Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told

 
Album Review: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Home > Library > Entertainment & Arts > Pop Albums

Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told

Buy Now

Similar Albums:

2001, MTV the First 1000 Years: Hip Hop, Wash, Funkafied, Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back, I Want It All [CD5/Cassette Single], Friday, Ghetto D, Tha Eastsidaz, Back 'N The Day, Tha Doggfather, Doggystyle, Duces n' Trays: The Old Fashioned Way, My Own, Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits, Chronic, Show Ya Grill, Murder Was the Case, Miracle, Based on a True Story
  • Artist: Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • Rating: StarStar
  • Release Date: August 04, 1998
  • Total Time: 79:28
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rap

Review

As the Death Row ship was sinking, Snoop Dogg bailed, heading over to the new bastion of street cred, No Limit Records. Master P is a master marketer, and he knows how to reshape everyone on his roster into good No Limit soldiers. And that's precisely what Snoop Dogg is on Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, his third album proper and first for No Limit. There are a few concessions to G-funk scattered throughout the record, primarily in the form of squealing synthesizers, but by and large, Beats by the Pound and P give Snoop a set of standard No Limit backing tracks and have him do the No Limit dance. But there's one crucial difference: unlike most of Master P's grunts, Snoop has style, miles and miles of style. His loose, languid delivery is positively enthralling. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Snoop World Snoop Dogg, Master P Master P, Snoop Dogg (5:20)
Slow Down Mia X, Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg, Mia X (4:10)
Woof! (Lyrics) Mystikal, Snoop Dogg, Fiend Mystikal, Snoop Dogg, Fiend (4:22)
Gin & Juice II (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (3:36)
Show Me Love (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Charlie Wilson, Snoop Dogg (3:53)
Hustle & Ball Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (3:26)
Don't Let Go Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (3:47)
Tru Tank Dogs Mystikal, Snoop Dogg Mystikal, Snoop Dogg (3:55)
Whatcha Gon Do? (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg, Master P Snoop Dogg, Master P (2:37)
Still a G Thang (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (4:20)
20 Dollars to My Name Soulja Slim, Fiend, Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker Snoop Dogg, Soulja Slim, Fiend, Silkk the Shocker (4:09)
D.O.G.'s Get Lonely 2 Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker, Master P Silkk the Shocker, Snoop Dogg, Master P (3:15)
Ain't Nut'in Personal (Lyrics) Silkk the Shocker, Snoop Dogg, C-Murder Silkk the Shocker, Snoop Dogg, C-Murder (3:37)
DP Gangsta (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg, C-Murder C-Murder, Snoop Dogg (4:53)
Game of Life (Lyrics) Steady Mobb'n, Snoop Dogg Steady Mobb'n, Snoop Dogg (3:52)
See Ya When I Get There (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Mystikal C-Murder, Mystikal, Snoop Dogg (3:20)
Pay for P Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (1:43)
Picture This (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (2:31)
Doggz Gonna Get Ya (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg, M.A.C. (4:59)
Hoes, Money & Clout (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg (3:21)
Get Bout It & Rowdy Snoop Dogg, Master P Master P, Snoop Dogg (4:22)

Credits

C-Murder (?), Steady Mobb'n (Performer), Anita Thomas (Vocals), KRS-One (Vocals), Snoop Dogg (Producer), Fiend (Performer), Crooked Eye Q (Vocals), Mystikal (Performer), Charlie Wilson (Vocals), Whodini (Vocals), Eddie Griffin (Vocals), Mystikal (?), C-Murder (Performer), Soulja Slim (Performer), Carlos Stephens (Producer), Silkk the Shocker (Performer), MP (Producer), Daz (Scratching), DJ Pooh (Producer), O'Dell (Producer), DJ Daryl (Producer), Loose Ends (Vocals), O'Dell (Vocals), Mia X (?), Mia X (Vocals), Craig B. (Producer), Meech Wells (Producer), Charlie Wilson (Performer), Big Pokey (Vocals), Mia X (Performer), Master P (Executive Producer), Master P (Performer), KLC (Producer), Silkk the Shocker (Vocals), Silkk the Shocker (?)
Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Wikipedia: Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released August 4, 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Length 76:03
Label No Limit/Priority
Producer Beats By the Pound, DJ Pooh, DJ Darryl, Meech Wells, Soopafly
Professional reviews
Snoop Dogg chronology
Tha Doggfather
(1996)		 Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
(1998)		 No Limit Top Dogg
(1999)

Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told is the third album by Snoop Dogg, his first for No Limit Records. It is Snoop's first not to be produced by Death Row Records, as well as his first released after his nickname change from Snoop Doggy Dogg.

