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Is it safe to say that YG is your gang-banger turned mic slanger? If you think of his Tree Top Piru affiliation, then you would have to go with “yes”. However, YG is working to be a certified artist that we all need to respect. Working to go beyond “Toot It And Boot It”, he decides to tell a part of his street story. With respect to his hood and his upbringing, we have “My Krazy Life”, a basic play-by-play on the daily life of a Piru Blood.

 

Unequivocally, this album is a purely west coast in sound, intents, and purposes. That sound is one of the biggest reasons this album wins. The other reason? That goes into authenticity.

 

The album starts off as “another day in the hood” for the YG listener. “Momma Speech Intro” plays into some foreshadowing of future events that occur throughout the album. From there, we get into “BPT”, “I Just Wanna Party” and the heavy “Left, Right”. Eventually, YG gets into some robbery (“Meet The Flockers”) and some sex/love (“Do It To Ya” and “Me and My Bitch”). It seemed that he was winning from the start.

 

That is, until YG’s actions started to catch up with him.

 

Then, things go all the way downhill. “Really Be (Smokin and Drinkin)” gets into the reasoning behind the inebriation. “1 AM” gets into those late night creeps. After that, we have YG getting caught up. The end result is “Thank God” and the remorseful “Sorry Momma”. Thus, this story ends as a classical gang banging statistic: someone is in jail.

 

The production of the album, handled mostly by DJ Mustard, is basically left coast in sonic quality and influences. Listening to the production of “Do It To Ya” would have you wanting Nate Dogg to return from the grave and croon “Let’s Play House”. “Really Be (Smokin and Drinkin)” bring back those classic Too Short 808’s that made trunks rattle in Oakland. “Bicken Back Being Bool” brings that Cali bass to the forefront of some claps and synths. Thus, DJ Mustard (and others) played the scene to bring an album that would get heavy west coast plays.

 

YG formed an album for a purpose: to give an insight of the “krazy life” he led before music. As usual, that type of life has ups and downs. Still, the sounds of the production and the hood language YG comes with make everything authentic. I’m not sure where people will put this album. It can easily be said that this album is cinematically dope.

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