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This cd is great because Snoop went back to his old "Doggy" style! It's not as good as Doggystyle but it is still off the hook! The best songs are Buck 'Em, G Bedtime Stories, My Heat Goes Boom, Down 4 My N's, B Please, Gangsta Ride, Ghetto Symphony, Buss'n Rocks, and Just Dippin! If you miss Snoop's old style, pick this up today!

After buying Snoop's classic debut "Doggystyle" and waiting three long years for the follow-up, this is more like what I was expecting back in 96'. But instead I got the mediocrity of "Tha Doggfather" and then the abyssmal "Da Game is to be Sold" in 98'. At this point I know I was not alone in thinking it was over for an artist I originally thought would last forevor. This was a nice comeback, even reuiniting Snoop and Dr.Dre on three cuts, the slammin'"Buck em'", the classic "Bitch Please" and "Just Dippin'". Although the Dre produced songs are really good, they are not even the best cuts on here."Snoopafella" is one of Snoop's all time best, a Slick Rick style ghetto fairytale. "Ghetto Symphony" is another classic as is "Don't Tell" with Nate Dogg, Warren G.and Mauseberg. The legendary Dolemite even makes a few between-track appearances. This album was a real welcome return to form for Snoop.

After a largely dissappointing and crappy effort from his first No Limit CD ("Da Game Is To be Sold Not To be told") Snoop returns with a banger (I'd give it 4.5 stars if they had it but they don't - but it definately deserves more than a 4). He returns to his west coast producers for a decent amount of the tracks and leans away from the No Limit tradition of having at least one of their artists on every single track (only 3 of the songs on the album feature No Limit Artists & he has quite a few of his old homies on here as well). It has 3 classics, 2 near classics, 5 ok songs, 3 I skip and the rest are good. Production is mostly non-No Limit, Meech Wells (6 songs), Dr. Dre & Dj Quik (3 songs each), KLC (2 songs), and 1 song each by Jelly Roll, Bud'da, Ant Banks, Raphael Saadiq, Goldie Loc. A definate cd to have for any Snoop fan or rap fan has a few classic songs on it.

#2 - 8.5 (f/ Sticky Fingaz)
#3 - 8.5 (f/ Suga Free & Sylk E. Fine - talkin bout the problem trustin hoez & niggaz)
#4 - 7.5
#6 - 9.5 (a Cinderella type gangsta story)
#7 - 9.5 (laid back track about thug love)
#8 - 8
#9 - 8 (f/ C-Murder & Magic - hard beat gangsta track)
#10 - 8
#11 - 6 (f/ Raphael Saadiq)
#12 - 10 (classic joint -- f/ Xzibit & Nate Dogg)
#13 - 6.5
#14 - 10 (classic bounce track f/ Silkk the Shocker)
#15 - 7.5 (f/ Mia X, Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk, Mystikal, & Goldie Loc)
#16 - 7.5
#17 - 6
#18 - 7 (f/ Dr. Dre & Jewell)
#19 - 10 ( classic f/ Warren G, Mausberg (R.I.P.), & Nate Dogg - talkin bout gettin pussy on the down low)
#20 - 7 (f/ Goldie Loc)
#21 - 8.5 (dedication to his moms)

b. Calvin Broadus - 10/20/72 - Long Beach, CA
"G'z Up Hoe'z Down"

LONG BEACH!!!! ---- 213
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B Please!

That's all I have to type to let you know how great and important this album in hip-hop was. I've since blasted Snoop for his waste of talent (and he is INCREDIBLY talented...let's not forget that!), but this CD is him and Master P actually working together to release a product that they were, no doubt, pleased with. It's good, but not the greatest thing since "Me Against the World." If you're looking for a solid Snoop album (pre his "Britney Spears years") this is one you need to add your repetoire!

Few people really blame Snoop Dogg for escaping from Death Row in 1996. Many do blame him for coming up with what is considered his downfall into wackness even by real fans of his, "Da Game Is To Be Sold..." after signing to Master P's notorious No Limit label that had (/has) a reputation for dropping 10 mediocre albums a week.

