| Doggystyle | |
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 Studio album by Snoop Doggy Dogg | |
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Released |
23 November 1993 |
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Recorded |
February-September 1993 |
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Genre |
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Length |
53:24 |
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Label |
Death Row, Interscope |
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Producer |
Dr. Dre, Suge Knight (exec.) |
| Snoop Dogg chronology | |
|---|---|
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Next |
Tha Doggfather (1996) |
Doggystyle is the debut studio album by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, released in 1993 on Death Row Records. The album was recorded shortly after the release of Dr. Dre's landmark 1992 debut album The Chronic, to which Snoop Dogg contributed significantly. The style that Snoop Dogg had utilised on Dr. Dre's album was continued on Doggystyle, and he was praised for his lyrical realism and distinctive vocal flow.
Despite some initial mixed criticism of the album upon its release, Doggystyle has earned recognition from many music critics as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the most important hip hop albums ever released. Much like The Chronic, the distinctive sounds of Doggystyle helped introduce the hip hop subgenre G-funk to a mainstream audience, bring forward West Coast hip hop as a dominant force in the early 1990s.
Doggystyle debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 802,858 copies in its first week alone not counting pre-orders that were well over 1,000,000 copies which was the record for a debuting artist and the fasting-selling album ever until Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000 meaning of he album sold 1,800,000 copies in it's first week. Doggystyle is included in The Source's 100 Best Albums list, and serves as Snoop Dogg's highest-selling album. On April 21, 2023 Doggy Style has been certified 9x platinum by the RIAA.
Legacy[]
Rolling Stone listed Doggystyle at #340 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2020.[1]
Track listing[]
All songs produced by Dr. Dre.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bathtub" | - | 1:50 |
| 2. | "G Funk Intro" | Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, The Lady of Rage | 2:24 |
| 3. | "Gin and Juice" | Snoop Dogg | 3:31 |
| 4. | "W Balls" | - | 0:36 |
| 5. | "Tha Shiznit" | Snoop Dogg | 4:03 |
| 6. | "House Party" | - | 0:37 |
| 7. | "Lodi Dodi" | Snoop Dogg | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Murder Was the Case" | Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Serial Killa" | Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, RBX, The D.O.C. | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" | Snoop Dogg | 4:06 |
| 11. | "For All My Niggaz & Bitches" | Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, The Lady of Rage | 4:42 |
| 12. | "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" | Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G | 4:07 |
| 13. | "Chronic Break" | - | 0:33 |
| 14. | "Doggy Dogg World" | Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger | 5:05 |
| 15. | "Betta Ask Somebody" | - | 0:43 |
| 16. | "Gz and Hustlas" | Snoop Dogg | 3:51 |
| 17. | "U Betta Recognize" | - | 0:56 |
| 18. | "Gz Up, Hoes Down" | Snoop Dogg | 2:21 |
| 19. | "Pump Pump" | Snoop Dogg, Lil Malik | 3:42 |
Notes
- Track 3 features additional vocals performed by Daz Dillinger.
- Track 7 features additional vocals performed by Nancy Fletcher.
- Track 16 features background vocals performed by Nancy Fletcher.
Certifications[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada) | Platinum | 100,000 |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | 100,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Platinum | 300,000 |
| United States (RIAA) | 7x Platinum | 7,000,000 |
| Worldwide | --- | 11,000,000 |
Release history[]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | November 10, 1993
November 23, 1993 |
cassette
CD, LP |
Atlantic
Death Row, Interscope |
References[]
- ↑ Rolling Stone (September 22, 2020). "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".