Customer Reviews

2002

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Leave it to Death Row to cash in on the appeal of their former artists in the biggest way possible. Such is certainly the case with this "sequel" to the platinum-plus mega-hit debut LP from Tha Dogg Pound. For those who don't know, Daz and Kurupt have long since left Death Row and all that remains is some masters of a handful of old tracks.

The duo of Daz & Kurupt who first entered the game under the production of Dr. Dre and learned their lyrical craft from Snoop Dogg are without doubt, one of the best and most underrated duos in rap. This release is NOT a legitimate studio follow-up to their first album, "Dogg Food", but more or less a compliation of old and previously-released tracks featuring members of the DPG family. Their actual follow-up, "Dillinger & Young Gotti", avaliable on DPG Recordz, is much more polished and features a few of the same tracks such as "We Livin' Gangsta Life" and "Crip Wit Us". This album not only jacks tracks already released on Daz's albums but also borrows the recent DJ Clue remix of "Change The Game" with Jay-Z. If that's not enough their lead-off single, "Just Doggin" is actually a five-year-old song that was already released in 1996 on the "Sunset Park" soundtrack. This is a new version, which is billed as being "produced by Dr. Dre" in many advertisements but Big Hutch is credited as the producer in the linear notes. It's irrelevant as the new "Doggin" is far from the bangin' track that was originally put out in the early Death Row days.

The album does feature some exclusive material however as we get a never-before-heard collaboration with Tupac though it's dated. He makes reference to murdering the Notorious B.I.G. on there (Both rappers have been deceased sincd 1997). We also get a cool Kurupt collaboration with unknown female rapper, SKG, called "10 Till Midnite". Big Hutch's dope beat and the fantastic chorus make this one an excellent addition to an otherwise average album. The leader of Tha Pound, Snoop also shows up for a few tracks like "Smoke" and "Every Single Day" but that doesn't stop his old label from putting a less-than-flattering commentary about him being a "snitch" on the intro to "Livin' Gangsta Life".

This so-called "new" Dogg Pound album is very poorly put together. A lot of the tracks are recorded from all different periods and it's obvious. A new Tupac track was a nice touch but packaging all this old material together with a lot of stuff that has already been released on other albums makes for a very average LP. Only worth the purchase if you're a real die-hard Dogg Pound fan or a very strong Death Row supporter.

This is basically a bootleg CD, put out by Death Row while Tha Dogg Pound was officially off of the label. It is tracks that had been previously recorded in the Death Row vault and Suge Knight put this album out to anger Daz and Kurupt and also make a little cash off of them. Overall, since it is official Dogg Pound made music (other than a lot of the beats), it is still a good CD. The only flaw is if you own a lot of Dogg Pound related music (Daz Dillinger, Soopafly CD's) you will hear some recycled tracks that are on other CD's. 5-6 tracks are on other albums, but other than that, it is worth the money and a good majority of the tracks are bangin'. A must have if a D.P.G. fan.

Don't hate on this record. It is quite possibly the best hip hop album of 2001. Daz and Kurupt doing their thing. Tight production throughout. Absolutely bangin. Almost every track on this album is on hit. This is classic Death Row. Probably one of the most mature albums they have released.

The question remains. Is this album better than Kurupt's new album "Space Boogey: A smoke oddesy" or the DPG album "DPG - Dillinger and Young Gotti?" And I am afraid the answer is yes. This is unapologetic gangster rap. Once can only wonder whether the chorus changes from the DPG album to the Dogg Pound Album on the songs "Livin the Gangster Life" and "Crip with Me" to "Livin Gangster Like" and "Dip With Me" were due to copyright restrictions.

Buy this album and the Kurupt album "Space Boogey: A Smoked Oddesy" if you are a fan of West Coast Gangster Rap. If you are not a fan, both albums are a great introduction.

i am a heavy fan of the dogg pound. i picked it up today after i'd been anticipating it for 2 months. First off what made me angry was that i saw an advertisement in the source quoting "Produced by Dr. Dre." But in fact he produced not one song and had no appearance. The cd has the change the game remix from dj clue 2. It also has we livin gangsta like and dipp with me with different beats which are not even a step close to the originals on the DPG cd which dropped like 2 months ago. That cd was excellent and dp2002 is not. So i'm tellin u if u are a hardcore dogg pound fan u might wanna cop this cd. But it really is poor. I gave this 3 stars only becuz i've always had a love for the dogg pound

