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Bridging the Gap
Hip-Hop · 2000 · 13 tracks · 1h 7m

Bridging the Gap

September 25, 2000 · Interscope Records

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A collaborative, crate-digging spirit guides this sophomore effort, which sharpens the trio's connection to the East Coast's conscious rap elite while maintaining a breezy West Coast bounce.

The production favors the physical warmth of upright basses and Rhodes pianos, creating a lived-in, tactile environment where scratched-in samples and live funk instrumentation sit comfortably side by side.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 1h 7m
01
BEP Empire
4:40
02
Weekends
4:47
04
Hot
4:05
05
Cali to New York
4:48
06
Lil’ Lil’
4:11
07
On My Own
3:53
08
Release
5:08
10
Go Go
4:54
11
Rap Song
3:34
12
Bringing It Back
3:35
13
Tell Your Mama Come
3:14
14
Request + Line
3:52
15
Magic / Empire Strikes Black
9:10
Moments Worth Listening For
14Request + LineMacy Gray's raspy, soulful guest vocal on 'Request + Line' provides a smooth, melodic counterweight to the group's crisp, rhythmic verses.
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