Doggystyle [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Snoop Dogg

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1993)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Priority Records
• ASIN: B000003AEB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (132 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,237 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Bathtub

2. G Funk Intro

3. Gin and Juice

4. Interlude

5. Tha Shiznit

6. Interlude

7. Lodi Lodi

8. Murder Was the Case (DeathAfterVisualizingEternity)

9. Serial Killa

10. Who Am I (What's My Name)?

11. For All My Niggaz & Bitches

12. Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)

13. Interlude

14. Doggy Dogg World

15. Interlude

16. Gz and Hustlas

17. Interlude

18. Gz Up, Hoes Down

19. Pump Pump

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Produced by the infamous Dr. Dre with assistance from Mr. Suge Knight, Doggy Style was the first solo outing by Calvin Broadus a.k.a. Snoop Doggy Dog. Incorporating 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

Product Description

No longer available in the U.S., 'Doggystyle' is one of the biggest & most influential gangsta rap albums of the '90s. 'Doggystyle', Snoop Doggy Dogg's 1993 debut, was produced by his childhood friend Dr. Dre and entered the Billboard top 200 albums chart --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Work of ART, January 16, 2006

By	J. Tyler "Jay" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this CD in 1993 when the original version came out. It had 19 tracks, not 18 or 13. The real track 18 is "Gz Up, Hoes Down" and Track 19 is "Pump, Pump." I didn't even realize that later releases had tracks removed until I started looking for the album art for my iPod.

This album is a classic. if you want to buy it try to get the original with NINETEEN TRACKS. Don't allow yourself to miss Snoop in his full artistic form. This is definitely one of the Top Ten CD of All Time.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Dre and Snoop's best project... period., February 2, 2000

By	Patrick G. Varine "Dubwiser Extraordinaire" (Georgetown, Delaware) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album is better than "The Chronic." There is no doubt about it. While "The Chronic" was without a doubt a hip-hop classic and a landmark album in g-funk (which Dre basically invented), "Doggystyle" is the result of both Dre refining his sound and Snoop refining his rhyme. It's a beautiful thing... This album is filled with laid-back grooves ("Lodi Dodi") and out-and-out party anthems ("What's My Name?," "Ain't No Fun") alongside horror-filled urban narratives ("Murder Was the Case," "Serial Killa"). It's the perfect balance of gangsta, playa and pimp all rolled into a fat blunt for all to smoke on. Sure, it was graphic... sure, it was violent... sure, it probably offended the majority of people who listened to it... but it sure was fun, wasn't it? Get this album... if you're a real hip-hop head, this deserves to be in your collection.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate and enchanting; a true hip-hop classic., October 14, 1999

By A Customer

An excellent look at the artistic integrity of hip-hop, young Snoop Doggy Dogg won the hearts of many with this truly beautiful debut album. Always cool with a touch of jazz swing, this album touches even the deepest reaches of the soul with its enchanting sounds and Snoop's clever lyrics and undeniably entertaining drawl. Every single aspect of the album is amazing; as passionate as the moon in a dark forest night. Doggystyle sounds as smooth as the flowing through a pond. In this current day and age of hip-hop, there rarely is anything as fun and innovative as this. Snoop Doggy Dogg definitely out-did himself on this album, and with help from his friend Dr. Dre (who produced every single track, but was not featured on any), Doggystyle can certainly be called a gem.

The highlights on this album include the lively "G-Funk Introduction", which features a running bass line and a verse from the crazy Lady Of Rage, "Gin and Juice", one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time, laced by Dr. Dre's signature high-pitched keyboard trills and funky guitar. The best part of the song, though, is signature Snoop, as he turns in the performance of a lifetime. Another amazingly well-done track is "The Shiznit", which has a flute-looped chorus and one of Snoop's greatest performances on the album, as he spits mind-boggling rhymes, Snoop's razor-sharp remake of Slick Rick's old school hip-hop classic, "Lodi Dodi", another amazing performance from Snoop, and sultry background vocals from Nancy Fletcher, the famous "Murder Was The Case", which is a tale told by Snoop reminiscent of Arabian Nights legends. The fast-paced song "Serial Killer", which features Kurupt, Daz, The D.O.C., and RBX, for an interesting jam, the classic "Who Am I (What's My Name?)", with a beat signed by Dr. Dre, and one of Snoop's better rap solos. I found it hard to believe that no one here had mentioned the piano-laced "For All", which features partners Kurupt, Daz, and Lady Of Rage, one of the better tracks (even though Snoop lays out). The very best track is "Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)", which features Nate Dogg, Kurupt, and Warren G. It has some of the best production I've ever heard, and is the song Mariah Carey sampled for her "Heartbreaker (Remix)". Other highlights include the gently bouncing "Doggy Dogg World", which features Daz, Kurupt, and The Dramatics (a famous soul group). It is laced by an acoustic piano and a flute, the piano-laced "Gs and Hustlas", one of the better tracks, and the head bobbing "Pump Pump", which definitely bounces, and features Lil' Malik. Those were all the tracks, and they were all excellent. Even "Bathtub", the introduction to the album, had passion and meaning.

To conclude my review, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle is a hip-hop classic. I enjoyed every aspect of the album. It's pretty obvious why Snoop's other albums weren't as good as this one, and that's because he didn't work with Dr. Dre as much. Snoop's later music is still good, with the exception of The Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, but he needs to get back with Dre to repeat the greatness of this. Always and forever, Snoop Doggy Dogg's first album will be a classic.