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Compton's Most Wanted Music To Driveby RSD 2018 Record Store Day Vinyl
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May 30, 2018
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May 6, 2018
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Release Date: 4/21/2018
Format: LP
Label: Get On Down
Quantity: 1000
Release type: RSD Limited Run / Regional Focus Release
There are West Coast classics, and then there is Music To Driveby, the
third LP from the group that birthed MC Eiht: Compton’s Most Wanted.
Although the group started in the late ‘80s with multiple MCs (including
Tha Chill and Boom Bam), by 1992 Eight was pulling the group’s vocal
weight – supported by DJ Mike T on turntables and production – and even
producing and co-producing tracks. Music To Driveby might lack
beats-per-minute variety, but to fans that’s not a bad thing. Across the
board, this is mid-tempo, super deep, funky hip-hop, made for cars
creeping along boulevards across the West and South, and it’s about as
good as it gets for such purposes. Just about filler-free, the album
struts intensely and with purpose, as Eiht throws tales of Cali street
life at fans for an hour straight, almost without a break. This solo
marathon is given a respite only once, with Scarface’s guest spot on “N 2
Deep,” an excellent hood roller supported by a soulful guitar lick
sampled from Lyn Collins’ “Do Your Thing.” Elsewhere, Eiht rolls alone
and intensely, on cuts like the classic smash single “Hood Took Me
Under”; the album’s second single and Tim Dog attack “Who’s Fu**ing
Who?”; the hometown big-up “Compton 4 Life”; and hustle tales like “Jack
Mode” and “I Gots To Get Over.” After this album, Eiht released more
classics under his own name, and with similar fan worship. It was the
continuation of a legendary career and Music To Driveby still ranks high
on anyone’s “West Coast Legends” playlist. THIS RELEASE WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE BUT WILL PRIMARILY BE FOUND IN CALIFORNIA RECORD
STORES.
1. Intro 2. Hit the Floor 3. Hood Took Me Under 4. Jack
Mode 5. Compton 4 Life 6. 8 Iz Enough 7. Duck Sick II 8. Dead Nigga Tell
No Lies 9. N 2 Deep" (featuring Scarface) 10. Who's Fucking Who? 11.
This Is a Gang 12. Hoodrat 13. Niggaz Strugglin' 14. I Gots ta Get Over
15. U's a Bitch 16. Another Victim 17. Def Wish II 18. Music to Driveby
