Tha Doggfather

Infobox Album |
Name = Tha Doggfather
Type = Album
Artist = Snoop Doggy Dogg


Released = November 12, 1996
Recorded = 1996
Genre = West Coast hip hop, G-Funk, Gangsta rap
Length = 73:59
Label = Doggystyle/Death Row/Interscope
Producer = Suge Knight (exec.) DJ Pooh Dat Nigga Daz Soopafly LT Hutton Sam Sneed Arkim & Flair
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:anu1z84aoyv5 link]
*Entertainment Weekly B+ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,295271_4%7C38536%7C%7C0_0_,00.html link]
*Muzik Rating|3|5 [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1631897&style=music&cart=358537095&BAB=M link] |
Last album = "Murder Was The Case Soundtrack" (1994)
This album = "Tha Doggfather" (1996)
Next album = "Smokefest Underground" (1998)

"Tha Doggfather" is Snoop Doggy Dogg's follow up to his debut album "Doggystyle", released by Death Row Records in 1996.

Although the album debuted at number one in the week of November 12, 1996 with over 478,971 copies sold, it failed to match the commercial success of "Doggystyle". Still worth to note that it was released only one week after another Death Row release, the first posthumous album by slain Tupac Shakur, the "", which also debuted at number one. Tupac Shakur wasn't a part of the album due to Snoop Dogg praising The Notorious B.I.G.'s music in the media, thus causing friction between Snoop & Shakur.

The album was re-released July 11, 2005.

Reception

According to SoundScan, over 8 million copies have been soldFact|date=February 2007 with 800,000 copies in the UK alone by the end of 1996.Fact|date=February 2007

"Professional reviews":

*Entertainment Weekly (11/29/96, p.90) - "Even without Dr. Dre behind the board, Snoop and his studio team concoct an intoxicating blend of old-school funk and gangsta cool." - Rating: B+

*Muzik (1/97, p.118) - 3 out of 5 - "...a more angular, spiky, old school-influenced vehicle for the Dogg Father to strut his matter-of-fact rhymes over....you [are taken in] by the strength of the rhyming..."

*Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #49 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year.'

Track listing

#Intro
#Doggfather (Feat. Charlie Wilson)
#Ride 4 Me (Interlude)
#Up Jump Tha Boogie (Feat. Kurupt, Charlie Wilson, Teena Marie)
#Freestyle Conversation
#When I Grow Up (Interlude)
#Snoop Bounce (Feat. Charlie Wilson)
#Gold Rush (Feat. Kurupt, Bad Azz, Techniec)
#Me & My Doggz (Tear 'Em Off)
#You Thought (Feat. Too Short, Soopafly)
#Vapors (Feat. Charlie Wilson, Teena Marie)
#Groupie (Feat. Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Warren G)
#2001
#Sixx Minutes
#Wake Up (O.J.) (Feat. Tray Deee)
#Snoop's Upside Ya Head (Feat. Charlie Wilson)
#Blueberry (Feat. Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Bad Azz, Techniec)
#Traffic Jam (Feat. Daz Dillinger, Kurupt) (Interlude)
#Doggyland
#Downtown Assassins (Feat. Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee)
#Outro (Feat. 2Pac)

Cut-out tracks

*"Work It Out" featuring Shaquille O'Neal & Mista Grimm [ [http://www.dubcnn.com/arc2-2007.html DubCNN - "Tha Doggfather" cut-out track] ]

Chart performance

ingles

Album

References

* [http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PSnoopDogg.htm Chart Data]
* [http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Snoop%20Doggy%20Dogg&first= Music Video Database]