Advantages: Strong throughout Disadvantages: Underrated
"DoggFood" came as the debut album, from ThaDoggPound in 1995. The DoggPound Gangstas (DPG) are a West Coast rap duo, consisting of members Kurupt, and Snoop Dogg's cousin, Daz. The pair had been hyped by performing alongside Snoop, Dr. Dre and other West Coast Gansta Rap acts, and had lent their production to tracks by some of these artists too. This album would be considered one of the main albums invovlved within the East Coast-West Coast beef of the mid-nineties as the duo directly call out New York rappers with their rhymes.
1. "Intro"
2. "DoggPound Gangstaz"
After the intro, DPG give another track to show who they are and what they are all about. In comparison to the rest of the tracks, I thought that it wasn't really as strong as them. I think that this is down to the beats in it as Daz goes for beats which sound ...
Advantages: Consistent quality Disadvantages: No big single
"No Limit Top Dogg" is the fourth album by the West Coast rapper, Snoop Dogg. This one is his second to be released whilst signed to Master P's record label, No Limit. This is where the idea for the album's title comes from as he heads this group, which also had Mystikal, C-Murder and Sillk the Shocker signed up too. These all make appearances through this release at some point, just as on "Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told".
1. "Dolomite" (Intro)
2. "Buck 'Em" (feat. Sticky Fingaz)
On this one, Tha Top Dogg collaborates with Onyx's Sticky Fingaz, they perform on a bassy, laid-back tune which gets you swaying, and once the lyrics come into effect, this just continues the the way the music has influence on how you are forced to physically react. It is a strong way to get things started on this, his fourth solo album ...
Advantages: Previously-unreleased material Disadvantages: Lacks the energy of most of his albums
"Dead Man Walkin'" was the 2000 release from the Long Beach California-rasied rapper, Snoop Dogg. Due to the fact that Snoop had been signed to No Limit at the time of publication was significant, as this is a compilation of unreleased tracks from Snop whilst on the Dead Row record label, without the artists permission. All the tracks were recorded between 1993 and 1998, so it is highly varied in style and quality.
1. "May I"
This is a massively strong way to get things goign as you have a piece of quality material from Snoop getting things going, showing that he had a lot more potentinal in him than what was released in "Doggystyle", and "Tha Doggfather", not that they weren't great records from him.
**Four Stars**
2. "C-Walkin'"
Snoop gets his Crip Walk on with this one, showing that even Gs need to boogie, even if its ...
Product Information for "Dogg Food [Remastered] - Tha Dogg Pound" »
Product details
Title
Dogg Food [Remastered]
Performer
Tha Dogg Pound
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Rap
Release Date
26/03/2007
Original Release Year
1995
Label / Distributor
Death Row / Pickwick
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5050457660123
Catalogue Number
PDR 1002
Additional notes
Album Notes
Tha Dogg Pound: Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt (vocals). Additional personnel: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg, Michel'le, Rage, Mr. Malik, Big Pimpin Delemond, Val Young, Kevin "Slo Jammin" James, Ricky Harris, Mz. So 'Sentral, Tray Deee, Stacey Smallie, Rochelle Wright, Prince Ital Joe, Nancy Fletcher (vocals); Ricardo Rouse (guitar); Priest "Superfly" Brooks (keyboards); Carl "Butch" Small (percussion); Overdose (drum programming); Kevin "K.V." Varnado (background vocals). Producers: Dat Nigga Daz, DJ Pooh, Kurupt. Engineers include: Keston Wright, Rick Clifford, Tommy Daugherty. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Of all the hip-hop albums to make one's debut on, Tha Dogg Pound were lucky enough to make a name for themselves on Snoop Doggy Dogg's multi-platinum DOGGYSTYLE. Their raw, uncut lyrics and pimp-gangsta attitude created a high demand for the group, and backed by Death Row Records, it was only a matter of time before Kurupt and Dat Nigga Daz came forward with their own CHRONIC-type bomb. Thus, DOGG FOOD. The album's obvious distinction from the rest of the Death Row family of releases is that the Dr. is not in the studio. Still, DOGG FOOD is full of top-notch West Coast funk, with Daz behind the board establishing himself as the next Dre. And contributing the hardest of hardcore lyrics on "Do What I Feel," the two rappers show that they don't need to let the beats carry them; they even invite the Lady Of Rage to rip the mic right along with them. "Cyco-Lic-No" is among the strongest of the fast-paced tunes, and the inventive rhymes courtesy of Mr. Malik make you wish he was a permanent member of the group. With songs like "Smooth" and "A Doggz Day Afternoon" that exercise their laid-back groove and are enhanced by an appearance from Snoop himself, Tha Dogg Pound further secure their first class status in the overcrowded G-funk ranks.
Album Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (11/17/95, p.79) - "...a dictionary entry for `Long Beach rap.'....anchored by familiar, rib-shuddering Jeep beats and eerily dazed synths, buckshot rapping spices up the album's predominantly loping gait, and soulful R&B swing, touches of dancehall, and old-school vocals look beyond So-Cal..." - Rating: A Q (2/96, p.65) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995. Q (1/96, p.124) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...mongrels with a pedigree sound. Mongrels because they are gloriously hybrid, pedigree because the different strains combine so well..." Musician (2/96, p.94) - "...phat, bass-driven rhythm tracks that evoke classic P-Funk without actively imitating it..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Intro
2.
Dogg Pound Gangstaz
3.
Respect
4.
New York New York
5.
Smooth
6.
Cyco Lic No
7.
Ridin' Slippin' And Slidin'
8.
Big Pimpin' 2
9.
Let's Play House
10.
I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid
11.
Do What I Feel
12.
If We All Fuc
13.
Some Bomb Azz Pussy
14.
Doggz Day Afternoon
15.
Reality
16.
One By One
17.
Sooo Much Style
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