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Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

Posted By: Pistolistoff
Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)
EAC rip | FLAC | Image+.Cue+.Log ~ 1.1 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 421 Mb | Scans ~ 860 Mb
Genre: Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap, West Coast Rap, Hip Hop | Total Time: 02:55:24

Westside Connection was an American gangsta rap supergroup formed by Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10. The group's debut album, Bow Down, reached the number 2 position on the Billboard 200 in 1996, going platinum that year. Collection includes: Bow Down (1996), Terrorist Threats (2003), The Best Of West Side Connection: The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer (2007).
Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

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Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

Bow Down (1996)
EAC rip | FLAC | Image+.Cue+.Log ~ 304 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 115 Mb | Scans ~ 320 Mb
Label: Priority Records | P2 50583 | Total Time: 00:48:13

Following Lethal Injection, Ice Cube's career began to sag slightly, both in terms of sales and critical respect. As a response, he formed Westside Connection with fellow West Coast gangsta rappers Mack 10 and WC – the first hip-hop supergroup ever formed. Bow Down, the trio's debut, is everything you would expect from this pedigree, for better and for worse. Musically, the record is fantastic, with tight, slamming production that alternates between driving hardcore rhythms and elastic booty-funk. Similarly, all three rappers give brilliant performances, rhyming with fierce venom and grace. The problem is, the trio – who have all demonstrated exceptional observational skills and social commentary in the past – have decided to abandon their conscious for a spirited defense and celebration of gangsta rap. If anyone has represented the best gangsta has had to offer, it would be Ice Cube, Mack 10, and WC, but none of their lyrics here illustrate this; instead, they simply make half-hearted excuses for the violence and no political attacks at authority, which renders it nearly devoid of content. Nevertheless, Bow Down is filled with so much exceptional music that it ranks as one of the finest latter-day gangsta rap records. Listening to it, however, it's hard not to believe that it is an epitaph for the genre.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:

01. World Domination (Intro) (01:16)
02. Bow Down (03:26)
03. Gangstas Make The World Go Round (04:32)
04. All The Critics In New York (05:34)
05. Do You Like Criminals? (05:00)
06. Gangstas Don't Dance (Insert) (00:21)
07. The Gangsta, The Killa And The Dope Dealer (04:11)
08. Cross 'Em Out And Put A 'K (04:56)
09. King Of The Hill (04:17)
10. 3 Time Felons (05:10)
11. Westward Ho (05:12)
12. The Pledge (Insert) (00:14)
13. Hoo-Bangin' (WSCG Style) (03:58)


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 3. March 2013, 0:30

Westside Connection / Bow Down

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Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

Terrorist Threats (2003)
EAC rip | FLAC | Image+.Cue+.Log ~ 371 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 123 Mb | Scans ~ 287 Mb
Label: Capitol | CDP 7243 5 24030 0 4 | Total Time: 00:51:29

A long seven years after the gangsta rap supergroup Westside Connection released Bow Down, one of the definitive West Coast gangsta rap albums of the '90s, they reunited in 2003 for a second go-round, Terrorist Threats. The state of the rap union had changed a lot since 1996, which was the height of the original gangsta era, back when 2Pac and Biggie were still alive and in their prime. So it's a little unsettling to hear the trio of veteran gangstas in Westside Connection – Ice Cube, WC, and Mack 10 – still trying to rally the "Gangsta Nation" circa 2003, the year of young gunners like 50 Cent and pretty-boy skirt-chasers like Chingy. Yet the old-fashioned gangsta growl of Westside Connection seems all the more poignant as a result – as if they were ghosts of gangsta past, back to haunt listeners – especially on songs like "So Many Rappers in Love," where these O.G.s call out their much younger, "21 Questions"-asking contemporaries. Not everything on Terrorist Threats is gruff and bitter, though. Standout songs like "Gangsta Nation" and "Lights Out" have plenty of feel-good swerve, especially when the likes of Nate Dogg and Knoc-Turn'al grace the hooks.

Jason Birchmeier, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:

01. Keith David/Westside Connection / A Threat To The World (Intro) (1:15)
02. Call 9-1-1 (3:44)
03. Keith David/Westside Connection / Potential Victims (3:02)
04. Nate Dogg/Westside Connection / Gangsta Nation (4:53)
05. Get Ignit (4:11)
06. Butch Cassidy/Westside Connection / Pimp The System (4:45)
07. K-Mac/Westside Connection / Don't Get Outta Pocket (3:51)
08. Izm (4:05)
09. So Many Rappers In Love (4:13)
10. Knoc-Turn'al/Westside Connection / Lights Out (3:43)
11. K-Mac/Skoop Delania/Westside Connection/Young Soprano / Bangin' At The Party (3:12)
12. Bruce Waynne/Westside Connection / You Gotta Have Heart (3:52)
13. Terrorist Threats (2:28)
14. Superstar (Double Murder = Double Platinum) (4:14)


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 3. March 2013, 1:44

Westside Connection / Terrorist Threats

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Westside Connection - Albums Collection 1996-2007 (3CD)

The Best Of West Side Connection: The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer (2007)
EAC rip | FLAC | Image+.Cue+.Log ~ 509 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 182 Mb | Scans ~ 253 Mb
Label: Priority Records | 00946-395406-2-4 | Total Time: 01:15:42

There are a lot of good decisions and plenty of great music on Priority's 2007 release The Best of Westside Connection, but it's worth dishing out strong words of caution while recommending it. First of all, Westside Connection had only made two albums up to this point, something the folks at Priority try to swerve around by offering up solo tracks by the group's members, but only solo tracks where the other two guest star. In other words, "Cheddar" is a WC cut featuring Ice Cube and Mack 10. While these aren't necessarily Westside Connection numbers in everything but name – the trio made a conscious effort to sound like a crew when flying that banner – it's an interesting idea, one that would work much better if great tracks like Terrorist Threats' "Call 9-1-1" weren't sacrificed. Otherwise, the comp does a good job of picking the group's highlights, and a great job of telling their story in the booklet thanks to the liner notes written by author Soren Baker. Newcomers thinking they might have a predisposition to Westside Connection's cold, West Coast brand of hip-hop are better starting with the excellent first album, Bow Down, then getting around to the very good Terrorist Threats when they can. If you end up buying both of those and this comp, the overlapping will be unbearable.

David Jeffries, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:

01. Potential Victims (3:02)
02. The Gangsta, The Killa, The Dope Dealer (4:10)
03. Bow Down (3:27)
04. Chedder (4:02)
05. Gangsta Nation (4:30)
06. Lights Out (3:43)
07. Connected For Life (4:24)
08. Gangstas Make The World Go Round (4:33)
09. West Up! (4:41)
10. Let It Reign (3:26)
11. Hoo Bangin' (WSCG Style) (3:57)
12. Walk (3:59)
13. So Many Rappers In Love (4:14)
14. Bangin' (5:20)
15. Nobody (5:12)
16. All The Critics In New York (5:34)
17. Westside Slaughterhouse (4:58)
18. Terrorist Threats (2:28)


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 3. March 2013, 9:51

Westside Connection / The Best Of Westside Connection The Gangsta, The Killa, The Dope Dealer

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All thanks to original releaser - ndree