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The Best of Snoop Dogg

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Bottom line: There is no such thing as a Best of Snoop Dogg CD when tracks like Gin & Juice, Murder Was the Case, and Who Am I? (to name only a few) are OMITTED. The previous two reviews for this so-called greatest hits CD are on-point; try to imagine a Nas greatest hits CD without any Illmatic tracks. Try to imagine there being a Wu-Tang Clan greatest hits CD without any tracks from Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. Now, try and explain why there IS actually a Best of Snoop Dogg CD with no tracks from Doggystyle, or even Tha Doggfather.

Sure, there are some decent tracks here, but not including any tracks from the Death Row era is inexcusable. This compilation is an insult to Snoop's oldest fans and should never have seen the light of day.

I don't know whats wrong with these people. This is a pretty good collection of snoop dogg songs. First off, if you want all of his old stuff he does have another collection of songs. It's called Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits. And like westcoastgdup said thats all death row. Do you guys really think Suge Knight would let Snoop put all of that material on this album after all the beef they have been through. Stll A G Thang, Wrong Idea, B*tch Please, and Lay Low are all good songs. But why I don't give it five stars is because he dosn't have Pump Yo Breaks, anything from tha Eastsidaz, or some stuff he did with Dre after death row like the wash or On the Blvd. because Snoop had some input on those songs.(I'm not gonna say the next episode or still Dre because those are Dre songs and they come on his album the Chronic 2001).But instead he puts From Tha Chuuch to Tha Palace and Beautiful,which are the worse snoop dogg songs. All these songs are from Priority Records and No Limit. Why do you think he dosn't have Drop It Like It's Hot or Lets Get Blown. Because now he's on Geffen records and Star Track records. Come on people you call yourself Snoop Dogg fans.

Do I have to ask the obvious question? Well......do I? Where are the tracks from "Doggystyle"??? Where are his BEST known songs??? I know this probably has something to do with label issues, but c'mon. Having a "Best Of" from Snoop Dogg without the "Doggystyle" tracks, is like Dr. Dre having a "Greatest Hits" without anything from "The Chronic"! Maybe this should have been called "Best of the Priority Years" instead. On the positive side there's still some dope tracks here, but I gots to have my "Gin And Juice". Bow-wow-wow.

I know people are saying that you can't have a Snoop Doggs greatest hits album without having any of his earlier Death Row hits, but you have to understand that Snoop doesn't own the rights to those songs. Suge Knight owns the rights, thus is the reason why he released a greatest hits album covering Snoops Death Row days. If you really think about it, Snoop was known as Snoop Doggy Dogg when he was with the Row. When Master P signed him to No Limit, he shortened his name to Snoop Dogg. So theoretically this is the best of Snoop Dogg (Post Death Row). However, I don't agree with a lot of the songs that were choosen for this album. Songs like Gin & Juice II, Woof, Down For My N_____, The One & Only and a few others were just average tracks in my mind. Some noticable tracks missing from this album are Y'all Gone Miss Me, Go Away, Snoop World, Ballin', My Heat Goes Boom, Doggz Gonna Get Ya, etc. I don't know if I want to say this was a waste of an album, but if Priority wanted to release a Best of Snoop Dogg, I think they really should have put his best work on a disc instead of filling it with only half and the rest with average tracks. This album could have been 4 stars instead of 3.

Okay, first let me just say I understand that this is a collection of Snoop's material ranging from 1998 through 2002 (his days on the No Limit label). I also understand that crafting a greatest hits album is never an easy task. Everyone has their personal favorites and not every good track can make the final cut.

The thing is, greatest hits albums are designed for the casual fan. For someone who likes the artist's music, but doesn't want to shell out the cash for all the albums. So, the question in determining whether or not you have a winning compilation is not would it satisfy the hardcore fans, but would it satisfy someone who just wants the best of the best. This "best of" collection would not.

If the album had been titled, "The Best of Snoop Dogg's No Limit Years" or "Snoop Dogg: 1998-2002", I think I would take less issue with it's release. But the fact is, this title is just misleading to the customer. Snoop's "biggest" hits almost all came from his Death Row days but you won't find "What's My Name?", "Gin & Juice" or "Doggy Dogg World" here. Hell, even "My Heart Goes Boom," one of the best cuts from the No Limit years is missing.

But enough about what isn't here. Let's talk about what is here. The best song on this compilation is easily "Beautiful" and "The One and Only" is also quite good. But the Stone Cold Steve Austin Theme? What's My Name and Gin and Juice......Part II? Several other songs the casual fan hasn't even heard of?

