Jim Jones – Certified Gangstas Pt. 2 (ft. Game, Mel Matrix, Sen City).

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I’ll admit I like Jim Jones’ slurred rhymes and douchebag braggadocio, but more often than not, he stubbornly refuses to make worthwhile music. Yet somewhere amid “Na Na Nana Na Na” and “Pop Champagne,” he decides to make something like this.

Aside from Game and some other West Coast rappers, most have abandoned the “gangsta rap” label, preferring to call their music “reality rap” or something equally corny. “Certified Gangstas Pt. 2” is a throwback to low-riders, jheri curls, and shameless gang references. The perfect mixture of danger and funk.

Download: Jim Jones – Certified Gangstas Pt. 2 (ft. Game, Mel Matrix, Sen City)

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The video for the original is a classic. Jimmy’s Eazy-E impersonation, “West Coast Kam,” the Menace II Society intro, Jimmy mean mugging eating cereal, the Sizzurp promo…sniff…those were the good old days.