Gang Related (Explicit Version) (1997) (Reissued/Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Death Row Records UPC: 00728706301923 Release Date: 5/22/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60469010 Item#: MPX5PV Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Way Too Major - Daz Dillinger/Tray Deee ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Life's So Hard - 2Pac ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Greed - Ice Cube ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Get Yo Bang On - Mack 10/AllFrumThai ~ Original Soundtrack 5. These Days - Nate Dogg/Daz Dillinger ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Mash For Our Dreams - Storm/Young Noble/Daz Dillinger ~ Original Soundtrack 7. Free 'Em All - J-Flexx/Tenkamenin ~ Original Soundtrack 8. Staring Through My Rearview - 2Pac/The Outlawz ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Devotion - Paradise ~ Original Soundtrack 10. I Can't Fix It - Jackers ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Questions - Tech N9ne ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Hollywood Bank Robbery - The Gang/Snoop Doggy Dogg/Kurupt ~ Original Soundtrack Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Made Niggaz - 2Pac/The Outlawz ~ Original Soundtrack 2. Loc'd Out Hood - Kurupt ~ Original Soundtrack 3. Gang Related - WC/CJ Mac/Daz Dillinger/Tray Deee ~ Original Soundtrack 4. Keep Your Eyes Open - O.F.T.B. ~ Original Soundtrack 5. Lady - 6 Feet/Storm ~ Original Soundtrack 6. Take A Nigga Like Me - Young Soldierz ~ Original Soundtrack 7. What Have You Done? - B.G.O.T.I. ~ Original Soundtrack 8. What's Ya Fantasy - The Outlawz/Daz Dillinger ~ Original Soundtrack 9. Change To Come, A - J-Flexx/Tenkamenin/Bahamadia/Kool & The Gang/Con Funk Shun ~ Original Soundtrack 10. Freak Somethin' - Roland ~ Original Soundtrack 11. Feelin A Good Thang - 2DV ~ Original Soundtrack 12. Lost Souls - 2Pac/The Outlawz ~ Original Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Producers include: Daz Dillinger, BUDDA, Nate Dogg, 2Pac Shakur, Brian "G". Engineers include: Dave Aron, Tommy Daugherty, Les Pierce. Digitally remastered by Eddy Schreyer & Gene Grimaldi (Oasis Mastering, Studio City, California). Personnel: Daz Dillinger, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg (vocals, background vocals); Regi Devell, 6 Feet (vocals); The Storm (rap vocals); Ronald "Riskie" Brent, Shelley, Roland Williams, Hakim, Onesha Deadmon, Kevin "K.V." Varnado, Fuskee, Tracy Hardin, Sean, Maritza, Nate Dogg (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Aron; Daz Dillinger; Regi Devell; Lil Stretch; Tommy "D" Daugherty; Carlas "Ceci" Closson; Les Pierce; Matthew Quave; Rob Chiarelli; Steve Young; Troy Staton. Recording information: Ameraycan Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Backroom Studios, Glendale, CA; Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, CA; Larabee Sound Studios, West Hollywood, CA; Larrabee Sound Studios, West Hollywood, CA; Paradise Studios, Sacramento, CA; QDIII Soundlab; Sound Castle Studios, Silverlake, CA; Track Record Studios; Tribe Sound Studio; Westlake Audio. Unknown Contributor Roles: DJ Tee; K. Fuller; Larry Chatman; Felton C. Pilate II; P. Collins; Priest Brooks; Ricky Rouse; Greg Moore . Considering that Gang Related happened to be the last film featuring Tupac Shakur (it also happened to star Jim Belushi, but that's another matter) -- it's no surprise that the accompanying soundtrack features nothing but gangsta rap and G-funk. By and large, it's a solid collection, but it wouldn't be considered out of the ordinary if it didn't contain some of the last cuts 2Pac completed before his untimely death. Sad to say, they're not exceptional tracks -- they merely sound like leftovers from the All Eyez on Me sessions, without much spark to the performances or imagination in the production. That same malady plagues portions of Gang Related. The soundtrack was the last major release from Death Row, slipping out shortly after Suge Knight went to jail and the label went into paralysis, and it often sounds like the work of a label and genre (G-funk) on its last moments. Not to say that it isn't without its moments. Every once and in a while, a track catches hold, whether it's from a veteran artist or a new rapper, but all the songs sound a little too similar over the course of the double-disc set. For hardcore gangstas, it may be worth sorting through the 24 songs just to own the otherwise unavailable 2Pac cuts and the other interesting tracks, but it'll be a bit too much for the average listener. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Completed just before his death, GANG RELATED is Tupac Shakur's final film in what was still a promising career. Starring with the illustrious Jim Belushi, Shakur plays the role of a crooked cop tormented by his conscience; a role that closely paralleled his musical persona of a street thug struggling to redeem himself. He also contributes several cuts to the soundtrack. GANG RELATED is a double-CD featuring the work of veteran west coast rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg and Ice Cube as well as several relative newcomers. But it's Shakur's work that is the most poignant, especially in light of his death. On "Life's So Hard" he laments the difficulties he faces in the lifestyle that he has chosen and wishes for transcendence. This theme resurfaces several times on the album, and listening to "Staring Through My Rearview," one gets the sense that Shakur can see the light at the end of the tunnel, a light that will always be just out of his reach as he struggles with the specter of his past.   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 05/22/2001 Original Release Date : 1997 Catalog ID : 63019 Label : Death Row (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Runtime : 114m : 33s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00728706301923    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...