I came around to fully recognizing his greatness as a producer when he released his solo album Fear of a Mixed Planet a few years back. Shock is a producer who's name never comes up among the greats yet his work sits right up there with the Dr. Dre's, RZAs, Premiers and so on. From his work with Digital Underground to 2pac to The Luniz and many others, Shock has put out some of the best produced songs and albums.

Here are only just a FEW of my favorite Shock G produced songs:

Digital Underground -Kiss You Back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHVoGse2LLI

Digital Underground ft. 2pac - Same Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1iwYcC_GTY

2pac - What I Won't Do For Love (unreleased)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbH8VK4fp0

The Luniz ft. Shock G - 5150
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umghR5VQ1Uk

The Luniz - Broke Hos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxMbmIcfmFU

Digital Underground - Oregano Flow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2j1-rl1gNA

2pac - So Many Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbs7wWLXLpw

Murs - Risky Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOjw9rAWt2E

Digital Underground - Wassup Wit The Luv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfNMwFgeCJg

Raw Fusion - Rockin To the P.M.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUw_u55cEc


And I haven't got around to any of his songs from his solo album, Fear of a Mixed Planet. Shock G is one of the most talented producers of all time.

No Face - No Brothas Allowed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWhQVTZKzG8

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when it used to come on Rap City, it has his classic sound on it.

>No Face - No Brothas Allowed
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWhQVTZKzG8

I remember that shit getting regular play on Rap City

Knicks yo
Cowboys yo

at all. Dude mos def dropped a few classics.

not just beats
but songs, period

one of the few rap songs that people just up and JACKED for its beat

Yes he is... but.... only those early digital underground records there were 2 other guys doing the production and finding the samples & arranging the beats (dj fuze for example). But shock is real nice on the keys... and is a straight producer

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That FUture Rythym album was the business

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Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect.
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Jay: Aretha Franklin.
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Was there a precedent for that in hip-hop?
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>Was there a precedent for that in hip-hop?

Well in the Check The Technique Hip Hop book by Brian Coleman, Shock G breaks down making the Sex Packets album and speaks on the influences for Humpty Hump character. He said he remembered a George Clinton interview from when he was younger where George Clinton said that characters live on longer than human beings do. "They don't burn out as quickly." He also went onto to say, Humpty's like a nerdy version of a pimp, with some Benny Hill, Morris Day, and Groucho Marx's sense of humor mixed in. Another thing he added was that when he was messing around with the Humpty voice, it was like doing ventriloquism, with a Slick Rick spin to it. He also stated that he started the myth that Humpty was his brother from Tampa, a former lounge singer who had gotten into a grease accident in the kitchen. He said "he stood as a hero for all handicapped people around the world, because you can overcome anything."

Shock G keeps it fun and creative.

That's a great description...I'd never flushed it out like that but every reference rings true. Benny, Groucho....especially the slick rick non-chalance thing in the delivery.

sideways, along with him coming at DJ Quik.

Shit, even the "Here comes the bride" track I heard from him...shit was DOOOOPE dope

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for what?

Quik and Shock ranked higher than Toomp for the Regional brackets, and he said some outta pocket shit. He said "I Got Way More Joints Than Shock Gee, More Than Quik"

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>Quik and Shock ranked higher than Toomp for the Regional
>brackets, and he said some outta pocket shit. He said "I Got
>Way More Joints Than Shock Gee, More Than Quik"
>
>

This is funny considering DJ Quik has mentioned Shock G as one of the top producers and having a big influence on a him and his musical west coast sound.

What'chall lil whippasnappas know bout Cherry Flava'd Email and Keep It
Beautiful? Yall ain't ready!

