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Checkmate
Hip-Hop · 2000 · 20 tracks

Checkmate

B.G.

Heavy 808s and minimalist New Orleans bounce rhythms meet weary street reportage. A dark, humid snapshot of the Cash Money era's final days of purity.

November 21, 2000

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A tense, humid blend of street-level defiance and the weary weight of the hustle.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks
01
Big Tymers
2:20
02
To My People
4:29
03
Gun Slinger
4:25
04
U Know How We Do
4:33
05
What’s That Smell
3:56
06
This Nigga Die
4:31
07
Change the World
4:38
08
Tyma Talkin'
0:31
09
Hennessy & XTC
4:42
10
Tyma Talkin’
0:51
11
Press One
4:12
12
Jungle
4:37
13
I Know
3:54
14
Bounce With Me
4:54
15
Get in Line
3:59
16
Run With My Chopper
4:02
17
Tyma Talkin’
0:55
18
Problems
4:59
19
Ah Ha...
3:52
20
He Used 2 Be a Man
4:54
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the operator's collect call prompt into B.G.'s weary, field-recorded vocal on Press One.
The hypnotic, repetitive synth loop on Hennessy & XTC that creates a druggy, claustrophobic atmosphere.
The narrative shift in He Used 2 Be a Man where the street legend's reputation dissolves behind prison walls.

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