull the covers over your eyes and dive in.

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A Near Classic West Coast Hip Hop Album

emcshan

This is a well designed Gangster rap album that was released during the West Coast's commercial dominance in Hip Hop. An alternative view of LA street lfe that added to what was offered by Doctor Dre & DJ Quik creative circles!

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The third and commercially most successful album by Los Angeles rappers Compton’s Most Wanted contained such terse narratives as “Dead Men Tell No Lies” and “Hit the Floor.” If there hadn’t been such an abundance of similar material in the early ’90s, these tales might have triggered intense scrutiny and analysis. Instead, the most common response is that MC Eiht’s raps aren’t quite as loose or expressive as those of Spice 1, Ice Cube, Nas, or many others telling identical stories. – Ron Wynn