Doggystyle

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Doggystyle
Studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Released	November 23, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	G-funk,Gangsta Rap
Length	53:17
Label	Death Row 92279
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre Daz Dillinger
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Q link Entertainment Weekly B- link The Source
Snoop Doggy Dogg chronology
	Doggystyle (1993)	Murder Was The Case soundtrack (1994)

Doggystyle is the debut album by American West Coast (g-funk) hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on November 23, 1993 (see 1993 in music). The album was a breakthrough success for Snoop, who had established a fanbase with his extensive contributions to Dr. Dre's landmark The Chronic; this fanbase made Doggystyle the first debut album in history to enter the Billboard Music Charts at #1. It has been certified 4X Platinum by the RIAA^[1]. According to SoundScan, the album has sold over 5.5 million copies as of June 2006^[2], including 803,000 in its first week. This made it the fastest-selling rap album prior to Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, and the highest debut week for any rapper in history before 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2003. It still holds the 30th place on the biggest One-Week Soundscan Sales.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Chart performance 5 Accolades 6 Music samples 7 Notes 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Overview

Doggystyle topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts (North America).

"Who Am I (What's My Name)" was Snoop's debut solo single. Featuring Tha Dogg Pound, "Who Am I " reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and number 20 in the United Kingdom. Another Doggystyle single, "Gin and Juice", was also a number eight Hot 100 hit, and was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award.

A bonus track called, "G'z up Hoes Down", was included in the first pressing of the album, but not in later versions because of sample clearance issues. "G'z up Hoes Down" sampled Isaac Hayes' 1967 song "Look Of Love", written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, a sample later used in songs such as Kim Summerson's "Choices" (Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath, 1996), LV's "Gangsta's Boogie" (I am LV, 1996), Coolio's "Show Me Love" (El Cool Magnifico, 2002), Jay-Z's "Can I Live?" (Reasonable Doubt, 1996) and Ashanti's "Rain on Me" (Chapter II, 2003) [1].

Another unreleased bonus track is "Tha Next Episode", which was also recorded but left out from the main mix of the album. It is considered the original material used for the 2000 Dr. Dre single The Next Episode. It was 4:36 seconds long.^[3]

And there's also a leftout title song, "Doggystyle" featuring George Clinton, and is much more of a singing melody, with vocals dominating the song. It is originally 5:26 seconds long.

The video for "Murder Was the Case" won the Video of the Year award at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 1995.

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Composer(s)	Sample(s)
1	"Bathtub" (skit)	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Dr. Dre	Andre Young, Calvin Broadus	"Superfly" Curtis Mayfield - "Give Me Your Love"
2	"G Funk Intro"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Lady of Rage	C. Broadus, Robin Allen	Funkadelic - "Not Just Knee Deep"
3	"Gin and Juice"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz	Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey, A. Young, Richard Finch, C. Broadus	Slave - "Watching You", George McRae - "I Get Lifted"
4	"WBallz" (skit)	Dr. Dre	The Queen Of Funk, Ricky Harris	R. Harris	Parliament - "Flashlight"
5	"Tha Shiznit"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg	A. Young, C. Broadus	Sons of Champlin
6	"House Party" (skit)	Dr. Dre	Dre, Daz and more	???	???
7	"Lodi Dodi"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Nanci Fletcher	Douglas Davis, Hachidai Nakamura, Ei Rokusuke, C. Broadus, Ricky Walters	Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh - "La Di Da Di", Kyu Sakamoto - "Sukiyaki", Rose Royce - "Ohh Boy"
8	"Murder Was the Case (DeathAfterVisualizingEternity)"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz, Nate Dogg (intro, background)	Delmar Arnaud, A. Young, C. Broadus	Mista Grimm - "Indo Smoke" (intro), James Brown - "Funky President"
9	"Serial Killa"	Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz	Snoop Dogg, The D.O.C., RBX, Tha Dogg Pound	D. Arnaud, R. Brown, Bootsy Collins, Parker, Williams, A. Young, C. Broadus	Ohio Players - "Funky Worm",
10	"Who Am I (What's My Name)?"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg	George Clinton, Gary Shider, C. Broadus, David Spradley	The Counts - "Pack of Lies", Parliament - "Give up the Funk", "P-Funk"; Funkadelic - "Knee Deep", G. Clinton - Atomic Dog, Tom Brown - "Funkin' For Jamaica"
11	"For All My Niggaz & Bitches"	Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz	Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Lady of Rage	D. Arnaud, R. Brown, C. Broadus	Funk Inc. - "Kool is Back"
12	"Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt	A. Young, N. Hale, W. Griffin, R. Brown, C. Broadus	Lyn Collins - "Think (About It)"
13	"Chronic Break" (skit)	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg	C. Broadus	-
14	"Doggy Dogg World"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, The Dramatics, Tha Dogg Pound, Ricky Harris	R. Fields, D. Arnaud, R. Brown, C. Broadus	Richard Field - "If it Ain't One Thing, It's Another"
15	"You Betta Ask Somebody"	Dr. Dre	Lil Bow Wow	C. Broadus	-
16	"Gz and Hustlas"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg	D. Arnaud, Larry Blackmon, C. Broadus	Bernard Wright - "Haboglabotribin"
17	"U Betta Recognize" (skit)	Dr. Dre	Sam Sneed and Snoop Dogg	Sam Anderson, C. Broadus	Sam Sneed - "U Betta Recognize"
18	"Pump Pump"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Malik aka "Lil' Hershey Loc"	C. Broadus, Malik Edwards	-
X	"Gz Up, Hoes Down"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Hug	A. Young, Hal David, Burt Bacharach	Isaac Hayes - "Look Of Love", Curtis Mayfield - "Eddie, You Should Know Better"
X	"The Next Episode"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre	A. Young, C. Broadus	Les McCann - "Go On and Cry"
X	"Doggystyle"	Dr. Dre	Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Michel'le	A. Young, C. Broadus, G. Clinton	Samples "Oh I" by George Clinton And The Funkadelics

