Dogg Food

Dogg Food
Studio album by Tha Dogg Pound
Released	October 31, 1995 (1995-10-31)
Recorded	1994-1995
Genre	West Coast hip hop, Gangsta Rap, G-Funk
Length	71:25
Label	Death Row/Interscope
Producer	Dat Nigga Daz DJ Pooh Soopafly Dr. Dre (exec.) Emanuel "Porkchop" Dean Dave Swang Overdose Suge Knight (exec.)
Tha Dogg Pound chronology
Dogg Food (1995) Dillinger & Young Gotti (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A)[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Q	[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]

Dogg Food is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Tha Dogg Pound. Its controversial lyrics were the subject of shareholder protest (the album was supposed to be released in July 1995, as a result of the controversy from Time Warner, the release was delayed for three months). The album spawned two singles -- "Let's Play House" and "New York, New York," featuring Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg, respectively. It landed on the top of the Billboard 200 chart producing a first-week sales of 277,500 albums. Though it eventually sold over 2 million records (2x platinum), Dogg Food did not equal the success of preceding Death Row Records releases (The Chronic and Doggystyle). It is one of the last high-selling and critically acclaimed releases from the label, preceding only Tha Doggfather and 2Pac's albums as an anticipated album, and is the last album to be "officially" produced under the G-Funk (sub-genre) era of hip-hop which was pioneered by Above the Law. Though Dr. Dre was Death Row's premier producer, the album was mostly produced by Dat Nigga Daz, Dr. Dre mixed the album; Dogg Food led the way for Daz to become the top in-house producer for Death Row until his departure in the late '90s.

In the months leading up to the albums release, Kurupt appeared on BETRapCity and announced that "Reality" (a song that features Tray Dee) would be the lead single for the album. However, this song was never released as a single for the album.

The video for the second single "New York, New York" sparked some controversy when Snoop appeared in the video kicking down buildings throughout New York. This led to lesser known and less pronounced response record by Capone and Noreaga called "L.A., L.A.". The trailer of the Dogg Pound was also shot at during the process of making the "New York, New York" video. The song is one of three tracks on the album not produced by Daz, as DJ Pooh provided the beat.

The songs opening track contains a line of disrespect towards rival rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, as Kurupt raps "Ain't Got No Love For No Hoes In Harmony". Picking up from where the beef had previous left off between Dogg Pound mentor Dr. Dre, and Bone mentor Eazy E. This is consistent with most the Death Row releases up to this point, as the Chronic contains the Eazy E disses on tracks 1 and 2, Snoop's Doggystyle contains the Eazy E disses in a conversation (skit) with Daz, and the Murder Was The Case album contains a Ruthless slight in the track "What Would You Do?"

The track "I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid" is a remake of an original track recorded by 213 (Snoop, Nate, Warren G) before they were famous, and Nate Dogg appears in the chorus of the track. 213 had two underground songs "I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid" and "Long Beach is A Mutherfucka" that are still to this day rare and unreleased.

Track listing

#	Title	Guests	Producers
1	Intro	Ricky Harris	Dat Nigga Daz
2	Dogg Pound Gangstaz	Snoop Dogg (ad-libs)	Dat Nigga Daz
3	Respect	Nanci Fletcher, Dr. Dre, Big Pimpin', Prince Ital Joe	Dat Nigga Daz
4	New York, New York	Snoop Dogg	DJ Pooh
5	Smooth	Snoop Dogg, Val Young, Kevin "Slo Jammin" James, Ricky Harris	DJ Pooh
6	Cyco-Lic-No (Bitch Azz Niggaz)	Mr. Malik, Snoop Dogg	Dat Nigga Daz
7	Ridin', Slipin', and Slidin'	South Sentral, Kevin Vernado	Dat Nigga Daz, Dave Swang
8	Big Pimpin' 2	Big Pimpin' Delemond	Dat Nigga Daz
9	Let's Play House	Dr. Dre, Michel'le, Nate Dogg	Dat Nigga Daz
10	I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid	Nate Dogg	Dat Nigga Daz
11	Do What I Feel	The Lady of Rage	Dat Nigga Daz
12	If We All Fucc	Snoop Dogg	Dat Nigga Daz
13	Some Bomb Azz Pussy	Snoop Dogg, Big C Style, Joe Cool	Dat Nigga Daz
14	A Dogg'z Day Afternoon	Nate Dogg	Dat Nigga Daz
15	Reality	Tray Deee	Dat Nigga Daz
16	One By One
17	Sooo Much Style	Soopafly

Cut Tracks

• "Can't C Us" Feat. George Clinton - produced by Dr. Dre, later re-recorded by 2Pac and renamed "Can't C Me", released on All Eyez On Me^[6]
• "Got My Mind Made Up" Feat. Method Man, Redman, The Lady of Rage & Inspectah Deck, also later re-recorded by 2Pac, minus Rage & Inspectah Deck^[7]
• "Let's Play House" (Original Version) Feat. Warren G, Michel'le & Nate Dogg
• "Money, Cars, Bitches" [Unreleased]
• "Don't Stop" Feat. 2Pac, later included in the compilation album 2002; however, the original version is named "Don't Stop. Keep Goin'" and features Nas, which was also later included in the DPG: Dillinger and Young Gotti
• "NY '87" Feat. DJ Quik, Threat and 2Pac
• "Dogg Pound 4 Life" (Original Version) Feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
• "I'll Do It" Feat. Kausion, later included in the SuperCop OST

Chart positions

Album

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Tip Top Albums	Top Heatseekers
1995	Dogg Food	1	1	21

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles	Rhythmic Top 40
1995	"Respect"	-	35[A]	-	-
	"New York, New York"	-	51[A]	-	-
	"Let's Play House"	45	21	5	30

• A. ^ Peaked only on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

See also

• 1995 in music
• List of albums
• List of number-one albums of 1995 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1995 (U.S.)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
3. ^ Los Angeles Times review
4. ^ Q review
5. ^ Sputnikmusic review
6. ^ http://www.djluicidal.com/2009/10/the-death-row-vaults/
7. ^ http://www.djluicidal.com/2009/10/the-death-row-vaults/

External links

• Billboard
• MusicMatch
• Music Video Database

Preceded by Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

Billboard 200 number-one album November 18–24, 1995

Succeeded by Alice in Chains by Alice in Chains