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Tec-9 - Straight From the Ramp



1. Cash Money T. V.
2. Where Ya From
3. Riding High
4. Bounty Hunter
5. Flexin
6. Loose Lips, Sank Ships
7. Who's That Nigga
8. Straight From Tha Ramp
9. Uptown, Uptown
10. They All Die
11. Local 580 Burn Em Like A Bitch

Tec-9 1/3 of the legendary group UNLV. (Tec-9, Lil' Ya' Yella Boy R.I.P.)

For the most part Straight From The Ramp is a pretty solid release. A New Orleans gansta' classic. However, like some of Cash Money's pre-Universal releases some of the production on this albums blantantly uses Dr. Dre/Death Row's earlier style. For example the title cut is a clear rip-off of one of Snoop's earlier songs. The production on this album symbolizes New Orleans early hip-hop stage when the NO's non-bounce album's idenity was beginning and not yet set in stone. The Death Row sound which was extremely popular at the time is seen throughout this album. One of the more New Orlean-ish songs is 'Uptown, Uptown' which uses the Second Line/Mardi Gras like chant. However, even with all the aforementioned said, this album is not to be "shrugged off." This is definatly a New Orleans classic. Flip through the three tracks I uploaded -> Unquestionalbe, classic material...... Upbeat, bouncy, gangsta tunes.

This songs are pretty good. La cover est terrible

Also note the title cut was one of Baby's first verses. He was known as B-32 at the time. Additionally, 'Where Ya' From' is notable b/c of its participation in the beef between UNLV/Cash Money vs. Partners N Crime/Big Boy Records.

A-Dubb a écrit:This songs are pretty good. La cover est terrible

Yeah, this was 1995, pre-Universal Cash Money. The bigger budgets for the Pen & Pixel masterpieces would come later. But fuck it, it's a big step-up from the previous UNLV releases.

Yeah it's cheap but I mean I really like this cover, that's just gangsta

^^^ Oh, ok terrible in French must be similar to wicked or bad in English. I though you were saying it was horrible.

Cool, cool, cool

eheh, welcome to french idiomatic expressions mayne...

"terrible" here can be translated by "awesome" or "huge", nawmean?


anyway, thx for the great songs (dont really feel the "Uptown Uptown" track tho, lol) and thx for the great topics (just wish every members could post the same, loool)

^^^ Yeah, I'll catch on pretty soon....

But I'm going to chill on the topics for a while and let the respondres flow in.

It's such a pleasure to see someone speaking english, fed up of French.^^
Anyway another tights lots of songs you've posted, and the cover is so gangsta, it's just great. Thanx again for the discovery.

Big_Doe a écrit:It's such a pleasure to see someone speaking english, fed up of French.^^

t'as voulu dire quoi là ? parce que "c'est un tel plaisir de voir quelqu'un parler anglais, fatigué du français", je saisis pas trop...

Ouai moi ca me fait plaisir d'échanger quelques posts en anglais, c'est tout.

ah ok c'est toi qui es saoûlé du français... la formulation de ta phrase prêtait à confusion, my bad...

très bon skeud de NOLA oui, les tracks Ridin High, Bounty Killer sont magnifiques. Il est trouvable pour presque rien en ce moment, il coûtait 25 billets il y a quelques mois, là il est moitié moins cher, il ne faut pas hésiter...