Friday 16 August 2019

R.I.P To Nate Dogg, l Had To Appreciate

Nate Dogg - I Got Love
(From Music & Me album; 2001)



Every now and then I go through Nate Dogg's albums to try and find another solo song as good as I Got Love and every time it proves to be a fruitless search. The Captain Hook of Rap deserved better beats and/or more space to do his own damn thing on his own damn songs.

Really doe, how did the sanger who brought a golf club to a fist fight not get blessed with one of those vintage Death Row-era Dre productions for himself?

29 comments:

Smell Rell said...

Bink is a very underrated producer.

turdbutt in the house said...

one more day is his best track

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I Got Love jams harder.

One More Day has the annoying bird doing backing vocals. Ain't nobody else needs to sing on a Nate Dogg song.

Yohan said...

I absolutely forgot about that Nate Dogg fight video. Glorious.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Might be the peak of the Death Row vs. Ruthless beef.

step one said...

was recently thinking the same thing about the lack of decent Nate solo joints. What would've been good was an album around 94-96 with Snoop, Nate, Daz, Kurupt & Rage. Kind of like all the posse cuts on Doggystyle

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Absolutely.

Crazy visions, boom: what if Keep Their Heads Ringing was a solo Nate Dogg track? He woulda killed that beat/hook/concept.

hotbox said...

"why" from the gridlock'd ost is another 10/10 solo nate cut. these days goes too

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

These Days is disqualified because Daz raps on there.

Strictly solo Nate songs only.

Ben said...

I like both of Nates albums but I agree theres to many guests on them some one of his caliber doesn't need a lot of guests. The Hardest Man in Town is a choice Nate solo cut.

L.A said...

I miss this guy.

Jmil843 said...

Dont know why Nate didn't have Quik produce an album for him. also this actually might be my favorite Nate hook and would've loved to hear a solo version of the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DjPsjol1Xg

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Yeah. As the saying goes, he floated on that one.

Anonymous said...

Is "i Got " better than "nobody does is Better?" on a tangential note, kinda like that Nate feature on Ms Jade "Dead Wrong" - actually in review his feature is kinda low key.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I think it's his best song, period, yes.

Step One said...

Heard Ronson on HHSML recently and he said Ooh Wee was much bigger in Europe than the US which seems insane. How is Ghostface & Nate Dogg on a track not a certy 10/10 banger?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

The curse of Saigon?

GGGGG said...

Just seen on twitter it would have been Nate Dogg's 50th birthday today.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

😕

bird rememberer said...

i don't even remember a bird on one more day

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

She does the "hey yaaaay yayyyyyy yeah" backing vox throughout.

icebergsweater said...

I always fucked with that "Keep It Coming" track off Need for Speed Underground, but that ain't a solo cut.

turd butt locc said...

ohhh yeah there she is, damn

i think as a cali rap fan i just filter birds out, otherwise i turn the volume down in traffic

this singing talk got me thinking about d-dubb (from siccmade) and i'll be damned, a new video with only 300 views, come on now

https://youtu.be/Ut8IaRXQSSU?t=166

t.butte96 said...

b..ro

https://youtu.be/B6lapGFcMzw?t=227

i knew seeing the chick with the AK tattoo on her face again was a good sign

i can't believe i slept on some sac shit this good, there's a album and some tapes on siccness and youtube

https://youtu.be/5UsNJ7OlEBw?t=69
https://youtu.be/dZINTUF3yXE?t=496

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Wtf @ that guy in the wheelchair

D said...

Saw mark ronson on Gogglebox yday lol

D said...

Are ooh wee, stocking cap n the colour purple the only Saigon jawnzes that hold up?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I like Letter P remix and Lames.

Assistenten said...

I'd like to add Repurcussions and Out There to that list.

As for the topic at hand, I got love reigns supreme. Concrete Streets is another solo classic.

Me & My Homies and Nobody Does It Better are just great collabos that I've probably listened to more than anything else mentioned here.