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Dogg Pound - Cali Iz Active Daz Iz Active by: Malik Sinsear, for Entertainment
Cali Iz Active reunites Kurupt and Daz in that lowrider with Snoop laid out in the backseat ready to hop out. The title track is an absolute kick ass Battle Cat beat that could start a party as a 12’ instrumental. Cat handles the bulk of the production on Active as he perfectly hands Daz and Kurupt 808 heavy beats for the two to hand off back and forth. And that they do, damn near as well as Erick and Parish in their prime. As good a job as Battlecat does with the beats, everyone else from Rick Rock who may be the most underrated producer out West not named David Blaine to David Banner puts their bid in to keep the DPG momentum going. On the Death Row reunion, Hard On A Hoe featuring Snoop and RBX, Rick allows everyone to get their rocks off. Speaking of Row reunions, on perhaps the highlight of the album the friggin’ Lady of Rage steps out of her time capsule and completely Steve Austin mud hole stomps her way through Keepin It Gangsta, as she proclaims “Lyrically and literally I stay strapped, it’s the big payback.” Even Swizz, who seems to be on every thing right now, clones Smitty’s Diamonds On My Neck with Sittin On 23’z, but makes it work. Everything else aside though, Cali Iz Active is a great album because of Daz. The boy brought that flame to the bonfiya, y’all. His flow and ignorance is on time like a kindergarten snack break throughout the album. He’s always shown flashes, but he's never been this consistent with his rhymes or that rapid flow: “Fresh paint, six coats, clear, ya boy glossy on em, I’m drippin’ wet, leavin’ stains when I hit the corner…look at Daz and Kurupt, them boy’s glistenin’.” I’m telling you, this album knocks, and plus Kurupt only goes off on one cursing tirade where he rhymes every line with bitch or motherfucker, so that’s a plus too. .
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In
the midst of the recent wave of prominent New York MC’s
trying to relocate their swagger, 3000 miles away, two of the
most recognizable figures from last decade’s L.A. rap scene
have snuck up and rabbit punched us in the ear with a fuckin
banger. In case you’re in a hurry, let me just tell you
to go out and purchase the new Dogg Pound album, Cali Iz
Active. If you’re really short on time, please keep
in mind…aww, you don’t have shit else to do, listen
up; this album is everything you thought Dogg Food was
going to be when it dropped back in ’95, you know, when
Death Row had a spotless resume? Don’t lie, you know that
record was a disappointment. I know it was for me based on The
Chronic and Doggystyle, but that’s a whole other rant.