Check Out Time is great, love the beat on that.
― estimate the percent chance that i break my foot off in your ass (Neanderthal), Saturday, 2 July 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
that snare sound on Ambitionz is XD
― am0n, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:20 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah man, greatest drum sound ever. PSHHHHHHH.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:24 AM Bookmark
^^^realest shit
― these goons were made for waka (The Reverend), Saturday, 2 July 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
That snare is more of a splash than a snare, cool sound tho. I love the snare on Got My Mind Made Up, which for about 3 years was my favorite song off AEOM.
RANDOM FACT:
did you know that Inspectah Deck did the last verse on that song but it was cut cos they thought the song was too long, hence the "I N S the rebel" at the end before it fades out.
This is supposedly it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklhI4LhTUA
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 3 July 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
ALl these song are undeniable, cant be mad at any pick really.
Currently I'd pick Heartz Of Men, Picture Me Rollin or No More Pain. How Do You Want it is still one of my favorite songs to grind to.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 3 July 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
i hope i voted for "can't c me"
― lex pretend, Sunday, 3 July 2011 08:00 (twelve years ago) link
skandalous would be my current one
― *rolls eyez on me* (D-40), Sunday, 3 July 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
& no love for "shorty wanna be a thug"??? i demand a recount!
― chilli, Sunday, 3 July 2011 08:08 (twelve years ago) link
Probably deserves it. Pretty much every song named in this thread has been my favorite at some point tho.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Sunday, 3 July 2011 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
ditto all eyez on me, wonda why they call u bitch. there's that kanye beat on graduation that's shooting for a shorty wanna be a thug thing.
i always wish someone would write one of those books about the making of this record. about all of it, i don't understand what the process was, what the productions are made up of, etc.
― devoted to boats (schlump), Sunday, 3 July 2011 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
I SEE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER
― Gred The Flopson (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
god man "Only God Can Judge Me" STILL gives me chills. I love 4-Tay's verse on it too.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 22 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
gotta say "What's Ya Phone #" is really the only flat out 'dud' to me on Disc 1
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 22 March 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
love that song
― D-40, Thursday, 22 March 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like I only whip these discs out during moments of extreme stress. it always does the trick tho
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 22 March 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
sad that 4tay's career didn't launch more...just got "Don't Fight the Feelin" of his....underrated
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 24 March 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
"thug passion" is the most underrated joint
― fanute gingrich (The Reverend), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
always return to this one and "I Got My Mind Made Up" always slays me the most. it has multiple verses that still repeat in my head all the time, particularly Pac's, Method Man's, and Kurupt's. just quality lyricism front to back, kinda a "fuck you, East Coast, we can do this too" type of feel to it....sandwiched in the middle of some trad West Coast jamz.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
dr dre ALL DAY
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
only god, mang
fuck everybody else
― j., Tuesday, 7 July 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link
20 years old now....
― NSFWork work work work work (Spottie), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
june 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsrOCzUwcjE
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 2 June 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Not enough love for "no more pain"
― brimstead, Friday, 2 June 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
heartz of men for sure
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 June 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
i guess maino plays the guy that shoots him outside the studio in nyc
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 June 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
the movie felt way too much like a lifetime biopic rather than something complex, thoughtful or gritty. At best it was fun at times though (the soundtrack certainly helps things)
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 23 June 2017 08:51 (six years ago) link
7. No More Pain 0
― k3vin k., Sunday, 24 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Srsly
― brimstead, Monday, 25 December 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
Should be re-polled imo.
― Spottie, Monday, 25 December 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
alleviate your clothes
― j., Wednesday, 21 November 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
heartz of men or holla at me or i ain't mad atcha or no more pain or picture me rollin' or only god can judge me or whatz ya phone #????
every beat on this is perfect and sounds like a million bucks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 September 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
yeah, sonically it's stunning. thematically, lyrically, it's probably his masterwork.
just the first notes of "Ambitionz as a Ridah" are enough to get me amped.
I still love the abstract west coast vs east coast lyricism of "I Got My Mind Made Up", with a relative who's who of guests on it, the lyrics of each verse I can still recite from memory.
"Holla at Me" has a great chorus too.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 5 September 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
i love this album so much
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
you're otm about "i got my mind made up" neanderthal. just stacked with one amazing verse on top of the next
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
the verses literally run through my head once a week, still.
especially Meth's
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
even Kurupt is a bit, uhh, less gangster and more lyrical than usual
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
play Russian roulette and have a blast
― brimstead, Saturday, 19 September 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
*a game of*
― brimstead, Saturday, 19 September 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
also like Redman's "non-believers get my dick and genital backwards"
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 September 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
guessin' "wonder Why they Call Ya Bitch" didn't age too well
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 September 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
tfw the synth turns into a heart monitor beep on “only god can judge me”
best album ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 March 2022 13:07 (two years ago) link
i still laugh out loud at snoop's bit about seeing the video girl on screen in the million march
― /\/K/\/\, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7:43 AM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
we should re-poll this, zero votes for the title track or "2 of amerikkkaz" or "life goes on" is insane to me
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 September 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
2 of Amerikkaz and Life Goes ON shoulda gotten votes, yeah.
my local soccer team won last night, dramatically, so I put on my hip hop playlist and was looking for the right celebratory anthem, and I kept skipping and "Ambitions as a Ridah" came on and my choice was made.
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Thursday, 1 September 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
How do u want it all day
― calstars, Thursday, 1 September 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
fascinating to me that ambitionz is his most streamed song on spotify. it wasnt even a single.
daz killed every song he produced on that album. skandalouz sounds like quik had a hand in it.
― Spottie, Friday, 2 September 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
i love the mix of guests on this album
― Spottie, Friday, 2 September 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
ambitionz is constantly referenced and interpolated, it’s embedded itself in the rap firmament
it’s still def surprising that it has so many more streams than california love
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 September 2022 00:58 (one year ago) link
"Ambitions" forever
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 September 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
if im being honest with myself i dont think i have it in my top 5 on the album. prob in that 7-10 range
― Spottie, Friday, 2 September 2022 01:03 (one year ago) link
for me it’s “heartz of men”
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 September 2022 01:05 (one year ago) link