Regulate: G Funk Era [20th Anniversary Edition]

by Warren G

Overview

Anchored by the laid-back G-funk anthem "Regulate," Warren G's appropriately titled Regulate...G Funk Era embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness. Unlike most of his West Coast G-funk peers, Warren doesn't celebrate drive-by gang-bangin', dirty-money stackin', nor G's-up, hoes-down pimpin'. Sure, he says the F word once in a while and puffs on the cheeba-cheeba when it's passed his way, but he's essentially a good-natured, all-ages rapper, interested in nothing more than good ol'-fashioned hip-hop. He professes his demeanor succinctly on the catchy hook to "This DJ," the other era-defining highlight here: "It's kinda easy when you're listening to the G-ed-up sound/Pioneer speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound/I got the sound fo yo' ass and it's easy to see/That this DJ be Warren G." Like his stepbrother Dr. Dre, Warren is a more talented producer than rapper, and it's his by-the-book G-funk beat-making that truly shines here. For instance, another album highlight, "Do You See," boasts an elastic bassline and whistling synth hook, capturing the essence of G-funk as only Dre himself could. Warren further compensates for his middling rapping with a couple of guests, a few skits, and a brief running time. Even if "Regulate" and "This DJ" tower far above everything else here, Regulate...G Funk Era is nonetheless a minor gem among the myriad G-funk albums of the mid-'90s, and Warren embodies the style itself here with a precision perhaps second only to his older brother and does so with a refreshing air of harmlessness. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/2014
Label:	Def Jam / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602547056788
Rank:	18841

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Regulate
2. Do You See
3. Gangsta Sermon
4. Recognize
5. Super Soul Sis
6. '94 Ho Draft
7. So Many Ways
8. This D.J.
9. This is the Shack
10. What's Next
11. And Ya Don't Stop
12. Runnin' Wit No Breaks

Disc 2

13. Regulate
14. Regulate

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Warren G   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bo Roc   Primary Artist
Lady Levi   Primary Artist,Vocals
Twinz   Primary Artist
The Dove Shack   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ricky Harris   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nate Dogg   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
G Child   Primary Artist
Mr. Malik   Primary Artist
Wayniac   Primary Artist
O.G.L.B.   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
B-Tip   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jah-Skilz   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lil' Malik   Guest Artist
Jah Skillz   Vocals
Greg Geitzenauer   Guitar,Keyboards
Morris O'Connor   Guitar
Sean "Barney" Thomas   Keyboards
Andreas Straub   Guitar
Carl "Butch" Small   Percussion
Daniel Shulman   Bass
G-Child   Vocals (Background)
Deon   Vocals
Che Laird   Guitar
Dewayne   Vocals
Tony Green   Bass
Tha Twinz   Vocals

Technical Credits

Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Jamali Carthorn   Composer
Greg Geitzenauer   Mixing,Engineer
M. Makonie   Composer
W. Griffin   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Ricky Harris   Composer
Nate Dogg   Composer
Michael McDonald   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Al Hudson   Composer
William Griffin   Composer
Don Julian   Composer
John Philip Shenale   Editing
Warren G   Composer,Producer
Photek   Remixing,Additional Production
Chris Lighty   Executive Producer
L. Edwards   Composer
Bob Carter   Composer
Nathaniel Hale   Composer
Nick Hale   Composer
Junior Giscombe   Composer
Paul Stewart   Executive Producer
John Morris   Mixing,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ulysses Noriega   Assistant Engineer
Mike Ainsworth   Assistant Engineer
Deon Williams   Composer
Michael Miller   Photography
George "Yorrgi" Gallegos   Assistant Engineer
R. Harris   Composer
D. Williams   Composer
Mark Makonie   Composer
Wax Motif   Remixing,Additional Production
Destructo   Remixing,Additional Production
Dewayne Williams   Composer
Lamorris La Monte Edwards   Composer
Arnez Blount   Composer
Jauz   Remixing,Additional Production
Gary Brown   Composer