And handle that shit y'now? The first season is about five pilots who command 5 robot lions which combine to form Voltron. Warren G's debut received two Grammy nominations, . With the aid of longtime pal Nate Dogg, Warren narrates a late-night tale of cruising Long Beach in search of skirts, complete with gambling, mugging, self-defense homicide, and a successful trip to the East Side Hotel. Season 6 out today on @Netflix . Outro: o.g.l.b. 21st street, but check this out ", The Lion Force's combination sequence is constantly playing on monitor screens in the TV show, Voltron was referenced in the VH1 anthology series, A large Voltron toy is shown as a Christmas present during a 1980s-era flashback on, A recurring in-series cartoon seen in the 2012 incarnation of, A Gizmodo computer review describes the Itronix GoBook III laptop as looking "like Voltron's underwear. Catch the bus to Cal State, or chill with the Voltron crew and make a few ends on the side Here comes a baby blue van, time to ride So . And baby poppa back then, that was my click Voltron appeared in a 2012 MetLife Super Bowl commercial with various other cartoon characters. The beat is fitted with a funky guitar cadence, and as Warrens squeaky, distorted alter-ego The G-Child chimes in with his ad-libs at the end, the listener will probably remark that the song is just as quirky as it is irresistible. Mistakenly, Toei then proceeded to ship World Events copies of Beast King Go-Lion, another "combining-robot" cartoon which featured lion-shaped fighting robot starships. Voltron was later separated into the five Lions by Haggar. Warren stitched a loop of Michael McDonald white-linen soul with some whistling from an old jazz record by Bob Nautilus James. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Although he name-drops them plenty, neither Snoop nor Dre show up as guests. Regulate has an elegant simplicity, inasmuch as thats possible for a song with a plot point hinging on a spontaneous orgy at the Eastside Motel. A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. Give @xdannyxbrownx his flowers as a rapper. starts and ends within the same node. You didnt need to understand the laws to know that they were ones to live by. It's kind of easy when you're listening to the g-dub sound Voltron was needed once more. Desejo receber notificaes de destaques e novidades. Perhaps in an attempt to flesh out the still-short running time, there are a few worthless skits of standard gangsta rap clichs, but at a fast thirty-eight minutes it still can feel like an EP. Until that zodiac-blessed bachelor party, sharks circling Snoop told him to go solo. But it wasnt working. G gonna go out there, yaknowhati'msayin? Used with permission from https://lulu-berlu.com. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). He was like, Yall need to get your shit together before you do what I do.. For The Chronic, Warren Gs chief assignment was excavating samples. Verse two: warren g Follow, Editor-In-Chief for https://t.co/sk45vSyVON. Recriminations are easy for rappers in their forties. In a 3 mic review, The Source highlighted *RegulateG Funk Era*s musical mosaics thatll go perfectly with the summer seasons drop-top convertibles and barbeques. The chief gripe was that the lyricism didnt match the productiona valid complaint, but one that negates none of its charm. The lyrics stoked the sulfurous anger of ash-smothered post-riot L.A.; the Remy Martin-and-soda pop production kept the party going till six in the morningsmoldering embers turned into Technicolor barbeques. Yeah, check dis out, this is i'm o.g.l.b. How did you come up with your name? Privacy Policy. And he just droppin this to let you bg's know Adina Howard). Voltron is mentioned in a song by Busta Rhymes, "Everything Remains Raw". The Red Lion was later found and captured by the Galrans, but rescued by Keith after he bonded with it. These fighters are: Ted Koplar assembled a team in Los Angeles to transform Go-Lion into what would become Voltron. And back on the Eastside of the LBC, Warren G was 22 years old, flat broke, and crashing on the floor of his sisters pad, essentially homeless. If Dre and Snoop were mythical Gin and Juiced Robin Hoods, Warren was the laid-back younger brother in the sweatshirtthe rap version of Mitch from Dazed and Confused, less intimidating and eager to pass the blunt. Updated weekly, Young Bleed :: All I Have In This World, Are My Balls and My Word, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime :: SomeOthaShip, Various Artists :: The Very Best of Death Row, Various Artists :: The Nutty Professor Soundtrack, Warren G :: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder, RapReviews.com #BlackLivesMatter Retweeted. [citation needed] Among Voltron's weapons are the Spinning Laser Blade, Lion Head Attack, Lion Torches, Sting Ray Missiles, Ion Darts, Eye Beams, Electro-Force Cross, Lion Lariat, Electro-Saber, Argon Force Field, and the Blazing Sword, his ultimate weapon. For everyone else's reference, "the voltron crew" is a line from Warren G's fire jam, This DJ. In season 7, the showrunners told the audience, we would meet Adam, the ex-boyfriend of Takashi Shirogane (who's better known as Shiro). The Galra Empire employs Robeasts and mechas generally created by Haggar and her Druids, albeit simply called "Beasts" until Hunk gives them their more popular name in "Shiro's Escape." Warren G - This D.J. Warren deftly