| You Don’t Love Me, You Love Doggystyleeee | November 26, 2019 |
Straight out of San Bernardino comes the 90s-influenced West Coast traditionalist rapper
| The Return Of The Gangsta: YG’s Still Brazy | June 21, 2016 |
YG delivered another blassic.
| “X” Marks The Spot: Mr. X And His G-Funk Opus | August 26, 2015 |
A little-known g-funk gem released by Quincy Jones III
| G-Funk Forever: A Look Back at Overlooked West Coast Gem, Vontel’s “Vision Of A Dream” | August 19, 2015 |
The '98 album features production from Roger Troutman and Battlecat.
| #TBT: D of TGC’s ’95 Album: “Straight Texas Hoodlum” | May 21, 2015 |
A little 90's g-funk from Houston.
| That’s How it Goes: Y.G. & Yowda & G-Funk Forever | November 10, 2014 |
If you took the pedantic stance that all forms of revivalism are irrelevant, you could make the case against Yowda and Y.G.’s “That’s How it Goes.” In a way, this is no different from the Joey Badassery “Yo, let’s take it back to 95” ethos prevalent on the East Coast. But there’s a thin line […]
| Summer Mixtape: Max Bell | July 3, 2014 |
Max Bell once played basketball with Nate Dogg. Last week, a friend and recent L.A. transplant told me 2Pac and Dr. Dre songs left still bodies staring at the deserted dance floor of a Westside lounge. Outsiders equate lack of motion to tracks from the accepted West Coast rap suzerain with treason. And yet, this reaction […]
