DPG 4 Life 2021 Album

Tha Dogg Pound

From what I can tell from listening to this and the few producer credits I have seen, Daz didn't produce the songs. My question is "Why the hell not?" As he has on his recent solo efforts, Daz has just been the rapper. Surely the market for a DPG album isn't new fans. It's the old fans who would rather have Daz's bangin' west coast production as opposed to most of what we have here. Speaking on the production, the songs' volumes haven't even been equalised. On Spotify, listen to 'Let's Roll', followed by 'Hood Girl'. Your ears will ring. 'Baby I Want U Bac' also sounds like 64kps or something and other tracks sound unpolished as well. Is this due to recording in different places cause of COVID? I don't know, but it is staggering when I can record better quality music on a computer. The biggest issue with this is the amount of softer beats and topically chick tracks. On a Dogg Pound album, you'd expect the majority to be bangin' gansgta rap and the minority to be chick tunes, but here it's the opposite. I wasn't expecting a heap when I heard the singles like 'Used 2' and 'Bottom Bitch' from this on YouTube, but it's weaker than expected.It takes a while to heat up. It has a 6 year old song in the middle of the album as its best song, and then finishes with a decent run of songs towards its conclusion. Best Tracks: Nice & Slow, Skip Skip, It Ain't Nuthin, Im on It Songs: Ghetto - A bit conscious lyrically but the production is boring. We Rollin - Better. Vibey/laid-back beat. It features a nicely sung chorus. Dissolution of Marriage - About cheating/relationships. Another beat that isn't amazing. Used 2 / Bottom Bitch / Nice & Slow - Ehh. Again, far from bangin' production. Nice & Slow is the best of them. Skip Skip - This is what most people probably want on a DPG album. I felt like I had heard the song before and I had. It's about 6 years old. It's far and away the best thing. It's funky and bangin'. Kurupt sounds energetic unlike much of these sex themed tracks where he sounds half a sleep. Baby I Want U Bac - As mentioned above, the mastering sounds really off here. It Ain’t Nuthin / Im on It - These are more of what I want from Daz and Kurupt. Harder production that leads into a strong tail to finish the album. Let's Roll - Another chick track but the chorus is catchy and vibey. Hood Girl - Very similarly themed to Bottom Bitch but this is better. Harder production. LA Here's to U - To finish the album we have an LA shout out track. We haven't had enough of them... Again, the production is decent.