Space Boogie is otherwise devoted to unapologetic gangsta rap in the proud West Coast tradition, with executive producer and chief beatsmith Fred Wreck playing Dr. Reed also happens to be Kurupt's fiancée, which helps explain her presence on the album's inconceivably saccharine first single, "It's Over," a toxic piece of commercial fluff that wouldn't sound out of place on a Rugrats soundtrack. In addition to the usual suspects (Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Soopafly), he also tapped ringers like DJ Lethal, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, guitar-strumming troubadour Everlast, and Natina Reed of Blaque.
Kurupt called in plenty of favors for Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, his third solo album. For all his swaggering nihilism, Kurupt has become incredibly popular within the hip-hop community, where his offbeat flow has graced countless albums and singles.
Although originally from Philadelphia, Kurupt zealously took to the hedonistic life of a West Coast thug, representing his turf, gang, and clique with the belligerent, cocky sneer of a James Cagney antihero. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, Kurupt has established himself as the gangsta rapper's gangsta rapper, alternately beloved and hated for his dedication to the genre's nihilistic code of ethics. Since defiantly Crip-walking his way through classic Death Row releases like Dr.
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