Zapp I - Zapp

Advantages: Great Lyrics, great story telling, excellent production
Disadvantages: Interlude track of BIG having sex

...pay That's why you drink Tanqueray So you can reminisce and wish You wasn't living so devilishs sh*t 8/10 Track 12 - Me & My Bitch A great track about Biggie and his wife, obviously it's more story telling but it's done very well, the beats are decent, slightly slower paced than much of the album and also quite dark. Samples "Computer Love" by Zapp (Live Remix version not album version) Choice lines When I met you I admit my first thoughts was to trick You look so good huh, I suck on your daddy's dick (yeah) I never felt that way in my life It didn't take long before I made you my wife (uh, yeah) With a glock just as strong as me Totin guns just as long as me, the b*tch belongs with me Any plans with another b*tch, my b*tch'll spoil it One day, she used my toothbrush to clean the toilet (that's nasty... Read review

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Advantages: Some of the best Swing-R&B ever
Disadvantages: Lots of interludes

...at their peak during the late eighties and early nineties. It also shows how he likes to integrate Zapp & Roger-esque vocoder techniques into their music, and it fits right in with the Hip Hop aspect of the production, which is complemented by the way Teddy half-raps in sections of this R&B piece. **Four Stars** 3. "U Blow My Mind" To date, I haven't reviewed a track which I would consider to be one of my favourites ever, but here is one, so I have to rate it on a higher scale and give it more stars than may scale usually deals with. Here Teddy Riley absolutely kills it with the production, and the way in which the group work off it makes it special for me. This one brings me back to times I shouldn't be able to remember, considering this came out when I was only three, but getas me going every time I hear it. This is the utlimate... Read review

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Advantages: Strong throughout
Disadvantages: Underrated

..."Dogg Food" came as the debut album, from Tha Dogg Pound in 1995. The Dogg Pound Gangstas (DPG) are a West Coast rap duo, consisting of members Kurupt, and Snoop Dogg's cousin, Daz. The pair had been hyped by performing alongside Snoop, Dr. Dre and other West Coast Gansta Rap acts, and had lent their production to tracks by some of these artists too. This album would be considered one of the main albums invovlved within the East Coast-West Coast beef of the mid-nineties as the duo directly call out New York rappers with their rhymes. 1. "Intro" 2. "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" After the intro, DPG give another track to show who they are and what they are all about. In comparison to the rest of the tracks, I thought that it wasn't really as strong as them. I think that this is down to the beats in it as Daz goes for beats which sound... Read review

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