Hence, the majority of rap fans who remembered his glorious Death Row days, "The Chronic" and of course "Doggystyle" hoped for Snoop to recover. And indeed, this album is clearly the better of his two No Limit releases. Accompanied by Sticky Fingaz, Snoop kicks off with "Buck Em", an extremly cool opener with two extremly cool voices and an extremly cool Dr. Dre beat. At almost 80 minutes the album is far from free from filler material, but there are several highlights, including comical songs like "Snoopafella" and "G Bedtime Stories" as well as raw gangsta tracks like "Just Dippin'" and the album's best cut "B Please", another Dre production. "Don't Tell" with Warren G, Nate Dogg and Mausberg (R.I.P.), hence basically a 213 song, is actually G-Funk and DJ Quik's beat and the MC's knowing very well how to use it make it another favorite of mine.

But in my opinion this album IS too long. Some songs seem quite uninspired and suggest that there is some truth to the No Limit image I mentioned above. I doubt you will not find yourself skipping several tracks from about the third listen on. Overall this is a good album that could have been alot better just by leaving some stuff out.

if you dont have this cd then you have no life, this cd has an awesome intro and the songs are awesome i am a huge fan of snoop and i think this cd is so cool

Snoops albim no limit top dogg is probably one of the best albums i own.Im very selective with my rap artists and really only like a few-Snoop Dogg,Dr.Dre,Ice Cube,2-Pac and Eminem.And I do own the best album of all time Dre's 2001 and topp dogg no limit comes very close to this.2001 would get a 5,no limit would get 4.9.

HE'S BACK!!!!!THE MAN CAME OUT WITH A TIGHT ALBUM TO FOLLOW THE SOFTNESS OF THE GAME IS TO BE TOLD,NOT TO BE SOLD.I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HE MIGHT BE LEAVING NO LIMIT,BUT THATS O.K. BECAUSE I STILL GOT LOVE FOR HIM WHERE EVER HE GOES.

As a proud owner of all Snoop's solos, 2 Eastsidaz albums and the 213 album from 2004, I can easily say this one is one of his better albums. The production on this album rocks with some dope latter day (1999) G-Funk from a bevy of dope producers. "Snoopafella" gets his story tellin' on over a sick Ant Banks (he rarely if ever dissapoints!) sampling "Dazz." "Gangsta Ride" feat Silkk The Shocker is a hot rider anthem over a bouncy Meech Wells westcoastin beat. DJ Quik heats up the boards with his melodic funk on "Buss'n Rocks" and the silky "Don't Tell" (f/ Mausberg, Nate Dogg, and Warren G). "My Heat Goes Boom" is a nice Gangsta track with Snoop kickin some real game. Snoop seems at ease and comfortable and his rhymes reflect that. A couple tracks are weak, such as the boring "Ghetto Symphony" with the No Limit homies and the overly slow "Somethin' Bout Yo Bidness," but Snoop makes up for them with tracks like the Dr. Dre banger "Just Dippin'" a nice way to bring the 2 back together over a nice laidback rider beat and the fast paced "20 Minutes" with Goldie Loc; both kick in some fast paced gangsta rhymes over a bouncy beat that could only come outta Long Beach; it was produced by Goldie Loc too. "I Love My Momma" is really self-explanatory with a nice older sounding G-Funk beat from Meech Wells. Overall, a good album by S.N. dubble O. P.

In my opinion this is Snoop's second best album even today, behind you guessed it, Doggystyle. That said it isn't even close to being as good as Doggystyle, but it is still a good album and after Da Game... and the slightly dissapointing Doggfather this can be viewed as a comeback almost.

Da Game.... featured No Limit production and loads of appearances by No Limit rappers, and as a result was wack, both have been cut back here. Snoop must have put his foot down and asked to bring in his own producers for No Limit Top Dogg, including of course Dre, for the first time since Doggystyle. There are also less No Limit rappers (any is too many though) featured, but surprisingly few appearances by his old West Coast homies. Anyway best track is easily B*tch Please, which is a classic in any era, Snoop's verses are tight but Xzibit is really the star of this track, as he makes what was really his mainstream breakthrough. My other top tracks are Buck Em, Just Dippin (both Dre produced unsuprisingly), Betta Days, Down 4 my Nig*az and Trust Me. Snoop also displays his impressive storytelling abilities on Snoopafella, where he basically re-tells Cinderella from his perspective. Most of the other tracks are at least good, and the production for the most part is tight, though the album is not without filler (Gangsta Ride, In Love With A Thug).

Overall this is an impressive album from Snoop, yes it is not Doggystyle, I don't think there ever will be another one. People have the tendency to mark Snoop albums against Doggystyle, rather than on their own merit unfortunately though. I'd give it 4 stars, recommended.