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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 /TiVo
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O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Young Tre, Producer - Treyvon Green, Composer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
WC, ComposerLyricist - Trent Reznor, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - BUD'DA, Producer - Mack 10, ComposerLyricist - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Bud-da, Producer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Dedrick Rolison, ComposerLyricist - WC, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BUD'DA, Producer - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Best Side LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - Joseph Johnson, Composer - Fred Maher, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ice Cube, Producer, MainArtist - BOB BROWN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mack 10, FeaturedArtist - N.O. Joe, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joseph Hearne, Composer - Joe Joe, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sleep, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1998 Best Side LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Nathaniel Hale, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Nate Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Farid "Fredwreck" Nassar, Producer - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Frederick Nassar, Composer - Ern "Dogg" Medina, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Howie Hersh, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Royal Habor, Composer - Damion "Damizza" Young, Composer, Producer - Knoc 'Turn 'Al, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
WC, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mack 10, ComposerLyricist - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Q D III, Producer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Dedrick Rolison, ComposerLyricist - WC, ComposerLyricist - Fernando Perdigao, Programmer - Linda Epstein, ComposerLyricist - THOM BELL, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Cedric Garth Gradus Samson, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Young Tre, Producer - Treyvon Green, Composer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - William Collins, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - George Clinton, Composer - L. Calhoun, Composer - Westside Connection, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1999 Priority Records, LLC
WC, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mack 10, ComposerLyricist - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - K-Dee, ComposerLyricist - Comrads, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - Ice Cube, FeaturedArtist - Mack 10, MainArtist - Ryan 'Binky' Gardner, Composer, Producer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1997 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Rashad Coes, Composer, Producer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Claudio Robles, Composer - Pockets, Producer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Westside Connection, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1997 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Timbaland, FeaturedArtist - Timothy Mosley, Composer - Mack 10, MainArtist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2000 Priority Records, LLC
WC, ComposerLyricist - Ice Cube, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mack 10, ComposerLyricist - Keston E. Wright, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Binky, Producer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1996 Priority Records, LLC
Krayzie Bone, Composer - WC, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Rasmus Berg, Composer - Ice Cube, FeaturedArtist - Madness 4 Real, Producer - Jesper Dahl, Composer - Chris Rock, Composer - Mack 10, Composer, MainArtist - MC Ren, Composer - Dr. Dre, Composer - Jayo Felony, Composer - Gangsta, Composer - Henrik Rasmussen, Composer - Ms. Toi, Composer - Squeak Ru, Composer - Nick Kvaran, Composer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 1995 Priority Records, LLC
O'Shea Jackson, Composer - Dedrick Rolison, Composer - WC, Composer - Derryck Thornton, Composer - Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Westside Connection, MainArtist - Big Tank, Producer
(C) 2007 Priority Records LLC ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:02
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Westside Connection
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Priority Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2007 Priority Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2007 Priority Records, LLC
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