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Album Review: No Limit Top Dogg

  • Artist: Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: May 11, 1999
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rap

Review

As time keeps on slipping into the future, it becomes apparent that Master P's greatest gift is marketing, particularly when his advertising masquerades as liner notes. Witness P's work for Snoop Dogg, once considered the brightest rapper of the '90s but now merely a general in the No Limit army. The Master began plugging Top Dogg, Snoop's second No Limit release, in the liners for his label debut, even mentioning a release date only months away. Clearly, Snoop had indeed been placed on the No Limit production line, and there was every indication that from now on, Snoop would churn out moderately enjoyable, Dirty South-lite records crammed with cameos and appropriated hooks. Turns out he had a trick up his sleeve, because Top Dogg is about as individualized an album as possible under the No Limit precepts. Since the outset of his career, Snoop has shown a fondness for early-'80s synth funk, and for the first time, he lets that form the basis of an album. And while there may be a bit too much recycling for some tastes, the end result isn't just the freshest-sounding Snoop album since his debut, it's easily the freshest-sounding No Limit album. Unfortunately, it's still a No Limit album, which means it runs way too long and is filled with superfluous, even irritating cameos, and also that Snoop is content to haul out low-rent gangsta clichés. Since he's a gifted rapper, he makes the dope 'n' crimes, sex 'n' violence rhymes go down easily (compare his delivery to some of his guests if you have any doubts), but his lyrics just aren't as clever as they were five years earlier. But records don't have to be deep; they can be appreciated as a pure sonic experience, and taken on that level, Top Dogg satisfies. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Dolomite (Intro) Snoop Dogg (:27)
Buck 'Em (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg, Sticky Fingaz (2:44)
Trust Me Sylk-E. Fyne, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg, Suga Free, Sylk-E. Fyne (4:08)
My Heat Goes Boom (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (3:40)
Dolomite (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg (:52)
Snoopafella (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (5:22)
In Love with a Thug (Lyrics) Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Johnathon J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan, Paul Morley, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (3:43)
G Bedtime Stories (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (2:14)
Down 4 My N's (Lyrics) C-Murder, Calvin Broadus, Magic Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Magic (3:46)
Betta Days (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (3:55)
Somethin Bout Yo Bidness Raphael Saadiq, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq (4:11)
Bitch Please (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg, Nathaniel Hale Snoop Dogg, Xzibit (3:54)
Doin' Too Much (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (4:06)
Gangsta Ride (Lyrics) Silkk the Shocker, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg, Silkk the Shocker (3:44)
Ghetto Symphony (Lyrics) Snoop Dogg, Mystikal, Mia X, Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker Snoop Dogg, Mystikal, Mia X, Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker, Goldie Loc (5:39)
Party With a D.P.G. (Lyrics) Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Calvin Broadus, Lorenzo Dunn Snoop Dogg (4:54)
Buss 'N Rocks Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Jim Vitti, J.S. Theracon, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (4:23)
Just Dippin' Kurupt, Bad Azz, Calvin Broadus, Hitman Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Jewell (4:02)
Don't Tell (Lyrics) Nate Dogg, Calvin Broadus, Johnny Burns, Warren Griffin, III Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg (4:47)
20 Minutes (Lyrics) Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg, Goldie Loc (3:59)
I Love My Momma (Lyrics) Lenny Williams, Calvin Broadus Snoop Dogg (3:06)

Credits

C-Murder (Performer), Mystikal (Performer), Goldie Loc (Performer), Xzibit (Performer), Warren G (Performer), Sticky Fingaz (Performer), Sylk-E. Fyne (Performer), Fiend (Performer), Mia X (Performer), Nate Dogg (Performer), Raphael Saadiq (Performer), Dwayne Cornelius (Engineer), Stevie Blacke (Strings), Silkk the Shocker (Performer), Dr. Dre (Performer), Suga Free (Performer)
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No Limit Top Dogg
Studio album by Snoop Dogg
Released May 11, 1999
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Length 78:14
Label Doggystyle/No Limit/Priority
Producer Master P (executive), Dr. Dre
Professional reviews
Snoop Dogg chronology
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
(1998)
No Limit Top Dogg
(1999)
Tha Last Meal
(2000)
Singles from No Limit Top Dogg
  1. "G Bedtime Stories"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Bitch Please"
    Released: 1999
  3. "Down 4 My Niggaz"
    Released: 1999

No Limit Top Dogg is Snoop Dogg's fourth solo album and his second on No Limit Records, and his first on his own label Doggystyle Records. It was released May 11, 1999 and features the hit single "Bitch Please" featuring Xzibit and Nate Dogg, produced by Dr. Dre.

