It’s only a one-track lull though as following this we get onto Forgot About Dre, which has Eminem supplying the hook and the second verse. One of the forgettable songs of the album, not even the beat really did it for me. Roc and Knoc-Turnal on the hook and Hittman for the second verse. Track Nine is Light Speed and is a bit more chilled out than What’s the Difference, which blends well when doing a whole album listen-through. Bar One’s a skit so not much to talk about there. Classic Slim Shady when he was bouncing of Dre on tracks like a match made in heaven. Dre handles the first verse rapping about his differences to other rappers, Xzibit handles the second with the same subject matter and Eminem blows it out the water with the third: bringing up killing his ex-wife Kim and insinuating that the difference between himself and other rappers is that he really doesn’t give a fuck. What’s the Difference is one of the best on this project and I’m not going to lie: that’s all down to the memorable hook performed by Phish and the third verse by Eminem. Luckily, What’s the Difference comes next and makes up for it.
I’m sure it’s great for a large proportion of fans but for me it was the worst track so far on the album. Nate Dogg ’s use of elongating every line made his verse feel like it went on far too long which is worse when he had pretty much the worst lyrics on the track. Nate Dogg makes the song feel like it’s struggling a bit during the middle though, I feel like the flow Six Two used matched the beat the best. Considered a microcosm of what West Coast hip hop represents, it features fairly decent lyricism by Dre and Six Two. Xxplosive is the sixth entry onto the album, featuring Nate Dogg and Six Two and uniquely for a Dr. Snoop Dogg ’s involvement on the chorus probably would have made it better, but nevertheless it isn’t a bad song. It’s a shame really that all it needs is a better chorus singer. One gripe with the song is that Hittman ‘s delivery of the chorus, which lyrics aren’t the greatest anyway, sounds really monotone and as if he’s bored with it. Dre has a good first verse but Hittman definitely takes the win on this one with his surprisingly good second verse. 2001 then moves onto Big Ego ’s, which features Dr. Nothing wrong with that of course even if ghostwriting is frowned upon these days because it created one of Dre ’s best songs. Jay-Z wrote all the lyrics and Dre and Snoop deciding that it was much better than anything they had come up with the song and so they ran with it. Ironically though, none of the performers on the song actually contributed writing credits. Dre beat ever, while I don’t know whether I agree with that I could concede it’s in his top three best songs ever. Genius edits suggest it’s considered the best Dr. Still D.R.E is a song any self-respecting hip-hop fan will have listened to and very good reason: like The Watcher it bangs. Dre and Snoop both seem to have upped their game this album too with great verses being given by both of them for the song. Devin ’s voice grates on me a little but he supplied a good enough verse. Dre, Devin the Dude and Snoop Dogg both supplying verses with Devin the Dude singing the hook. Fuck You is a classic sex rap song, with Dr. Following The Watcher is track three Fuck You. A great beat and a hook sung by Eminem and Knock-Turnal, The Watcher remains to this day one of my favourite Dre songs. At the time people had started saying Dre was shook and so left out of fear, but as he points out it isn’t a great way to live not knowing when someone’s going to come and try to kill you and admits “I ain’t a thug/ How much 2Pac in you you got?”. The Watcher deals with Dre lamenting about his move from the hood into a new, swanky house following constant death threats he was receiving. The Watcher has since gone on to be a very popular hip hop song that never gets old in the community of course and for very good reason it bangs. The first track after the very straightforward intro is The Watcher. Hittman ’s involvement was reminiscent of The Chronic being used to feature lots of Snoop Dogg to put him on the map. Released on November 16th, 1999 under the Aftermath and Interscope labels, it retained the West Coast hip hop and G-funk influences while being much more refined and featuring a bigger variety of hip hop artists most notable of those on the album is Hittman who featured in ten songs from the album.
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