Is ATL - Uncle Sam's Curse a classic?
- Thread starter Cranky
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I wouldn't call Always Into Something the first G-Funk song, it had the synth line with the heavy portamento effect, but that was already present on Dopeman, and while funkier than Dopeman, it didn't really have the P-Funk bass lines of the kind that were on The Chronic and Black Mafia Life
Also, Vocally Pimpin came 2 months after Efil4Zaggin, and it was going in the same direction:
And in the same time Digital Underground were already employing the P-Funk samples that would define much of g-funk
And in the end, Black Mafia Life also came out less than 2 months after The Chronic came out and it had tracks that one can definitely call g-funk on it.
Note that The Chronic itself is probably only half g-funk under the stricter definitions of the term and that ATL's version of g-funk is quite unique and nobody has ever replicated, and as a result it sits a little bit outside of the center of the genre, as defined by the majority of releases in the mid 90s.
So, as with many things, it is hard to say who invented what, it is often very hard to set clear boundaries between person X's contribution and person Y's contribution even by the people who were around at the time, let alone by us who weren't there in the studio to see it, but I am willing to accept Cold 187um's version of the story, especially given that I haven't seen an interview with Dre where he says "No, Cold 187um is lying", although I may just no have seen it, correct me if I am wrong
Also, Vocally Pimpin came 2 months after Efil4Zaggin, and it was going in the same direction:
And in the same time Digital Underground were already employing the P-Funk samples that would define much of g-funk
And in the end, Black Mafia Life also came out less than 2 months after The Chronic came out and it had tracks that one can definitely call g-funk on it.
Note that The Chronic itself is probably only half g-funk under the stricter definitions of the term and that ATL's version of g-funk is quite unique and nobody has ever replicated, and as a result it sits a little bit outside of the center of the genre, as defined by the majority of releases in the mid 90s.
So, as with many things, it is hard to say who invented what, it is often very hard to set clear boundaries between person X's contribution and person Y's contribution even by the people who were around at the time, let alone by us who weren't there in the studio to see it, but I am willing to accept Cold 187um's version of the story, especially given that I haven't seen an interview with Dre where he says "No, Cold 187um is lying", although I may just no have seen it, correct me if I am wrong
Black Mafia Life was everything The Chronic wanted 2 be but wasn't. If u listen 2 both albums back 2 back you'll feel like you're havin a deja vu moment when you hear songs that sound just like each other. A lot of people thought Eazy E's Real Muthafuckin G's did Dre in but, Cold187 and Kokane broke it all down on this song right here....