- Tha Last Meal
Infobox Album
Name = Tha Last Meal
Type = studio
Artist =Snoop Dogg
Released =December 19 2000
Recorded = 1999–2000
Genre =West Coast hip hop ,Gangsta rap
Length = 77:20
Label = Doggystyle/No Limit/Priority
Producer =Dr. Dre
Jelly RollScott Storch Meech Wells
BattlecatTimbaland Soopafly
Studio Ton
Carlos Stephens
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:r1u06j727190 link]
*RapReviews.com Rating|8.5|10 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2000_12_lastmeal.html link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/snoopdogg/albums/album/121878/review/6068040/tha_last_meal link]
*VIBE Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1127093&style=music&cart=358537095&BAB=M link]
*HipHopDX.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.28/title.snoop-doggy-dogg-the-last-meal link]
Last album = "Dead Man Walkin' "
(2000)
This album = "Tha Last Meal"
(2000)
Next album = ""
(2001)|"Tha Last Meal" is the fifth album by rapper
Snoop Dogg . It was released onDecember 19 ,2000 . The album included the singles "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)" and "Wrong Idea" featuring Bad Azz.It sold 397,238 copies its firstweek [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles/articles/story/5920174/beatles_move_one_million_1s_in_one_week Beatles Move One Million "1"s in One Week: The Beatles : Rolling Stone ] ] and has sold over a million copies to date according to SoundScan.
Album information
The album was leaked on the internet on
December 1 2000 bySuge Knight who made all tracks downloadable in MP3 from the official site of his and Snoop Dogg's former companyDeath Row Records , which featured links to tracks from both "Tha Last Meal" and "Dead Man Walkin' " albums, asking visitors to "take The Snoop Dogg Challenge" and decide "song for song" which CD is better. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20001204051100/http://www.deathrowrecords2000.com/ Death Row site at the internet archive] ]The single "
Snoop Dogg (What's My Name II) " was nominated for "Music Video of the Year" at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001. The album was nominated "Album of the Year" at the same ceremony. It has been certified 2x Platinum according tohttp://www14.brinkster.com/sherwinan/w/story.asp?id=New+Snoop+DoggThe single "Wrong Idea" was also included in Bad Azz's debut album Personal Business released on Doggystyle. The video for the single was also attributed as a Bad Azz track that featured Snoop. Tha Last Meal was the final album from Snoop on
No Limit Records Reception
Contrary to his other work on No Limit/Priority Records, this album has a more laid-back feel. Production wise this album has a very smooth sound which may or may not be due to a larger production budget. Lyrically, this album focuses more on a lighter approach than his previous more gang and crime oriented material.
"Professional reviews":
Rolling Stone (1/18/01, p.56) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - " [His] strongest album since Doggystyle....Snoop's chronic-marinated flow, all menthol-cool and deadpan droop, sounds as smooth as ever."Spin (3/01, p.145) - 6 out of 10 - "This Meal finds him riding the Dre cache, trying to convince us he's still 'G'ed-up from the feet up'....Timbaland stuttering out the obvious singles...but Dre's laconic thumps-by-the-pound anchor most of the album."
Vibe (2/01, pp.133-4) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "Deeply steeped in P-funkology....these days, Snoop's songs are simply fun to listen to....nothing groundbreaking, just good solid Snoop-rap."
Tracklisting
#Intro (Produced By
Dr. Dre )
#Hennesey N Buddah (featuringKokane ) (Produced ByDr. Dre )
#Snoop Dogg (What's My Name II) (featuringNate Dogg ,The Lady of Rage )
#True Lies (featuringKokane ) (Produced ByDr. Dre )
#Wrong Idea (featuring Bad Azz,Kokane ,Lil ½ Dead )
#Go Away (featuringKokane )
#Set It Off (featuringMC Ren ,Ice Cube ,The Lady of Rage ,Nate Dogg ,Kurupt )
#Stacey Adams (featuringKokane )
#Lay Low (featuringNate Dogg , Butch Cassidy,Tray Deee ,Goldie Loc ,Master P ) (Produced ByDr. Dre )
#Bring It On (featuringSuga Free ,Kokane )
#Game Court (Skit) (featuringMac Minister )
#Issues
#Brake Fluid (Biiittch Pump Yo Brakes) (featuringKokane )
#Ready 2 Ryde (featuring Eve)
#Losin' Control (featuringSoopafly , Butch Cassidy)
#I Can't Swim (featuring Sir Dogg)
#Leave Me Alone
#Back Up Off Me (featuringMaster P , Magic, Mean Green)
#Y'all Gone Miss Me (featuringKokane )Bonus Tracklisting
#Back Up Ho (featuring
Goldie Loc )
#More Money To Fold (featuringKurupt )
#The One I Adore (Weed Song)
#Father's Day (featuringXzibit ,Kokane )
#Inside Of You
#Paid in Full
#Pop Your Collar (featuringKokane )
#No Backtrackin' (featuring George Clinton)Chart performance
Singles
=According to
EMI annual financial report of worldwide sales of the interval between March 2000 - March 2001.References
External links
* [http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PSnoopDogg.htm Chart Data]
* [http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Snoop+Dogg&first= Music Video Database]
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