The album's 187,400 debut week sales made it jump to #2 on the Billboard album chart.[1] Though it was Snoop Dogg's first album to not debut at #1, it sold 1,503,865 copies in 1999.

Contents

Reception

  • The Source (2/00, p.95) - Included in The Source's "Top 10 Albums of the Year [1999]."
  • Rolling Stone (6/10/99, p.120) - 3 out of 5 - Good - "Snoop's finest work since his debut album...full of seductive party jams that will keep heads bobbing through the summer. Snoop has returned to West Coast G-funk with the help of some old friends...like Dr. Dre and DJ Quik."
  • NME (5/29/99, p.37) - 8 out of 10 - "...the silken, sumptuous flow of yore is back, threading deluxe soul and full-bodied grooves....the cool drawl of Snoop...captivates, unveiling tales of love, thuggery, surviving and succeeding in the wild west....a certifiable return to form."

Track listing

All songs marked with * produced by Meech Wells

  1. Dolomite (Intro) (Rudy Ray Moore)
  2. Buck 'Em (feat. Sticky Fingaz) (Produced by Dr. Dre)
  3. Trust Me (feat. Suga Free, Sylk-E. Fyne) (Produced by Bud'da)
  4. My Heat Goes Boom *
  5. Dolomite (Interlude) (Rudy Ray Moore)
  6. Snoopafella (Produced by Ant Banks)
  7. In Love With A Thug *
  8. G Bedtime Stories *
  9. Down 4 My Niggaz (feat. C-Murder, Magic) (Produced by KLC)
  10. Betta Days (Produced by Meech Wells and Def Jeff)
  11. Somethin' Bout Yo Bidness (featuring and produced by Raphael Saadiq)
  12. Bitch Please (feat. Xzibit, Nate Dogg) (Produced by Dr. Dre)
  13. Doin' Too Much (Produced by DJ Quik)
  14. Gangsta Ride (feat. Silkk the Shocker) *
  15. Ghetto Symphony (feat. Mia X, Fiend, C-Murder, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal, Goldie Loc) (Produced by KLC)
  16. Party With a D.P.G. (Produced by Jelly Roll)
  17. Buss'n Rocks (Produced by DJ Quik)
    • Samples "Theme From The Black Hole" by Parliament (Credited)
    • Samples "Agony Of Defeet" by Parliament (Uncredited)
  18. Just Dippin' (feat. Dr. Dre, Jewell) (Produced by Dr. Dre)
  19. Don't Tell (feat. Warren G, Mausberg, Nate Dogg) (Produced by DJ Quik)
  20. 20 Minutes (featuring and produced by Goldie Loc)
  21. I Love My Momma *

Chart performance

Singles

Title Chart positions Video Director
US Hot 100 US R&B / Hip-Hop Tokio Hot 100 Radio & Records Airplay - Urban Radio & Records Airplay - Rhythmic Jam FM Charts, Germany
"G Bedtime Stories" - - - - - - Gee Bee
"Bitch Please" 77 26 42 17 23 - Dr. Dre & Phillip G. Atwell
"Buck 'Em" - - - - - - J. Jesses Smith
"Down 4 My N'z" - 29 - - - - J.J. Smith
"Don't Tell"
(from Doggystyle DVD)
- - - - - 5 Michael Martin
"Just Dippin'" - - - - - - Phillip G. Atwell
"Snoopafella" (as The Baller Doggy Dogg) - - - - - - -

Album


Album Charts
Billboard Hot 200 Billboard R&B 100 Billboard Year end 1999[2] UK Top 75 France Top 150 Australia Top 100 Canada Top 100 RIAA Certification
Position 2 1 81 48 53 48 10 Platinum
Date 29.05.1999 29.05.1999 1999 05.06.1999 20.01.2001 29.05.1999 29.05.1999 13.10.1999

References

  1. ^ News on Yahoo! Music
  2. ^ AllCharts.ru: Музыка: США: Итоговый хит-парад альбомов за 1999 год

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