OG Tray Dee handled the last verse which was around the 4 minute mark, why should there be over 2 minutes of filler. Why does a song need to be over 6 minutes long.

This song overall is very dreamy, catchy and sleek but there is one major issue that i have with it, that being the track length. The longest song on this album next with 'Reality' which features Long Beach rapper and Tha Eastsidaz member OG Tray Dee. Controversial, lyrically impressive, glamourous production wise, 'New York, New York' is this albums sound perfected. This was really the perfect record to express Kurupt's lyrical ability because here he really showed himself to be one of the most lyrically gifted rappers to come out the west coast. This track is entirely handeled by Snoop Dogg and Kurupt as Kurupt raps all the verses while Snoop raps the hook. The song itself is incredibly rich, glamourous and fancy, DJ Pooh really killed this song with his take on G Funk instrumentation. In the music video for 'New York, New York' we see Daz Dillinger, Kurupt and Snoop Dogg kicking down New York buildings that really angered east coast rappers to the point where Cappone N Noreaga and Mobb Deep responded with 'LA, LA'. This track is really the song that started the west coast / east coast feud/beef. If anything, Cuzznz might leave a fan wanting less instead of more.In what can be described as a quite amazing start, we reach the smooth, controversial jam that 'New York, New York' which also happens to be my favorite track from 'Dogg Food'. Especially for a pair of accomplished veterans, the album functions primarily as unnecessary compilation. Unfortunately, the album’s low points are the most memorable, not only because the music is sloppy and dated, but because the songs feel so awkwardly cobbled together from previous projects. The same delivery might work over different production, but here it snags: These days Snoop can’t reliably carry a beat so much as slip into it.Īt its best, Cuzznz is breezy and digestible, a funky outlet for the type of relaxed rapping that both artists can still spew out endlessly. The song also highlights the type of clunky bars Snoop has stretched thin for years: 'We headed to the hookah bar/ Man, I’m chilling like a superstar,' he says, only half-rapping. The generic reggae hip-hop beat of 'Six N’Da Morning' offers Snoop a chance to revisit the unfortunate, forced Jamaican patois of his 2013 Snoop Lion persona. A couple of other older songs, like 'Happy Birthday' and 'Phenomenon,' come off like failed experiments, and neither neither rapper escapes looking awkward. 'N My System' is an off-kilter spin on the same sound the track is chunkier and a looped up cowbell lends an unexpected flair to the beat.īy contrast, the oldest song here, 'Keep’a N***a High,' dates back to 2012 and was a sparsely produced dud back then too.

'Have U Eva' accomplishes the same trick, and Daz’s contrastingly shouty verse here might be his best on the project. 'It’s Not a Secret,' an Auto-Tune-laced glider, brings the best out of Snoop’s lazily conversational delivery. Dâm's’s production on the album, the type of low-stakes but infectious funk boogie he mined for 7 Days of Funk, is the sustained highlight. The newer songs, including previously released tracks from an EP last year, offer the only continuity here, largely attributable to Dâm-Funk. Of the 14 songs on Cuzznz, around three are exclusive to the album. Cuzznz was also released by a record label apparently operated by Daz Dillinger himself, and, a handful of new songs aside, it seems entirely possible that Snoop isn’t aware that his cousin has compiled this effort. Adding to the album's 'what is this thing?' quality: A limited hard-copy version was supposedly released last fall, but it’s just recently become available digitally. New songs pepper the tracklist instead of providing its substance, and several of the recycled tracks were throwaways to begin. Cuzznz, a full-length collaboration between Daz and Snoop, was announced with the October release of a new Dâm-Funk-produced song called 'Sho You Right.' Another new single, 'Best Friend,' followed, but the album is primarily an outgrowth of years-old mixtape material repurposed as album filler.

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