The G Filez

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Peep his G Filez, 2007-07-30
I want to straighten out some things. I like rappers who stray away from commercial tracks. Anytime a rapper tries their hands at commercial joints they end up sounding out of their element. Case in point with Celly Cel. Celly Cel's Killa Kali was a classic because it was raw G s***. This album has some commercial songs that sound forced and not only that but Celly switched up his style and he almost sounds like E-40. The Good: Why Must I Be Like That with E-40 is great kick off track and Dont Wanna See Us with San Quinn, Messy Marv, Black Nate and Kaveo is also a standout. The Tupac-inspired Get A Real Job(that hook was off of 2pac's Strictly For My N****z) is another notable cut that talks about the industry. C-Bo steals the show on Ride as the two rip it on a hard edged beat and is that a shot a Snoop Dogg I heard?. It Goin Down Remix with Mack10, E-40, B-Legit and Rappin 4tay is great but I still like the original off of Killa Kali though. All I Know, The G Filez, You Neva Know and The Bay is Celly Cel at his best. Honorable mentions: Pop The Trunk(feat UGK) and Get It Crackin. The Bad: Can I Kick It featuring Keek Da Sneak and Young Mugzi is awkward to say the least. Sick Wid It Party is a pitiful attempt at a club record plus people havent been saying aint no party like a... since Reeboks had pumps with their sneakers. Every Day Is A Weekend is another skippable track that borders on boring. br /The Ugly: F*** Tha World with Silkk The Shocker is the worst track on here hands down. In The Traffic with Mac Reese and Chill is so bad its laughable and The Function with E-40 and Shae Jones was a horrible track to end the album with. Bottom Line: Besides a couple of missteps, Celly Cel's The G Filez is still worth checking out. The production for the most part was good and Celly Cel's rhymes were on point(with a few exceptions of course). The thing I respect about Celly Cel is at least he throws you a gem here and there in his songs so his album are not just mindless gangsta tunes. I'll give him credit for that. This album is a highlight album of 1998 regardless.

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Gangsta Rap at it's Best, 2005-03-20
Many say Gangsta Rap fell off from 1997 and on (after 2Pac and B.I.G's deaths); I couldn't agree less. This album came out in mid 1998, and it is just as hard core as any Cali early to mid 90's album. He rhymes great as he spits hard knockin' lyrics over hard-core G-Funk beats. He has a hard voice, so it sounds appropriate when he spits G'd up rhymes. If you love music to lowride and hit switches to, this is good rider music. in my opinion, this is his best work, even better than "Killa Kali" ('95), and that was a really tight album too! The best track is "You Neva Know," where he discusses the unpredictability of hood life, or the loss thereof, over a smooth G-Funk beat laced with a faint background whiny synth. He is so slept on. I am glad I gave this album a try!

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This is Gangsta and it's best, 2005-03-05
Spice 1 in 97 it mixed great album. In my opinion his best The G Filez and Kila Kali are the same level. The best song is Do't Wanna see Us ride feat C-Bo the Bay. And attention the absolutly masterprice one off the best song i' ever heard. GET IT CRACKIN incredeble producent, what's a sound effect annd what a grat Celly rhymes about Get in Crackin please belive me and buy this album now. My collection need's this album. In Poland in Warsaw the capital and my hood evey have this record.

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that gangsta music, 2004-02-04
this cd is a great cd for bumpin you thang in the whip. you got a good system this what you need. great beat and great flow he keeps it real.

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that gangsta music, 2004-02-04
this cd is a great cd for bumpin you thang in the whip. you got a good system this what you need. great beat and great flow he keeps it real.