WC is great but listening to these beats you wouldn't think this was a '95 release. Many sound like they could have come from the '80s. I haven't checked out their other album yet but this almost sounds like a WC solo. There is little heard from other rappers for an album that comes from a group. Not enough high moments for a higher rating. Best Tracks: Feel Me, The Creator

When I heard about this collaboration, my first thoughts were, "it's about time." WC and Daz have been staples in the hip hop scene forever, being involved in great hip hop for over two decades. Unfortunately, you just know though that in this ageist hip hop community, that it will go largely overlooked. Looking at the credits, surprisingly Daz didn't produce anything on this. I guess he just wanted to stick to writing and rapping. Instead, it's shared by a handful of producers with DJ Battlecat and Beanz N Kornbread being the most well known of them to me. The album is what I expected it to be. Enjoyable rapping from two of the most underrated from the west, switching up their vocals, and who still sound like they love doing it. The beats are a small letdown though. While all the thirteen songs here bounce, with 'Late Nite' being laced with classic west coast vocal samples, none are extraordinary. It would have been great if they got Soopafly or another producer who Daz particularly has a great rapport with to give them a beat. A very solid 50 minutes of west coast rap from two vets nonetheless. Best Tracks: Stay Out the Way, When the Shit Goes Down, Late Night, Dubs in the Air

I've been anticipating this album for ages as I really enjoy his last album, Guilty by Affiliation, that I still occasionally spin these days, and I kind of wish I held off and didn't check out the EP that was released prior to this, because it means I'd already heard 25% of this as three of the five EP tracks make this album. Early impressions are that this isn't as good as his previous album, as I'm not feeling most of these beats as much. Most feel more like your stock standard hardcore west coast beats, where I feel many on his previous effort had something extra to 'em, and the amount you heard Cube on the previous album as well almost made it feel like a joint effort. Speaking of Cube, some of this reminds me of a few of the beats on Cube's recent album like 'Life In California', and the last track 'Dub C' feels very much like 'Trick Trick' by, oddly enough, Trick Trick. Despite all this, it's a solid bangin' album, where Dub-C continues to entertain featuring some tracks to go back to. 3.5-3 / 5 after a few spins. Best Tracks: Revenge of the Barracuda, You Know Me, That's What I'm Talking About, D Boy

Gold Songs: West Coast Voodoo, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Paranoid, Guilty By Affiliation, This Is Los Angeles, 80’s Babies. Silver Songs: Crazy Toones 4 President, If You See a Bad Bitch, Look At Me, Side Dick, Gang Injunctions, Keep It 100. Bronze Songs: Dodgeball, Addicted to It. Lyrically, it's nothing special (mostly just gangster rap), but Dub-C has a great flow and mic presence, the featuring artists work well and I think the production, on the whole, is dope, it's just a good album to bounce to. Also, another good thing is that the songs flow on from each other - particularly during the first half of the album, where the tracks just seem to continue without gaps. Even the worst songs are not too bad. The legend, Ice Cube, is scattered throughout the album as well and adds his personality to the album. WC's best album so far in my opinion.

The early consensus I am seeing is that this is better than 'Pilot Talk'. I cannot subscribe to that. While this is another nice laidback album from Curren$y, not as much stands out for me. For example, nothing is as dope as 'Breakfast' is from the first instalment of Pilot Talk, and quite a bit of it isn't different enough on the boards. Again though, Curren$y has created a well-produced, concise album. No reason not to enjoy this if you like the guy. Best Tracks: Airborne Aquarium, Michael Knight, Montreux, Famous, Fashionably Late, Michael Knight (Remix).