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| Dr. Dre's younger brother lets it ride on smash Regulate, plus So Many Ways, Gangsta Sermon, Do You See, This D.J., Super Soul Sis, etc. |
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| 1 Regulate |
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| 2 Do You See |
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| 3 Gangsta Sermon |
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| 4 Recognize |
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| 5 Super Soul Sis |
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| 6 '94 No Draft |
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| 7 So Many Ways |
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| 8 This D.J. |
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| 9 This Is the Shack |
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| 10 What's Next |
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| 11 And Ya Don't Stop |
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| 12 Runnin' Wit No Breaks |
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Album Review
Anchored by the laid-back G-funk anthem "Regulate," Warren G's appropriately titled "Regulate...G Funk Era" embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness. Unlike most of his West Coast G-funk peers, Warren doesn't celebrate drive-by gang-bangin', dirty-money stackin', nor G's-up, hoes-down pimpin'. Sure, he says the f word once in a while and puffs on the cheeba-cheeba when it's passed his way, but he's essentially a good-natured, all-ages rapper, interested in nothing more than good ol'-fashioned hip-hop. He professes his demeanor succinctly on the catchy hook to "This Dj," the other era-defining highlight here: "It's kinda easy when you're listening to the G-ed-up sound/Pioneer speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound/I got the sound fo yo' ass and it's easy to see/That this DJ be Warren G." Like his stepbrother, Dr. Dre, Warren is a more talented producer than rapper, and it's his by-the-book G-funk beat-making that truly shines here. For instance, another album highlight, "Do You See," boasts an elastic bass line and whistling synth hook, capturing the essence of G-funk as only Dre himself could. Warren further compensates for his middling rapping with a couple of guests, a few skits, and a brief running time. Even if "Regulate" and "This Dj" tower far above everything else here, "Regulate...G Funk Era" is nonetheless a minor gem among the myriad G-funk albums of the mid-'90s, and Warren embodies the style itself here with a precision perhaps second only to his older brother and does so with a refreshing air of harmlessness. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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