[edit] Personnel

• The Dramatics - Performer
• Dr. Dre - Producer
• Snoop Dogg - Vocals
• Warren G - Performer
• The D.O.C. - Ghostwriter of raps, Performer
• Lady of Rage - Performer
• RBX - Performer
• Bernie Grundman - Mastering
• Chicu Modu - Photography
• Dat Nigga Daz - Vocals, Performer
• Nanci Fletcher - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Tha Dogg Pound - Performer, Performer
• Nate Dogg - Performer
• Chris "The Glove" Taylor - Songwriter, Producer, Mixing
• Suge Knight - Executive Producer
• Dan Winters - Photography
• Kimberly Holt - Artwork
• Kurupt - Performer
• Kimberly Brown - Project Coordinator
• Joe Cool - Cover Artwork

[edit] Chart performance

Album

Chart	Peak
Billboard 200	1 (2+1 weeks)
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
Billboard 2001 Pop Catalog Top 20 Album	7
Billboard Year-End Charts 1994 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

These are the singles that charted during 1994.

Title	Chart positions								Video Director
	US Hot 100	US R&B/Hip-Hop	US Rap	Rhythmic Top 40	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	UK Top 75 Singles	Germany Top 100
"What's my name?"	8	8	1	12	43	-	20	20	Fab 5 Freddy
"Gin and Juice"	8	13	1	5	38	1	39	-	Dr. Dre
"Doggy Dogg World"	-	-	-	19	-	-	32	-	Dr. Dre and Ricky Harris
"Murder was the case" (video) (O.S.T.)	-	-	-	36	-	-	-	-	Dr. Dre
"Lodi dodi"	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Rate Your Music	USA	All-Time Top 500 Albums	2003	#167
Stylus Magazine	USA	Top 200 Albums of All time	2004	#115
About.com	USA	Essential Hip-Hop Albums	2006	#10
The Source	USA	100 Best Rap Albums		*
BBC Radio 1	UK	Radio 1 listeners Top 50 albums 1993-2003		#12
BBC Radio 1	UK	Radio 1 the crtics Top 100 albums of all time		#30

( * ) designates lists which are unordered.
All URLs accessed on June 20, 2006 UTC

[edit] Music samples

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp
2. ^ http://www.employees.org/~alokem/text/snoop.html
3. ^ album analysis DubCNN
   Download sample from Westcoast2K
   Cover scans from Discogs

[edit] See also

• Number-one albums of 1993 (U.S.)

[edit] External links

• Music Video Database
• Chart Data

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