handles his microphone duties with a conversational delivery. in the sweatshirtless intimidating and eager to pass the blunt. Maybe it was like being at the Atlanta soda fountain when the ex-morphine addict who invented Coca-Cola rolled up to offer the initial fixcomplete with the tonics namesake secret ingredient. If there was any doubt that the g-funk era was in full swing after The Chronic and Doggystyle, Warren G put an end to those suspicions with his tellingly-titled 1994 debut Regulate G-Funk Era. A childhood friend of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dres own stepbrother, the Long Beach native had already showed up on a few high-profile West Coast collaborations and even garnered a distribution deal with Def Jam for his upstart G-Funk Records. The government within the Voltron series. 's influence was so pervasive that even people in Brooklyn (occasionally) rocked Raiders caps. Simple in concept but brilliant in execution, what Warren lacks in lyrical dexterity he makes up for in pure charisma and the fact that hes just so darn likable. To a 7th grader growing up in the G-Funk era, the imbalance was obvious: Nate Dogg telling you to smoke weed everyday > D.A.R.E.. Indo Smoke peaked at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100, but looped constantly on Power 106, 92.3, and "The Box". And I tell the homies, "aight then," yeah [Verse 1: Warren G] Can I get in where I fit in? The three cadets tended to work by themselves and think individually, but they begin to learn by working together, they can be able to piloting the Lions. Warrens all about good times and good music, and Regulate G-Funk Era is chock-full of both. In just four minutes, they undid all the damage caused by '90s I didnt inhale fabrications. Then, of course, came the career-defining single that was Regulate from the Above the Rim soundtrack, and it was clear that Warren had made an indelible mark on the hip hop game. i'm on my little o.g. When the Black Bayard is returned, the sword is revealed to take on the form of the Blazing Sword. Voltron was mentioned in a song by Murphy Lee, Nelly and P. Diddy. That same session at Echo Sounds in Atwater Village also induced How Long Will They Mourn Me?[3]. Its obvious that Dre was the director and the Long Beach kids (and the Lady of Rage) were the players. There is one noticeable distinction between Robeasts and Mechas: Robeasts are generally mechs powered and given life by the quintessence of a being's soul forcefully implanted into the beast and controlled by Haggar's dark magic while Mechas are generally mechs controlled by a pilot. Intro/chorus: warren g Neither a lyrical wizard nor a heavy flowing MC, hes appealing because sometimes he just sounds like a normal guy talking to you: he rides a Schwinn, plays ball in the park, and seems genuinely worried about the dangers that await him after dark. It ran the summer of '94 with the sort of blockbuster rampage usually reserved for radioactive lizards. Catch the bus to Cal State, or chill with the Voltron crew and make a few ends on the side Here comes a baby blue van, time to ride So I hops in the van with my nigga Tick And Baby Poppa back then, that was my click We groovin to Santa Anna Chorus 2x. When requesting master tapes from Toei Animation for translation purposes, the World Events Productions producers requested "[the] ones with the lion." This is the story of the super force of space explorers, specially trained, and sent by the alliance, to bring back Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The project lacked a name until a weed dealer materialized in the studio one day, offering the latest horticultural advancement: Hydrochronic. Warren proves a master of laidback, feel-good music, utilizing an array of well-known soul samples, whiny, woozy synthesizers, and deep, slow-thumping bass. Pidge (Legendary Defender) Lance (Legendary Defender) Allura (Legendary Defender) Lotor (Legendary Defender) Curtis. But when you turned on MTV that summer, you saw Warren G in rotation, alongside Weezer, Green Day, and Beck. Theres an innate nostalgia to the classic G-Funk records. Chorus 2x Nor does Warren G harbor any love for his first recording contract. I'm on my little O.G. The three cadets have a hyperactive nature and irrating egos at first, causing them to be burdens to the original pilots, but they gradually mature during their training. In the Devil's Due comic series, Planet Doom is the center of the Drule Empire as the "Kingdom of Night". Catch the bus to cal state, or chill with the voltron crew And make a few ends on the side Here comes a baby blue van, time to ride So I hops in the van with my nigga tick And baby poppa back then, that was my click We groovin to santa anna Instead, Warren offered a slightly neurotic rags-to-riches story, with the occasional Gil Scott-Heron blues oration inserted for gravitas. I got the sound fo yo' ass and it's easy to see [9] A third version/series of Voltron based on yet another Japanese series, Lightspeed Electroid Albegas, was also in progress, but it was dropped when World Events Productions joined with Toei to make new Go-Lion-based shows, due to that show's popularity over the Dairugger run. The album sufficiently develops this motif over a concise twelve tracks that clock in at just under thirty-eight minutes, and the approach and results are largely the same. 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