Sunday, Sunday, Sunday and Pinto?

First,yesterday went well and thanks again for all the birthday messages just a simple thing goes along way for me so thank you.

I am huge music fan like many of you reading this right now, but I think everyone has a different taste in music and keeps a variety of old and new music. Right now I have been listening to older albums but still put new music in rotation. The other day apparently the family cat pinto likes gangsta rap particularly Dr. Dre's The Chronic while writing another post he just sat there and listened.Usually Pinto is pretty annoying constantly asking for something when he comes into the room he is getting older so he is grouchy. So seeing him just sit there was pretty funny.

I Don't blame him The Chronic is one of the best hip-hop albums and defined a new sound for hip-hop. Gangsta funk(G-funk) for short defined the west coast sound that dominated the 90's and still present today.If it was not for Dr. Dre The Chronic many albums today may of not existed. Hip-Hop and rap albums in my opinion falls into a trap, lack of consistency were individual tracks are strong but the album as a whole is weaker. The Chronic is much more consistent in sound and presentation on the lines of, Nas Illmatic, Rakim and Eric B Paid in Full , Kanye west The College dropout and many more.

The G-funk style was different at the time because before the music was centered around the beat box,scratching and the rapper had a quicker flow. The G-funk was different because it was more laid back slower is pace and used more samples and layering. Since Dr. Dre was a perfectionist while producing it he wanted to have a old school fill to from the funk on the 60's and 70's, which l enjoyed a lot.Tracks like Nothing but a "G" thang and let me ride define the sound that Dr. Dre wanted to achieve. The Album is still one of the best sounding hip-hop albums minus some skit tracks(The $20 Sack Pyramid,The Doctor's Office). Still The Chronic is still not for the faint of heart its still vulgar and many other things but its gangsta rap it goes with the territory. Plus Pinto approves so it is okay.