''The Last Street Preacha'' is the fourth album by

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artist

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. It was released on February 27, 2001 via Bone Yard/

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. Production was handled entirely by Etienne "Chase" Clark. It features

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and E. Doggie Montana. The album peaked at No 33 on the ''

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chart and No 24 on the Top Contemporary Christian Albums chart in the United States. Unlike his previous 90s albums, this album sees T-Bone moving into a more West Coast sound with visible

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elements. At the

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, the album was nominated for a

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, but lost to DC Talk's ''

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''.

Critical response

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's Adam Greenberg wrote: "Aside from a couple of forays into the territory of Bone (the Thugs-N-Harmony version) with four-part harmonies, and another thuggish run, the majority of the tracks feature a style that's primarily a poor man's

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. That's not to say T-Bone is bad in any way, though, just not Snoop himself -- the talent and ability are huge here, and the styles range widely from proper West Coast

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to high-speed

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in the

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mold. It's rare to find an artist hidden away in

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with this sort of crossover talent, but T-Bone is likely to remain under-recognized by many listeners".

Track listing

Personnel

*Rene " M.C. T-Bone" Sotomayor – vocals (tracks: 1-16) *Eric Dawkins – vocals (tracks: 4, 14) *Talayah A. Nicholas – backing vocals (track 11) *Anson Dawkins – vocals (track 14) *E. Doggie Montana – vocals (track 16) *Grant "Lil Nick" Nicholas – keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14) *Etienne "Chase" Clark – percussion (tracks: 1-13, 15, 16), keyboards (tracks: 2-6, 9-16), drums (tracks: 2-13, 15, 16), producer *Wali Ali Jr. – talkbox (track 6) *Arnold Turner – photography *Monica Fancher – art direction *Bert Sumner – design

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Street Preacha, the 2001 albums T-Bone (rapper) albums G-funk albums Flicker Records albums