Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

Why post the front cover when this tape is all about the tracklisting? Murs and the L.A. Leakers deserve plaudits for this essentially flawless compilation of seminal West Coast gangsta' rap. The other Nick Carter says it best in his introduction: "when we were younger, this is what we were listening to on the West Coast...all these songs were my shit...if you don't know, all you young uns need to get educated on how gangsta' rap changed the world." Growing up in Los Angeles, these songs were inescapable on KDAY and later Power 106 and 92.3 The Beat. [...]