The bottom line is I don't think someone who just wants the best of Snoop's material should begin here. The prior-released Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits offers more of Snoop's best songs, but also some uneven rarities. I would suggest a casual fan just buy a copy of "Doggystyle." Honestly, it contains most of the best work Snoop has ever done and I think it might be good enough to convince you to listen to what Snoop has produced since. Some of this "Best of" collection may be all right, but if I thought this was truly the Dogg's best work, I wouldn't be too eager to listen to the rest. Do yourself a favor and pass this one by.

First off this is The Best of Snoop Dogg not Snoop Doggy Dogg so of course there won't be any of the old tracks on this. If you want the best of Snoop Doggy Dogg go get Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits.

Anyway this is for any fan of Snoop it has all his best songs from his No Limit released albums with the hits Lay Low, Still A G Thang, Woof!, B Please, From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace, Loosen Control, Beautiful, and What's My Name Pt.2 plus plenty of over great songs. With no doubt Snoop Dogg can't compare to the classic Snoop Doggy Dogg but Snoop changed and we can't do anything about it.

Anyway if you are a fan of the new Snoop than this is definitely for you but if you are only a fan of the old snoop than you probably won't like this that much.

After this it's not such a bad idea to get another Snoop album but I would say this is a good place to start your collection.

They couldn't include any of the Death Row material because that company owns the masters to the recordings and obviously wouldn't hand them over with the bad blood between Suge and Snoop. This is a lame ass collection of his No Limit and Doggystyle recordings. Does no one realize Snoop split with Tha Row in 98?

seeing a Best of Snoop Dogg I'm thinking of the full hits not just the after "Death Row" Era.it's a very empty collection.no doubt Snoop has released a chunk of music since leaving Death row,but His biggest Monster Hits were part of Death Row Records.there are a few decent cuts here,but it's a glass half full here.

This CD is appropriately titled "The Best Of Snoop Dogg" (not to be confused with the teenager who recorded on Suge Knight's Death Row label...Snoop Doggy Dogg). After I purchased this CD I decided to read the reviews on Amazon.com (as I often do) before I played the disc. The posted reviews were pretty much all negative, and basically for the same reason...none of the Death Row material was included. Well, having previously purchased "Doogy Style" and "Snoop Doggy Dogg: Death Row Greatest Hits" (mostly, I think because of the similarities in the artwork of the 2 CDs) and to be honest there were only two song titles that I was familiar with on "The Best Of Snoop Dogg"..."Lay Low" and "B---h Please" I kind of hesitated on playing my 'new' CD..the negative reviews, really kind of killed my 'Snoop' groove. So when I finally decided to give my new purchase a listen, I was really amazed at how narrow-minded some of the reviewers were, and how many tracks that were on this CD, that I really loved! On the other hand with the exception of "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" and "The Vapors" the only recognizable 'hits' on "Death Row" greatest hits were the tracks that were previously released on the "Doggy Style" album. In all fairness, this CD is indeed "The Best Of Snoop Dogg", but if you just got to have Snoop's Death Row material, get "Doggy Style" over "Snoop Doggy Dogg: Death Row Greatest Hits" unless you're an extremely 'MAJOR' Suge Knight fan! If you're a fan of 'Snoop Dogg' (the adult) I really believe that you will appreciate "The Best Of Snoop Dogg".

Now, I know that the reason that this "Greatest Hits" album is so hollow is because of the beef between Snoop and his former CEO of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, but it really makes no difference. There is no way you can have a Snoop Dogg collection without songs like "Murder Was The Case", "Gin and Juice", "Nothin' But A G Thang", "Let's Get Blown", or even "Drop It Like It's Hot", to name only a few. The songs featured on this album are definitely b-side tracks, and the only ones that I would put in my own SD Greatest Hits would be "Woof" and "Beautiful. I mean, the Stone Cold Steve Austin theme???? That one wouldn't even come to mind. This album is like a Jay-Z complication without anything from "Reasonable Doubt", "In My Lifetime" or "The Blueprint", or the Notorious B.I.G without any tracks from "Ready to Die".
Without any songs from "Doggystyle" or "Tha Godfather", this album is FAR from a complete collection of Snoop Dogg's hits. An album I would suggest instead is "Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits", which, though it doesn't have anything from most of his newer albums, is a much better choice.