Da Game debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 Album charts selling over 519,000 copies, and stayed on top for the second week also by selling additional 246,000 units according to Soundscan thus was quickly certified double platinum later that year.[1] The album featured mostly No Limit artists and was a departure from Snoop Dogg's first two albums which were strictly West Coast.

Contents

Reception

Like Snoop Dogg's previous studio album, Tha Doggfather, Da Game received generally moderate reviews. Q gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Dogg's vocals can actually verge on the sublime....in glorious slow motion, and the undercurrent vibe is distinctly soulful."[2]

The Source gave it 3.5 Mics out of 5, saying "[f]ew MCs from the West have ever gotten as much acceptance and acclaim from outside regions… No Limit's latest soldier isn't trying to rock the boat with his third album… the vibrant vocalist is very happy to be with rap's top squad." [3]

Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone gave the album 2 out of 5 stars, saying that Snoop's work lacked the confidence and originality displayed on his earlier albums.[4]

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Feature guest (s) Composer(s) Notes Length
1 "Snoop World" KLC Master P Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Craig S. Lawson - 5:20
2 "Slow Down"1 O'Dell Mia X, O'Dell, Anita Thomas Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Mia Young, O'Dell Vickers, Anita Thomas, J. Eugene, C. McIntosh, S. Nichol Contains interpolation of "Slow Down" by Loose Ends. 4:10
3 "Woof!" Craig B & Master P Fiend, Mystikal Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Richard Anthony Jones Jr., Michael Ernest Tyler, Craig Bazile, Percy Robert Miller Sr., George Clinton Jr. Contains interpolation of "Atomic Dog" by G. Clinton[5] 4:22
4 "Gin & Juice II" Carlos Stephens Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Carlos Stephens Tends to be a sequel to Gin and Juice 3:36
5 "Show Me Love" DJ Pooh Charlie Wilson Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Charles Kent Wilson, Mark Jordan 3:53
6 "Hustle & Ball" O'Dell Cordazar Calvin Broadus, O'Dell Vickers 3:26
7 "Don't Let Go" DJ Darryl Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Darryl Anderson 3:47
8 "Tru Tank Doggs" KLC Mystikal Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Michael Ernest Tyler, Craig S. Lawson 3:55
9 "Whatcha Gon Do?" Master P Master P Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr. 2:37
10 "Still a G Thang" Meech Wells Cordazar Calvin broadus, Meech Wells 4:20
11 "20 Dollars to My Name" Master P Fiend, Master P Silkk the Shocker, and Soulja Slim Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Richard Anthony Jones, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Vyshonn King Miller, James A'Darryl Tapp 4:09
12 "D.O.G.'s Get Lonely 2" Meech Wells & Snoop Dogg Jon B Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Jonathan David Buck, Meech Wells Samples Jon B.'s "They Don't Know" and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too" by The Time 3:15
13 "Ain't Nut'in Personal" Craig B C-Murder, Crooked Eye, Silkk The Shocker, Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Alfonso Sausa, Vyshonn King Miller, Craig Bazile 3:37
14 "Dogg Pound Gangsta" Craig B C-Murder, Eddie Griffin Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Eddie Griffin, Craig Bazile, Steven Ralph Arrington, Leroy Bonner, Charles C. Carter, Buddy Hank, O'Shea B. Jackson, Ralph Middlebrooks, Walter Morrison, Bruce Napier, Andrew Noland, Roger Parker, Lorenzo Jerald Patterson, Mervin Pierce, Greg Webster, Eric Lynn Wright, Andre Romell Young Reworks N.W.A.'s "Gangsta, Gangsta". Also appears on NWA's 10th anniversary edition as "Gangsta, Gangsta". 4:53
15 "Game Of Life" Carlos Stephens Steady Mobb'n Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Alfonso Sausa, Carlos Stephens Contains sample of Whodini's "Five Minutes Of Funk"
also title track for the movie Game of Life.		 3:52
16 "See Ya When I Get There" Meech Wells C-Murder & Mystikal Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Corey Miller, Michael Ernest Tyler, Meech Wells 3:20
17 "Pay For Pussy" Snoop Dogg Big Pimpin' Delemond Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Dwight Delemond Williams 1:43
18 "Picture This" Craig B Mia X Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Mia Young, Craig Bazile 2:31
19 "Doggz Gonna Get Ya" KLC Mac Cordazar Calvin Broadus, McKinley Phipps, Craig S. Lawson, A. Colandreo, Lawrence Krisna Parker Interpolates KRS-One's "Love's Gonna Get Ya" 4:59
20 "Hoes, Money & Clout" Soopafly Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Priest Brooks Scratches by Daz Dillinger. Unofficial video is compiled in the Game of Life movie directed by Michael Martin. 3:21
21 "Get Bout It & Rowdy" KLC Master P Cordazar Calvin Broadus, Percy Robert Miller Sr., Craig S. Lawson 4:22

