First off, we want to send a shout out to Tray Dee. The big homie has been locked for the last 10 years and comes home in about three weeks on April 19.
We hope you haven’t forgotten about Tha Eastsidaz, because we haven’t. We actually bought their albums in the early 2000’s and find ourselves going back to their music when we’re trying to ride out to some good West Coast shit. Goldie Loc, Tray Dee and Snoop Dogg made a great team for two solid efforts that had incredible production. That wasn’t the best part, though. Loc and Dee were from beefing neighborhood sets in Los Angeles and put the banging aside for the love of Rap music.
The product: the platinum Snoop Presents Tha Eastsidaz and gold certified Duces & Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way albums, carried by singles like “G’d Up” and “I Luv It” and “Got Beef.” Not to mention the Snoop Dogg smash “Lay Low.”
Today we pay homage to Tha Eastidaz by bringing you a playlist of some of our favorites from both of their albums, plus appearances from Goldie Loc and Tray Dee on other notable West Coast releases from the early 2000’s.
For those who are wondering that the crew has on deck when Tray Dee gets released, they will be going on the “Krush Groove” tour across select dates in California with legendary acts like Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Redman, Method Man, DJ Quik, Too Short, WC, Daz and The Lady of Rage thanks to 93.5 KDAY.