G Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2 [LP]

by Nate Dogg

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2016
Label:	Thump Records
UPC:	0720657955828

Tracks

Disc 1

1. First We Pray
2. My World
3. Crazy, Dangerous
4. These Days
5. Scared of Love
6. Me & My Homies
7. Because I Got a Girl
8. My Money
9. Never Leave Me Alone
10. Last Prayer (Comm. 2)

Disc 2

11. Dedication
12. Who's Playin' Games?
13. I Don't Wanna Hurt No More
14. Just Another Day
15. She's Strange
16. Almost in Love
17. No Matter Where I Go
18. Friends
19. Puppy Love
20. Nobody Does It Better
21. Sexy Girl
22. Dogg Pound Gangstaville
23. Never Too Late

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nate Dogg   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Six Feet Deep   Primary Artist
Tray Deee   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Big Chuck   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Big Tray Deee   Primary Artist
Kurupt   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
L.T. Hutton   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
The Lady of Rage   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Kurupt Tha Kingpin   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Barbara Wilson   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Daz Dillinger   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Tupac Shakur   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Val Young   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Nanci Fletcher   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Warren G & Nate Dogg   Primary Artist
Butch Cassidy   Primary Artist
Big Syke   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Warren G   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
2Pac   Primary Artist
Sheep Doggy Dogg   Primary Artist
Fuskee   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Kurupt the Kingpin   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
6 Feet Deep   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Isaac Reese   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Salim   Primary Artist
Warren G.   Primary Artist
Danny "Butch" Means   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Nancy Hale   Primary Artist
Soopafly   Guest Artist
Big Skye   Featured Artist
Danny 'Butch' Means   Featured Artist
Pamela Hale   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ricky Rouse   Guitar
Tommy D. Daugherty   Keyboards
Priest "Supafly" Brooks   Keyboards
Butch Small   Percussion
Tony Green   Bass

Technical Credits

Tray Deee   Composer
Teddy Riley   Composer,Producer
Snoop Dogg   Composer,Producer
Big Chuck   Composer
Big Skye   Composer
Kurupt   Composer
L.T. Hutton   Composer,Producer
Larry Blackmon   Composer
Lance Pierre   Mixing
Isis   Composer
Carl Hampton   Composer
Frankie Beverly   Composer
Daz Dillinger   Composer,Producer
Tupac Shakur   Composer
Homer Banks   Composer
Johnny "Guitar" Watson   Composer
Sam Sneed   Composer,Producer
Charlie Singleton   Composer
Nanci Fletcher   Composer
Nate Dogg   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Nathan Leftenant   Composer
Ralph McDonald   Composer
Sean "Barney" Thomas   Composer,Producer
Johnny J   Composer,Producer
William Salter   Composer
T. Jenkins   Composer
Big Syke   Composer
Warren G   Composer,Producer
Priest "Supafly" Brooks   Composer,Producer
N. Leftenant   Composer
Ralph MacDonald   Composer
Raymond Jackson   Composer
2Pac   Composer
Tomi Jenkins   Composer
C. Singleton   Composer
Sam Dogg   Composer
Kurupt the Kingpin   Composer,Producer
Big Pimpin'   Composer
Jason Carmichael   Composer
Isaac Reese   Composer
Warren G.   Composer
Danny "Butch" Means   Composer
Darrell Harper   Composer
Casey Carmichael   Composer
Harold Johnson   Composer
Marvin Morris   Composer
Tyrone Rice   Composer