Chart performance

Singles

Title Chart positions Video Director
US Hot 100 USA Singles Top 40 US R&B/Hip-Hop US Rap Radio & Records Airplay - Urban Radio & Records Airplay - Rhythmic
"Slow Down" (I Can't Take The Heat)[1] 41 - 32 4 - - Gerald K. Barclay
"Still a G Thang" 19 35 16 3 15 29 Michael Martin
"Woof!"[2] 62 36 31 3 - - No Limit Films
(Master P?)
  • ^ =It was also released as a Mia X single "I Can't Take The Heat" on the B-side of her 12" EP Whatcha Wanna Do. Chart positions represent the EP's entries.
  • ^ ="Woof" was also a part of the Who U Wit compilation by No Limit All Stars in 1999.

Album

Album Charts
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Billboard Year-end
album chart 1998		 UK Top 75 Album Australia Top 100 Canada Top 100 RIAA Certification
Position 1 1 42 28 14 4 2X Platinum
Date 22.08.1998 1998 1998 15.08.1998 22.08.1998 15.08.1998 22.10.1998

See also

References

  1. ^ Eric Boehlert (August 20, 1998). "Snoop, Armageddon Dominate Again" (html). Music News (Rollingstone.com, © RealNetworks, Inc. ©Copyright 2008 Rolling Stone). http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5921669/snoop_armageddon_dominate_again. Retrieved 2008-04-24. "Beasties Hold Tight, Liz Phair Debuts" 
  2. ^ Review of Da Game is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. Q December 1999: p. 130.
  3. ^ Review of Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. The Source September 1998: p. 239
  4. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony. Review of Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told, by Snoop Dogg. Rolling Stone October 14, 1998.
  5. ^ http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/bridgeport1j.pdf
Preceded by
Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys		 Billboard 200 number-one album
August 22 - September 4, 1998		 Succeeded by
Follow the Leader by KoЯn
v • d • e
Snoop Dogg
Albums
Singles

"Who Am I (What's My Name)?" · "Gin and Juice" · "Doggy Dogg World" · "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" · "Vapors" · "Doggfather" · "We Just Wanna Party with You" · "Still a G Thang" · "Woof" · "G Bedtime Stories" · "Snoopafella" · "Still a G Thang" "Bitch Please" · "Down 4 My Niggaz" · "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name II)" · "Wrong dea" · "Lay Low" · "Losin' Control" · "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace" · "Beautiful" · "Drop It Like It's Hot" · "Let's Get Blown" · "Signs" · "Ups & Downs" · "Real Soon" · "Vato" · "That's That" · "I Wanna Fuck You" · "Candy (Drippin' Like Water)" · "Boss' Life" · "Sexual Eruption" · "Neva Have 2 Worry " · "Life of da Party" · "My Medicine" · "Those Gurlz" · "Gangsta Luv" · "That's Tha Homie" · "I Wanna Rock" · "Upside Down"
Featured Singles

"Deep Cover" · "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" · "Fuck wit Dre Day" · "Let Me Ride"  · "Lil Ghetto Boy" · "Afro Puffs" · "What Would You Do" · "New York, New York" · "All bout U" · "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" · "Never Leave Me Alone"  · "Cali Chronic" · "Fuck You" · "Still D.R.E." · "Bow Wow (That's My Name)" · "Crybaby"  · "The Next Episode" · "Game Don't Wait"  · "The Streets" · "Bitch Please II" · "Welcome to Atlanta (Coast to Coast Remix)"  · "Bigger Business"  · "P.I.M.P. (Remix)" · "Wanna Thank Ya" · "Don't Stop" · "Blackout" · "The Wash" · "Real Soon" · "Gangsta Zone" · "The Next Episode" · "Say Somethin'" · "Keep Bouncin'" · "Buttons" · "Cali Iz Active" · "Vibe" · "Real Man" · "Go to Church" · "Gangsta Walk" · "Hollywood Divorce" · "My 64" · "9mm/Speaker" · "What a Job" · "Ghetto" · "Swagger" · "Groove On" · "Bottle Pop" · "Day Dreaming" · "Dime Piece"  · "Hot Girl" · "I Do"
Related articles

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Album Review. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told".  Read more