AMG Review of To Live and Die in CA

Jason Birchmeier
All Music Guide

Like his Who Ride Wit Us album from a year earlier, To Live and Die in CA is more of a compilation than a proper album. There are more guest rappers here than you can count on six hands, and they all spit their game over the course of 19 tracks, which doesn't leave a lot of room for songwriting or other such craftsmanship. Think of this as a West Coast gangsta rap mixtape with the Daz stamp of approval -- even though Daz isn't featured all that prominently, oddly enough.