Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Battlecat- Gumbo Roots (Unreleased Album from 1995)



Battlecat has been one of my favorite west coast (Los Angeles) producers for a long time. Whether he was doing tracks for Kokane, Snoop or Playa Ham, Battlecat routinely brought and still brings some of the west's finest production for his collaborators. Right up there with names like DJ Quik, E-A Ski, Dr. Dre, Jellyroll and Johnny J, Battlecat is considered one of the best to ever do it in the city of angels. A finely tuned beatsmith, Battlecat has influenced thousands of would be producers and professionals alike. His thick snares, booming drums and funked out samples define the vintage L.A. soundscape. He's a pioneer and still one of the best at the same time, that's why it always baffled me as to why he never dropped an album. But low and behold Battlecat himself upped his unreleased 1995 album "Gumbo Roots" on his blog for the heaps of fans to enjoy recently, and being the fiend for good music that I am, I found it, downloaded and now I'm uppping it for all of you. At any rate, if your into ill west coast production courtesy of a bonafide legend and some of L.A.'s finest, forgotten emcees like Ras Kass, Playa Ham, Caffeine and King Lou this should be right up your alley. It's got a great feel to it, and it's criminal that it never was released, I think Battlecat could've really done some damage with it man. Tracks to check out are "On Top Of The World", "Reality Check" and "Out Here".

-BIG D O


Gumbo Roots - 01 - Journey
Gumbo Roots - 02 - Ain't No Thang (Beefy Loc)
Gumbo Roots - 03 - On Top Of The World (Hot B, Skitso G & Ras Kass)
Gumbo Roots - 04 - Swerve On (Ruff Dogg & King Lou)
Gumbo Roots - 05 - Reality Check (Playa Hamm & Kam)
Gumbo Roots - 06 - Stone Cold Nut (Roc Slanga)
Gumbo Roots - 07 - Waterdrop (Ruben RC Cruz from PBL)
Gumbo Roots - 08 - Just The Way I Live (BattleCat)
Gumbo Roots - 09 - Master Plan (Playa Hamm & Jewell)
Gumbo Roots - 10 - Blue 64
Gumbo Roots - 11 - Out Here (Flossy Mac, Dana Dane, Beefy Loc & Michel'le)
Gumbo Roots - 12 - Freedom
Gumbo Roots - 13 - Set Trippin'
Gumbo Roots - 14 - Everybody Give It Up (Caffeine, King Lou & BattleCat)
Gumbo Roots - 15 - Cat's Shout Out (I'll Die For The Funk)

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