Dre and old West Coast cohort DJ Quik), which makes it feel like a more dynamic record. First, there are a handful of outside producers that contribute (including a returning Dr. It didn't always work, but No Limit Top Dogg has two things going for him. Lead star and central impresario Master P graduated from selling burned CDs out of his trunk to moving nearly a half million first week copies of the double album MP Da Last Don. At the time, Snoop's fluid, refined style seemed like it would not blend well with the minimalist trunk-thumping undercarriage provided by P's Beats by the Pound crew. They're all of reasonable-enough quality, though the best one is the middle entry, 1999's No Limit Top Dogg.Īt the time, No Limit was a huge commercial and critical force in rap music. During that in-between time, he was given a post-Death Row boost by Master P's No Limit Records, for whom he released a trio of albums at the turn of the century. What's most impressive is that after the crossover success of Doggystyle (both 'What's My Name?' and 'Gin and Juice' were Hot 100 top 10s), Snoop essentially vanished from the pop mainstream for the better part of a decade (he re-emerged with the Pharrell-assisted one-two punch of 'Beautiful' and 'Drop It Like It's Hot').

(The fact that they were both at the peak of their powers in 1993 remains one of the more powerful minor miracles in music history.) Then he got embroiled in a legal battle, had a complicated extraction from Death Row Records, and eventually settled into a multi-faceted role of hip-hop ambassador that simultaneously involves a Woody Allen-esque schedule of releasing music and co-hosting a cooking show with Martha Stewart. Doggystyle is one of the most incredible debuts of all time, featuring a fully-formed MC rapping over some of Dr. Snoop Dogg's discography is completely insane.

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