Represent

• Artist: Compton's Most Wanted
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Type: Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rap

Review

A decade after Compton's Most Wanted released their 1990 landmark debut, It's a Compton Thang, the group reunited for a solid, albeit by-the-numbers, comeback album, Represent. Much had changed over the course of that decade, namely the popular rise and fall of West Coast gangsta rap. Group leader MC Eiht had never left the game during that time, recording a series of solo albums, so he's still in prime condition here. As for the other members of CMW, though, you have to wonder. Producer DJ Slip had stayed relatively busy during the decade, producing MC Eiht at times, but the other members had dropped out of the game. And perhaps most importantly, the Unknown DJ, the legendary electro producer who had borne the group initially, is notably absent here. Even so, Represent certainly sounds like a CMW album, just as thuggish and threatening as Music to Driveby, the group's most recent release, from eight years earlier. Yet that's precisely what's a little disappointing about Represent -- ten years later, CMW are content doing essentially what they were doing before. Longtime fans will undoubtedly welcome this, but anyone who felt indifferent to CMW in the first place will likely feel similarly here. It's nonetheless always a pleasure to pick apart DJ Slip's productions and call out the samples, perhaps the most famous one here being the chilled-out synth ambience from Rick James' "Hollywood" serving as the backdrop to "Then U Gone," one of Represent's standout moments. As they say, sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same, and as far as CMW is concerned here, that indeed seems to be the case. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Intro	Terry Allen	Compton's Most Wanted	(1:02)
This Is Compton 2000	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:14)
Some May Know	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:36)
Get Money	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:27)
What U Like It Like	A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:32)
100%		Compton's Most Wanted	(2:43)
Then U Gone	Rick James, Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(3:54)
All Around the Hood	A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(3:55)
Welcome to Los Angeles (Endolude)	Terry Allen	Compton's Most Wanted	(:44)
Them Niggaz	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(3:50)
So Don't Go There	A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:13)
Represent	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(2:30)
Like Me	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:08)
Pull the Trigger	Terry Allen	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:32)
Slang My Keys	Terry Allen, A. Tyler	Compton's Most Wanted	(4:22)
Front Page	Terry Allen, J. Brown	Compton's Most Wanted	(10:01)

Credits

MC Eiht (Producer), MC Eiht (Executive Producer), Bob Jones (Artwork), Troy Young (Artwork), DJ Slip (Producer), DJ Mike T (Scratching), Kris Solem (Mastering)

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