on his "Still Can't Fade It", from the soundtrack to hip hop documentary The Show, they still didn't get much airplay on MTV, which mattered a lot back then), and although the duo continue to create music today, their work has become increasingly harder to come by. Their debut, Conversation, expanded upon the G-Funk sound that Warren G experimented with on his own album, providing the perfect forum for Trip Locc and Wayniac to discuss the merits of partying, drinking, smoking, talking to the opposite sex, politics, paranoia, hanging out with Warren G., and more partying, with the occasional burst of violence that is mandatory on a West Coast hip hop album.Ĭonversation didn't move many units (even though it spawned four singles, and the Twinz appeared alongside Warren G. Like their friend and mentor, the Twinz duo (made up of actual twins Deon "Trip Locc" Williams and DeWayne "Wayniac" Williams) also hailed from Long Beach, California. (I miss having disposable income.) I'll get to the Dove Shack disc another time, but for now, let's place our focus on the Twinz. Since Warren's album was a hit, interest in both of their respective projects ( This Is The Shack and Conversation, respectively) had been growing, and since my collector's gene knows no bounds, I bought both of them the same day. It was on that date that Def Jam Records simultaneously released the debut albums from two groups that made their rap debuts on Warren's first album, Regulate.G Funk Era: The Dove Shack and the Twinz. Augwas an interesting day for Warren G.'s fans.
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