This is an enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files including the video for "What's My Name."
"Gin & Juice" was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
If Snoop Dogg's debut, Doggystyle, doesn't seem like a debut, it's because in many ways it's not. Snoop had already debuted as a featured rapper on Dr. Dre's 1992 album, The Chronic, rapping on half of the 16 tracks, including all the hit singles, so it wasn't like he was an unknown force when Doggystyle was released in late 1993. If anything, he was the biggest star in hip-hop, with legions of fans anxiously awaiting new material, and they were the ones who snapped up the album, making it the first debut album to enter the Billboard charts at number one. It wasn't like they were buying an unknown quantity. They knew that the album would essentially be the de facto sequel to The Chronic, providing another round of P-Funk-inspired grooves and languid gangsta and ganja tales, just like Dre's album. Which is exactly what Doggystyle is -- a continuation of The Chronic, with the same production, same aesthetic and themes, and same reliance on guest rappers. The miracle is, it's as good as that record. There are two keys to its success, one belonging to Dre, the other to Snoop. Dre realized that it wasn't time to push the limits of G-funk, and instead decided to deepen it musically, creating easy-rolling productions that have more layers than they appear. They're laid-back funky, continuing to resonate after many listens, but their greatest strength is that they never overshadow the laconic drawl of Snoop, who confirms that he's one of hip-hop's greatest vocal stylists with this record.
Other gangsta rappers were all about aggression and anger -- even Dre, as a rapper, is as blunt as a thug -- but Snoop takes his time, playing with the flow of his words, giving his rhymes a nearly melodic eloquence. Compare his delivery to many guest rappers here: Nate Dogg, Kurupt, and Dat Nigga Daz are all good rappers, but they're good in a conventional sense, where Snoop is something special, with unpredictable turns of phrase, evocative imagery, and a distinctive, addictive flow. If Doggystyle doesn't surprise or offer anything that wasn't already on The Chronic, it nevertheless is the best showcase for Snoop's prodigious talents, not just because he's given the room to run wild, but because he knows what to do with that freedom and Dre presents it all with imagination and a narrative thrust. If it doesn't have the shock of the new, the way that The Chronic did, so be it: Over the years, the pervasive influence of that record and its countless ripoffs has dulled its innovations, so it doesn't have the shock of the new either. Now, Doggystyle and The Chronic stand proudly together as the twin pinnacles of West Coast G-funk hip-hop of the early '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel includes: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz, The Queen Of Funk, Ricky Harris, RBX, The Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt, The Hug, Nancy Fletcher, The Lady Of Rage, D.O.C., Lil Malik, The Dramatics (rap vocals).
Personnel: Nanci Fletcher (vocals, background vocals); Dat Nigga Daz (vocals).
&Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.73) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (1/27/94, p.51) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...DOGGYSTYLE is filled with verbal and vocal feats that meet its three-mile-high expectations....DOGGYSTYLE speeds through 55 minutes of constant talk as if on a suicide hot line...." Entertainment Weekly (12/10/93, pp.74-75) - "...[DOGGYSTYLE] is the most limber, low-rider gangsta album to date...it's easy to be impressed one moment and appalled the next..." - Rating: B- Q (2/94, p.95) - 3 Stars - Good - "...when this funky/sleazy trick works, it is the very best that modern pop has to offer..." Vibe (2/94, p.103) - "...Snoop is good, no doubt about it. His cool, lazy drawl is unique, evocative, rhythmically complex--the perfect foil for Dre's thick, tense beats...The big story on THE CHRONIC was Snoop stealing Dre's thunder; on DOGGYSTYLE, Dre snatches it back...." The Source (2/94, p.67) - "...[Snoop] emerges as an MC who lives up to all of his advance hype...." Melody Maker (12/11/93, p.28) - "...The music is sumptuous, soulful and genuinely menacing....Snoop Dogg is the real McCoy...." Musician (2/94, p.69) - "...[DOGGYSTYLE] succeeds on its own terms ...[Snoop's] the gangsta Marvin Gaye of Dr. Dre's Motown. It's the clever interplay of `hard' and `soft' which keeps some of these tracks alive; sweet harmonies blossom in the middle of brutal rhythm tracks...a funky, multifaceted album...." NME (Magazine) (12/4/93, p.26) - "...Masterminded by Dr. Dre's faultless production, DOGGYSTYLE is both a wonderfully comic splurge of Parliament funking and barely suppressed violence..."
The Chronic + Doggystyle = Best 2 CDs ever the last review is bogus.. not very good? when listening to a CD you have to press the forward button in order to get to a good song. when listening to Doggystyle, you have to press the backward button with every song because you wanna listen to every single one more than once. This CD is definitely "original" considering the fact that Dr. Dre put gangsta rap on the map with The Chronic, and Snoop starred on the CD. If you like music at all, you'll love this CD, unless you are a complete hater and have no taste. Submitted by Bo (Southern California) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
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This was how Snoop brought it before his fa shizzle dizzle nonsense that he fell into after 2000'. Snoop pre-2000' was one of the most feared rappers(skill wise) coming out of the west. Nobody was touching him. Submitted by Culture (Queens, NY) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Tha Bomb This is certainly one of the best music albums ever!!! Everything on this thing is great man...the beats, the lyrics, the guest appearances, everything!!!
If you want more from this thing buy the Dogg Food cd from Tha Dogg Pound
I'm ashamed that the one who said this cd was 3 starz comes from Holland too... Submitted by Skreem (Holland) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
This CD is West Coast Gangsta Rap at its best this cd is an all time classic. Songs like "Gin and Juice" and "Whats my name?" simply can not be touched by any other rapper. Submitted by a reviewer (Abbotsford, BC, Canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
CLASSIC ohhhh ho ho ho, this cd is my favorite cd of all time. Whether u listen to rap or not u will like this cd, even if u think that gangsta rap is all "unoriginal" and that bothers u, the music is just so good on this cd ull be forced to luv it 2 I'm sorry, this cd can't be touched. Believe me, go out and get this one IMMEDIATELY, this is Snoop back when he wuz the rowdy party-animal ganxta dogg, not the over-stoned sleepy puppy, the beats and flows jsut keep cummin ull luv this yiiia so we gun smoke an ounce ta this, Gz up hoez down while u muthaf*&%az bounce ta this! (I promise ull luv it) Submitted by a reviewer (Kirkland WA, Koji Minami!) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
The Chronic + Doggystyle = Best 2 CDs ever
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