"California knows how to party
California knows how to party
In the city of L.A
In the city of good ol' Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin', we keep it rockin' …"
2 types de personnes. Celles qui connaissent la chanson juste en lisant le titre. Celles qui connaissent la chanson mais ne savent pas qu’elles la connaissent.
#GreatAlbums1990s - #DrDre - #TheChronic (1992). As much as gang life and the specter of Death Row/ Suge Knight infuse the lyrics, Dre’s production was a leap forward from everything that came before. Real instruments vie with samples for more organic and soulful grooves, while co-star Snoop Dogg provides a laidback counterpoint to Dre’s harder vision. “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” proved rap no longer had to turn vanilla (ice) to crack the pop charts. #GreatRapAlbums, #Reviews, #HipHop
Heads up: I’m bringing a music listening project that I’ve been working on over to mastodon now. I’ve been calling it “Radio to the Death”.
Basically I wanted to listen to Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums of all time. But also, I’m me, so everything has to be a game of some kind. As such, I took all the albums and made a tournament bracket seeded by order in the original list. I listen to each pair of albums (in one sitting, ideally) and declare a winner. #RadioToTheDeath
#RadioToTheDeath Matchup #7
Winner: The Chronic
8-3
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I had no idea Dr. Dre was the origin of “deez nuts”. That’s not why The Chronic won this one, but it is a fun fact that I’m going to bother my friends and family with today.