Nice album, not there best, but a good buy. This CD was released by Death Row, and features some Row artist... Crooked I. This cd offers nice beats with Karupts and Daz's unbeatable ryming skills. Go get it

This album got almost no publicity at all, and I can't see why. Dogg Food is hailed as a West coast classic and in my opinion isnt even that great, and this is much better but almost no one knows about. Possibly because it's unreleased tracks from the Dogg Food sessions that "Tha Row" just released, but whatever the reason, this is a quality cd from Daz and Kurupt. The production is on point during most tracks, and Kurupt and Daz come with the smooth flow and lyrics. The "Change The Game remix" is great, and "Just Doggin'" is a classic track that reminds me alot of just how great of a label Death Row used to be. Unfortunately, since those Days on Death Row, Daz and Kurupt's efforts have been progressively getting worse (aside from Kurupt's latest album Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey which is also a quality album). Hopefully Daz and Kurupt will team up again and produce an album of equal quality (their newest effort D.P.G. sure doesn't cut it).

I half wanted for this album to be rubbish and fail, even though I had paid for it, because this is not a real album produced by the artists as they intended. It has been put together by the loathsome Suge Knight in a twin effort to discredit those who's creativity and talent made him rich, whilst making himself even richer. This album apparently includes songs that are featured on R.A.W. and other independent Dogg Pound albums, but unfortunately for me, Daz's new solo album, and the new DPG album are not on general release in the UK and so it takes longer to get hold of them.
This album is good from start to finish. There are a couple of songs, Smoke and It Feels Good, that I can't stop playing. I can't help thinking that had Death Row stayed together, and this album was produced by Daz, then it could have been even better than Dogg Food. It falls short of Dogg Food because of what it is, but is still essential for anyone who knows that the Dogg Pound are the greatest rap duo ever.
Suge Knight, however, has not discredited Tha Dogg Pound and Snoop as their talent shines though on this album. He has, however, failed himself by allowing the (...) in him to spoil a potentialy classic album. Shame on you Suge.

This CD is made up of tracks that were recorded from the "dogg food" era to 1999. Suge continually disses his old artists but constantly releases their music! There are only some good tracks (a lot are very outdated) the good tracks are- Just Doggn' (ft. Nate Dogg) Smoke (Ft. Snoop Dogg) Don't Stop (Ft. The almighty 2PAC) Change the game remix (Jay Z Beanie Sigel Memphis Bleek Daz and Kurupt--Easily the best track) and finally Every single day (Ft Snoop Dogg) If you want some new Dogg Pound stuff i recommend Kurupt's latest "Space Boogie: Smoke Oddysee" which i gave 5 stars! Also the independantly released DPG "Dillinger and young Gotti" i haven't heard this but it was well recieved when it was released! If you have already got these then buy this but don't expect the qaulity of Space Boogie, Dillinger and Young Gotti and Raw

This album consists of about half of the 16 songs being unreleased and the other half being stripped from albums. Songs like Just Doggin, We Livin Gangsta Like and Crip With Us(Dipp With Me) from the Dilinger adn Young Gotti album, Your Girlfriend part 2, Its All About Tha Money, Feels Good from DAZ's RAW album. Change The Game Remix from the DJ Clue.

The other songs on there are great though especially Dont Stop feat. Tupac. Kurupt and Pac kill this track and you will definitely use your rewind button more than once. Smoke and Every Single Day is the return of the Doggystyle SNoop and is definitely welcome. GAngsta Rap feat. Crooked I has Kurupt and Crooked I murdering the track. Way Too Often is the sunny G funk that can only be provided by soopafly.

Overall if you like the Dogg Pound then you should have this album also. If you dont like the idea that you already have some of the songs you should still buy it because the unreleased songs are really great. A Must

Let me start off by saying i'm a huge DPG fan, and thats the only reason i got this album. I used to love Tha Row, but they're not up to par anymore. I thought this album would sound like "Dead Man Walkin", the terrible Snoop Dogg release of low-quality, unfinished tracks and wack beats. However, this album is sweet! A lot of the tracks on this CD are obviously from before the era when Death Row began falling apart. Almost every track on the CD is a banger, and, since 2pac is my favorite rapper (and the best of all time), my favorite track is Dont Stop, which he scorches on. Buy this CD!!!!!!