Product Description

Long Beach, California's Snoop Doggy Dogg made one of the most successful debuts in rap music with DOGGYSTYLE. Introduced on the Dr. Dre single "Deep Cover", Snoop gained further popularity with his smoothed-out gangsta-type flow on Dre's THE CHRONIC. His music has ruled the clubs and the airwaves ever since, and the fact that his Dr. Dre-directed video "Murder Was The Case" was extended into an 18-minute feature-length film with its own soundtrack is further proof of just how much pull Snoop has in the hip-hop nation.
Having super-producer Dr. Dre behind the scenes guaranteed DOGGYSTYLE atop ten spot on the pop charts. Singles like "Gin And Juice" and "Who Am I (What's My Name)" have helped Snoop gain therecognition of the entire music industry without selling out his original rap audience. Possessing among the most unique deliveries in hip-hop, Snoop revives the old-school with his remake of the classic "Lodi Dodi"--originally performed by Slick Rick, and reinterpreted in a West Coast style. A guest appearance by The Dramatics on "Doggy Dog World" also helps illustrate the rapper's fondness for 70's grooves. And just as Dre pushed him out front on THE CHRONIC, Snoop empowers Tha Dogg Pound on DOGGYSTYLE, allowing his homies to sharein his spotlight on "Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't HaveNone)".

Track Listing

1. Bathtub
2. G Funk Intro
3. Gin And Juice
4. Tha Shiznit
5. Lodi Dodi
6. Murder Was The Case
7. Serial Killa
8. Who Am I (What's My Name)
9. For All My Niggaz And Bitches
10. Ain't No Fun
11. Doggy Dogg World
12. Gz And Hustlas
13. Pump Pump

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92211 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-19
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Produced by the infamous Dr Dre with assistance from Mr Suge Knight, Doggy Style was the first solo outing by Calvin Broadus aka Snoop Doggy Dog corporating a straight gangsta vibe into the deep funk grooves pioneered by George Clinton and his Parliament-Funkadelic ensemble, Snoop and Dre dogmatically invent the "G-Funk" aesthetic. Espousing an irreverent dope, bitches and guns mentality, Doggy Style garnered the Parental Advisory for explicit lyrics it sorely deserved. Still, Snoop's lazy-yet-acrobatic rap/drawl is distinctive and undeniably entertaining. With additional vocals from Tha Dogg Pound (Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt and Dat Nigger Daz), this disc is deceptively professional and musically quite slick. "Murder Was The Case" is practically an inner-city classic, while "Ain't No Fun" is another blunted, urban-rap anthem. Woof! --Mitch Myers

Customer Reviews

the best rap album ever
this is simply the best rap album out there.if your a true rap fan you definately have this and if you dont whats wrong with you ha.

A Must Have!!!
I'm not gonna write a whole essay about it but all i gotta say is this is one of the best hip hop albums ever! snoop dogg has to be one of me top 5 rappers and this is by far his best album. There's not one track i'd skip becuase every song has a great beat and style to it. I tunes. don't have a favourite song becuase i think the're all great

SO just buy it, i promise you that you won't regret it!

the chronic part 2
Snoop was already a star before he released his solo album. It was heavily anticipated and doesn't fail to deliver. This is the 2nd installation of essential g-funk (the chronic of course is the 1st). Dre was the biggest producer in the game back in 93 the flute riff on 'tha shiznit' is one of many examples of his genius. Other classics are 'gin & juice' and 'aint no fun'