Tilt - Arcade Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtLcEoyxKY

they did the "funk" better than most others

I prefer it over the original version

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>I prefer it over the original version

Linkage?

https://twitter.com/DJDanSpeak

https://soundcloud.com/dan-speak/the-voyage-mix?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcpljocEqTw

and yes it's MUCH better than the original. it's telling that the sample of DMSR is the best thing about it, though.

this right here is a CHUNE

Shock G for those who remember or were around know he had the p FUnk thing on lock before Dr Dre came and snatched it up and rode with it 1)

Shock G also with the novelty got caught up in character and to some he caught the same backlash and syndrome that worked against Father MC the duel character within and without threw some folks off 2)

problem with Shock he hit so hard with sex packets and when he couldn't bring that punch line back again with follow up hits then He got the Terence Trent D'arby syndrome even though songs of P had some heat 2)

Bro Man can play,however DU didn't keep the hits coming and the whole west coast movement flipped and in a hurry.

Shock G was in a catch 22 had appeal on the Hammer tip and yet wanted to have the same respect as Dr Dre and Dj Quik.

looking forward to his book and he is a very knowledgable cat who battled his own demons and glad to see him still touring and doing his thing,however it should have been so much more.

Shock G outta be spoken as a Producer in the same breath as Eric Sermon for real fo real.IMO

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

so was no nose job.

and most heads rated sons of the p over sex packets.

i think both are classics.

but not in a Humpty Hump type of way and I remember when all of that dropped.

sons of P didn't hit like sex packets. a good respected album, but not like sex packets.

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

> but not in a Humpty Hump type of way and I remember when all
>of that dropped.
>
>sons of P didn't hit like sex packets. a good respected
>album, but not like sex packets.


It wasn't as big as "The Humpty Dance" but it was much bigger than "Doowutchalike". If anything hurt them it was the EP sandwiched in between the two albums. It felt like a ripoff at the time, they should have just put "Same Song" & "Tie the Knot" on "Sons of the P".
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it was worth it for the cj mackintosh remix of packet man alone.

>it was worth it for the cj mackintosh remix of packet man
>alone.

Only four new songs, the last song is a long ass outro with no rapping.


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<shrug>

the humpty dance got to #11 on the billboard chart and kiss you back got to #40.

but both received world wide airplay.

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on 2 different songs on the same album, but they have a completly different vibe to them

Digital Underground ft. Big Pun- The Mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyxz0om-w28

Digital Underground- Man's Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStJ_DQNtXU

With that said, shock g is one of my favorite artists hands down!

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Broke ho's was shit back in the day.

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Broke Hoes was the shit! i also loved 51/50 (Shock Geesus,lol), and i bet there are others i'm forgetting.

edit: just noticed the original poster listed both of these
reading is fundamental :/

and to me it's because of his work with the most underrated emcee of all time. Saafir.

his work with Pac, D.U., etc. speaks for itself.

he have some cool joints with Saafir on both Hit List (running man) and Mr.NoNo (broad minded with the d'angelo flip).

shock worked almost exclusively with the du crew with also part of the reason why he's so underrated, but those DU albums are genius in terms of their conceptualization and themes. he was always great with the keyboards.

doo woo you is my favorite shock cut.

"If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready." -Suga Free

my favorite joint on that album was Sendin u a Signal. the very definition of abstract art.

(fixed that for ya, potna)

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had a nice feature on him a few issues ago. Shock is that dude. He used to get a lot of love in the early days of OKP... nice to see he still gettin acknowledged.


lurkin since 1999. werd.

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>Murs - Risky Business
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOjw9rAWt2E

one of his best in the series, imho...

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Met him backstage after a DU show in 2000. I was in complete fanboy mode rattling off my favorite songs, naming samples he used (he was geeked to know that I knew about the Madhouse albums)...

so he signs an 8x10 and a CD booklet for me and asks...

"You want Humpty to sign it too?"

"uhh... sure?"

"Alright, lemme go get him."

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And he's just random as shit...at the Wedding we were at (in which he made that dope ass "Here comes the bride" song), I told him I was going to look for a restaurant b/c I heard they had BBQ on the other side of the spot we were at. He said "ohh ok nice! Well if you don't find any food, come holler at me.....*Humpty voice* I GOT A BANANA!!!!!!"

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